EASTON, Mass. (June 12, 2025) – Seniors Isabella Therrien (Auburn, Mass.) and May Dawes (Beacon Falls, Conn.) and sophomore Piper Hofmann (Windermere, Fla.) were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District^® Team, the organization announced.
 
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes 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. Academically, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore and record a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50.
 
For the second year in a row, Therrien makes an appearance on the Academic All-District^® Team as she led the team with a 3.81 GPA as a neuroscience major. Therrien adds to her collection of awards this spring after earning All-Conference First Team Honors and Most Improved Player from the NEC.
 
Therrien shined behind home plate for the Skyhawks, starting 45 games of the 50 games, all as the catcher, leading the conference and ranking fourth in the country with 22 runners caught stealing. At the plate, Therrien improved on her batting average by over .100 points from a season ago, jumping from a .190 average (22-116) last season to a .305 (40-131) this year, the third-best mark on the team. Therrien led the team in runs scored at 30 and her four home runs this year were tied for a team-high mark while she ranked second on the team in hits (40), runs batted in (22), doubles (6), OPS (.804), and SLG% (.443).
 
Fellow senior May Dawes made her CSC Academic All-District^® debut after putting together an impressive campaign in purple-and-white on the field and in the classroom. Along with a 3.51 GPA as a psychology major, Dawes played a career-high 49 games with 44 starts this past season.
 
Dawes set career-highs in runs batted in (16), walks drawn (15), on-base percentage (.326), and putouts in the field (60). Dawes recorded a .237 batting average with 27 hits, the second-best mark of her career.
 
Also debuting on the Academic District team was Piper Hofmann, who appeared in 48 games with 46 starts, all in the outfield. The underclassman excelled in the classroom with a 3.58 GPA as a health science major while playing a major role in the success of the Skyhawks this season.
 
Of qualified batters on the Skyhawks, Hofmann led the team in hits (44), on-base percentage plus slugging (.854), doubles (7), triples (3), home runs (4), total bases (69), and slugging percentage (.493). Hofmann also ranked second on the team in batting average at .314.
 
Stonehill's three CSC Academic All-District^® honorees mark the most honorees for the Skyhawks at the Division I level. Stonehill softball improved on its record by two wins in its third season in the NEC, capping off the 2025 campaign with a 16-34 mark. The Skyhawks return to action in 2026 for their fourth Division I campaign in the Northeast Conference.
 
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 was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
The name change signaled a significant step in a broader strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and growth. 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 anniversary 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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