WASHINGTON - The College Sports Communicators announced its 2025 Academic All-District® Softball Teams and Gallaudet University junior outfielder/pitcher
Lacey Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.) and sophomore infielder
Olivia Taufu'i (Blackfoot, Idaho) landed on the Division III team.
This is Drolsbaugh's second straight appearance on the CSC Academic All-District® Softball Team and the first for Taufu'i.
Drolsbaugh, a education major, has a 3.50 grade point average at Gallaudet University, the world's only university with programs and services specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students. Taufu'i, who is undeclared, boasts a 3.75 grade point average.
The GU pair are part of 32 representatives from a United East Conference program. Lancaster Bible College and Penn St.-Abington led the way with five honorees each.
Drolsbaugh and Taufu'i increases the amount of Academic All-District® honors for Gallaudet softball to five. The pair join
Emma Giuntoli (2023) and
Hannah Neild (2019), who later landed on the Academic All-America third team that year. The Bison athletic department has 22 Academic All-America honors in its history.
Outstanding student-athletes are nominated for Academic All-District® recognition by current dues-paying CSC members and must meet high academic and athletic standards. Eligible nominees will receive Academic All-District recognition.
The title Academic All-American is reserved for student-athletes who perform at an elite level in their sport and in the classroom.
To be eligible for College Sports Communicators Academic honors, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at their current institution and be nominated by their athletic communicator/sports information director. In 2023-24 a new requirement started, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played or must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests/matches.
The Academic All-America softball teams will be announced on Tuesday, June 17.
GALLAUDET'S COLLEGE SPORTS COMMUNICATORS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® SOFTBALL HONOREES
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About College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Program
College Sports Communicators (CSC) began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored more than 40,000 deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors. Currently, CSC honors Academic All-Americans in 16 sports.
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 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
For more information visit
AcademicAllAmerica.com.
