Men's Lacrosse Lands Four on CSC Academic All-District Team
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Graduate student Evan Baden (Burlington, Conn.), senior Nick Schilling (Brookfield, Conn.) and sophomores Vinny Pusateri III (Fitchburg, Mass.) and Matthew Wurszt (Wilbraham, Mass.) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's lacrosse team received College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors, the organization announced Tuesday.
The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes At-Large honorees in five divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, and the College Division.
To be an Academic All-District® honoree, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore at their institution, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above, and compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests/sets played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests/sets. A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
To view the complete list of CoSIDA's Academic All-District honorees, click HERE (PDF).
NCAA, NAIA and College Division Women's At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. The Men's At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.
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. The College Division Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) governance structure.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit www.AcademicAllAmerica.com.
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