CSC Announces Academic All-District Awards
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Six student-athletes from the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's soccer team were named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team.
Seniors Maddy Gilhool, Eliza Radoll, and Gabi Santora along with juniors Parker Sikora and Dalani Stephens, and sophomore Chloe Lausell earn the recognition for the first time in their careers.
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve with a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average in her second year at the current institution and must have played in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
The Southern Conference had 36 student-athletes represented on the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) women's soccer Academic All-District® Team.
Maddy Gilhool
Senior | Forward | Montrose, Pennsylvania
- 2022 SoCon All-Tournament Team
- Has a 3.76 grade-point average (GPA) while studying Recreation & Park Management and minoring in Sports Coaching
- Led the Spartans this season with nine goals and one assist for 19 points
- Her nine goals and 19 points was a career best
- Started in 17 of the 21 games played this season
- Named to Chancellor's List and Dean's List
- Member of UNCG Community & Therapeutic Recreation Club
Eliza Radoll
Senior | Defender | Fairfax, Virginia
- 2022 SoCon All-Tournament Team
- Has a 3.84 GPA while majoring in Environment and Sustainability with a minor in Interior Architecture
- Started and played in all 21 games for the Spartans
- Scored one goal for two points this season
- Her lone goal came in a 4-0 shutout against Wofford, tallying the eventual game winner
- Scored three goals and one assist during her time in the Blue & Gold
- Named to All-SoCon Honor Roll, Chancellor's List and Dean's List
- Was named 2022 team captain
Gabi Santora
Senior | Midfield | Boca Raton, Florida
- Has a 3.51 GPA while majoring in English and minoring in Spanish
- Earned All-SoCon first team this season
- Named to the All-Freshman team in 2019
- Started and played in all 21 games this season
- Second on the team with 14 points
- 10 of her 14 points came in SoCon games
- Scored four goals and six assists with two-game winning goals
- While in the Blue & Gold, she has scored eight goals, 13 assists, for 29 points
- Was named to the SoCon Honor Roll, Chancellor's List, and Dean's List
Parker Sikora
Junior | Defender | Elk Grove, California
- Has a 3.95 GPA while studying Recreation and Park Management and minoring in Psychology
- First career All-SoCon recognition, earning first team honors this season
- Started and played in all 21 games for UNCG this season
- Scored her first-collegiate goal in a 3-0 victory over VMI
- Tallied her second goal of the season in a 2-1 loss against ETSU
- Registered two assists this season, to bring her career total to three.
- As a left back, she was a key part of the back line and the Spartans' seven shutouts this season
- Named to All-SoCon Honor Roll, Chancellor's List
- Was named 2022 team captain
- In her career, she has scored two goals and three assists for seven points
Dalani Stephens
Junior | Midfielder | Round Hill, Virginia
- 2022 SoCon All-Tournament Team
- Has a 3.57 GPA while majoring in Speech Pathology & Audiology and minoring in American Sign Language
- Started in 19 games, playing in all 21 this season
- Scored her first-career goal in a 4-0 shutout over The Citadel this season
- Named to the All-SoCon Honor Roll, Chancellor's List, and Dean's List
Chloe Lausell
Sophomore | Defender | Lakeland, Florida
- Has a 3.86 GPA while studying Human Development and Family Studies
- All-SoCon second team defender this season
- Named to freshman team in 2021
- Started and played in 19 of the Spartans' 21 games this season as a center back
- Tallied her first-collegiate assist in a 4-0 shutout over The Citadel
- Has been a big part of the Spartans' defense earning seven shutouts this season
- Named to Chancellor's List twice and Dean's List
The Spartans finished up their season with a 10-7-4 overall record and 4-3-2 in SoCon play. UNCG recorded seven shutouts this season with 16 Spartans recording at least one point. UNCG made its mark in the SoCon Tournament as the fourth-seed defeating the fifth-seeded Western Carolina, 2-1 in the quarterfinals and top-seeded Chattanooga, 2-1 in double overtime of the semifinals. The Spartans then tied second-seeded Samford, 0-0, in regulation but the Bulldogs were victorious in penalty kicks, 6-5.
UNCG allowed only 25 goals in its 21-game season with 1.17 per game. The Spartans came in third in the SoCon standings for shutouts with seven total, and fifth for saves having 76.
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
membership-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as 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 college 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 of intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.
