Cameron with 43 student-athletes honored by D2 ADA

For Immediate Release

September 10, 2020

Cameron University Athletics

Kenton Means – Sports Information Director

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2019-20 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. Cameron University had 43 student-athletes honored by the organization.

Of the 43 Aggie recipients, nine were from baseball, eight from softball, seven from women’s basketball, four from the volleyball team, three from men’s golf, women’s tennis, and women’s cross country/track and field, two from men’s basketball, women’s golf, and men’s cross country/track and field, and one member from the men’s tennis program were honored (two multi-sport athletes were recognized).

The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 13th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

In total, there were 15,318 student-athletes from 201 institutions recognized for the 2019-20 Academic Achievement Awards. These numbers shattered the records for highest number of participating institutions and the largest number of student-athletes being nominated since the award program’s inception. For the second-straight year, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has the largest number of student-athlete honorees with 1,365 total, closely followed by the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) with 1,333 and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) with 1,220.

“In a year when we can use all of the good news, the D2 ADA Officers and Board of Directors are proud to recognize the highest number of student-athletes with the Academic Achievement Award than ever before,” said D2 ADA President JR Smith, director of athletics at Chadron State College. “The nominations also came from a record number of institutions, showcasing the passion and dedication of our Association and Division II as a whole.”

In order for a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the athletics director of the Division II institution MUST BE a CURRENT dues-paying member of the D2 ADA.

Also, the student-athlete must:
– have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
– have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work
– have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year

Below are the CU student-athletes who received the honor:

NAME	Sport	Class
Spencer Brown	Baseball	So.
Ryan Carter	Baseball	Jr.
Jayce Clem	Baseball	So.
Joseph Flood	Baseball	Jr.
Trey Longacre	Baseball	So.
Christian Lynch	Baseball	So.
Nate Pecota	Baseball	Sr.
Cole Pretorius	Baseball	So.
Alex Ward	Baseball	Jr.
Andrew Nguyen	Men’s Basketball	So.
Brock Schreiner	Men’s Basketball	So.
Jason Cousineau	Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field	So.
Steffen Riestenpatt	Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field	Sr.
Logan Durst	Men’s Golf	So.
Jordan Hardin	Men’s Golf	So.
Devin Whipple	Men’s Golf	Jr.
Jesus Villamizar	Men’s Tennis	So.
Ava Battese	Women’s Basketball	Sr.
Logan Collyer	Women’s Basketball	Jr.
Maighan Hedge	Women’s Basketball	So.
Jazmin Luster	Women’s Basketball and Volleyball	Jr.
Whitney Outon	Women’s Basketball	So.
Julie Shalkowski	Women’s Basketball	So.
McKenna Spikes	Women’s Basketball	Sr.
Hannah Anderson	Women’s Golf	So.
Allison Duffin	Women’s Golf	Sr.
Iona Roska	Women’s Golf	Jr.
Brenna Busby	Softball	Sr.
Callie Busby	Softball	Sr.
Khmari Edwards	Softball	So.
Kylie French	Softball	So.
Jaclyn Gray	Softball	Jr.
Raley Long	Softball	Sr.
Kaylyn Smith	Softball	Sr.
Breley Webb	Softball	So.
Pilar Jaurena	Women’s Tennis	So.
Melany Opolz	Women’s Tennis	Jr.
Alisa Savina	Women’s Tennis	Jr.
Keyanna Patterson	Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field	So.
Chloe Phillips	Women’s Indoor Track and Field	So.
Sarah Wright	Volleyball and Women’s Indoor Track and Field	So.
Caitlyn Henderson	Volleyball	Fr.
Arianna Navarrete	Volleyball	Fr.