Five St. Cloud State Softball Players Earn Academic All-District® Honors

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Five St. Cloud State Softball student-athletes have been named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Softball Team, as announced by the organization on Tuesday. Sophomore outfielder Bree Beck (Lakeville, Minn.), senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.), senior infielder Maggie Fitzgerald (Oak Lawn, Ill.), sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes* (Savage, Minn.) and senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter* (Shakopee, Minn.) were recognized for their success in the classroom and on the field. Fitzgerald and Holzhueter are now two-time honorees after earning back-to-back selections, while Beck, Eickhoff and Holmes are first-time award winners.
 
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 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.

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 on Tuesday June 17, 2025.

For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.

 

Beck carries a 3.68 cumulative grade point average as a social work major. The sophomore started all 56 games for the Huskies and set new career bests in nearly every offense statistical category.

 

Eickhoff graduated with a Nursing degree and a 3.56 GPA. The senior led the team in shutouts (four – tie), K/BB ratio (3.86) and BB/7 inn. (1.26). She also ranked second in wins (17), second in ERA (2.43), second in WHIP (1.19), second in starts (25), third in appearances (27), second in complete games (nine), second in innings pitched (129.2) and second in strikeouts (89).

 

Fitzgerald carried a 3.66 GPA, graduating with a degree in Elementary/K-6 Education. She led the NSIC in walks (43) and walks/game (0.76) and the Huskies in on-base percentage (.480). She also ranked second in doubles (14), second in OPS (1.005), second in sacrifice flies (three – tie), fourth in batting average (.348), fourth in slugging percentage (.525), fourth in hits (55), fourth in home runs (four), fourth in total bases (83), fifth in runs (33) and fifth in RBIs (30 – tie). Fitzgerald earned her second team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) honors and broke program records for walks in a season (43) and walks in a career (107), becoming the first player in program history to earn 100+ career walks.

 

Holmes has a 3.94 GPA as a Business Economics & Finance double major. She led SCSU in batting average (.414), slugging percentage (.688), OPS (1.159), runs (52), home runs (12), RBI (51), total bases (128) and times hit by a pitch (4). She also ranked second on-base percentage (.471), second in hits (77) and third in doubles (13). Last week, she became the sixth Husky (first since Jenny Gensch in 2008) and first second baseman to be named an NFCA All-American. Prior to that Holmes earned the first all-region accolades of her career after being named to the All-Central Region Second Team by the NFCA and her first all-conference recognition after earning a Second Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) selection. Additionally, Holmes was twice named NSIC Player of the Week by the league office (Feb. 24 | April 28). They were her first two weekly conference honors of her career, and she was the only Husky to earn weekly honors throughout the season. After an incredible non-conference season, she was named to the 2025 NFCA Division II Player of the Year watchlist.

 

Holzueter graduated with 3.93 cumulative GPA as an Accounting & Criminal Justice Studies double major. She led the NSIC in hits (82) and the Huskies in doubles (15), triples (five) and stolen bases (18). She also ranks second in batting average (.412), second in slugging percentage (.553), second in runs (43), second in total bases (110), third in on-base percentage (.448), third in OPS (1.001) and fifth in RBI (30 – tie). Holzhueter was a repeat First Team All-NSIC pick this season, becoming just the second ever Husky to earn back-to-back first team honors and is one of just five players in program history to be named to the first team. She broke program records for singles in a season (61) and career batting average (.391 – tie).

 

During the final weekend of regular season play, the Huskies reached the 40-win mark for the eighth time in program history and the first time since 2019.

 

CSC Release | Complete List of Honorees

 

CSC Academic All-District® Selections

Bree Beck

Emma Eickhoff

Maggie Fitzgerald

Brooke Holmes

Reese Holzhueter

 

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