AUSTIN, Texas - Ten members of the Pittsburg State University cross country/track & field squads -- five women and five men were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District squad.

Selected to the men's cross country/track & field All-District team were: Sophomore Maddox Johnson, Graduate Matthew Oglesby, Redshirt sophomore Dylan Sprecker, Graduate Mason Strader and Sophomore Braylon Thompson.

For the women's cross country/track & field All-District team the recipent from Pitt State were: Senior Kyla Davis, Redshirt junior Isabelle Peters, Graduate Erica Schamel, Redshirt senior Kate Strader and Redshirt junior Blakelee Winn.

Johnson holds a 4.00 grade-point-average as a marketing major. A member of the 2025 MIAA Outdoor 4x100m relay team that won the event and was named All-Region.

Oglesby has a 4.00 GPA while pursing an MBA. Earned All-American honors on the cross country course for the third time in his career this past fall, and won the 2025 MIAA Outdoor 10000m event to be named All-Region in the 10000m and 5000m events.

Sprecker holds a 3.87 GPA as an exercise science major. A three-time All-American this school year in the Indoor Mile, Distance Medley Relay and Outdoor 1500m, helping the Gorillas claim the Division II national championship in the Indoor DMR.

M. Strader has a 4.00 GPA while pursuing a Master's degree in Health, Human Performance & Recreation. An All-American this school year in the Indoor DMR and Mile, helping the Gorillas claim the Division II national championship in the Indoor DMR.

Thompson holds a 4.00 GPA as a biology major. Among national qualifying ranks his mark of 68.38m in the Javelin was the ninth best in Division II and sixth in the region.

Davis has a 3.92 GPA as an interior design major. The Indoor national runner-up in the pole vault, Davis finished third in the Outdoor season to be a two-time All-American in the pole vault in 2024-25.

Peters holds a 4.00 GPA while pursing a Master's in educational leadership. The Outdoor Division II national runner-up in the pole vault, Peters finished fourth at the Indoor meet to be a two-time All-American in 2024-25 for the pole vault.

Schamel has a 3.80 GPA as a recreational services, sport & hospitality management major. At the Indoor Division II meet finished as the national runner-up in the high jump.

K. Strader holds a 3.88 GPA as an elementary education major. Part of the Indoor Division II national runner-up DMR team while also claiming All-American honors in the Indoor Mile and Outdoor 1500m.

Winn has a 3.73 GPA as an exercise science major. The 2025 Outdoor Division II Heptathlon national champion, Winn also earned All-American honors in the Outdoor 4x100m relay.