The College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2026 Academic All-District® Softball Teams were announced on Tuesday and five Lake Forest 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. Position players also must compete in at least 90 percent or start at least two-thirds of their team's games while pitchers must appear in 17 contests or complete at least 35 innings in the circle.

Recent graduates Brooke Swiecki, Morgan Traxinger, Cadence Dempsey, and Kyla Chevalier were joined by junior Kaia Mismash as Lake Forest's selections.

Swiecki majored in biology and environmental studies and is now a two-time CSC Academic All-District® selection, having also earned the honor after her sophomore season. The outfielder batted .280 with a .745 OPS while starting 30 of the Foresters' 38 games this season. She finished her career with a .343 batting average, 103 base hits, 80 runs scored, and 27 stolen bases. 

Traxinger went 5-5 with a 3.66 earned run average in 57.1 innings pitched this spring. She completed five of her 12 starts, tossed a two-hit shutout against Grinnell College on May 2, and earned the Foresters' only save of the year in their first game of the Midwest Conference Tournament. The biology major finished her collegiate career with an 8-7 record, 3.21 earned run average, and .261 batting average.

Dempsey batted .269 this season. led Lake Forest with eight home runs, and was named Second Team All-MWC for the fourth consecutive year. She finished her career ranked among the top eight in program history with a .592 slugging percentage, 122 runs scored, 129 runs batted in, 165 hits, 37 doubles, 26 home runs, 292 total bases, 50 walks, 46 stolen bases, and 326 assists as a third baseman. The three-time CSC Academic All-District® honoree graduated with degrees in neuroscience and biology.

Chevalier hit .346 and ranked 22nd in the nation with a .561 on-base percentage this spring. The catcher and first baseman was named First Team All-MWC four times and the team's Most Valuable Player twice during her career and graduated as the program's all-time leader with 152 runs batted in and 309 total bases. She is also among the top five with a .406 batting average, .693 slugging percentage, .489 on-base percentage, 128 runs, 181 hits, 44 doubles, 26 home runs, 60 walks, 48 stolen bases, and 554 putouts. The finance major is now a three-time CSC Academic All-District® honoree.

Mismash set a program record and ranked eighth in the nation with a .528 batting average this season. She was also fourth in the country in stolen bases per game with 44 in just 32 contests and her 37-game hitting streak that dated back to last year is now the third-longest run in the NCAA Division III record book. The shortstop was named MWC Position Player of the Year and NFCA Second Team All-Region IX and has now been listed among the best in the conference and region three times. After just three years, Mismash is already the league's career leader with 198 hits and 131 stolen bases and she also ranks first in team annals with a .488 batting average and second with 134 runs and a .516 on-base percentage. The neuroscience major 

All five players have been inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. The four seniors are also three-time Academic All-MWC selections while Mismash has earned the honor twice.

Lake Forest posted 24-14 overall record this year, tied for second place in the MWC at 12-4 in league play, and reached the championship round of the MWC Tournament.

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 16.