CLEVELAND – On Thursday (Aug. 14), 43 Mansfield Mountaineer student-athletes were awarded the Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award for their academic performances during the 2024-25 academic year, announced by the Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2ADA).
In total, there were a record breaking 22,740 student-athletes from a record 202 institutions recognized for the 2024-25 Academic Achievement Awards. This is the most student-athletes being recognized since the inception of the awards program.
The Pennsylvania State Atlantic Conference (PSAC) took home the top spot for the sixth time in the past seven years with the largest number of student-athlete honorees with 2,035 total, with East Stroudsburg leading the way at 242. The PSAC was the only Division II conference to have above 2,000 student-athletes recognized.
Requirements for student-athletes to earn the Academic Achievement Award include:
• cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work
• active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year
Below is the full list of the coveted Mountaineer student-athletes:
BASEBALL
Graduate Students - Shane Stossel
Seniors - Jacob Houtz
Sophomores -
Garrett Emerick,
Cooper Rother,
Ryan Sekulski
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Graduate Students - Owen Chambers,
Scott Woodring
Juniors - Artemios Gavalas
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Graduate Students - Kenedy Stroup
Seniors - Kristen Fulford
Sophomores -
Katie Sheeler
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD
Seniors - Carrie Claypool,
Angie Colon,
Anissa Lytle
Sophomores -
Marissa Allen
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD
Sophomores -
Rylan Ebner,
Nathaniel Welch
FIELD HOCKEY
Graduate Students - Kenedy Stroup
Juniors - Leah Toskey
Sophomores -
Jenna Duke,
Melanie Esh,
Katie Marchiani,
Kaylie Ranere
SOFTBALL
Graduate Students - Madison Bailey
Seniors - Natalie Blackstone,
Melissa Demo,
Caydence Macik,
Katelyn Mesch
Juniors - Kylie Bornman,
Shannon Perlungher,
Annabella Putnam,
Emma Wonsick
Sophomores -
Emma Maurer,
Sarah Shupp
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Graduate Students - Emily Smith
Seniors - Caitlyn Hoppe,
Taya-Reese Johnson,
Sam Kozminski
Sophomores -
Alyssa Shuman
