MOORHEAD, Minn. – College Sports Communicators (CSC) unveiled its final Academic All-District® Team of the 2025-26 athletic year on Tuesday morning. Seven student-athletes from Minnesota State Moorhead track & field and cross country were honored. The Dragons showcased by CSC included Allysah Larson, Kiley Kranz, Katelyn Kennedy, Kaela Traugott, Hunter Petersen, Janis Riekstins and Jared Gregoire. 
 
Kranz makes her second career trip to the Academic All-District® Team behind a 3.90 GPA as a health education major. Traugott also earns her second straight trip to the team thanks to a 3.87 GPA as a psychology major at MSUM. Petersen collects her third straight CSC honor behind a 3.78 GPA, graduating with her degree in digital media management in the spring. Larson bolsters a 3.82 GPA as a nursing major. 
 
For the Dragon men, Riekstins earns his first career CSC honor, holding a 3.90 GPA as an exercise science major. Gregoire earns his first CSC Academic All-District® nod as well, earning a 3.53 cumulative GPA as a computer science and cybersecurity major at MSUM. 
 
The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Track & Field/Cross Country 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 July 14 (men) and July 15(women). Thanks to his efforts in the classroom and in the field of competition, Gregoire has advanced to the national 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 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.

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
 
Eligible nominees will be based off TFRRS regional performance rankings at the time of nomination. Note: Only individual ranked performances are to be used for eligibility. If a student-athlete has participated in a RELAY EVENT, that can bolster the nomination but the basic criteria to be met is for INDIVIDUAL performances. Relays cannot be the basis for eligibility.

• NCAA institutions: 
  • Cross Country - Top-50 individual performance at the NCAA regional competition during the current academic year
  • Track - Top-50 regional ranking in single event (indoor or outdoor)