By: Austin Sommerfeld, Assistant AD for Strategic Communications
DULUTH, Minn. – The College of St. Scholastica softball program had four players recognized by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) and earned Academic All-District® selections that were announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Aislind Dail (Sumner, Wash./Sumner HS),
Lauren Laviano (Maplewood, Minn./Mahtomedi HS),
Grace Hadlich (Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS), and
Payton Lang (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) made the list. Dail and Laviano both earn the honor for the second time in their careers, while it's a first time for Hadlich and Lang.
The CSC Academic All-America program honors student-athletes for excellence in both academics and athletics. Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher and play in 90 percent or start 66 percent of the team's games to be considered for Academic All-District and All-American accolades. Pitchers must have appeared in 17 games or pitched 25 innings.
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on June 18.
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 20223-24 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.