AUSTIN, Texas – MSU Moorhead swimming & diving had four student-athletes named to the annual College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team, the organization announced Tuesday. Senior Demi-Lee Carlisle and sophomores Ruth Guy, Cami Mayo and Sophia Verke were all named to the team. 

Carlisle makes her third straight appearance on the team after bolstering a 3.96 cumulative GPA as a business analytics and economics majors at MSUM. Guy earned a spot on the team behind a 3.98 GPA as a speech, language and hearing sciences major. Mayo holds a 3.95 GPA as an elementary inclusive education major while Verke showcases a 3.86 GPA as an exercise science major at MSUM. 
 
The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool 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 22, 2025 (women) and April 23, 2025 (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 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 five competitions OR finish top-eight at a conference meet.