DUBUQUE, Iowa - College Sports Communicators (CSC) released the 2026 at-large academic all-district team on Tuesday morning (June 16). The University of Dubuque Spartans had 12 honorees across seven sports who were awarded with academic all-district honors by the organization. 

Women's Golf
Leah Balsbaugh (Sussex, Wis. / Hamilton HS) *nominated for CSC Academic All-America
Payton Morton (Twin Lakes, Wis. / Wilmot HS)
Kaycee Newman (Eldridge, Iowa / North Scott HS)

Men's Golf
John Dobbe (Eldridge, Iowa / North Scott HS) 
Luke Harwick (Guttenberg, Iowa / Beckman HS) *nominated for CSC Academic All-America
Bob Ryan (Tipton, Iowa / Tipton HS)

Women's Hockey
Madilynn Schiile (Edmonton, Alberta / Edmonton Pandas)
Malia Tetreault (Red Deer, Alberta / Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs)

Men's Hockey
Nikita Borodaenko (Dmitrov, Russia / Merrimack College) *nominated for CSC Academic All-America

Women's Wrestling
Alex Hofrichter (Antigo, Wis. / Antigo HS)

Men's Wrestling
Justin Matson (Hinckley, Minn. / Hinckley-Finlayson HS)

Men's Lacrosse
Nolan Nagy (Northfield, Minn. / Northfield HS)
 

Academic eligibility:

• An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
• 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.
• Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
• Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination as either an undergraduate or graduate student. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
• Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
• Transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible. If your transfer student-athletes (undergraduates or graduates) are in their first semester at your institution, you must use their cumulative undergraduate GPA and cumulative graduate GPA (if grad GPA is applicable) from their former institution — which meets the 3.50 cumulative GPA — to be considered for Academic All-District/Academic All-America status. This would be the GPA or GPAs they used when gaining admittance to your institution. If your transfer student-athlete has a GPA at your institution, then you take the COMBINED cumulative GPA (from all institutions) and use that in your nomination process. (You cannot just select their GPA at your institution to date.)

Athletic eligibility: Sport-specific nomination criteria

Men's & Women's Golf

• Eligible nominees must be in the lineup for 75 percent of an institution's TEAM SCORING events OR in the lineup at the conference championship tournament. 

Men's & Women's Hockey

• Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games. 

Men's & Women's Wrestling

• Eligible nominees must be in the lineup for at least 75 percent of TEAM SCORING events (open tournaments, duals) OR compete in their weight class at a conference championship meet.

Men's Lacrosse

• Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games. 

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. 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 7 (women) and July 8 (men).

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 2025-26 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.