The Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) announced the 2020-21 recipients of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 14th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. South Dakota Mines had a total of 49 different student-athletes recognized for this award, totaling about 14 percent of the entire department. 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.

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 A breakdown of the recipients can be found by team below:

First Name	Last Name	Sport
Michaela	Shaklee	WBB
Francesca	Facchini	WBB
Ryan	Weiss	WBB
Melissa	Johnstone	WBB
Makenna	Bodette	WBB
Bailey	Johnson	WBB
Juneau	Jones	WBB
Shyann	Bastian	VB
Dana	Thomson	VB
Lily	Bartling	VB
Krissie	Luce	VB
Chelsea	Brewster	VB
Anna	Thomas	VB
Jacey	Koethe	VB
Victoria	Zagorski	VB
Emma	Murphy	VB
Matthew	Dietz	FB
Zach	Hoopman	FB
Ira	Murphey	Fb
Enis	Sefa	FB
Collin	Zur	FB
Chandler	Callejo	FB
Thomas	Creese	FB
Joe	Luebbers	FB
Cole	Peterson	FB
Nick	Zell	FB
Joseh	Albers	FB
Tony	Monroe, Jr.	FB
Kaleb	Roth	FB
Jarod	Svensson	FB
Spencer	Zur	FB
Kyle	Ivie	FB
David	McDougall	FB
Joel	Haas	Men's TF& XC
Austin	Hammer	Men's TF
Benjamin	Colvin	Men's TF& XC
Westley	Siebdrath	Men's TF
Ryan	Moen	Men's TF
Erica	Keeble	Women's TF
Taylor	Bright	Women's TF &XC
Margaret	Thompson	Women's TF & XC
Allysa	Franke	Women's TF &XC
Larissa	Pawlowski	Women's Golf
Owen	Winger	Soccer
Justin	Barkow	Soccer
Bradley	Day	Soccer
Tyler	Ring	Soccer
Brennan	Lamoreaux	Soccer
Wilfred	Dickson	MBB