LA JOLLA, Calif. - Eleven UC San Diego scholar-athletes have attained Academic All-District® At-Large honors from the College Sports Communicators (CSC) as the organization announced the nationwide selections Tuesday.
The 2025 Academic All-District® At-Large teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. Outstanding student-athletes are nominated for Academic All-District® recognition by communications directors. They must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have a minimum 3.50 GPA, and meet high athletic standards as well as participation minimums.
The At-Large designation includes awardees from 22 NCAA sports. Of those, UC San Diego sponsors men's/women's fencing, men's golf, women's rowing, men's volleyball, and men's/women's water polo.
The 2025 Triton honorees include five fencers, three men's water polo players, and three women's water polo players.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
MEN'S FENCING
Jason Chin: Foil, Senior, Nanoengineering, Saratoga, Calif.
• MPSF All-Academic Team
Jacob Levy: Foil, Junior, Biology, Fresno, Calif.
• MPSF Foil Champion
• All-Region First Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Academic Team
WOMEN'S FENCING
Alexandra Cody: Saber, Sophomore, Cognitive Science, Sacramento, Calif.
• Qualified for National Collegiate Fencing Championships
• NCAA West Region Saber Champion
• First Team All-Region
• MPSF All-Academic Team
Zara Fearns: Saber, Junior, Psychology, San Mateo, Calif.
• MPSF Saber Champion
• All-Region Honorable Mention
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Academic Team
Kyra Wu: Foil, Senior, Chemistry, San Diego, Calif.
• All-MPSF Second Team
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District selection
MEN'S WATER POLO
Rhys Bugelli: Senior, Aerospace Engineering, La Jolla, Calif.
• Team Captain
• ACWPC All-Academic
• Big West Fall All-Academic
• Played in all 29 games
• Fourth on team in drawn exclusions
• Second on team in field blocks
• Three time CSC Academic All-District selection
Brendon Fezzey: Junior, Human Biology, Riverside, Calif.
• ACWPC All-Academic
• Big West Fall All-Academic
• Played in all 29 games
• Third on team in shot percentage and steals
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District selection
Eamon Hennessey: Senior, Political Science, Newport Beach, Calif.
• All-Big West Second Team
• ACWPC All-Academic
• Big West Fall All-Academic
• Played in all 29 games
• Fourth on team in goals
• Second on team in field blocks
• Third on team in shots
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Caroline Christl: Senior, International Business, San Clemente, Calif.
• ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
• All-Big West First Team
• Played in all 31 games
• Second in Big West in goals, goals per game
• Fourth in Big West in points
• Seventh in Big West in points
• Led team in goals, points, shots, field blocks
• Second on team in steals
• Fourth on team in drawn exclusions
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District selection
Lucia Doak: Senior, Sociology, Auckland, New Zealand
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District honoree
• Played in all 31 games
• Fourth on team in shots
• Fifth on team in goals
• Fourth on team in steals
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District selection
Sofia Munatones: Junior, Sociology, Huntington Beach, Calif.
• Played in all 31 games
• Third on team in assists
• Fourth on team in steals
• Second on team in field blocks
• Seventh in Big West in sprint win percentage
• Ninth in Big West in sprint wins
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.