EASTON, Mass. (April 1, 2025) – Junior Kristy Barry and sophomore Grace Idowu of the Stonehill College women's swimming team have been named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team.

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Women's Swimming & Diving Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, honor the nation's top student-athletes for their outstanding performances both in the pool and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program further recognizes these athletes across four divisions: NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.

In the classroom, Barry and Idowu have earned impressive cumulative grade-point averages of 3.78 and 3.68, respectively, while pursuing degrees in Psychology. This recognition marks the second consecutive year Barry has received Academic All-District honors, while Idowu earns her first selection.

Barry becomes just the third student-athlete in Stonehill women's swimming history to earn two CSC Academic All-District Team honors, joining Sydney Stockwell, '24, and Maddie Conley, '24, as the only others to achieve this distinction.

Barry's achievements in the pool were equally remarkable. Named an NEC Prime Performer on October 10, she set two Skyhawk relay program records and posted one individual school record at the Northeast Conference Championships in Geneva, Ohio, in February. Notably, Barry broke her own 200-yard individual medley B-final record with a time of 2:08.24, surpassing her previous best by over a full second.

Idowu also had a standout season, highlighted by setting two program records at the NEC Championships. On the final day of competition, the sophomore from Riding Mill, England, posted a program-best 52.92 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle. Earlier in the competition, she broke the 50-yard freestyle record with a time of 24.05 seconds, eclipsing her previous record set at the 2024 NEC Championships.

Additionally, both Barry and Idowu were integral members of the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams, which set program records with times of 1:46.66 and 1:38.46, respectively, during the Championship meet's first two days.

About College Sports Communicators

College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a member-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
 
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization is known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association's membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital, and creative sports industry, regardless of position or title.
 
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December 2008.
 
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