SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Shippensburg University had 22 of its student-athletes named Tuesday to the first-ever Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Academic All-Conference Team.
 
Per the PSAC, this new honor was created to increase academic recognition for high-achieving student-athletes – a priority for the league's members that was highlighted in its most recent Strategic Plan. Academic All-Conference awards will also be chosen for the winter and the spring.
 
Shippensburg's Fall 2025 Academic All-Conference award winners are as follows:
 
Women's Soccer: Makayla Agosto, Chloe Chipego, Ryleigh Cook, Kaitlyn DiCandilo, Mia Kemp, Sammy Lerario, Maegan Quinn, Gabrielle Walker
 
Men's Soccer: Luke Kramer
 
Football: Peyton Stadler
 
Volleyball: Isabelle Bombas, Kearstin Davis, Shay Kolivoski, Gracen Nutt
 
Men's Cross Country: Kyle Baker, Jackson Gutekunst, Garrett Quinan, Ryan Wolfe
 
Field Hockey: Emma Albee, Carme Caracotche Picone, Savannah Silvestre, Kayla Snyder
 
The student-athletes represent six of the university's seven fall sports.
 
To achieve an Academic All-Conference classification, a student-athlete must have completed both two seasons of athletic eligibility and four semesters academically with at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
 
Additional criteria is based on participation that varies by sport. For what the PSAC designates a "team sport," (in this case, field hockey, volleyball, football, men's soccer and women's soccer), a student-athlete must have played in 70 percent of their team's matches through the completion of the conference championship.
 
For the purpose of Academic All-Conference honors, the PSAC defines cross country as an "individual sport." The additional requirements for cross country is that an eligible student-athlete must have finished among their team's Top 7 runners in at least three meets through the NCAA Regional Championships or finished among the top half of the field in either the conference championship race or the regional championship race.
 
Recognition is based solely on meeting the above criteria. GPAs were calculated through the previous completed semester (Spring 2025).