Pier, Kern earn CSC Academic All-District Awards

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College women's soccer landed two members recognized among the 2025-26 Academic All-District Women's Soccer teams, selected by the College Sports Communicators to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.

Among the NAIA Academic All-District Team were DC's Destiny Pier (So., Continental, Ohio/Continental) and Chloe Kern (Sr., Bowling Green, Ohio/Eastwood). Both players were recognized earlier this season for their academic achievements as Academic All-WHAC and are now among the 332 high-performing women's soccer student-athletes at the NAIA level. It is the first Academic All-District Award for both Pier and Kern.

DC women's soccer has now placed 5 student-athletes on the CSC Academic All-District Team over the last two years. Defiance's two award winners were among just 12 WHAC women's soccer players to make this season's awards, joining recipients from Lawrence Tech and Rochester Christian.

To be recognized as Academic All-District, student-athletes must be a sophomore or above with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and compete in 90 percent of the team's matches.

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