GREENWOOD, Ind. — The 2026 College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-District Softball Teams were released on Tuesday, May 26, with four Falcons representing UW-River Falls.

The 2026 Academic All-District® Softball 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 90 percent of the institution's games played or must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games. For pitchers, a student-athlete must have made at least 17 appearances or pitched 35 innings.

UWRF Academic All-District Honorees (Name, Yr., Major)
Grace Gardner, Sr., Computer Science and Information Systems
Caitlyn Kressel, So., Biomedical and Health Science
Lacie Lilyquist, So., Finance
Brooklyn VanGruensven, Jr., Accounting

Gardner and VanGruensven are both now two-time CSC Academic All-District honorees.
 
Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on June 16.