Chestnut Hill College placed a record 100 athletes on the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) 2023-24 Academic Achievement Awards list as announced by the organization Tuesday afternoon.  The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 17^th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

The Griffins' 100 honorees eclipse the 89 athletes that were recognized after the 2022-23 academic year and 77 from the 2021-22 season. Thirteen of the Griffins' 100 nominees were nominated in more than one sport.
 
Chestnut Hill's 100 honorees are the second highest total among the nine Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference schools that submitted nominees.  Jefferson University led the way with 117.

"Chestnut Hill College Athletics' students and staff members have raised the bar for the definition of a student-athlete at the division II level," said director of Athletics Jesse Balcer.  "I am extremely proud of our kids and all of the work they put in both in the classroom as well as on the playing fields. We look forward to continuing the trend of adding more names to this list for years to come."

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

For the second straight year, there were more than 19,000 student-athletes recognized (19,774) from 192 institutions for the 2023-24 Academic Achievement Awards. 
 
Each of Chestnut Hill's NCAA Division II programs produced at least two honorees with 14 of the 17 teams having three or more honorees.

Four Griffin athletic teams had at least eight honorees with the baseball team leading the way with 18.  Men's Lacrosse fielded ten honorees while the men's soccer and men's tennis teams producing nine and eight honorees respectively.  The women's basketball team had the most of any of the women's teams with seven honorees. 

The complete list of honorees can be viewed by clicking this link
 
About D2 ADA: 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 59^h year. For more information on NACDA and the 18 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.