ATHENS, W.Va. – Graduate forward
Trina Lewis, junior forward
Abbie Smith, and sophomore guard
Madison Young of the Concord University women's basketball team were selected to the Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators (CSC), the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
It's the first appearance for Lewis and Young on the team while Smith earns her second consecutive nod.
Lewis, a native of Peoria, Arizona, played in 27 of 29 games this season for CU with 10 starts. She averaged 5.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game while playing 14.9 minutes per game. She scored in double figures five times this winter with her career-high of 15 points coming at Point Park. Lewis carries a 4.0 GPA in the classroom in Concord's Masters of Business Administration program.
Smith adds to her trophy room with a second-straight appearance on the Academic All-District Team, along with being named an All-MEC First Team performer and an All-Atlantic Region Second Team member in 2024-25. Smith averaged 15.2 points per game and 10.7 rebounds per game while leading the MEC with 17 double-doubles. Smith tied her career-high in scoring when she dropped 30 points against West Virginia Wesleyan January 9. Smith also logged her first 20-rebound game in an overtime win against UVa.-Wise where she was two points shy of a 20-point, 20-rebound double-double. Off the court, the Little Hocking, Ohio native accumulated a 3.76 GPA as a business administration major.
Young played in all 29 games with 12 starts this season for the Mountain Lions and was CU's leading three-point shooter, drilling 42 triples while shooting 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. The Stokesdale, N.C. native netted a career-best 23 points against West Virginia Wesleyan February 12 and tied the program record for made three-pointers in a single game (six). Her performance against WVWC, along with a 15-point outing against Davis & Elkins earned her Mountain East Conference Player of the Week honors. In the classroom, Young sports a 3.62 GPA as a business administration major.
To qualify for the CSC Academic All-District Team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.5 GPA and have played in 90 percent of their team's games or have started in 66 percent of games.
Smith will be eligible for CSC Academic All-American consideration which will be announced in mid-April.
