The College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2025 Academic All-District® Softball Teams were announced on Tuesday and list included five Foresters.

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. Position players also must compete in at least 90 percent or start at least two-thirds of their team's games while pitcher must appear in 17 contests or complete at least 35 innings in the circle..

Senior Hannah Smith; juniors Kyla Chevalier, Cadence Dempsey, and Emmie Nyen; and sophomore Kaia Mismash were Lake Forest's honorees.

Smith is majoring in psychology and philosophy and is now a three-time CSC Academic All-District® selection. The Second Team All-Midwest Conference pitcher went 7-7 with a 3.01 earned run average this season and led the Forester pitching staff with 66 strikeouts. She finished her career with a 36-24 record and a 3.42 earned run average and ranks sixth in program history in victories and innings pitcher (382.1), seventh in strikeouts (238), and tied-for-seventh in shutouts (7). In addition, Smith is one of just four Foresters to throw multiple no-hitters during her career.

Chevalier, a finance and mathematics major, was a First Team All-Midwest Conference selection for the third year in a row this spring. The catcher and first baseman batted .402 with 11 doubles, 5 home runs, 14 stolen bases, a .658 slugging percentage, and a team-high-tying 40 runs batted in. Her .721 career slugging percentage is the highest in school history and, after three seasons at the College, she is already second in team annals with a .419 average and 134 career runs batted in, third with 24 home runs, tied-for-fifth with 34 doubles, sixth with 263 total bases and 38 steals, and seventh with 153 base hits.

Dempsey posted a.356 batting average this season, matched Chevalier with 40 runs batted in and 14 steals, and led Lake Forest with a dozen doubles, 10 home runs, and a .750 slugging percentage. The third baseman is now a three-time Second Team All-MWC selection and ranks tied-for-fifth in program history with 34 career doubles, seventh with a .609 slugging percentage and 37 stolen bases, tied-for-ninth with 18 home runs, and 10th with 237 total bases and 101 runs batted in. She is majoring in neuroscience and biology.

Chevalier and Dempsey were also named Academic All-District® in 2024.

After earning second team honors a season ago, Nyen was a First Team All-MWC selection, the league's Position Player of the Year, and a First Team All-Region IX honoree in 2025. The right fielder hit .438, slugged .669, and led the team with a .497 on-base percentage and 1.166 OPS. Among her 57 hits were nine doubles, three triples, and five home runs and she also stole 16 bases. The psychology major was second on the squad with 87 total bases and third with 32 runs scored and 36 driven in.

Mismash, a neuroscience major, led Lake Forest on the season with a .461 batting average, 70 base hits, 49 runs, and a program record 49 stolen bases. Just three players in the nation had more stolen bases this spring and she ranks tied-for-11th in the country in hits. After just two seasons at the College, Mismash is easily the program's career leader with a 87 stolen bases and a .473 batting average and ranks second with a .500 on-base percentage and tied-for-eight with 104 runs. She was named Second Team All-MWC and Second Team All-Region IX earlier this month.

Lake Forest posted 28-16-1 overall record this year, claimed the program's 14th conference title with a 14-2 mark in league play, won the MWC Tournament, and competed in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 11th time.

Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on June 17.