CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 14, 2025) - This morning the Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2ADA) announced the 2024-25 recipients of the D2ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The award is in its 18th year and recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level in NCAA championship sponsored sports.

For the first time since inception, there were more than 22,000 student-athletes recognized (22,740) from a record 202 institutions for the 2024-25 Academic Achievement Awards. This year's totals are the highest in the program's history. Historically, 190,136 total student-athletes have been recognized since the inception of the awards program.

In order to earn this award, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work, and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.

This year, Georgian Court had 116 such student-athletes meet that criteria and earn the D2ACA Academic Achievement Award. 

The Lions were one of five teams in the CACC with more than 100 student-athletes earning the honor. As a league, the CACC had 999 student-athletes from 10 institutions make the list.