CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Palm Beach Atlantic athletic department had 84 student-athletes receive academic achievement awards from the Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA). The academic achievement awards recognize the student-athlete's accomplishments in the classroom at the Division II level. 

In order for a student-athlete to be eligible to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, must have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and must have been an active member of an intercollegiate athletic team during the last academic year.  

Overall, a total of 21,000-plus student-athletes were recognized from 179 institutions for the 2025-26 Academic Achievement Awards. The Sunshine State Conference had a total of 1,119 student-athletes receive the award.  

Below is the complete List of Sailfish Student Athletes who earned a 2025-26 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. 

Baseball 

Dane Hall 

Finley Holmes 

Chip Hoornstra 

Nolan Larson 

Michael Schettino 

Beach Volleyball 

Sydney Corbett 

Sofia Augusto 

Savannah DeCarlo 

Madison Kremer 

Lauren Pace 

Maggie Cox 

Men's Basketball 

Jakob Hester 

Women's Basketball 

KB Hadley
Anabel Ellison 

Men's Cross Country / Track 

Andrew Duda 

Aedan Lydon 

Hayden Tank 

Women's Cross Country / Track 

Kamea Baker 

Gracie Houtman 

Natalee Kryman 

Darah Oniwa 

Nella Petersen 

Dominyka Petraskaite 

Amberleigh Sorensen 

Ava Spampanato 

Ruth Spijker 

Beth Sykes 

Men's Golf 

Nicholas Estrada 

Justus Verge 

Women's Golf 

Daniella Espina 

Nina Gudgeon 

Sarah Harpster 

Cara Hilburn 

Annika Miller 

Renata Petersen 

Ashley Tarkanian 

Men's Lacrosse 

Austin Airey 

Jack Bryant 

Austin Nelson 

Women's Lacrosse 

Kendall Borbi 

Taylor Fiorini 

Kaitlyn Gallagher 

Georgia Karns 

Skylar Splinter 

Isabelle Tapia 

Taryn Thompson 

Men's Soccer 

Marius Brondbo 

Mattia Bui 

Paul Danner 

Kylen DeStefano 

Eli Ghebreab 

Flavio Giannini 

Juan Hermoso 

Veit Klement 

Niklas Mahler 

Fabio Reck 

Marian Rutkowski 

Clement Scaccia 

Yassir Smlali 

Tin Vastic 

Livio Von Holzen 

Joshua Wicks 

Women's Soccer 

Sabrina Blount 

Leah Cook 

Kaylee Davidson 

Keira Dawley 

Jayden Heil 

Emily Rinaldi 

Men's Tennis 

Kylian Coiteux 

Matthew Young 

Women's Tennis 

Virginia Borja 

Alina Hoermann 

Softball 

Lauren Allen 

Larken Maseda 

Lauren O'Brien 

Madison Schlichte 

Ashlyn Storms