Seven Trojans Named to CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team
USC’s Ella Heaney, Claudia Shevitz, Andrej Grgurevic, Megan Kraft, Delaynie Maple, Audrey and Nicole Nourse earn spots on the College Sports Communicators academic honor roll
After concluding the spring season with its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship,USC beach volleyball had four members of its squad placed on the list. The Nourse twins both received master's degrees in public relations and advertising, while Maple graduated with a degree in communication and Megan Kraft earned a degree in accounting. Kraft was named AVCA Player of the Year, and Maple was a First Team All-American.This is Nicole Nourse's third time on the list, having earned 2023 CSC All-District and 2021 CSC Third-Team Academic All-American status. Audrey Nourse earned All-District and Third-Team Academic All-American recognition in 2023. This is the first time Maple and Kraft have appeared on the CSC All-District Team.
Lacrosse standout Shevitz earned her degree in public relations, while her teammate Heaney graduated with a masters degree in entrepreneurship and innovation after another All-Pac-12 season. Heaney took home the Trojans first Pac-12 Attacker of the Year award and Shevitz took home All-Pac-12 Second Team honors. This is Heaney's first-career CSC Academic All-District recognition, while Shevitz was named to the list in 2023.
As a sophomore on the USC men's water polo team, Grgurevic helped the Trojans reach a 19th straight NCAA Tournament after winning the 2023 MPSF Tournament championship. An All-MPSF Honorable Mention recipient and an MPSF Player of the Week award this past season, he has now also added to his collection of academic honors with his first CSC Academic accolades. Grgurevic also earned spots on the ACWPC All-Academic, MPSF Scholar-Athlete and Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll lists for 2023-24. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Grgurevic scored 21 goals for the Trojans last season, and he is majoring in business administration at USC.
The CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team is composed of qualified nominated student-athletes with cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.50 from the following programs: beach volleyball, women's bowling, women's rowing, fencing, women's field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, men's volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Nominations are limited to five men and five women from each institution.
As members of the CSC Academic All-District Team, all seven student-athletes are in contention for At-Large Academic All-America status, as determined by CSC member voting. The Men's and Women's At-Large Academic All-American squads will be announced Wednesday, July 17.
