Seven CSUN Student-Athletes Named to CSC Academic All-District At-Large Teams

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—Seven Matador student-athletes representing four CSUN teams were honored as members of the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2025 Academic All-District Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams, as announced on Tuesday. Earning academic all-district honors were Dorottya Telek, Anna Pal and Tatum Scarry from water polo, Tia Mendiola from beach volleyball, Lorenzo Bertozzi and Donovan Constable from men’s volleyball and Liam Judkins from men’s golf. 

The CSC academic awards programs recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The academic qualifications for the distinction are a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games this season and should be a starter or important reserve on the field of play. Select Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees in four divisions – NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and NAIA – will be announced in July. 

A senior from Budapest, Hungary, Telek completed her prolific CSUN career in 2025 where she would earn ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention and All-Big West First Team accolades. Telek became just one of three to receive a fourth-straight All-America accolades in CSUN Water Polo history as she broke her own single-season goal record and finished with 104 tallies. She led the Big West in goals for a fourth consecutive season while she topped the conference in points (149) and field blocks (18). In CSUN history, Telek has scored a program-best 376 career goals on an all-time best 53.7 career field goal percentage. On the academic side, Telek graduated this spring with degrees in Business Administration with an emphasis in Financial Analysis and Marketing. She has received three total CSC Academic All-District Team awards along with three Big West All-Academic Team and ACWPC All-Academic Team accolades while at CSUN. 

Pal would receive her fourth consecutive ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention award this season. The Budapest native would also be named an All-Big West Honorable Mention after leading the conference with a career-high 67 assists and 51 steals. She also totaled 59 goals and 126 points, both of which are second-best on the team. The senior would make CSUN history in 2025, breaking the school’s all-time career assist record and finishing with 209 by season’s end. In addition, Pal became the founding member of the 200-goal and 200-assist club while her 200 career goals rank sixth-best in team history. Pal graduated from CSUN in May with degrees in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing along with Business Law. Her CSC Academic All-District Team selection is the third of her career while she also has received three Big West All-Academic Team and two ACWPC All-Academic Teams honors previously. 

Scarry, an attacker from Fresno, wrapped up her CSUN career in 2025. She would set new career-bests in goals scored (17), assists (36) and points (53) while adding eight steals in 29 matches. Over her career, Scarry has been a regular in the starting lineup for CSUN as she has racked up 117 total appearances with the Matadors. She finished her career totaling 48 goals, 97 assists, 145 points and 34 steals. Scarry received her degree in School Psychology this spring while posting one of the top grade point averages among all CSUN student-athletes. The CSC Academic All-District selection is the first of her career as she has previously received three Big West All-Academic and three ACWPC All-Academic Team awards in her career. 

Mendiola, a senior from Yona, Guam, bounced back from an an injury-shortened 2024 season to earn Honorable Mention All-Big West honors in 2025. Mendiola posted 19 wins during her senior season, giving her 24 career individual wins as a Matador. Paired with Julia Bazylevych, the duo won 16 times, which ranked third on the Matadors. Mendiola finished the season 9-14 playing on the No. 2 court, 7-1 at No. 3, 1-1 at No. 4, and 2-0 at No. 5. In addition to her 16-13 record with Bazylevych, Mendiola finished 3-3 with Ainsley Patrick (0-2 at No. 2, 3-1 at No. 3).

Bertozzi, a senior outside hitter from Parma, Italy, started all 28 matches for the Matadors, who finished the season ranked ninth by the AVCA. Bertozzi finished the season ranked second on the team with a career-high 252 kills. He also added 137 digs, 43 blocks, and 20 aces. He had a career-high 17 kills against No. 6 USC on Jan. 22 and matched his career-high with three aces against Cal Lutheran in February, He set a new career-high when HE SET A CAREER-he hit .667 with 10 kills on 15 errorless attacks in CSUN’s win at 10th-ranked Stanford in 2023.

Constable, a senior setter from Clovis, earned AVCA honorable mention All-America accolades for the second straight season while also repeating as an All-Big West first-team honoree. In closing out a record-setting CSUN career in 2025, Constable was named Big West Setter of the Week four times in 2025 while also earning All-Tournament Team accolades at the season-opening UCSB ASICS Invitational in January. This season, he posted a career-high 1,101 assists, which moved him into the top five in CSUN history with 3,664 career assists. Constable also served a team-high 49 aces this season, while also posting 138 digs, 76 blocks, and 75 kills. A seven-time Big West Player of the Week recipient in his career, Constable posted a career-high 62 assists in CSUN’s 3-2 win at No. 10 UC San Diego on Apr. 12.

Judkins, a sophomore from New Zealand, led the Matador men’s golf team this season with a 73.94 scoring average, playing in all 11 tournaments this season. He also posted a team-leading two top-1o finishes in 2024-25 including a team-best eighth place showing at the 2025 Big West Men’s Golf Championship in April.

College Sports Communicators began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored more than 38,000 deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors.

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