EASTON, Mass. (June 25, 2025) – Junior Makayla Strickulis and sophomore Julieta D’Antonio of the Stonehill College field hockey team have been named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® At-Large Team, as announced by the organization.

The CSC Academic All-District® At-Large program recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined achievements in athletic competition and academic excellence. Honorees are selected across four divisions — NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA — with consideration for sports not sponsored by specific CSC Academic All-America® teams.

Strickulis earns Academic All-District® honors for the second consecutive year, following another standout season on the field and in the classroom. A finance major, she is tied for the second-highest cumulative GPA on the team with a 3.97. In addition to being named to both the NEC Commissioner’s and Academic Honor Rolls and inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society, she appeared in all 18 games for the Skyhawks, making 16 starts. She matched her career-high with four goals, while setting new personal bests in minutes played (806), shot attempts (34), and shots on goal (18).

D’Antonio also turned in a strong sophomore campaign while maintaining a 3.97 GPA as a chemistry major. A two-time selection to the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, she recorded career-highs in goals (2), assists (2), points (6), shot attempts (22), and shots on goal (10).

Stonehill concluded its 2024 season with a 7-11 overall record, including a 4-4 mark in NEC play, finishing sixth in the conference and just one game shy of a postseason berth. The Skyhawks continued to build momentum in their third NCAA Division I season, improving by two overall wins and three NEC victories compared to their inaugural 2022 campaign.

About College Sports Communicators

College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a member-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.

From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The name change signaled a significant step in a broader strategic plan to highlight the association’s evolution and growth. The move better aligns with the association’s membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital, and creative sports industry, regardless of position or title.

The organization, which celebrated its 65th anniversary during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second-oldest management association in all intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December 2008.

For the latest on Stonehill Athletics, follow the Skyhawks via social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Bemidji State University Men’s Hockey associate head coach Travis Winter has been named a Video Coach for the U.S. National Junior Team for the upcoming 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship announced by USA Hockey.
 
Winter will join Greg Brown (Boston College), Steve Miller (Minnesota), Garrett Raboin (Augustana), David Lassonde (USA Hockey) and Jacob LeRoy (Minnesota) on head coach Bob Motzko’s (Minnesota) coaching staff for the U.S.
 
The U.S. enters the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship having won goal in the previous two World Juniors. The tournament will be played in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., from Dec. 26, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026.
 
Travis Winter, associate head coach of the Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team, is serving on the staff of the U.S. National Junior Team for the first time.

The St. Cloud, Minnesota, native has been part of the Beavers coaching staff for the last 11 campaigns, including the first eight as assistant coach and the last three as associate head coach.

Previous to his time at BSU, he was the head coach and director of hockey operations for the Aberdeen Wings of the NAHL for one season (2013-14). Prior to that, he spent parts of four seasons (2009-10 to 2012-13) serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the USHL’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. 

Winter was also a volunteer coach for the Saint Johns University (Minn.) men’s ice hockey program in 2009 and served on the coaching staff of the USA Hockey Selection 15 National Camp in 2010.

 

As player, Winter was a four-year letterwinner (2005-09) for Bemidji State where as a senior he served as captain and helped the Beavers to the program’s first-ever Frozen Four appearance in 2009.

 

For more information on the Bemidji State men’s hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram or like them on Facebook.

 

Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men’s hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women’s hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

 

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Mark Stoops is motivated. He’s said it plenty of times since Kentucky concluded a disappointing 4-8 campaign. His motivation has become the cornerstone of Big Blue Nation’s internet offseason conversations. However, it’s impossible to quantify how motivated he is, but we do have one data point that can confirm that he is, in fact, very, very motivated.

Even though there is no true offseason in college football, the summer months are a great way to find some time away from the office and sneak in a round of golf or two. Thanks to some sleuths in the state of Alabama, we actually know how often the Kentucky head football coach is hitting the links.

An AuburnLive message board poster noted that Hugh Freeze has frequented golf courses around the state of Alabama this offseason. It motivated AL.com’s investigative journalists to examine how many times he has golfed this year by using the USGA’s GHIN database, a tool golfers use to track their scores and create a handicap.

The AuburnLive message board user was correct. Hugh Freeze has played more golf than any other SEC coach this offseason, logging ten rounds during the first 20 days crucial recruiting month of June. After losing a few important recruits, Freeze’s golf game is inflaming the criticism. Shane Beamer had the second-most recorded rounds of any SEC coach, with three in June.

While scouring through the GHIN database, AL.com found that Mark Stoops did not pick up the sticks once in the month of June. During the month of May, when the entire team was off-campus, he posted seven scores at Lexington Country Club, but five of those were 9-hole rounds. Stoops’ best score this year was an 89. His all-time recorded low was an 84 last July. He has a handicap of 16.8.

It’s abundantly clear that Mark Stoops is motivated to turn-around the Kentucky football, too motivated to spend time on the golf course.

See Mark Stoops’ Golf Swing

KSR has actually spent some time with Mark Stoops on the links. Each year, the football program hosts the Schlarman Strong Golf Scramble, with this year’s event held in April. Back in 2023, we followed along a few former Cats at Keene Trace. Even though he just underwent surgery, Stoops took out the sticks and hit a few balls. The Kentucky head coach takes a long, full swing, but he hit his driver straight down the fairway. Enjoy this rare footage now, because you aren’t going to be seeing it anytime soon.

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