AUSTIN, Texas -- MSU Moorhead basketball had six student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Teams, the organization announced Tuesday. The Dragon women were represented by Natalie Jens and Abby Berge while Jacob Jennissen, Logan Kinsey, Eddie Beeninga and Adam Jenkins were the MSUM men recognized. 

Jens makes her third straight appearance on the team behind a 3.98 cumulative GPA as a psychology major at MSUM. Berge earns her first trip to the team with her 3.75 GPA as an accounting major. Jennissen and Kinsey each make return trips to the Academic All-District® Team this season with Jennissen offering up a 3.86 GPA as an elementary education major with Kinsey bolstering a 3.7 GPA as a finance major. Beeninga and Jenkins earn their first honor on the team with Beeninga holding a 3.68 GPA as a construction management major. Jenkins has a 3.67 GPA as an exercise science major at MSUM. 

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

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 April 15, 2025 (men) and April 16, 2025 (women). For their efforts on the court and in the classroom this season, Jens, Kinsey and Jennissen are all listed on the Academic All-America® ballot. 

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 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.

It is incumbent upon CSC members to nominate the most outstanding student-athletes at their institution based on the criteria below.

Academic standing:

• 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.

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.
• The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.

Athletic eligibility: Sport-specific nomination criteria

• Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games