SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Five members of the Skidmore College baseball team were selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team as announced on Tuesday. Skidmore’s representatives were seniors Trey Bourque, Ewen Donald, Sam Kornet, and Zachary Leiderman, as well as junior Eddie Galvao.
 
The 2025 Academic All-District® Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond 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.
 
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.

Transfers do not happen as often in NCAA gymnastics as they do in other sports. That doesn’t mean they’re unheard of, though. The Arizona GymCats will be welcoming one of the rare transfers next season when former Arkansas gymnast Sadie Smith joins the team.

Smith was a freshman last year but did not compete for the Razorbacks. Her scores from both Level 9 and Level 10 indicate that bars are her strongest event, but she will also train beam and vault at Arizona.

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The GymCats have scores they need to replace on all three events after losing 10 of 24 routines to graduation. Both Alysen Fears and Emily Mueller competed all-around while Elena Deets performed bars and beam.

Before landing at Arkansas, Smith competed for Ascend Gymnastics as a Level 10 for two years. She was part of the group that helped Ascend win the 2022 USA Gymnastics National Program of the Year honor. As an individual, she qualified for nationals and finished in the top 15 in bars that year.

In 2023, Smith finished in the top five of all four events and all-around in regionals. That was capped by a third-place finish on bars at the regional meet.

Smith will join Elle Bragga, Riley Carman, Delaney Mead, Hillary Puleo, and Lily Tisdale as the Arizona newcomers this fall.

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Puleo was one of the future Wildcats who were honored at the 2025 USA Gymnastics Arizona State Awards Banquet on June 2. She was named the USA Gymnastics Arizona Level 10 Gymnast of the Year.

Class of 2026 commit Avery Tarico was honored at the same event. She received awards for being the regional all-around champion in Region 1, for qualifying for nationals, for finishing in the top three of an event at nationals, and for making the national team.

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The Spartans add a trio of transfers in guard Jalyn Brown (Baltimore, Md./Arizona State), forward Marah Dykstra (Vancouver, Canada/Montana State) and guard Rashunda “Spider” Jones (South Bend, Indiana/Purdue),

“We are so excited about the additions of Jalyn Brown, Marah Dykstra and Rashunda Jones to our Michigan State Women’s Basketball program,” Fralick said.

Brown is a 6-1 guard who played two seasons at Arizona State after one year at Louisville. The Baltimore, Maryland native has scored 1,032 points during her collegiate career. Last season, Brown earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors after she led the Sun Devils in scoring, averaging 18.0 points and 3.7 assists per game. She graduated from St. Frances Academy, which is the same high school that Spartan All-American Nia Clouden attended.

“Jalyn is a proven dynamic three-level scorer with a lot of playing experience. She will add length and versatility to our team, and we are excited about her impact both offensively and defensively in our program,” Fralick said.

Dykstra is a 6-2 forward who played three seasons at Montana State. She captured first-team All-Big Sky honors last season and second-team during the 2023-24 season. Last season, Dykstra averaged 12.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. During her collegiate career, Dykstra has scored 743 points. A native of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, prior to playing for the Bobcats, she played her high school basketball at Churchill Secondary. She also has international experience playing for Team Canada. During the summer of 2022, Dykstra played in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship, helping Team Canada win a silver medal.

“Marah brings a wealth of both playing experience and winning at a very high level,”  Fralick said. “She has been part of great teams at Montana State and with the Canadian National Team. She is very easy to play with and consistently impacts winning.” 

Jones is a 5-8 guard who played two seasons at Purdue. The South Bend, Indiana, native played in 59 games for the Boilermakers over the last two seasons. She earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team during the 2023-24 season and has averaged 8.8 points in her college career. Jones played at South Bend Washington High School, where she was the 2023 Indiana Miss Basketball runner-up.

“Rashunda is a very experienced player in the Big Ten. She understands the level of competition every night in our league. She has had a consistent impact on both sides of the basketball and we are excited to see her utilize her speed and creativity in our system,” said Fralick.

These four transfers join three incoming Spartan freshmen: Jordan Ode (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove High School), Anna Terrian (Pewaukee,Wis./Pewaukee High School) and Amy Terrian (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee High School).