CLEVELAND -- The Auburn University at Montgomery Department of Athletics had 58 of its student-athletes earn the 2021-22 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Awards, the organization announced this week.
 
To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must have a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, have a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year. Additionally, the institution's athletics director must be a current dues-paying member of the D2 ADA.
 
Multiple student-athletes from all 11 sports at AUM were recipients of the award, with a department-best 10 coming from the women's soccer team. Baseball ranked second with eight representatives, while softball and men's soccer each had seven student-athletes recognized. Women's cross country and women's basketball had six student-athletes honored.
 
The D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award was presented to record-breaking 16,802 student-athletes across 171 institutions from the NCAA Division II level. For the fourth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) had the most honorees with 1,709 total. The Gulf South Conference, which consisted of student-athletes from AUM, Union, Montevallo, West Florida and West Georgia, had 358 student-athletes honored.
 
The D2 ADA is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities; enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics; and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of Division II athletics directors. For more information about the D2 ADA, please visit www.div2ada.com. The D2 ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 58th year.

For a complete listing of AUM student-athletes who received the award, please see below.

First Name	Last Name	Sport	Academic Year Completed
Corey	Armstrong	Baseball	Graduate
Jackson	Ceman	Baseball	Sophomore
Zachary	Feaster	Baseball	Graduate
Mario	Galloway	Baseball	Senior
John	Hartsfield	Baseball	Graduate
Matthew	Marfice	Baseball	Senior
Samuel	Steigert	Baseball	Graduate
Thomas	Vickers	Baseball	Junior
Jeremiah	Bozeman	Men's Basketball	Graduate
Strahinja	Ivic	Men's Basketball	Senior
Hayes	Colvin	Men's Cross Country	Junior
Jefferson	Patton	Men's Cross Country	Senior
Thomas	Wolfe	Men's Cross Country	Senior
Guilherme	Bittencourt	Men's Soccer	Senior
Seth	Buchanan	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Andrew	Elkins	Men's Soccer	Graduate
Cole	Farrior	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Alec	Palanjian	Men's Soccer	Junior
Darius	Rashid	Men's Soccer	Graduate
Elijah	Saint-Marc	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Muhamad	Bedwan	Men's Tennis	Senior
Giovanni	Bellio Rincon	Men's Tennis	Graduate
Derienne	Black	Women's Basketball	Senior
Jordan	Brewster	Women's Basketball	Senior
Catlin	Carter	Women's Basketball	Graduate
Monika	Johnson	Women's Basketball	Junior
Gracie	Lee	Women's Basketball	Sophomore
Jamya	Tyus	Women's Basketball	Sophomore
Lucy	Anthony	Women's Cross Country	Sophomore
Jordan	Colacicco	Women's Cross Country	Junior
Haley	Coleman Hughes	Women's Cross Country	Junior
Isabella	Gyori	Women's Cross Country	Senior
Bradley	Herbert	Women's Cross Country	Sophomore
Nicole	Luther	Women's Cross Country	Junior
Jennifer	Beharie	Women's Soccer	Junior
Faith	Hayes	Women's Soccer	Junior
Anila	Mantello	Women's Soccer	Sophomore
McKenzie	Nowin	Women's Soccer	Senior
Sydney	Shellhouse	Women's Soccer	Senior
Julia	Simoes	Women's Soccer	Senior
Helena	Torres	Women's Soccer	Junior
Bryce	Varner	Women's Soccer	Sophomore
Gabriella	Walker	Women's Soccer	Junior
Brianna	Yurkovich	Women's Soccer	Junior
Olivia	Aycock	Softball	Senior
Molly	Cobb	Softball	Junior
Kennedy	Coleman	Softball	Sophomore
Kathryn	Fallen	Softball	Sophomore
Gia	Martin	Softball	Sophomore
Margaret	Morgan	Softball	Sophomore
Brinkley	Yevak	Softball	Sophomore
Alba	De la Torre San	Women's Tennis	Senior
Sofia	Mustre Torres	Women's Tennis	Graduate
Sofia	Navarro Bonete	Women's Tennis	Senior
Isabella	Pinto	Women's Tennis	Senior
Isadora	Nicolai	Volleyball	Senior
Giada	Pais Marden	Volleyball	Junior
Nyah	Whittlesey	Volleyball	Senior