MANCHESTER, N.H. – Four members of the Saint Anselm College softball team were named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® team, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The CSC Academic All-America program recognizes softball student-athletes in four divisions – NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA. Academic All-District® nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games and record at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, with graduate students needing a 3.50 GPA or better at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
 
The four honorees representing the Hawks were senior Madeline Trisket, juniors Brooke Tardugno and Sarah Cipriani, and sophomore Katie Fox. This marks the most Academic All-District honors for the Hawks in a single season in program history.
 
Trisket earns her first career Academic All-District honor after playing in 49 of the 54 games this season with 47 starts as the Hawks' primary centerfielder. Trisket hit .271 with 32 hits, 21 runs scored, 10 runs batted in, and seven doubles with 11 walks drawn and 11 stolen bases. In the classroom, Trisket graduated from Saint Anselm with a 3.72 GPA as a Classical Archaeology and Classics double major, also minoring in Philosophy.
 
Tardugno earned AAD honors for the second consecutive season after an impressive year on the field and in the classroom. The junior from Methuen, Mass., was selected to the Northeast 10 All-Conference Third Team and hit .311 with 52 hits and a team-high 50 runs scored, finishing among the NE10 leaders in runs scored and stolen bases, going 36-for-40 on the year. Her 36 stolen bases set a new single-season program record, passing Shannon Colson '21, who had 32 for the Hawks in 2018. She also ranked near the top of the conference in doubles (18), while contributing defensively with 153 assists, starting at third base in 52 of the Hawks' 53 games this season. Tardugno is a Computer Science and Data Science & Analytics double major who posted a team-high 3.94 GPA.
 
Cipriani recorded career-high numbers across the board for the Hawks this season, playing in 43 games with 42 starts, tallying 31 hits, seven doubles, 11 RBI, and a .246 batting average. Cipriani drew nine walks with one stolen base and had a solid season in the field with 88 putouts, 77 assists, and a .959 fielding percentage. The Woodbury, Conn., native is a Communications major with a minor in Biology, who has a 3.54 cumulative GPA in three years on the Hilltop.
 
Fox played all over the field for the Hawks this season, with appearances at shortstop, second base, and right field, appearing in 47 games with 44 starts. The sophomore utility player was second on the team with five home runs and third on the team with 21 RBI. Fox accumulated 28 hits, 24 runs scored, seven doubles, and a triple, with a program-record 35 walks drawn. The Dracut, Mass., native is a Health Science major and has a 3.68 GPA following her second season at Saint Anselm.

About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a member-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
 
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association's membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital, and creative sports industry, regardless of position or title.
 
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second-oldest management association in all intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December 2008.

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