GREENWOOD, Ind. – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2024-25 Academic All-District® recipients for the sports of men's cross country and track & field on Tuesday morning, recognizing the student-athletes' success on the track and in the classroom. The Yellow Jackets posted the maximum number of five recipients for the honor, including Braden Anderson, Conor McGraw, Anthony Rosenstrauch, Jaxon Straus, and Javin Walker. Anderson and McGraw have been selected to advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 16, 2025.

Anderson, who received his first career selection to the First Team Academic All-RMAC for outdoor track & field and also earned RMAC Academic Honor Roll for both indoor and outdoor track & field, collected his first career CSC Academic All-District® honor. He competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, ending the year as the lone Yellow Jacket to compete at the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, running to 19^th place finish and a time of 1:52.29 in the 800m run. Leading up to the national championships, he re-broke his school record in the 800m run as he crossed the finish line first in a time of 1:49.82 at the Concordia Twilight. The time was his second sub-1:50 time of the outdoor season, the only athlete in BHSU history to crack the time. At the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships he earned Second Team All-RMAC honors with a fourth place finish and time of 1:50.11 in the 800m run and was a part of the 4x400 relay team that clocked the second-fastest time in program history with a time of 3:16.33 for eighth place. During the Green & Gold's west coast trip earlier in the year, he ran times of 1:50.69 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, besting 44 NCAA Division I runners, and 1:50.87 at the Mt. SAC Relays, besting a pair of DI runners to finish within the top-20. In total he has ran to five sub-1:51 times during the outdoor portion of the schedule, all of which would rank first in program history. He ran to one event win during the year and added four individual top-5 finishes. In the classroom he was pursuing a degree in business administration.

McGraw, who was recognized on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll for both indoor and outdoor track & field, received his first career CSC Academic All-District®  selection. He competed in six meets during the outdoor season, concluding the year at the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he earned Second Team All-RMAC with a sixth place finish and season-best 5,914 points in the decathlon. At the conference championship meet he finished within the top-5 of four of the decathlon events, finishing second in the discus throw (39.35m (129' 1")), third with a career-best in the javelin throw (47.64m (156' 3")), fourth in the 100m dash (11.47), and fifth in the shot put (11.51m (37' 9.25")). A few weeks prior he traveled west to compete in the Bryan Clay Multis, going up against 12 NCAA Division I decathletes in a field of 16 athletes. He finished 14^th with 5,671 points after only participating in nine of the ten events. He finished within the top-10 in six of the nine events, including a second place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 40.38m (132' 6"). He ended the year sixth on the RMAC Outdoor Performance List in the decathlon with a season-best 5,914 points at the RMAC Championships, was 16th in the high jump with a season-best mark of 1.80m (5' 10.75") at the Scott Walkinshaw Open & Multi, was 18th in the javelin throw with a career-best mark of 47.64m (156' 3") at the RMAC Championships, and was 25th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.70m (12' 1.5") at the RMAC Championships. In the classroom he was pursuing a degree in history/studio art.

Rosenstrauch becomes a 3-time CSC Academic All-District® selection, previously earning the accolade in football for the 2022 and 2024 seasons. He competed in six meets during the 2025 outdoor season and concluded his collegiate career at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 15^th place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 42.65m (139' 11") and was 19^th in the hammer throw with a mark of 40.13m (131' 8"). He also added career-best performances at the Scott Walkinshaw Open & Multi, notching marks of 43.23m (141' 10") in the discus throw and 44.20m (145' 0") in the hammer throw, which ranked 20^th and 24^th respectively on the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Performance List. In the classroom he was pursuing a degree in biology/chemistry.

Straus earned his first career CSC Academic All-District® honor after receiving a spot on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in both indoor and outdoor track & field this season. He competed in five meets during the outdoor season, ending the year at the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he ran to a 17^th place finish in the 5,000m run with a time of 15:59.70. Just over a week prior to the conference championships, he ran a new career-best and the tenth-fastest time in Yellow Jacket history in the 5,000m clocking a time of 14:47.14 at the ULV Leopard Invitational for 15^th place. He also added new career-best times in the 800m run as he crossed the finish line in 2:05.62 at the Dr. Dan Capriogolio Invitational and clocked a 3:58.45 at the Beach Invite. He finished within the top-10 twice and earned one event win this year, which happened in the 5,000m run at the Scott Walkinshaw Open & Multi. In the classroom he was pursuing a degree in business administration/professional accountancy.

Walker, who was recognized on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in both indoor and outdoor track & field, receives his first CSC Academic All-District® selection. He competed in six meets during the outdoor season, ending the year at the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he earned a tenth place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 13.09m (42' 11.5") and was 19^th in the long jump with a mark of 6.19m (20' 3.75"). Also, throughout the year he set new career-best marks in each event, with his mark of 13.09m (42' 11.5") in the triple jump at the conference championships and a mark of 6.48m (21' 3.25") in the long jump at the Scott Walkinshaw Open & Multi setting new personal standards. He ranked 11^th on the league's outdoor performance list in the triple jump and was 19^th in the long jump. He notched four individual top-5 finishes and was within the top-10 on six occasions this year. In the classroom he was pursuing a degree in exercise science.

School's athletic communication staffs are allowed to nominate up to five student-athletes for a spot on the CSC Academic All-District® list. To be eligible individuals must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically while maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.50 in their academic career and rank within the top-50 of their region in an event.