2024 CSC All-District At-Large team
 
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University placed six female student-athletes on the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large team that was announced Tuesday with five women's lacrosse players and one field hockey player being recognized.
 
The Academic All-District teams are nominated for by the athletic communication professionals at each college throughout the nation. In order to be eligible, student-athletes must be at least sophomores in athletic and academic standing, must maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, must have appeared in at least 90 percent of the team's games or started at least 66 percent of the team's games and should have significant athletic credentials.
 
While many sports have their own Academic All-America programs, the sports of field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, water polo, bowling, fencing, rifle, crew, skiing, golf, gymnastics and beach volleyball are all combined into one "At-Large" team. Of that group of women's sports, SRU sponsors only lacrosse and field hockey.
 
The Rock lacrosse program is represented by Charleigh Rondeau, Lauren Searles, Brooke Wisniewski, Nicole Masi and Camryn Whipple, while SRU field hockey is represented by Grace Burker.
 
Rondeau, who was named to a pair of Academic All-America honors in 2022 and 2023, is now a three-time Academic All-District selection. Searles, Wisniewski and Masi are all repeat selections after also earning the Academic All-District honor in 2023. Whipple and Burker earn their first career Academic All-District awards.
 
All five of the SRU lacrosse players that were named to All-District honors were selected by a national committee to advance to the finalist ballot for the Academic All-America team. The Academic All-America team will be announced July 16.
 
A brief look at the athletic and academic accomplishments of the six SRU All-District honorees can be found below.
 
CHARLEIGH RONDEAU
Academics: Rondeau graduated in 2023 with an undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering with a minor in mathematics after earning a perfect 4.0 GPA. She will finish her master's degree in data analytics this summer and finished the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA for her graduate work, giving her a perfect 4.0 GPA after more than 170 career credit hours. She was a first team Academic All-American last year and was the 2024 PSAC Champion Scholar award winner for owning the highest GPA of all players at the PSAC semifinals site this year. She was the 2022 SRU Outstanding Engineering Major and the 2023 SRU Outstanding Engineering Senior.
 
Athletics: Rondeau was the 2023 PSAC West Athlete of the Year and wrapped up her career this spring by earning her fourth career All-PSAC honor and her second straight All-Region award. She became just the second player in program history to earn four All-PSAC awards. Rondeau was the best draw specialist in the nation this spring and led all of Division II in draw controls with 190 and draw controls per game with 10.0 on the way to shattering her own SRU single-game (21), single-season (190) and career (550) records for draw controls.
 
LAUREN SEARLES
Academics: Now a two-time Academic All-District selection, Searles finished her coursework in early childhood education with a minor in psychology with a 3.784 GPA after taking 132 credit hours.
 
Athletics: A two-time All-PSAC selection, Searles also picked up a second straight All-Region award as an attacker this spring after posting a career-high 66 points on 48 goals and 18 assists. She led SRU in goal scoring for the second straight year and finished her career ranked 12^th in SRU history in total goals (91) and 13^th in points (120).
 
BROOKE WISNIEWSKI
Academics: Wisniewski earned her exercise science degree with a 3.949 GPA after 122 credit hours on her way to earning a second straight Academic All-District honor.
 
Athletics: Wisniewski earned All-PSAC honors this spring for the second year in row after starting all 19 games at the midfield position, where she matched her career-high with 32 goals. She was a perfect 7-for-7 on free position shots and also grabbed 28 draw controls, 10 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers. She finished her SRU career ranked 12^th in draw controls (97), 12^th in games played (65) and 15^th in goals (80) and games started (56).
 
NICOLE MASI
Academics: Masi finished her junior year this year with a 3.750 GPA after 107 credit hours while majoring in public health with a minor in adapted physical activity. She picks up her second straight Academic All-District honor.
 
Athletics: Masi was named to the All-PSAC team as a defender for the second straight year after starting all 19 games this spring. A 2023 All-Region selection as well, Masi racked up 23 caused turnovers and 28 ground balls this spring to give her 46 caused turnovers and 65 ground balls over the last two seasons combined. She will enter her senior year next spring ranked 17^th in program history in caused turnovers (47).
 
CAMRYN WHIPPLE
Academics: Whipple maintained a nearly perfect 3.956 GPA after 150 credit hours while majoring in early childhood and special education with minors in elementary school mathematics and coaching. She picks up her first career Academic All-District honor.
 
Athletics: Whipple saved her best for last with a breakout senior season that saw her lead SRU in scoring with 75 points on 32 goals and 43 assists on the way to earning All-PSAC honors. Her 43 assists set a new single-season program record and her 75 points were the second most in a single-season in program history. Whipple tallied five game-winning goals on the year and also grabbed 22 ground balls while posting an impressive .533 shooting percentage, scoring goals on more than 50 percent of her shots. She finished her career at SRU ranked No. 2 all-time in assists (69) and No. 10 all-time in scoring (141 points).
 
GRACE BURKER
Academics: Burker finished her junior year at SRU with a perfect 4.0 GPA after 115 credits in the health care administration and management program with minors in finance and business management. She earns her first career Academic All-District honor.
 
Athletics: Burker played all but 30 minutes in goal for The Rock field hockey team last fall, tallying a total of 1,035 minutes between the posts. She finished the year with a 2.55 goals against average and a .694 save percentage. Burker made at least five saves in 13 different games and had five games with 10 or more saves during the 2023 season. She posted one solo shutout and one combined shutout to pick up two total shutouts. She will enter her senior season at SRU ranked third all-time in saves (312) and sixth in wins by a goalie (18).





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