Karpa earns Academic All-District®

5/28/2025 2:10:00 PM

GREENWOOD, Ind.--Westminster College rising junior Ava Karpa (Coraopolis, Pa., Moon) was named a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District^® honoree Tuesday afternoon.

The Academic All-District^® Softball Team, selected by CSC, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America^®program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II and NAIA. Academic All-District^® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America^®ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America^® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America^® honorees will be announced June 17.

Karpa, a shortstop, earned Second Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) for the second-straight year. In 35 starts this spring she hit .330 with nine doubles, six home runs, 33 RBIs and 29 runs scored. Karpa finished the year with a .398 on-base percentage and a .578 slugging percentage. She recorded a career-best 23-game hitting streak between March 13 and April 16.

An English major, Karpa carries a 3.81 cumulative grade-point average (GPA). She has been named to the College's Dean's List three times and was recognized on the PAC's Spring Academic Honor Roll last year. Karpa, a member of the College's Honors Program, is also active with the Student Government Association (SGA).

Academic Standing:

Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
Student-athletes must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale).
A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a graduate student, unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
The cumulative grade-point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.

Athletic Eligibility: Sport-specific Nomination Criteria

SOFTBALL--Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games. For pitchers, a student-athlete must have made at least 17 appearances OR pitched 35 innings.

For more information about CSC Academic All-District^® and Academic All-America^® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.

Westminster, led by 29th-year head coach Jan Reddinger, wrapped up its season with a 28-13 record. As the winner of this year's PAC championship tournament title, Westminster secured the league's automatic qualifying bid to the Division III Championships. It was the Titans' second-straight year appearing in the regional round of the national championships.

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