The academic accolades for the 2012-13 year continued to roll in Wednesday as 28 Alaska student-athletes were the recipients of the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award.

All nine of Alaska's Division II-affiliated programs were represented on this list, which recognizes those who have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average, have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.

Of the 28, the women's cross country and skiing teams had nine honored while the men's cross country and skiing teams put six on the list. The men's basketball and swimming program's each had four honored, volleyball and rifle had two each and women's basketball had one.

A record number of institutions (171) and student-athletes (6,881) were recognized for the 2012-13 Academic Achievement Awards.  Five Great Northwest Athletic Conference institutions were on the list as joining Alaska were Montana State Billings, Seattle Pacific, Simon Fraser and Western Washington.

The D2ADA 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 2 athletics directors. For more information about the D2ADA, please visit www.div2ada.com. The D2ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 49^th year. For more information on NACDA and the 13 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.

2012-13 Division 2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

Ryan Anderson (Rifle)	Marissa Atoruk (Women's Basketball)
Dallen Bills (Men's Basketball)	Kylie Dickerson (Volleyball)
Heather Edic (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)	Mats Eriksson (Rifle)
Logan Hanneman (Men's Cross Country/Skiing)	Genevieve Johnson (Swimming)
Keri Knight (Volleyball)	Danielle Lyons (Swimming)
Ross MacDougall (Men's Cross Country)	Wyatt Mayo (Men's Cross Country/Skiing)
Alyson McPhetres (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)	Kryston McPhetres (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)
Sarah Meierotto (Swimming)	Zach Ngawaka (Men's Basketball)
Heidi O'Connor-Brook (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)	Crystal Pitney (Women's Skiing)
Sergej Pucar (Men's Basketball)	Marit Rjabov (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)
Theresia Schnurr (Women's Skiing)	Tux Seims (Men's Cross Country)
Raphaela Sieber (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)	Gabi Summers (Swimming)
Megan Thompson (Women's Cross Country/Skiing)	Stefan Tica  (Men's Basketball)
Lex Treinen (Men's Cross Country/Skiing)	Ian Wilkinson (Men's Skiing)