LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Southern College saw a pair of student-athletes earn 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Men's At-Large First Team Academic All-America list, released by the association on Wednesday (July 8). Graduate student
Tyler Mistretta of the 2026 National Championship men's golf team and junior
Maddux Walton of the men's lacrosse program earned the honor. They become the third pair of Florida Southern student-athletes to earn Men's At-Large First Team Academic All-America in the same year following in the footsteps of
John Coultas (Golf) and
John VanDerLaan (Golf) who achieved the feat following the 2017-18 season and Coultas and
Diego Gimenez (Swimming) after the 2016-17 year.
Mistretta and Walton are two of just three Academic All-America selections from the Sunshine State Conference joining Reggie Fear (2nd Team, Eckerd, Golf).
Mistretta, a PING All-American Third Team selection, brings home his first Academic All-America honor after three-straight years of earning Academic All-District. The graduate student made three-straight NCAA Championship appearances, including being a part of the 2026 NCAA DII National Championship team. Mistretta shot a career-low 64 in the final round of stroke play at the 2026 National Championship, finishing third with a career-low three-round score of 205. He went 2-1 in Match Play in the Championship, and was one of three Moccasins to win their match on the final day to secure the National title. Mistretta was also named to the NCAA PING All-South Team in 2026, and was an All-SSC Second Team selection. He posted three top-10 finishes in the 2025-26 season, and finished with a Clippd ranking of #27.
The graduate student from North Palm Beach, Fla. boasts a 3.96 undergraduate GPA while studying business and posted a 3.93 GPA while completing his MBA.
Walton, a USILA Third Team All-American following his junior season, earns his first Academic All-American honors after back-to-back CSC Academic All-District selections. The junior started all 16 contests for the Mocs while leading the team in goals (40) and points (54) while ranking second in assists (14). He tallied nine hat tricks this season, with a season-high five goals coming against Adams State. Over the final four contests, including a pair of victories over Rollins, he scored 11 goals and handed out a pair of assists while tallying eight or more shots in each of the four games. He ranked second in the SSC in goals per game (2.5), third in points per game (3.38) and seventh in shots per game (6.69) this past season.
The junior from Columbia, Md. boasts a 3.95 GPA while studying accounting.
NCAA eligible sports that are included in the At-Large category include Women's Beach Volleyball, Women's Bowling, Women's Crew/Rowing, Men's and Women's Fencing, Women's Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Golf, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, Men's and Women's Ice Hockey, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Men's and Women's Rifle, Men's and Women's Skiing, Men's Volleyball, Men's and Women's Water Polo, and Men's Wrestling.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
NCAA DIVISION II
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Crew Howard, University of Nebraska Kearney
FIRST TEAM
Sport Name School Yr. GPA Major
Lacrosse Carson Bradshaw Rockhurst University Sr. 3.93 Chemistry
Skiing Corbin Carpenter (2) University of Alaska Anchorage Jr. 3.93 Health Sciences
Golf Peyton Coahran Winona State University Sr. 3.78 Composite Materials Engineering
Lacrosse Michael Durnin (3) Adelphi University Jr. 3.92 Accounting
Lacrosse Alex Egorshin ($) University of Montevallo Sr. 4.00 Chemistry
Wrestling Lane Ewing University of Mary Jr. 3.96 Cybersecurity
Wrestling Crew Howard University of Nebraska Kearney Gr. 4.00/4.00 Business Administration
Volleyball Tyler Johnwick Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech. Jr. 3.94 Mechanical Engineering
Ice Hockey Lassi Lehti University of Alaska Fairbanks Sr. 4.00 Business Administration
Golf
Tyler Mistretta Florida Southern College Gr. 3.96/3.93 Business Administration (G)
Lacrosse Brock Ollila (3) Rockhurst University Sr. 3.81 Business Administration
Volleyball Nico Paula Lewis University Sr. 3.92 Business Analytics
Golf Cooper Scheck (2) Fort Hays State University Sr. 4.00 Health & Human Performance
Wrestling Ivan Smith, Jr New Mexico Highlands University Jr. 3.99 Social Work
Wrestling Colton Stoneking Fairmont State University Sr. 4.00 Psychology
Wrestling Cody Thompson (5) Colorado School of Mines Gr. 3.59/3.82 Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse
Maddux Walton Florida Southern College Sr. 3.95 Accounting
Wrestling Easton Worachek University of Wisconsin - Parkside Jr. 3.96 Business
SECOND TEAM
Lacrosse Brendan Boschi Belmont Abbey College Gr. 3.93/4.00 Sport Management
Volleyball Grant Edmonds Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech. Jr. 3.75 Aerospace Engineering
Golf Reggie Fear Eckerd College So. 3.76 Business Administration
Skiing Luke Fricker Northern Michigan University Sr. 3.94 Sports Science
Lacrosse Kyle Lewis (1) Adelphi University Sr. 3.66 Physical Education
Lacrosse Avery Moody Rockhurst University Sr. 3.94 Biochemistry
Wrestling John Parker (#) Newberry College Sr. 3.96 Education
Wrestling Cole Ritter Maryville University Gr. 3.60/3.88 Business Administration (G)
Golf Rizq Adam Rohizam Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech. So. 3.80 Business
Lacrosse Alex Score University of Indianapolis So. 3.97 Finance
Golf Cooper Tendick (1) University of West Florida Sr. 3.60 Business Administration
Golf Drew Zielinski (4) Lee University Sr. 3.66 Health Science
THIRD TEAM
Golf Ilia Antoniadis Catawba College So. 3.92 Entrepreneurship
Skiing Erling Bjornstad University of Alaska Anchorage So. 3.88 Mechanical Engineering
Volleyball Bartosz Chmielewski Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech. Jr. 3.69 Aerospace Engineering
Lacrosse Jake Cloutier Concordia University Irvine Gr. 3.78/3.89 Sports Business
Lacrosse Tyler Davis Lewis University Jr. 3.70 Business Administration
Skiing Ben Dohlby University of Alaska Fairbanks Jr. 3.59 Mechanical Engineering
Water Polo Forrest Gray Fresno Pacific University Sr. 3.79 Business Administration
Golf Kongpop Kaikaew St. Mary's University (Texas) Sr. 3.69 Marketing
Wrestling Jeremiah Larson Maryville University Gr. 3.88/3.72 Accounting
Golf Logan Mayo University of Missouri - St. Louis So. 3.69 Finance
Golf Jacob Peetoom Arkansas Tech University Sr. 3.93 Finance
Lacrosse Donovan Powell Lenoir-Rhyne University Sr. 3.87 Sports Management
Volleyball Caleb Rohlwing Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech. Sr. 3.63 Chemical Engineering
Golf Lukas Taggart (6) Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.82 Mechanical Engineering
Lacrosse Graham Tillett Wingate University Sr. 3.76 Health & Physical Education
(1) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2025
(2) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2025
(3) – Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2025
($) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2025 and first-team selection in 2024
(#) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2025 and second-team selection in 2024
(4) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2024
(5) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2024
(6) – Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2024
