Twelve Oles named to CSC Academic All-District At-Large Teams

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Twelve members of the St. Olaf College women’s Nordic skiing, women’s hockey, men’s golf, and men’s hockey teams were named to the 2025 Academic All-District ® Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, as announced on Tuesday.

Rising junior Amae Kam-Magruder and recent graduate Lily Hubanks ’25 from women’s Nordic skiing as well as rising senior Solvei Berg-Messerole and recent graduates Grace Lankas ’25, Iona Welsch ’25, and Rachel Wieland ’25 from women’s hockey were St. Olaf’s honorees on the women’s list. Rising senior Isaac Schmidt and recent graduate Josh Sansom ’25 from men’s golf as well as recent graduates Connor Kalthoff ’25, Ben Luscko ’25, Matthew Pointer ’25, and Jonathan Young ’25 from men’s hockey represented St. Olaf on the men’s list.

The Academic All-District ® Teams recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined athletic and academic performances. The men’s and women’s at-large categories are made up of numerous sports, including the St. Olaf-sponsored sports of men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s ice hockey, and men’s and women’s alpine and Nordic skiing.

In order to earn the accolade, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must hold a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.50, while also meeting sport-specific athletic criteria. For ice hockey, student-athletes must have competed in 90 percent of their institution’s games or started in at least 66 percent of those contests. For golf, student-athletes must be in the lineup for 70 percent of their institution’s team scoring events or be in the lineup at the conference championship tournament. For skiing, eligible nominees must compete in four carnivals of compete in the NCAA Championships.

Hubanks, Kalthoff, Lankas, and Young all earned their maximum third consecutive Academic All-District ® accolade, while Berg-Messerole, Pointer, and Schmidt were honored for the second time. Kam-Magruder, Luscko, Sansom, Welsch, and Wieland were all first-time honorees.

Berg-Messerole, Hubanks, Kalthoff, and Kam-Magruder will represent St. Olaf on the Academic All-America ® ballots. First-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America ® honorees will be announced on July 8 (women) and July 9 (men).