AUSTIN, Texas – Over the past two weeks the College Sports Communications (CSC) honored a number of Messiah student-athletes with the announcement of the Academic All-District teams for women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's soccer. Among the honorees were 15 Messiah student-athletes with six from both men's and women's soccer and three from women's volleyball.
Men's Soccer
Cole Cristian – Sr. – Midfielder – 3.72 GPA, Applied Health Science
Luke Groothoff – 5th Yr. – Midfielder – 3.92 GPA, Biomedical Art & Design
Ben Lefever – Sr. – Forward – 3.75 GPA, Accounting
Stefan Leitzel – So. – Forward – 3.85 GPA, Mechanical Engineering
Jake Lent-Koop – Sr. – Defender – 3.81 GPA, Biology
Trevor Swartz – 5th Yr. – Midfielder – 3.64 GPA, Sp Ed:N-12 Cert PreK-12
Women's Volleyball
Chayney Barnhart – So. – Middle Hitter – 3.59 GPA, Health & Physical Educ: K-12 Teaching
Caitlin Lielbriedis – So. – Outside Hitter – 3.81 GPA, Applied Health Science
Anna Weldon – So. – Right-Side/Middle Hitter – 3.75 GPA, Molecular Biology
Women's Soccer
Shelby Burger – Sr. – Defender – 3.60 GPA, Human Development & Family Science
Kylie Firestone – Sr. – Midfielder – 3.84 GPA, Computer & Information Science
Kayla Herr – Gr. – Midfielder – 3.65 GPA, Biology
Jenna Skurcenski – Jr. – Defender – 3.56 GPA, Applied Health Science
Kenzie Spodnik – Sr. – Midfielder – 3.77 GPA, Public Relations
Rachael Tirjan – Sr. – Forward – 3.99 GPA, Biology
About the CSC Academic All-District Program
The 2022 Academic All-District program, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field/court and in the classroom. All honorees must carry a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.50 and be enrolled at the institution for at least one full calendar year. Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in early December.
