18 NAC Softball players receive 2025 CSC Academic All-District® Honors
WATERVILLE, Maine - The 2025 Academic All-District® Softball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
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 June 17, 2025.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
A total of 18 softball student-athletes stemming from five North Atlantic Conference institutions have earned the high academic honor:
Husson University (5): Senior infielder Tori Exel (North Berwick, Maine), graduate infielder Julia Gregoire (Lyman, Maine), sophomore utility Camryn King (Corinna, Maine), junior utility Lydia Rice (Winthrop, Maine), and senior outfielder Kiara McLeod (Harrison, Maine).
SUNY Cobleskill (2): Senior infielder Kailee DiGiacco (Spencerport, New York) and senior catcher/utility Mackenzie Wendelken * (Stuyvesant, New York).
Lesley University (4): senior pitcher/outfielder Emma Hodgkins (Raymond, New Hampshire), first year infielder Lauren Martin (Lexington, Massachusetts), sophomore catcher/utility Kari Sorensen (Thousand Oaks, California), and sophomore catcher/utility Leah St. John (New Ipswich, New Hampshire).
UMaine-Farmington (5): Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Melissa Mayo (Bridgton, Maine), senior catcher/infielder Christa Allen (Harrison, Maine), Senior infielder Katie Morse (Dixfield, Maine), sophomore outfielder Jessica Dow (Saco, Maine), and sophomore outfielder Jojo Daigneault (Canton, Connecticut).
Vermont State University Lyndon (2): Senior infielder Seairra Anderson (Somersworth, New Hampshire) and senior pitcher/outfielder Emily Anderson (Levittown, New York).
2025 CSC Academic All-District® Softball Teams
* 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.