HENNIKER, N.H. - 12 student-athletes have earned spots on the 2026 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District as six Pilgrims were named to each of the Men's and Women's At-Large Teams, announced by the CSC on Tuesday. 

The 2025-26 Academic All-District At-Large Teams, selected by the College Sport Communicators, recognize the nation's top student athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. 

Named to the men's team, sophomore Dalton Gordon (Boscawen, N.H.) and Bryce Sturm (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) both represent men's golf while Sturm also represents the men's ice hockey team where he is joined by teammates sophomore Anthony Beaulieu (Lawrence, Mass.), sophomore Egor Osipik (Minsk, Belarus), junior Christophe Petit (Chelsea, Quebec), and junior Gunnar Sibley (Monticello, Minn.). 

On the female side, the Pilgrims receiving this year's honor include sophomore Kennedy Overhoff (Whitefield, N.H.),  junior Lauren Hall (Belfast, Maine), and senior Makenzie Anderson (Antrim, N.H.) from field hockey,  junior Alexis Hornsby (Atkinson, N.H.) from women's ice hockey and women's lacrosse, junior Carmela Goodwin (Lebanon, N.H.) from women's lacrosse, and sophomore Madeline Li (Andover, Mass.) from the women's wrestling team. 

The full CSC Academic All-District At-Large teams can be found here. 

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