GLASSBORO, NJ - Rowan field hockey players Paige Gray, Tess Herman and Gracie Merrick and lacrosse players Fiona Lockhart, Yasmin Harris and Jenna O'Neill have been selected to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team.
 
Herman picks up her second Academic All-District honor while she will also be looking to repeat on the CSC Academic All-America team, which will be announced on July 7.
 
Gray is a sophomore finance major who was a starter for the Profs' defense, which limited the opponents to just 1.7 goals per game. The sophomore also contributed one goal and three assists on the year. She was named an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction and was selected to the NFHCA Academic Squad.
 
Herman, a sports communication and media major, was named to the NFHCA All-America Second Team in back-to-back seasons. She captured her second NJAC Defensive Player of the Year award and earned her third consecutive selection to both the All-Region IV First Team and the All-NJAC First Team.
 
Merrick, a junior exercise science major, received All-Region IV First Team honors while also being named to the All-NJAC First Team. Merrick, who contributed three goals and five assists, was named to the NFHCA Academic Squad and was inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Student-Athlete honor society.
 
Harris, an international studies major, had a career-best season with highs of 19 goals and nine assists.  The senior was named to the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team for spring sports as part of a group of 20 student-athletes who lead in their sport, academics and in communities across the country.
 
Lockhart, a senior computer science major, was Rowan's third-leading scorer with career-highs of 42 goals and 19 assists. She was named to the IWLCA All-Region Second Team and picked up All-NJAC First Team honors in 2026. 
 
O'Neill was named to the IWLCA All-Region Second Team for the first time in her career, while also receiving All-NJAC Honorable Mention. The senior accounting major was the recipient of the the Sorelle Medallion as the top graduating student-athlete in Rowan's Rohrer College of Business.
 
The six student-athletes all played key roles in the success of their respective nationally-ranked teams. The field hockey team won its fifth straight NJAC title and was ranked #13 in the nation after its fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship. The lacrosse squad reached the NCAA Third Round for the second year in a row and came in at #16 in the final national rankings.