TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State garnered 57 student-athletes from the 2021-22 athletics season as recipients of the D2ADA Academic Achievement Award, up four from the academic year prior.
For a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the Division II institution's athletics director must be a current dues-paying member of the D2 ADA.
Student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college-level work, and be an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.
Softball led the NSU athletics department with 10 honorees, football came in second with nine, and women's soccer is third with eight.
In total, there were a record breaking 16,701 NCAA Division II student-athletes from 170 institutions recognized for the 2021-22 Academic Achievement Awards. This is the most student-athletes being recognized since the inception of the award's program.
The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 15th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.
Northeastern State DII ADA Academic Achievement Award Winners
