GREENVILLE, Pa. (May 26) -- Thiel College Softball players
Alaina Fedder (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area),
Ava Gilmore (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex Area),
Kylie Heid (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley),
Mackenzie Herman (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) and
Kayley Risser (Reynoldsville, Pa./Dubois Central Catholic) were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team Tuesday afternoon.
The CSC Academic All-District program recognizes student-athletes that excel on the court and in the classroom. To be eligible for academic all-district status, a student-athlete must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played or start in at least two-thirds of the team's games. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
Fedder, an early childhood special education major, acquired a 3.55 GPA.
The Clearfield native appeared in all 36 contests for the Blue and Gold while maintaining a .276 batting average. On the mound, Fedder pitched 88 innings and collect four wins on the year.
Gilmore, also an early childhood special education major, posted an impressive 4.0 GPA.
Gilmore appeared in 33 games for Thiel with a batting average of .304 and on base percentage of .346. She collected her first home run of her career and had two doubles and triples.
Heid, a political science and public policy major posted a 3.76 GPA and collected Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Honorable Mention post season honors.
The shortstop ranks second in triples (22), total bases (262) and walks (44) while sitting tied for second in home runs (11) and tied for third in runs scored (97). She also ranks fourth in career slugging percentage (.636), tied for fifth in doubles (35), ninth in batting average (.364) and RBIs (74) and tied for ninth in hits (150).
This season, Heid led Thiel in runs (31) and doubles (13) while ranking second on the team in slugging percentage (.612), total bases (74), home runs (four) and OPS (1.021). She drove in 19 runs while tying for the team lead with four triples.
Herman, a nursing and psychology major acquired a 3.68 GPA and also collected PAC Second Team honors.
Herman capped her time in Greenville as the program's career home runs record holder with 13 while tying the single-season team record with six long balls in 2026, the fifth-most in the PAC.
The graduate standout drove in a career-high 25 runs, ranking in the top 20 of the conference, while posting the seventh-best slugging percentage in the league (.673). Herman also set career bests in batting average (.381), on-base percentage (.423) and doubles (nine). Her 76 total bases were the sixth-most in team history while her 1.096 OPS ranked 10th in the PAC and first on the team.
Risser, an english and secondary education major, posted an impressive 4.0 GPA.
The Reynoldsville native finished second on the team in batting average (.371), third in slugging (.571) and first in on-base percentage (.445). Risser had seven doubles, four triples and two home runs in the year. She led the team in RBI's with 26 and had a great eye at the plate being walked 14 times.
The Tomcats finished with 13 wins in the 2026 season.
