Six Carroll College Basketball Players Earn CSC Academic All-District Honors

Willa Albrecht closed her redshirt senior season at Carroll College with All-Conference recognition on the court and, last week, earned a second credential: the Billings native was among six Fighting Saints basketball players named to the College Sports Communicators 2025-26 Academic All-District Team, a group collectively averaging a 3.80 GPA.

The CSC Academic All-District designation is the first formal step toward national Academic All-America recognition. Members of College Sports Communicators select district honorees from eligible nominees; those who receive an asterisk designation advance directly to the national Academic All-America ballot. Carroll's announcement noted that national teams are scheduled to be revealed in mid-April.

Albrecht was joined on the women's side by redshirt senior Isabelle Erickson of Broadview and senior Ava Oakland of Boise, Idaho. The men's honorees were sophomore Isaac Round of Northampton, England; senior Aidan McGarvin of Eagle, Idaho; and sophomore Kellen Harrison of Bozeman. All six had previously earned both Frontier Conference Academic All-Conference and NAIA Scholar-Athlete designations when eligible, building the academic record the CSC selection process requires before a nomination is submitted.

Three of the six doubled as on-court All-Conference performers this season: Albrecht, Round and Harrison. That overlap reflects what the CSC criteria actually demand. A high GPA alone does not qualify a nominee; the program requires documented athletic contribution, meaning coaches must submit student-athletes who are performing on the floor as well as in the classroom.

The honorees' majors span business, biology and health sciences. For a program competing in the NAIA's Frontier Conference, where recruiting budgets bear no resemblance to Division I programs, CSC recognition carries practical value. Carroll's athletics department uses honors like these in recruiting pitches and in outreach to donors and alumni who track the institution's academic identity.

At 3.80 combined, the six Fighting Saints have given the program a number that carries well beyond Helena when the spring fundraising cycle begins.