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Springfield, Mass. – July 14, 2025 – Six Springfield College student-athletes were named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team this year.

The 2025 Academic All-District® At-Large Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in their sport and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. In order to be eligible, a student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and compete in a specified number of team matches over the course of the calendar year.

Men’s volleyball junior Dylan Mulvaney (Reston, Va.) and men’s lacrosse senior Vincent Scialdone (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) were repeat selections to the Academic All-District Team, while men’s gymnastics senior Owen Carney (Sterling, Mass.), men’s lacrosse graduate student Jackson Lane (Shrewsbury, Mass.), men’s volleyball junior Jake DesLauriers (Eastport, N.Y.) and men’s volleyball sophomore Carter Durivage (East Greenbush, N.Y.) were all first time honorees.

Mulvaney, an exercise science major with a 3.71 grade point average, ranked second in the nation with 10.37 assists per set dishing out a total of 861 helpers and powered Springfield College to the second-best hitting percentage in the country at a .354 clip. The junior setter also registered 30 kills, 26 aces, 99 digs, 36 blocks and hit .418. IN addition to his third straight All-America award, Mulvaney was tabbed as the FrogJump Volleyball Division III National Setter of the Year.

Scialdone, a criminal justice major with a 3.95 grade point average, in his senior season as Springfield’s face-off midfielder, won 53.1-percent of the face-offs he took (170-for-320) and scooped up a team-high 66 ground balls earning him a spot on the NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team.

Carney, a business management and finance major with a 3.85 grade point average, wrapped up his junior campaign in the finals of the horizontal bar competition at the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate Championships. Competing in the national finals for the third straight season, registered a score of 13.000 on the high bar finishing 26th among the nation’s best. 

Lane, an athletic leadership major with a 3.91 grade point average, the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Defensive Player of the Year in 2025, finished an outstanding collegiate career at Springfield this spring. This season alone, Lane registered 51 ground balls and caused 14 turnovers as not only the best defensive player in the conference, but in the region as well. Lane’s career stretched six seasons on Alden Street with him recording 247 ground balls and causing 61 turnovers. He also added 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points to his career stat line.

DesLauriers, a finance major with a 3.97 grade point average, made his transition from the baseball diamond to the volleyball court this season and made an immediate impact. The junior outside registered 204 kills (2.46 per set) and hit .359, which ranked 30th in Division III this year. DesLauriers also posted 40 aces and 116 digs (1.40 per set).

Durivage, a business management major with a 3.71 grade point average, powered Springfield’s offense with a team-best 221 kills (3.16 per set) and his .369 on the season. The junior outside also totaled 27 blocks and 81 digs. Durivage’s .369 hitting percentage ranked 25th nationally, while his 3.80 points per set ranked 64th in Division III this season.

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