EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
               18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED AND PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the quarterly report of American Achievement
         Corporation on Form 10-Q for the period ending November 30, 2002 as
         filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
         (the "Report"), I, Sherice P. Bench, Chief Financial Officer of the
         Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
         pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) The Report fully complies with requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         American Achievement Corporation as of the dates and for the periods
         expressed in this Report.



Dated: January 10, 2003                     /s/ SHERICE P. BENCH
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                                               Sherice P. Bench
                                           CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER