PLYMOUTH, N.H. – College Sports Communicators announced its Women's At-Large Academic All-District honorees on Tuesday, and six Plymouth State University female student-athletes were among those recognized.
 
Senior Katie Moore (Salem, N.H.) from the women's lacrosse team, senior Gill Hamilton (Ottawa, Ontario) and sophomore Megan Heckey (Québec City, Québec) from the ski team, and senior field hockey player Kyla Napolitano (Warwick, R.I.) were all recognized, along with a pair of multi-sport athletes: senior Morgan Cunningham (Wrentham, Mass.) of the women's lacrosse and ice hockey teams, and classmate Katie Porrello (Milford, Conn.) from the field hockey and ice hockey programs.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-District recognition, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. In ice hockey, field hockey and lacrosse, nominees must compete in 90% of the institution's games played or start in at least 66% of games, while goalies must start at least 50% of games. Skiers must appear in 75% of carnivals or compete at the NCAA Championships. An institution is limited to six nominees per gender.
 
The Academic All-District At-Large program exists to honor student-athletes who compete in sports that do not offer their own category. At-large sports include women's field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's water polo, women's bowling, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's rifle, women's crew/rowing, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's volleyball, men's wrestling, and women's beach volleyball.
 
Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, where First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in early-July.