(Monday; June 30; Sioux Center, Iowa) The 2025 Academic All-District® Women's Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The honors were announced late last week and four Dordt athletes are on the list.

CSC Release (PDF)

Makenna Walhof (Sophomore; Sioux Center, Iowa), Shelby Buwalda (Junior; Waupun, Wisconsin), Jaci Burtis (Sophomore; Sioux Falls, South Dakota) and Isabella Webb (Sophomore; West Des Moines, Iowa) all made the list. To qualify the individuals must maintain a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average; must have attended the nominating institution for at least a year and schools are limited to five nominations for the honor.  Individuals must also meet time/performance standards to qualify for nomination.

Makenna Walhof
Civil Engineering

• 2025 NAIA Outdoor All-America Discus (5^th)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference Discus (2^nd)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference Hammer (7^th)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference Weight Throw (6^th)

Shelby Buwalda
Biology/Public Health/Engineer Science

• 2025 NAIA Outdoor All-America 4x800 (3^rd)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference 4x400 (1^st)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference 400 Meters (6^th)
• 2025 NAIA Indoor All-America 4x800 (3^rd)
• 2025 NAIA Indoor All-America 600 Meters (8^th)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference 4x400 (2^nd)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference 600 Meters (2^nd)

 
Jaci Burtis
Environmental Studies & Natural Resource Management

• 2025 NAIA Outdoor All-America 4x800 (3^rd)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference 1500 Meters (2^nd)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference Mile (1^st)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference 1000 Meters (3^rd)
• 2025 NAIA National Qualifier Mile

Isabella Webb
Biology/Chemistry

• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference 3000 Meters (2^nd)
• 2025 GPAC Indoor All-Conference Mile (5^th)
• 2025 GPAC Outdoor All-Conference 5000 Meters (2^nd)

The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men's track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages. Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot.

Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 16, 2025.