WISE – The UVA Wise track and field program had their best season to date and the cross country teams had solid performances over their season, and that success continues as six women and four men have earned Collegiate Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors for the 2025-26 academic year.

Destiny Ansley-Cureton, Haley Faulkner, Olyvia Fleming, Nia Rogers, Lydia Slemp, and Braelynn Strouth were named on the women's side, while Jonah Adams, Connor Blevins, Bobby Cline, and Abel Dingus earned the honor on the men's side.

Ansley-Cureton set several personal bests this year in both indoor and outdoor events, while earning a slew of top five finishes in the long jump; 60-, 100-and 200-meter events; and the 4x100 relay.

Faulkner, who competes mainly as a runner but also did the long jump in the indoor season, had several first place finishes in the 200 and 400 for the year.

Fleming appeared near the top of the field in several of the throwing disciplines in both the indoor and outdoor field seasons, setting new personal bests in both the weight throw and hammer throw.

Rogers capped off her impressive career at UVA Wise with the program's first-ever South Atlantic Conference championship as she won the hammer throw. She set new personal records in both that and the indoor weight throw while making multiple podium appearances over the season in shot put, discus, hammer throw, and weight throw events.

Slemp capped off one of the best seasons in cross-country program history as she became the first women's harrier to earn All-SAC honors with her finish at the SAC Championship. She followed that up with a record performance at the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Strouth had personal bests in several field events and had the school's best finish ever in the heptathlon and pentathlon at the SAC Championships, placing third (heptathlon) and fifth (pentathlon) respectively.

On the men's side, Jonah Adams ended a stellar cross-country career in style as he won the Royals Challenge with a personal best time and finished third in the SAC Preview Meet. He also led the team to their best finishes ever in the SAC and NCAA Regional meets and had new personal bests in the 800 and 1500 in the outdoor season and the 1K in the indoor season.

Blevins set new personal bests in the shot put and hammer throw while having multiple top twenty finishes this season.

Cline had multiple top ten finishes with personal bests in the javelin, discus, weight throw, and hammer throw over the indoor and outdoor seasons, capped off by a third place finish in the hammer throw at the SAC Championship.

Dingus had new personal bests and never finished out of the top ten in javelin this season. He also had a new record weight throw this season.

The Academic All-District® Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court/field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Nominees must be at least a sophomore with a 3.5 grade point average or higher. They must also have played in a specific number of games/matches or started a specific number of games/matches.

Some sports have extra criteria, like track and field nominees needing to rank in the top 50 in the regional rankings and cross country requiring a top 50 finish in the regional meet. The number of nominees are limited within each respective sport and the at-large team (which comprises golf, lacrosse, beach volleyball, field hockey, and several other sports).