Quartet Of Cobbers Named CSC Academic All-District

MOORHEAD, Minn. (4/03/24)---Concordia had four student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicator's (CSC) (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team.

Senior Rachel Andersen (Apple Valley, Minn./Eagan HS), juniors Kiernan Darling (Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS) and Hailey Jaeger (Fargo, N.D./Fargo Shanley HS) and sophomore Christina Moore (Carver, Minn./Chaska HS) all earned the award for the first time in their careers.

The 2024 Academic All-District Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Andersen has a 3.81 grade point average while majoring in Environmental Studies & French. She competed for the Cobbers in distance freestyle events. She swam in the 500-yard and 1650-yard freestyle events at the MIAC Championship Meet.

Darling had the best conference meet of her career as she finished in the Top 10 in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Darling is a Psychology major and carries a 3.59 GPA.                     

Jaeger swam in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke at the MIAC Championship Meet and was also a member of the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays and the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays. Jaeger has a 3.80 GPA while majoring in Nutrition & Dietetics.

Moore had a breakout season for the Cobbers. She was a mainstay for the Cobber relay teams and posted a career-best time in the 200-yard backstroke at the conference meet. She also competed in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke and posted season-best times at the MIAC Meet. Moore is majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology and has a 3.89 GPA.                             

Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 23 (women) and April 24 (men).

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 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.