Six from UNCG Women’s Soccer Earn CSC Academic All-District® Honors
CSC Announces Academic All-District® Teams
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Six student-athletes from the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women’s soccer team were named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team, announced on Tuesday.
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes must be at least a sophomore and either a starter or important reserve with a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average at their current institution and must have played in 90 percent of the institution’s games or must start in at least 66 percent of the school’s matches.
The Southern Conference (SoCon) had 29 student-athletes represented on the 2025 CSC Academic All-District® Team, including from Furman (5), Mercer (4), VMI (2), Western Carolina (6), Wofford (6) and UNCG (6).
Taylor Mentzer
Senior | Midfielder | Reading, Pa.
Has a 3.95 GPA while pursuing her degree in Kinesiology
All-SoCon Second Team
Started in 15 games and played in 18 matches this season
Tallied three goals and four assists this season
Her four assists paced the team
She concluded her collegiate career with 13 goals and four assists for 30 points
SoCon Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, SoCon Academic All-Conference, Chancellor’s List
Ava Kiss
Senior | Midfielder | Las Vegas, Nev.
Has a 3.97 GPA while pursuing her degree in Kinesiology
2023 & 2024 CSC Academic All-District® Team
Started in 11 games and played in all 19 matches this season
Tallied four goals and two assists this season
Her four goals finished second on the team
She concluded her collegiate career with 11 goals and 10 assists for 32 points
Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, SoCon Academic All-Conference, Chancellor’s List
Mairead Gayer
Junior | Midfielder | Northport, N.Y.
Has a 3.71 GPA while majoring in Physics
Started in 6 games and played in all 19 matches this season
Tallied one goal and two assists this season
She has two goals and four assists in her career
Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, SoCon Academic All-Conference, Chancellor’s List
Bailey Gourdine
Junior | Forward | Mukilteo, Washington
Has a 3.82 GPA while majoring in Marketing
Started in 17 games and played in all 19 matches this season
Scored her third-collegiate goal this season in a 1-0 victory over Triad-rival High Point
Has a total of three goals and four assists in her career
Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, SoCon Academic All-Conference, Dean’s List, Chancellor’s List
Natalie McCullough
Junior | Defender | Raleigh, N.C.
Has a 3.92 GPA while majoring in Kinesiology
Started in all 19 games this season logging 1690 minutes, the most on the team
Has played in the backline in 52 of 57 games in her three seasons with the Blue & Gold
Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, SoCon Academic All-Conference, Chancellor’s List
Nicole Hutchinson
Sophomore | Defender | Piedmont, S.C.
Has a 3.88 GPA while majoring in Kinesiology
Started and played in 16 of the 19 games this season
Tallied one assist this season in a 4-0 victory over VMI
Has a total of three assists in her two years with the Blue & Gold
Commissioner’s Medal, SoCon Academic Honor Roll, Dean’s List, Chancellor’s List
The Spartans finished up their season with a 4-12-3 overall record and 2-4-3 in SoCon play. UNCG recorded five shutouts this season and 13 Spartans tallied at least one point. UNCG scored 22 goals this season. The Blue & Gold fell to No. 2 Western Carolina, 4-3, in overtime of a SoCon Quarterfinal matchup.
The CSC recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Select Academic All-District® honorees will advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced Dec. 17, 2025.
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About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a membership-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association’s evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association’s membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital and creative college sports industry, regardless of position or title.
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all of intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.
Courtesy of Denise Archetto
Assistant Athletic Director For Strategic Communications
UNC Greensboro
Six From Men’s Soccer Earn Academic All-District® Honors
GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men’s soccer team had sox Spartans named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC), formerly CoSIDA, Academic All-District® team, announced by the organization on Tuesday.
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes must be at least a sophomore and either a starter or important reserve with a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average at their current institution and must have played in 90 percent of the institution’s games or must start in at least 66 percent of the school’s matches.
Juniors Seth Wilson, Steven Hernandez and senior Colton Sessoms each earned their second recognition from the association. While seniors Kimito Fritz and Daniel Longo each earned their first nod. Sophomore Mohammed Sumaila rounds out the list by receiving his first accolade from the CSC as well.
UNCG led The Southern Conference (SoCon) with six awardees for a SoCon total of 13. With two from Wofford, Mercer and VMI, while Furman added an additional mention.
Kimito Fritz
Economics
Senior | DEF | Tokyo, Japan
Played in all 22 games while making 21 starts
Studying economics with a 3.72 GPA
Has turned in 1749 minutes played in 2025
Has one goal and two assists this season
Scored the game-winning PK against Elon on Nov. 20.
Steven Hernandez
Kinesiology
Redshirt Sophomore | FWD | Winston-Salem, N.C.
CSC Academic All-District® team (2024)
All-SoCon Second Team
Studying Kinesiology and has a 3.52 GPA
Played in 21 matches and made 19 starts
Third on the team in total points with 15
Has five goals and five assists this season
Logged 1454 minutes of action
Daniel Longo
Economics
Senior | MID | Woodbridge, Ontario
Studying Economics and has a 3.62 GPA
All-SoCon Tournament Team
Started all 22 games for the Spartans
Second on the team in assists with six
Totaled 1714 minutes played
Colton Sessoms
Kinesiology
Senior | FWD | Advance, N.C.
Studying Kinesiology and has a 3.78 GPA
Played in all 22 games this season and made two starts
Scored a career high three goals this season
Totaled 633 minutes played
12 shots this season with seven of them being shots on goal
Mohammed Sumaila
Economics
Sophomore | DEF | Tamale, Ghana
Studying Economics and has a 3.70 GPA
Played in 21 games while starting 18
Logged 1680 minutes played
Assisted on one goal this season
Played all 90 minutes 12 times this season
Seth Wilson
Marketing
Redshirt Junior | GK | Frisco, Texas
CSC Academic All-District® team (2024)
Has a 3.83 GPA in Marketing
Made the All-SoCon Second Team
Started and played all 22 matches
Recorded seven shutouts
Recorded 1.02 goals against average
Logged 12 wins on the season
Saved 57 shots this season
The CSC recognizes the nation’s top student athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced Dec. 16, 2025.
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a membership-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association’s evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association’s membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital and creative college sports industry, regardless of position or title.
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all of intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.
Courtesy of Grayson Chastain
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro