CLEVELAND – The CSUSB Yotes had 44 award winners earn the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Awards, announced this week. The number of recipients marks another department record for the Yotes and represents an increase of 3 winners from last year's total.

The Yotes were one of 10 CCAA schools with honorees. To earn the honor:

• 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

The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 14th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

"This marks another great achievement for out student-athletes for their academic work over the past year," CSUSB Director of Athletics Shawn Chin-Farrell said.  "As a member of the D2 ADA, I am especially proud of our student-athletes and their Champion Performance.  They did great things in the classroom in 2020-21 and I know they are ready to carry that into the classroom and well as in competition in 2021-22.  Go Yotes!"

In total, there were a record breaking 16,164 student-athletes from 187 institutions recognized for the 2020-21 Academic Achievement Awards. This is the most student-athletes being recognized since the inception of the award's program.
 
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 56^th year. For more information on NACDA and the 17 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.