{"id":235907,"date":"2026-03-25T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:40:07","slug":"baxter-goula-and-smith-named-to-csc-academic-all-district-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235907\/","title":{"rendered":"Baxter, Goula, and Smith Named to CSC Academic All-District Team"},"content":{"rendered":"


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GREENWOOD, Ind. –\u00a0Three Golden Grizzlies were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team, as Lianna Baxter<\/a>, Filippa Goula<\/a>, and Angie Smith<\/a> each earned national academic honors.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 Academic All-District Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America program separately recognizes basketball honorees in four divisions \u2014 NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.<\/p>\n

Baxter, a captain of the squad, led Oakland in multiple ways during the season. A stellar 4.0 GPA helped her earn her second consecutive CSC Academic All-District nod. On the court, she averaged 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while also anchoring Oakland’s defense in the paint with nearly a block per game.<\/p>\n

Goula was also named an Academic All-District selection, earning the honor with a near-perfect GPA. An immediate impact player since arriving in Rochester, the guard from Greece averaged 9.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, and nearly 3.0 assists per game while shooting a team-best 35.3% from three-point range.<\/p>\n

The final Golden Grizzly to receive the national academic award was Angie Smith<\/a>. In 22 games played, the sophomore guard was one of the conference’s most elite two-way players, averaging 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while consistently locking down opposing teams’ best players.<\/p>\n

All three players not only showed elite talent on the court but also continued to elevate and meet the academic standard upheld by the Golden Grizzlies program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links GREENWOOD, Ind. –\u00a0Three Golden Grizzlies were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-235907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}