AUSTIN, Texas—The Academic All-District teams have been named by CoSIDA Thursday afternoon, and two Bulldogs were named to the First Team in NCAA Division II District 4: Hannah Belanger on the women's side and Cade McKnight on the men's side.

Belanger is a junior Exercise Science major and has a GPA of 3.65. She was named an All-American last year by the WBCA, as well as GLVC Freshman of the Year. She was named Third Team All-GLVC as a freshman and then First Team All-GLVC last season. This past season she passed 1,000 career points and currently has 1,159 career points.

This season she is averaging 17.3 points per game, and is shooting .392 from the field. She is also shooting .303 from three point range and .813 from the free throw line. She's also averaging 4.7 rebounds per game and has 90 assists, as well as 15 steals and two blocks.

She is joined by Alex LaPorta of Missouri-St. Louis, Annie Roshak of Ashland, Emily Spitzley of Grand Valley State and Grace Touchette of Hillsdale.

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McKnight is a junior in athletic eligibility, but is working toward his master's in Leadership. He is the reigning GLVC Player of the Year, and was named First Team All-GLVC last season. He has also been named GLVC Player of the Week twice in 2021-22, as well as GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2018-19.

This season, he is averaging career highs in 19.7 points per game, 6.1 rebounds per game and also has 35 assists, eight steals and three blocks so far this season. He's shooting .597 from the floor this season and is shooting a career high .458 from three point range and .817 from the line.

He is joined on the team by Bryson Bultman of McKendree, Connor Niego of Lewis, Dorian Aluyi of Ferris State and Patrick Cartier of Hillsdale.

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