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GREENWOOD, Ind. \u2013 Texas Tech graduate student Macy Blackburn<\/a> was named a College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-American while GK Faith Nguyen<\/a> and MF Sam Courtwright<\/a> took home second team honors, the organization announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Making her second-consecutive appearance on the list, Blackburn recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA earing a Certificate in Media and Communications Studies. <\/p>\n

On the field, Blackburn recorded a career season in 2025, as the outside back scored a career-best five goals and tallied a single-season program record 13 assists. The all-time assist leader (46) in program history, Blackburn was also named a First Team Academic All-American by CSC a season ago. <\/p>\n

The Keller native finished her Texas Tech career sixth all-time (63) in points and finished with the most points by a defensive player in school history. She also became just the second Red Raider in program history to earn three USC All-America honors and became the fourth player in Big 12 history to repeat as the leagues Defensive Player of the Year. <\/p>\n

Tech’s second honoree, Nguyen, earned her first career CSC honor after recording a GPA of 3.50 in the same Meida and Communications Graduate Certificate. <\/p>\n

A native of Costa Mesa, Nguyen went 14-2-5 in her second and final season as a Red Raiders. She allowed just 16 total goals in 21 matches this season and allowed one goal or fewer in 18 of those 21 contests, recording nine total clean sheets. <\/p>\n

Her nine shutouts were the sixth-most in program history in a single-season while her 19 total clean sheets over two seasons were the fifth-most in Red Raider Soccer history. Nguyen closed her Tech career sporting a GAA of 0.83, the fourth-lowest career GAA on record and finished 10th all-time in total saves (127). <\/p>\n

The Red Raiders went 27-7-7 all-time in her 41 games played, as the goalkeeper allowed one goal or fewer in 33 of her 41 all-time matches. <\/p>\n

Tech’s third and final honoree, Courtwright, had a bounce-back 2025 season after missing the entire 2024 campaign with a season-ending knee injury. A fellow All-Big 12 selection, Courtwright scored four times and recorded seven assists this season. <\/p>\n

Cracking the top-10 all-time in career assists, Courtwright recorded 15 helpers during her two seasons as a Red Raider. <\/p>\n

In the classroom, Courtwright tallied a perfect 4.0 GPA. <\/p>\n

Blackburn was one of four repeat CSC Academic All-Americans, while Tech’s three total selections were the second-most overall selections by a school. Stanford (5) led the country in total CSC All-Americans. <\/p>\n

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