College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2025 Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Teams on Tuesday and four Lake Forest College players were among the honorees.
To be eligible for nomination, student-athletes maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale at their current institution and be at least a sophomore academically and athletically. They also must compete in at least 90 percent or start at least two-thirds of their team's games.
Lake Forest's honorees were senior senior
Christian Karabetsos, juniors
Peter Cirbo and
Ollie Francis, and sophomore
Sam Satisky.
Karabetsos started all 21 games for the Foresters and played all 90 minutes in 16 of them. The senior defender was a First Team All-Midwest Conference selection after recording seven points on three goals and an assist and leading a defense that had more shutouts (14) than goals allowed (13) on the year. He is a three-time Academic All-MWC honoree majoring in business with an emphasis in management.
Cirbo repeated as a First Team All-MWC selection and was named MWC Offensive Player of the Year after leading the league with 11 goals and 10 assists in 21 starts this season. The junior midfielder also ranks tied-for-fifth in the country with six game-winning goals. He is a two-time Academic All-MWC honoree and now a two-time CSC Academic All-District® selection majoring in physics.
Francis, a junior defender, scored four goals, assisted on three others, and was in the starting lineup for all 19 of his appearances. Majoring in economics with a finance concentration, he is a two-time Academic All-MWC selection and has now been named CSC Academic All-District® twice as well.
Satisky is a sophomore defender who also had four goals and three assists this fall. He played in all but one game, made 17 starts, and joined Karabetsos and Cirbo as First Team All-MWC selections. He is majoring in economics with a concentration in finance and was named Academic All-MWC a season ago.
The Foresters began the 2025 season with a 15-game winning streak and finished 19-2-0. They won all eight of their MWC games to claim the program's league record 20th title and, for the fourth year in a row, won the four-team MWC Tournament to earn a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Select Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® selections will be announced on December 16.