NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Twelve St. Olaf College student-athletes were named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ® At-Large Teams, as announced on Tuesday.
Recent graduates
MaKenna Beaver and
Solvei Berg-Messerole from women's hockey, rising junior
Anneliese Carlson from women's golf, recent graduate
Jessica Stanton from women's alpine skiing, and rising junior
Liesl Cope-Schaeffer and rising senior
Amae Kam-Magruder from women's Nordic skiing were St. Olaf's six honorees on the women's team. Rising senior
Camden Benson and recent graduate
Gunnar Johnson from men's hockey, rising juniors
Lance Hastings,
Daniel Gladkov, and
Paavo Rova from men's Nordic skiing, and recent graduate
Isaac Schmidt from men's golf represented St. Olaf on the men's list.
To qualify for the accolade, student-athletes must hold a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.50 and be at least a sophomore athletically and academically, while also meeting sport-specific athletic criteria. In golf, nominees must be in the lineup for 75 percent of their institution's team scoring events or be in the lineup at the conference championship tournament. In hockey, they must compete in 90 percent or start in 66 percent of their team's games. In skiing, they must compete in 75 percent of their institution's competitions or compete at the NCAA Championships.
Berg-Messerole and Schmidt earned CSC Academic All-District ® honors for the third times in their respective careers, while Kam-Magruder collected her second such accolade. The other nine Oles were all first-time honorees.
Cope-Schaeffer, Kam-Magruder, and Rova will represent St. Olaf on the CSC Academic All-America ® ballot, with those honorees scheduled to be announced on July 7 (women) and July 8 (men).