EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The College Sports Communicators revealed its 2025-26 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large recipients today, with seven ESU student-athletes earning the honor.
 
On the men's side, Luke Ciampa (men's wrestling, Sports Business) represented ESU. On the women's side, four different teams had student-athletes land on the Academic All-District Team, with Kerry Kaufman (Early Childhood and Special Education) and Charlotte Simon (Sport Management) earning spots for Field Hockey, Olivia Klein (Art and Design) making it for women's wrestling, Sadie Kauffman (Early Childhood Education) and Emily Varilla (Health and Physical Education) achieving the honor for women's lacrosse, and Abby Beyer (Middle Level Education) rounding out the group for women's golf.
 
In order to be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, and meet different athletic requirements. For wrestling, student-athletes must be in the lineup for at least 75 percent of team scoring events. For field hockey and women's lacrosse, eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the team's games played or must start in at least 66 percent of the team's games. And for golf, nominees must have been in the lineup for 75 percent of an institution's team scoring events or in the lineup at the conference championship.
 
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 on Tuesday, July 7 (women's) and Wednesday, July 8 (men's).