GREENWOOD, Ind. –  The 2025 College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-District Women's Soccer Teams were released Tuesday, Nov. 25, with Lauren Best, Emery Bigler, Elizabeth Flety, Leah Hultman, Valerie Leonard, and Mariah Martin representing UW-River Falls.

The 2025 Academic All-District® Women's Soccer Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore athletically and academically with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at its current institution, and must have competed in at least 90 percent of their team's matches or started in at least 66 percent. Member institutions can nominate up to six student-athletes.

UWRF Academic All-District Honorees (Name, Year, Major)
Lauren Best, Sr., Health & Human Performance
Emery Bigler, Jr., Communication Sciences and Disorders
Elizabeth Felty, Sr., Health & Human Performance
Leah Hultman, So., Computer Science & Information Systems
Valerie Leonard, Jr., Computer Science & Information Systems
Mariah Martin, Jr., Elementary Education

Lauren Best is now a three-time CSC Academic All-District award winner, while Bigler, Felty, and Leonard become two-time recipients.
 
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on Dec. 17.