Six members of The University of Scranton field hockey, women's golf and women's lacrosse teams garnered College Sports Communicators' CSC Academic All-District At-Large honors as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.

Senior Maddy Buhler (Stony Point, N.Y./Albertus Magnus) of the women's golf team, senior Bridget Abraldes (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East), senior Elle Collins (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) and junior Lauren Franco (West Chester, Pa./B. Reed Henderson) of the field hockey program and seniors Kayleigh Stalter (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook) and Devyn Tanajewski (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) of the women's lacrosse team were the six student-athletes to receive the honor. 

Academic All-District recognizes student-athletes for their performance both on the field and in the classroom and honorees must hold a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA while competing in at least 90% of games, starting 66% or competing in 70% of matches.

This marks the second career Academic All-District honor for Buhler, Collins, Franco and Tanajewski.

Buhler played in 18 rounds for the Royals and posted a scoring average of 86.00 as she earned All-Landmark Second Team honors. The Stony Point, N.Y., native earned her Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Scranton in May with a 4.0 GPA.

A NFHCA All-Region Second Team selection this season, Abraldes started all 20 games for the Royals and tallied 31 points on 12 goals and seven assists. She tied for the conference lead in assists and ranked second in goals and points en route to also earning All-Landmark First Team and Landmark Senior Scholar-Athlete honors. Abraldes earned her Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology with a 3.75 GPA.

Collins started all 20 games in the midfield for the Royals and registered 11 points on five goals (two game-winners) and one assist as she earned All-Landmark First Team honors. A two-time captain, she received her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies with a 3.82 GPA.

Franco started every game and served as an anchor for a defensive unit that ranked in the Top 10 nationally in GAA (0.59), fewest goals allowed (12) and shutouts (11). The West Chester, Pa., native earned both NFHCA All-Region Second Team and All-Landmark First Team accolades. In the classroom, Franco holds a 3.52 GPA as a Nursing major.

A Lynbrook, N.Y., native, Stalter started all 21 games as an attacker and scored 23 goals to go along with 10 assists. She scored the game-winner in a 10-9 victory over No. 12 Stevens on Apr. 21. Stalter graduated from Scranton in May and held a 3.65 GPA in Nursing.

Tanajewski earned IWLCA All-Region and All-Landmark Second Team honors as she tallied 20 goals, 23 assists, 36 ground balls, 51 draw controls and 20 caused turnovers. The Ringwood, N.J., native earned her Bachelor's Degree from Scranton this spring with a 3.85 GPA in Health Administration.  

Click here to view the full CSC Academic All-District At-Large honorees.

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