CLEVELAND - The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced today that 89 Shepherd University student-athletes were named recipients of the 2024-25 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards.
The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 18th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level in NCAA sponsored sports. For the first time since inception, there were more than 20,000 student-athletes recognized (22,756) from a record 202 institutions for the 2024-25 Academic Achievement Awards. This year's totals are the highest in the program's history.
In order to be honored, the student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50, completed two years of college-level class work, and been an active member of the team in the 2024-25 academic year.
Shepherd's 2024-25 honorees are listed below.
Aidan Vanvickle Baseball Sr
Oliver Leonard Baseball Sr
Brenden Lewis Baseball Sr
Wyatt Miles Baseball Sr
Colin Ahart Baseball So
Michael Krack Baseball So
Treyton Sine Baseball Sr
Brayden Stottlemyer Baseball Jr
Cooper Bryan Baseball So
Nathaniel Brookshire Baseball So
Carson Poffenberger Men's Basketball Sr
Chase Paar Men's Basketball Sr
Aidan Hughley Men's Basketball Sr
Brody Davis Men's Basketball So
Leah Snisky Women's Basketball Jr
Kelly Ours Women's Basketball Jr
Jenna Liska Wome'ns Basketball So
Anna Hunt Women's Basketball Sr
Cassidy Rhodes Women's Basketball So
Kathleen Christ Women's Basketball So
Grant Swinehart Football Sr
Mason Miller Football So
Aidan Gaughan Football Jr
William Johnson Football So
Matthew Bednarski Football Sr
Joseph Groves Football Sr
Mason Newton Football Sr
Ty Lucas Football Sr
Brian Jester Football Jr
Lucas Michael Football Jr
Yannick Siewe Football So
Malachi Bailey Football So
Ryan Barrick Football Sr
Kamden Shallis Football So
Curtis Jefferson Football Sr
Tyler Hove Football Jr
Vince Flook Football Jr
Brandon Carr Football Jr
James Goldsborough Men's Golf So
Trey Rios Men's Golf Jr
Luke Davis Men's Golf Jr
Nop Satjavitvisarn Men's Golf Jr
Joseph Leisinger Men's Golf Jr
Olivia Rosick Women's Golf Sr
Ava Biafore Women's Golf Jr
Kelsey King Women's Lacrosse Sr
Sarah Fischer Women's Lacrosse Jr
Campbell Vitek Women's Lacrosse Sr
Paige Sullivan Women's Lacrosse Jr
Sierra Rose Women's Lacrosse So
Sydney Witmer Women's Lacrosse Sr
Luetta Seipp Women's Lacrosse So
Aubrey Harrison Women's Lacrosse So
Asong Nkemanjong Men's Soccer Sr
Wesam Abu Rabia Men's Soccer Sr
Ryan Fisher Men's Soccer Sr
Jake Howse Men's Soccer Jr
Luke Barger Men's Soccer Sr
Ezra Myers Men's Soccer So
Delaney Bittner Women's Soccer Sr
Sarah Peternel Women's Soccer Sr
Hannah Wilt Women's Soccer So
Reagan Ackermann Women's Soccer So
Clea Harper Women's Soccer So
Annabelle Wunderlich Women's Soccer So
Madison Herb Women's Soccer Jr
Brenna Collis Softball So
Cate Russian Softball So
Madelayne Ruffner Softball So
Abigail McBride Softball Jr
Lauren Moore Softball Sr
Sydney Martin-Gonciarz Softball Jr
Meaghan Ruffner Softball So
Curry Taylor Men's Tennis So
Fabian Telschow Men's Tennis Jr
Arka Ganguly Men's Tennis Sr
Khalid Alsadek Men's Tennis Sr
Allison Cronk Women's Tennis Jr
Hallie Meyer Women's Tennis So
Rylee Lenz Volleyball So
Amya Davis Volleyball So
Madigan Faircloth Volleyball Jr
Elizabeth Cushwa Women's Cross Country So
Riley Staub Women's Cross Country Jr
Camryn Row Women's Cross Country Sr
Connor Ireland Men's Cross Country So
James Burdock Men's Cross Country Jr
Nicholas Yankle Men's Cross Country Jr
Parker Mackey Men's Cross Country Jr