GCSU has 55 student-athletes earn D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

GCSU has 55 student-athletes earn D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

Athletics Wednesday August 7, 2024

WESTLAKE, Ohio | Fifty-five Georgia College & State University student-athletes have been recognized by the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association with their D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

GCSU had 23 repeat honorees, including Anna Agi (women's cross country) who received the award for the fourth consecutive year.

AJ Mathis (baseball), Callie Miller (women's volleyball), Ashton Morrison (women's tennis), Enzo Sergi (men's tennis) and Max Sheppard (men's golf) each received the award for the third year in a row, while Kaitlyn Anders (softball), Tucker Balch (men's cross country), Sydney Charles (women's soccer), Divina Checo (softball), Shradha Chhabra (women's tennis), Gabe Cizek (men's tennis), Blane Davis (men's golf), Aralyn Everett (women's soccer), Alexa Geary (women's basketball), Rachel Machovec (women's volleyball), Brooke Mooney (women's cross country), Jillian Muncus (women's cross country), Brooke Roberts (women's volleyball), Chiara Santoro (women's tennis), Jana Shellhorse (softball), Myra Strickland (women's basketball) and Jada Warren (women's basketball) each received the award for the second consecutive year.

Women's soccer led the way with 12 student-athletes, while baseball added eight and softball had seven more. Women's volleyball added six, while women's basketball had five. Women's cross country and women's tennis had four student-athletes each, while men's tennis had three. Men's golf, men's basketball and men's cross country had two each to earn the award.

The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 17th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. In total, 19,774 student-athletes from 192 institutions were recognized for the 2023-24 Academic Achievement Awards. It was the largest number of student-athletes being nominated since the award program's inception. The Peach Belt Conference had 565 student-athletes earn the Academic Achievement Award.

To receive the Academic Achievement Award, 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 and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.

Below are the 55 student-athletes from Georgia College that received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award:

Name Sport Academic Year Completed

Carter Barnes Baseball So.

Evan Cowan Baseball So.

TJ Kloiber Baseball So.

AJ Mathis Baseball Sr.

Will Sims Baseball Jr.

Tyler Smith Baseball Jr.

Bradley Wilson Baseball Jr.

Gabriel Wuerth Baseball So.

Aidan Kudlas Men's Basketball So.

Oscar Lynch Men's Basketball So.

Tucker Balch Men's Cross Country Jr.

Evan Rehrauer Men's Cross Country So.

Blane Davis Men's Golf Jr.

Max Sheppard Men's Golf Sr.

Gabe Cizek Men's Tennis Jr.

Enzo Sergi Men's Tennis Sr.

Rodrigo Pérez Crespo Men's Tennis So.

Kaitlyn Anders Softball Jr.

Divina Checo Softball Jr.

Emily Hobbs Softball So.

Eliza Kuhne Softball Jr.

Caroline Pollock Softball Jr.

Jana Shellhorse Softball Sr.

Kelsey Parlor Softball So.

Alexa Geary Women's Basketball Sr.

Myra Strickland Women's Basketball Sr.

Bailey Vick Women's Basketball So.

Jada Warren Women's Basketball Sr.

Amelia Wylly Women's Basketball Sr.

Anna Agi Women's Cross Country Gr.

Lorena Cazora Women's Cross Country Jr.

Brooke Mooney Women's Cross Country Sr.

Jillian Muncus Women's Cross Country Sr.

Sydney Charles Women's Soccer Jr.

Sarah Charney Women's Soccer So.

Carter Drake Women's Soccer So.

Aralyn Everett Women's Soccer Jr.

Arin Goriscak Women's Soccer So.

Bridget Johnson Women's Soccer So.

Sarah King Women's Soccer So.

Chloe Markey Women's Soccer Jr.

Lily Markey Women's Soccer Jr.

Ava Martin Women's Soccer So.

Sarah Mason Women's Soccer So.

Grace Phillips Women's Soccer Sr.

Laura Almagro Women's Tennis So.

Shradha Chhabra Women's Tennis Jr.

Ashton Morrison Women's Tennis Sr.

Chiara Santoro Women's Tennis Jr.

Abby Infante Women's Volleyball Sr.

Riese Johnson Women's Volleyball So.

Rachel Machovec Women's Volleyball Gr.

Callie Miller Women's Volleyball Sr.

Brooke Roberts Women's Volleyball Sr.

Hayley Shepherd Women's Volleyball Jr.

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