The Kentucky State baseball team had 14 of its student-athletes receive the 2022 NCAA DII Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award, the athletic department recently announced.
The awards program recognizes the academic accomplishments of collegiate student-athletes. The ADA had the highest number in student history with 16,639 student-athletes from 169 institutions recognized for their 2022 academic achievement. The association stated, “this is the most student-athletes being recognized since the inception of the award’s program.”
The eligibility requirement for the award is that a student-athlete must have a 3.5 or higher-grade point average with a minimum of two years of college level work and be an active member of the institution’s intercollegiate athletic team during the most current academic year.
Kentucky State’s baseball 14 student-athletes:
Ryne Bibbs Graduate
Dylan Compton Sophomore
John Etheridge Senior
Collier Higgs Junior
Aram Kumar Senior
Dominick Lawson Graduate
Daniel Moore Sophomore
Michael Pedraza Sophomore
Connor Purvis Sophomore
Andrew Schank Graduate
Jacob Thomas Sophomore
Adren Thompson Senior
Walter Walker lll Senior
Parker White, Sophomore