GREENWOOD, Ind. – The College Sports Communicators have named 39 Conference USA student-athletes to its Academic All-District Teams, the organization announced Tuesday. This honor recognizes the nation’s top-student athletes for their performance in their sport and in the classroom.
 
Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 14 (men) and July 15 (women).
 
Liberty led the conference with 12 student-athletes receiving recognition, followed by UTEP and Jax State with seven. Also earning the honors were four student-athletes from Kennesaw State, three athletes from FIU and NM State, two from WKU and one from LA Tech.
 
CUSA Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country CSC Academic All-District Honorees
Mark Roper, Jax State
Harrison Pawsat, KSU
Beau Backes, Liberty
Todd Benhase, Liberty
Christian Hicks, Liberty*
Kellen Kimes, Liberty
Ben Shughart, Liberty*
Joshua Smith, Liberty
Andres Gurrola, UTEP
Sebastian Avena, UTEP
Alex Brown, UTEP
Zacarias Velasquez, UTEP
Sam Crenshaw, WKU
 
CUSA Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country CSC Academic All-District Honorees
Isabell-Mary Luik, FIU
Arndis Oskarsdottir, FIU
Luca Keszthelyi, FIU
Aliyah Gidharry, Jax State
Lydia Seals, Jax State
Jadyn Bonds, Jax State
Lennon Ibsen, Jax State
Viola Jepleting, Jax State
Chaci Whitfield, Jax State
Kali Terza, KSU*
Keira Hight, KSU
Eliana Mbadinga, KSU
Patasha Bryan, Liberty
Paola Bueno, Liberty
Meredith Engle, Liberty
Katrina Schlenker, Liberty*
Katie Urbine, Liberty
Allie Zealand, Liberty*
Kaitlyn Washington, LA Tech
Nia Allison, NM State
Alesha Lane, NM State
Marlee Cavitt, NM State
Peace Ewa, UTEP
Sarah Dovenbarger, UTEP
Samahri Foster, UTEP
Kinley Kunkel, WKU