CSC At-Large Academic All-District Teams

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University field hockey standout Addy Ross and lacrosse standouts Nicole Masi, Charleigh Rondeau, Lauren Searles and Brooke Wisniewski were named to Academic All-District honors when the College Sports Communicators announced the Division II At-Large honorees Tuesday.
 
The sports of field hockey and women's lacrosse do not currently have their own Academic All-America program through CSC, but are combined together in the "At-Large" category. Institutions can nominate up to five women combined from the sports of beach volleyball, bowling, rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing and water polo.
 
To be eligible for a nomination to the Academic All-America program, student-athletes must be at least sophomores in academic and athletic standing, must own a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, must appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games and should be starters or significant reserves with respectable athletic credentials.
 
All five of the SRU All-District honorees were all-conference in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in 2022-23, headlined by Rondeau, who was named the PSAC West Women's Lacrosse Athlete of the Year. Rondeau is also the only repeat honoree after earning second team Academic All-America honors in 2022.  All five SRU honorees will advance to the Academic All-America ballot.
 
Ross, a senior from Milford, Pennsylvania, earned third team All-PSAC honors for a second consecutive season and was selected to play in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Senior Game after starting all 17 games and anchoring The Rock's defense last fall. She recorded a team-high two defensive saves while tallying three points on one goal and one assist with 14 of her 22 shots being on goal. Off the field, Ross carried a 3.82 GPA through her academic career after passing a total of 145 credit hours. She recently graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education and a minor in adapted physical activity.
 
Masi, a sophomore from Rochester, New York, was named to second team All-Region honors as a defender by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association and was also named to second team All-PSAC honors after a breakout second season at SRU. She led The Rock defense with 23 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls while helping SRU to allow just 9.55 goals per game on the season. In the classroom, Masi owns a 3.627 overall GPA after 71 credit hours while majoring in public health with a minor in adapted physical activity.
 
Rondeau, a senior from Buffalo, New York, was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Year to become just the second SRU women's lacrosse player to ever earn the award. She also picked up first team All-PSAC honors to mark her third career All-PSAC selection and was named to All-Region honors by the IWLCA as well. Those awards came after she ranked in the top five in Division II in draw controls this spring with 135 draw controls. That tally helped her to break the SRU career record and she now owns the program's single-game (18), single-season (144) and career (360) records for draw controls. She also finished fourth on the team in scoring with 34 points on 20 goals and 14 assists while causing 20 turnovers and picking up 34 ground balls. In the classroom, Rondeau just capped a perfect undergraduate career with a 4.0 GPA and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in industrial and systems engineering with a minor in mathematics.
 
Searles, a junior from Strongsville, Ohio, earned first team All-PSAC honors as an attacker in 2023 after putting up a career-year in her first season as an everyday starter. She led The Rock in scoring with 47 points on 37 goals and 10 assists and finished the year with team-highs of 66 shots on goal and four game-winning goals. She also grabbed 17 ground balls and caused five turnovers. In the classroom, Searles owns a 3.780 GPA after 105 credit hours while majoring in early childhood education with a minor in psychology.
 
Wisniewski, a junior from Reading, Pennsylvania, earned second team All-PSAC honors this spring after ranking third on the team in scoring and second in goals with 32 goals and three assists for 35 points. Her career-highs in scoring included three game-winning goals. She also grabbed 25 draw controls and 10 ground balls. In the classroom, Wisniewski owns a 3.934 GPA after 95 credit hours while majoring in exercise science.
 
The CSC At-Large Academic All-America team will be announced June 22.
 
 
 

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