GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Saint Mary's hockey programs are represented well this post season with academic accomplishments! A total of nine student-athletes of each program have been tabbed with College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large honors this post season for their dedication on and off the ice.

Each institution can nominate Academic All-District recognition in the at-large category, which includes men's fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Nominees must be a sophomore or older with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. Hockey nominees must have competed in 90 percent of the team's total games or have started 66 percent of the total.

Five members of the Saint Mary's women's hockey team were awarded this accomplishment. Seniors Taryn Dornseif, Teagan Phillips, Celeste Rimstad, and Taverie Sherner each received their first recognition and junior Sophia Paduano earned her first CSC Academic honor as well.

Phillips, the Oregon, Wis. native, was a captain this past season playing in 25 all games for the Cardinals at center. She recorded six goals with three assists over her senior season and ended it with a bang with a hat-trick on senior night.

Also from Wis., Somerset to be exact, is Dornseif who was a crucial piece to the Cardinals offense this season. She played in 23 games for the Cardinals, picking up an assist, and received her second academic honor of her career, first being the conference academic award.

Sherner, the Maple Grove, Minn., native played in all 25 games for the Cardinals, earning her 100 games played cap with three assists to her name this season. She is also earning her first CSC award but second academic award earning the conference academic honor earlier this year.

The Cardinals goalkeeper, Rimstad, was a wall in her senior year. The Richfield, Minn., kid played in 15 games this season making 312 saves with a .907 save percentage. She picked up three wins this year and recorded a shutout. 

Rounding out the women's program is forward star, Paduano, from Westby, Wis. The forward led the team in goals with nine and recorded three assists and two game winners. She played in all 25 games.

On the men's side, four Cardinals earned the prestigious award after a historic season.

Seniors Blake Arneson, Jack Campion, Colin Tushie and junior Cole Mickel each are receiving their first Academic All-District nods this past season.

Arnseon, from Red Wing, Minn., played in all 26 games as a crucial defender. He recorded 30 blocks this season, a team high, and recorded two assists. He is earning his first CSC award but second academic award earning the conference academic honor earlier this year.

His teammate Campion, the team captain from Crystal, Minn., bounced back from being injured his junior year, to nine goals and nine assists his final season. Campion even recorded three game winners and had a senior night to remember with a hat-trick. He earned Honorable Mention honors by the conference this season.

Tushie, from Prior Lake, Minn., the other forward captain of the Cardinals had himself a season with seven goals and nine assists for 16 points. He notched two game winners and averaged four points per game. 

Lastly, Mickel, the All-American defender from Castle Rock, Colo., earned his first CSC honor after making headlines this season. Mickel scored three goals and racked up a conference high 25 assists earning him MIAC Defensive Player of the Year honors and an Academic All-American candidate.