Six Tigers Earn Academic All-District Honors from CSC

SPRINGFIELD, OH - Wittenberg had six student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field Academic All-District team for the 2025-26 season, the CSC announced Tuesday. Named to the team were seniors Abbey Danne (Johnstown, OH / Big Walnut), Emma Hawk (Marion, OH / River Valley) and Tiffany Hix (Prospect, OH / Elgin), along with juniors Maddi Clark (Mentor, OH / Mentor), Alex Couch (Howard, OH / Mount Vernon) and Story Laing (Granville, OH / Granville).

The CSC Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletics and in the classroom. To earn CSC Academic All-District distinction, student-athletes must be a sophomore or above in class standing with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 while ranking inside the top 50 in a single event in their respective region. Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. The Academic All-America team will be announced on Wednesday, July 15.

Danne is an economics and Spanish double major with a 3.95 GPA. She was named All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) in both the indoor and outdoor seasons and earned USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region Team for the outdoor season. During the indoor season, she competed individually in the 400-meter dash, ranking in the top 10 in the region, while also competing in the 4x400 meter relay and the distance medley, in which those teams ranked 16^th and 10^th regionally. Danne continued her success in the outdoor season, adding the 800-meter run to her list of events, placing 2^nd regionally and was 41^st in the nation. Once again, she placed in the top 10 in the 400-meter dash and both her 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter teams ranked 11^th in the region.

Hawk is an education major and holds a 3.70 GPA. She competed in cross country along with both indoor and outdoor track and field. She was named First Team All-NCAC for the cross country season to begin the year. She competed in the 5,000-meter run, finishing 32^nd regionally and added the 10,000-meter during the outdoor season, in which she ranked 45^th in the 5,000-meter and 30^th in the 10,000-meter run.

Hix boasts a 3.89 GPA as an exercise science major. She earned All-NCAC in both the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. In the indoor season, Hix competed in pole vault, ranking 13^th in the region. During the outdoor season, she added another top 20 region ranking in pole vault at 19^th and competed in the triple jump, adding a 28^th regional ranking.

Clark is a sport management and management double-major with a 3.78 GPA. During the cross country season, she earned All-NCAC and All-Region honors while qualifying for the national championship by placing 12^th in the regional meet. In the indoor track and field season, she ranked 43^rd in the region in the 3,000-meter run and 17^th in the region in the 5,000-meter run. Clark competed in the 5,000-meter in the outdoor season as well, ranking 41^st in the region and ranked top 10 in the region in the outdoor10,000-meter run.

Couch boasts a 3.91 GPA as a biochemistry and molecular biology major. She competed in both cross country and track and field this past season. During cross country, she finished as high as 12^th overall at the Jenna Strong Fall Invitational early in the season. In the indoor track and field season, she competed in the distance medley relay, specifically the 1600-meter leg. Her distance medley relay finished the season ranked 10^th in the region this past season.

Laing is a biology and environmental science double-major and has a 3.93 GPA. During the indoor season, she ranked 28^th in the region in pole vault and in the outdoor season she then improved her pole vault height to rank 8^th in the region. Her regional ranking of eighth in the outdoor season, Laing was named to the USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region Team at the conclusion of the season.