Women’s Soccer Places Seven on CSC Academic All-District Team

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Seven members of the St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) women's soccer team were named to the College Sports Communicators' (CSC) 2023 Academic All-District® Team. Sophomores Katherine Barrios (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck), Casey Hobbs (Surprise, Ariz./Valley Vista), Julia Marin (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), and Ashley Pintado (Jackson Heights, N.Y./Christ the King)and seniors Sabrina Amadio (Douglaston, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy), Heather Bollmann (Broad Channel, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy), and Lauren Lynch (Broad Channel, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) all earned the distinction; becoming the first set of student-athletes in program history to receive the honor.

The All-District® teams, selected by CSC, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. To be on the team, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 and is not rounded up. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in mid-December.

Amadio notched a pair of assists, coming in the Bears' season-opening win over Yeshiva. Carrying a 3.992 GPA, Amadio is one of two criminal justice majors to represent SJBK on the All-District Team®.

Possessing a 3.827 GPA, Barrios – the second criminal justice major – finished the season with five goals and a pair of assists; good enough to earn a place on the All-Skyline Conference Second Team.

Bollmann played in all but two contests in her senior campaign. The business administration major possessed a 3.909 GPA and was one of two Bears to earn a 4.0 GPA in the spring of 2023.

Hobbs recently earned her second consecutive Skyline All-Sportsmanship honor. Starting in each of the 10 matches she played this season, she scored her lone goal of the season in a defeat of Yeshiva. The child study major possesses a 3.770 cumulative GPA.

A hospitality and tourism management major, Lynch rounds out the senior trio. Notching an assist on the year, the Queens native posts a 3.632 GPA.

Marin is the lone member of the sextet to hold a 4.00 cumulative GPA. She led the Skyline with 8.77 saves per contest and came in second with 114 total saves. Marin had double-figure saves in five games, including a career-best 17 against Manhattanville.

Pintado found the scoresheet in the Bears' stalemate with Brooklyn College. The nursing major currently holds a 3.722 GPA.