ARDEN HILLS, MINN.—The Bethel University Royals landed 24 fall student-athletes on the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team. 

Football (FULL CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM)
Albert Rundell
Will Barthel
Isaiah Ward
Nick Colyer
Phil Conant
Eli Nowacki
Tyler Drury
Tyler Terry

Women's Volleyball (FULL CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM)
Peyton Howie
Grace Therrien
Lauren Hetfeld
Eleanor Pelzel

Women's Soccer (FULL CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM)
Malia Beilby
Jessica Oliver
Kendall Craigan
Anna Sukle
Chloe Erickson
Hailey Bergan

Men's Soccer (FULL CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM)
Carter Sheard
Ryan Swanda
Roy Kyle
Silas Ihde
Nathan Hunt
Griffin Blokker

Academic Eligibility

• A student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
• An undergraduate AND graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
• Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination.

Athletic Eligibility

Men's and Women's Soccer

• Must compete in 90 percent of the institution's matches played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's matches. 

Football

• Must compete in 90 percent of games played OR start in 66 percent of games.

Women's Volleyball

• Must compete in 90 percent of matches OR start in 66 percent of matches. Liberos, although not counted in stats as a starter, may be counted as such nominating purposes.