MILWAUKEE, Wis. --- The 2025 Academic All-District® Men's and Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA), recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men's and women’s cross country and track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
A total of 46 student-athletes - 25 women and 21 men - from nine Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) institutions were recognized. Both Concordia University Wisconsin and St. Norbert College received the maximum 10 honorees - five men and five women. Milwaukee School of Engineering (5M/4W) had nine student-athletes recognized, while Aurora University (5W/3M) had eight and Illinois Institute of Technology (2M/2W) had four. Two Concordia University Chicago student-athletes - both women - were honored, while Benedictine University (W), Edgewood College (W), and Wisconsin Lutheran College (M) each had one student-athlete recognized.
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 15, 2025.
The NCAA Division III CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Division III Academic All-America® program.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD (25)
Aurora University (5): N'Dya Fields, August Pautsch, Skylar Gibbs, Lauren Bliefernicht, Deyanneira Colon Maldonado*
Benedictine University (1): Peyton Panka
Concordia University Chicago (2): Eve Shelton, Noor Sammour
Concordia University Wisconsin (5): Emma Ahrens, Melanie Arvis, Maya Hielscher, Danielle Van Grinsven, Kate Kotula
Edgewood College (1): Kylee Doherty*
Illinois Institute of Technology (2): Olivia Jameson*, Amelia Moseman
Milwaukee School of Engineering (4): Jessa Alderman*, Sabryn Bley, Josephine Jacklin, Ava Larson
St. Norbert College (5): Eden Maranell*, Ellee Grunwald, Marissa Lorenz, Katie Smith, Olivia Ship
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD (21)
Aurora University (3): Armando Acosta, Sam Brown, Brian Nasr
Concordia University Wisconsin (5): Holter Gette, Zach Leahy, Isaiah Lubner, Josh Sipes, Zach Wendland
Illinois Institute of Technology (2): Ajibola Claudius-Akinyemi, Finnick Poulin
Milwaukee School of Engineering (5): Kolby Dax, Sam McPeak*, Evan Ploeckelman*, Adam Shaw*, AJ Springer*
St. Norbert College (5): Kavin Fredrick, Evan Koelemay, Christian Lopez, Luke Nash, Ezra Schermacher*
Wisconsin Lutheran College (1): Isaiah Herried
* Note: Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk; they will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.