Four Altoona student-athletes named to CSC Academic All-District Team

GREENWOOD, Ind. - Postseason academic recognition continued to roll in on June 17 when four Penn State Altoona student-athletes earned places in the College Sports Communicators' At-Large category of its NCAA Division III All-District honors.

To be eligible for a spot on an Academic All-District team, student-athletes must meet certain academic and athletic requirements. Academically, student-athletes must be at least sophomores while holding cumulative grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher. For golfers, nominees must have been in the lineup for at least 70% of their squad's team scoring events, or in the lineup at the conference championship tournament. For volleyball, nominees must have competed in at least 90% of their team's matches, or started in at least two-thirds of the matches.

In the CSC's NCAA Division III Academic All-District At-Large category, Penn State Altoona saw two men's golfers, one women's golfer and one men's volleyball player pick up the recognition:

Men's golf:

• Daniel Batrus, of Altoona, majoring in business
• Nicky Riscica, of Newtown, majoring in business

Women's golf:

• Isabelle Forcey, of Clearfield, majoring in elementary and early childhood education

Men's volleyball:

• Landen Fisher, of Altoona, majoring in mechanical engineering