HELENA, Mont. - College Sports Communicators (CSC) has announced the 2026 Academic All-District® Softball Teams, selected by members of College Sports Communicators. The Academic All-District teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Five Carroll student-athletes have been selected as Academic All-District team members for the 2026 season.

Five Fighting Saints were recognized for their combination of in-game performance and academic achievement throughout the course of the 2026 Softball season.

Carroll Softball Academic All-District selections

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Kathryn Emmert (Helena, Mont. / SO)
Sammie Labrum (Kalispell, Mont. / SR)
Brynn Notbohm (Miles City, Mont. / SO)
Taylor Sayers (Helena, Mont. / SO)
Kennedy Venner (Billings, Mont. / SR)

Postseason Academic Honors continue to roll in, and Carroll College student-athletes continue to be recognized for their outstanding achievements in the classroom. Two seniors and a trio of sophomores were honored on Tuesday with the distinction of CSC Academic All-District, a testament to their hard work and dedication in all aspects of their life. The five Saints are among the top academic and on-field performers in the program, all of which maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or above. All five are Frontier Conference Academic All-Conference selections, NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athletes, and helped the Softball team post a 3.51 team GPA this past spring. 

Kennedy Venner is a multi-time CSC Academic All-District selection, having recently graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Kathryn Emmert joins Venner with a perfect 4.0 GPA, while the other three selections boat a combined 3.82 GPA.

The CSC Academic All-America® program is one of the highest honors in college sport, recognizing the best of the best across each sport, and separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.