STANDISH, Maine – The 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large Teams have been announced and three Saint Joseph's College men's lacrosse players have collected accolades.
Seniors Brannon Gilbert (Gray, Maine) and Ethan Richard (Litchfield, Maine) and sophomore Anthony Samiotes (Hampstead, N.H.) have earned the high academic honor for the first time.
To be nominated for Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at their current institution. Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games/events. Student-athletes are not eligible until they have completed one full calendar year at their current institution and been on a college roster in that sport for two years.
A Business and Sports Management major, Gilbert has been the Monks' starting goalkeeper in each of the last two seasons and served as a team captain during the 2023 campaign. As a senior, he posted a 9-5 record with a 10.83 goals against average, a .515 save percentage, and 140 saves in 731 minutes in net.
Richard, who triple-majored in Finance, Marketing, and International Business at Saint Joseph's, played in 14 games during his senior season while registering two assists, nine ground balls, and a pair of caused turnovers with nine face-off wins in 26 attempts.
Samiotes, a Mathematics/Secondary Education major, is a two-year starting defender and two-time All-Conference selection. In 34 career games, he has tallied 123 ground balls and 69 caused turnovers.
The CSC Academic All-District® At-Large program recognizes athletes from 22 different sports, including men's and women's programs for fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, water polo as well as men's volleyball, men's wrestling, women's beach volleyball, women's bowling, field hockey, and women's rowing.
The 2023 Academic All-District® Men's & Women's At-Large Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm 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.
Seven other SJC athletes have claimed Academic All-District accolades within the Men's & Women's At-Large program: golfers Trevor Flanagan (Monmouth, Maine) and Drew Mathieu (Windham, Maine), women's lacrosse players Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) and Tara Powers (Tyngsboro, Mass.), and field hockey standouts Molly McCluskey (Orono, Maine), Anna Walker (Scarborough, Maine), and Kassidy Collins (Gardiner, Maine).
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 21. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed at the link below.
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 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
MEN'S CSC AT-LARGE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
WOMEN'S CSC AT-LARGE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
