News6/17/2025 1:32 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Golden Bears Earn Academic All-District Honors
12 Cal Student-Athletes Recognized On CSC At-Large Academic All-District Teams
BERKELEY – Twelve California student-athletes spanning seven varsity sports were named to the 2025 At-Large Academic All-District Teams, College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced Tuesday morning.
A student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically with a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average or better and meet a variety of sport-specific qualifications to be nominated for the at-large academic all-district teams. Each NCAA Division I school is allotted six nominations for both the men's and women's at-large academic all-district teams (12 total).
The 12 Golden Bears – six men and six women – who earned academic all-district status are as follows:
WOMEN
- Constance Fouillet (women's golf): Economics major; team leader with 72.60 stroke average; five top-10 finishes, including a fifth-place effort at ACC Championship; played in 33 rounds across 11 stroke-play events
- Avery Hoeft (lacrosse): Business Administration major; scored 11 goals and tallied 17 assists to tie for third on the team with 28 points; started all 15 matches played as a junior; set program single-game assist record with nine in a win at Kent State
- Piper Melnick (women's rowing): Economics major; Coxswain for ninth-ranked first varsity eight boat; guided first varsity eight to wins over No. 10 Virginia and No. 11 Syracuse in 2025
- Rozanne Voorvelt (women's water polo): Molecular environmental biology major; 2025 ACWPC All-American; 2025 All-MPSF honorable mention; 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team; 30 goals scored for 19-win team
- Courtney Wong (lacrosse): Economics major; totaled 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists) as a junior; ranked second on the team with 47 draw controls; started all 15 games
- Alexandria Young-Gomez (beach volleyball): Media studies major; 2024 CSC At-Large Academic All-District selection; 82 career wins rank third in program history; 22-9 record in 2025; 2024 AVCA All-American
MEN
- Charlie Berridge (men's golf): Computer science major; averaged 72.36 shots per round; four top-30 finishes; Cal's top finisher at NCAA Reno Regional (T17); served as team's co-captain
- William Kelly (men's water polo): Business Administration major; among top-three goal scorers on team (22)
- Nik Mirkovic (men's water polo): Economics major; 2024 CSC At-Large Academic All-District selection; scored 20 goals
- Albert Ponferrada (men's water polo): Data science major; All-MPSF second team selection; netted 15 goals for the Bears as a primary starter; 2024 CSC At-Large Academic All-District selection
- Tyler Shimizu (men's gymnastics): Electrical engineering & computer science major; ranked 31st nationally on pommel horse; posted Cal's top all-around score of season at NCAA Championship qualifier; MPSF All-Academic selection
- Tucker Yasunaga (men's gymnastics): Sociology major; ranked 35th nationally on parallel bars & 48th on high bar; MPSF All-Academic selection; competed on parallel bars & high bar at NCAA Championship qualifier
Fouillet, Young-Gomez, Voorvelt, Ponferrada, Shimizu all advanced to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, which will be voted on by CSC members. The CSC will announce At-Large Academic All-America teams for the women and men on July 8 and July 9, respectively.
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