KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown athletics recorded a new department high as 140 student-athletes earned Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award status, announced by the organization this week.

The 133 Golden Bears eclipses the 2021-22 previous record of 128.

For a student-athlete to qualify for the award, they must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have completed a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work at a two-year and/or four-year institution and also been an active member of an intercollegiate team during the last academic year.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tallied 1,919 student-athletes on the list. 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, there was a record-breaking 19,774 student-athletes from 192 institutions recognized for the 2023-24 Academic Achievement Awards, which is the highest total of student-athletes recognized since the beginning of the awards program.

Kutztown's 2023-24 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipients are:

Baseball
Cody Barberio (Green Lane, Pa./Quakertown)

Men's Basketball
Will Meeker (Orefield, Pa./Parkland)

Women's Basketball
Bella Arcuri (Fallsington, Pa./Pennsbury)
Leila Hurley (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe)
Shannon Remolde (Philadelphia, Pa./Saint Basil Academy)
Olivia Smelas (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe)
Alicia Underkoffler (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown)
Zara Zerman (Jonestown, Pa./Northern Lebanon)

Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Adam Brocato (Reisterstown, Md./Calvert Hall)*
Anthony DeFusco (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone)*
Michael Fellin (Sheppton, Pa./Marian Catholic)*
Port Habalar (Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport)*
Logan Iacobelli (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland)*
Jason Mraz (Edison, N.J./Edison)*
Nate Schaeffer (Mohrsville, Pa./Schuylkill Valley)*
Owen Weaver (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker)*
TJ White (Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg)*

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland)*
Jaelyn D'Amelio (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional)*
Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin)*
Myah Davies (New Market, Md./Linganore)*
Julianna Elsesser (Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland)*
Ana Fratanduono (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan)*
Sophia Knerr (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional)*
Molly Kutz (Pen Argyl, Pa./Pen Argyl)*
Erika Moriarty (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown)*
Kate Nolan (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove)*
Kacie Sienko (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy)*
Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg)*

Field Hockey
Shannon Barrett (Shavertown, Pa./Dallas)
Megan Doyle (Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown)
Alyssa Eager (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley)
Greenleigh McGehee (New Tripoli, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh)
Lulu O'Neill (Collingswood, N.J./Collingswood)
Andie Sierer (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin)

Football
Trevor Amorim (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh)
Jalen DeVose (Lansdale, Pa./La Salle College H.S.)
Patrick Fulginiti (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional)
Austin Leyman (Elmer, N.J./Woodstown)
Ben Martin III (Middletown, Del./Middletown)
Judd Novak (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central)
Paul Poplawski (Nutley, N.J./Nutley)
Trey Quinones (York, Pa./William Penn)
Freddie Retter (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown)

Women's Golf
Gabby Cohen (Jeffersonville, N.Y./Sullivan West)

Women's Lacrosse
Madeline Anemone (West Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell)
Kelly Askins (Galloway, N.J./Absegami)
Brynn Axe (Landisville, Pa./Hempfield)
Marisa Bragg (Ringoes, N.J./Hunterdon Central)
Kayla Brooks (Mountville, Pa./Hempfield)
Emily Christiansen (Ledgewood, N.J./Roxbury)
Olivia Eilbacher (Cherry Hill, N.J./Camden Catholic)
Sam Graf (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills)
Rowan Hall (Sloatsburg, N.Y./Suffern)
Shannon Lake (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford)
Emma Meakim (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland)
Rory Nilsen (Lansdale, Pa./Pope John Paul II)
Robin Spector (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional)

Women's Soccer
Sydney Cole (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus)
Bridget Curtis (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South)
Becca Delp (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove)
Lexy Endres (Medford, N.J./Shawnee)
Becky Galicki (Danielsville, Pa./Northampton)
Sadie Goad (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley)
Skyler Jordan (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)
Rebekah March (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East)
Caroline McDonald (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East)
Natalie Protyniak (Easton, Pa./Easton)
Taylor Rapel (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg)
Charlotte Rauch (Bellport, N.Y./Bellport)
Isabella Rossetti (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East)
Natalie Ryan (North Wales, Pa./Wissahickon)
Joslyn Stoltz (Levittown, Pa./Calvary Christian Academy)
Melissa Ulrich (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township)
Dana Wentz (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley)
Emme Wolfel (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown)

Softball
Naya Darnowski (Manchester, N.J./Manchester Township)
Kristin Geesey (Bainbridge, Pa./Elizabethtown)
Aysha Gibbs (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal)
Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg)
Jenna Piatkiewicz (Fogelsville, Pa./Parkland)
Hannah Reimel (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent)
Alexa Stevens (Covington Township, Pa./North Pocono)
Lexi Wescott (Phoenixville, Pa./Spring-Ford)

Women's Swimming
Olivia Bing (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North)
Jaylin Calistro (Temple, N.H./Contoocook Valley Regional)
Ainsley Fischer (Newark, Del./Delaware Military Academy)
Paige Heck (Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin)
Alexandra Wetzel (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion)

Men's Tennis
Sebastian Arizpe (Puebla, Mexico/Colegio Humboldt de Puebla)
Gonzalo Barcelo (San Pedro, Argentina/Nuestra Senora del Socorro)
Lucas Cherniak (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini)
Justin Gincauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park Secondary)
Ethan Moyer (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser)
Emmitt Robinson (Ingersoll, Ontario/Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute)

Women's Tennis
Mallory Barndt (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone)
Sarah Lazarchak (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)

Women's Volleyball
Cat Farole (Orefield, Pa./Parkland)
Mallory Hoch (Zionsville, Pa./Southern Lehigh)
Anna Parmer (Firestone, Colo./Mead)
Julia Post (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge)
Maddie Ruhland (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove)
Emma Stalsitz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland)
Tessa Van Dam (Little Falls, N.J./Passaic Valley)

Wrestling
Andreo Ferraina (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)
Bailey Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg)
Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg)
Hunter Horton (James Creek, Pa./Tussey Mountain)
Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg North)
Brenden Smay (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh)
Alex Ward (Manassas, Va./Battlefield)

* Indicates student-athlete honored in multiple sports (i.e. cross country, indoor/outdoor T&F)