UWANEE, Ga. - In an announcement made Thursday afternoon, 20 student-athletes were recognized as regional winners of the inaugural Division III Commissioner’s Association (DIIICA) Student-Athlete of the Year awards. Recent Westminster College graduate Ryan Beard (Murrysville, PA / Franklin Regional) was selected as the Region VII men's honoree.
Each of the winners will advance to the national ballot for consideration for 2021-22 DIIICA Men’s Sport Student-Athlete of the Year and Women’s Sport Student-Athlete of the Year.
Beard earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® honors on June 22 after completing a three-year accelerated undergraduate degree in accounting and posting a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA). He was recognized as Westminster’s Most Outstanding Accounting student and was named a Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Outstanding Senior Award winner for his se