The 2023-24 academic year is closing up but the awards keep coming to Chico State as eight members of either or both the men's and women's cross country and track & field teams was selected as Academic All-Districts by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
 
Representing the women's side are Elise Barnum, Ava Cavallaro, Katie Hawley, Chloe Taylor and Hannah Tiffany while the men's side has Brayden McLaughlin, Joshua O'Neill and Dylan White recognized.
 
College Sports Communicators, formerly known as College Sports Information Directors of America, selects the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. Those who were selected Academic All-District advances to the CSC All-America ballot. First- second- and third-team Academic All-America will be announced on June 28.
 
To be eligible for the program, student-athletes must have competed in 50 percent of their sport and maintain a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale at the current institution. The student-athlete must also be a sophomore or higher and have attended his/her institution for a full calendar year.
 
For Dylan White, he is no stranger to the Academic All-America program. A double-major in criminal justice and psychology, his balancing between the course and the classroom in 2021 landed him a spot on the 2021-22 Academic All-America list.