GREENWOOD, Ind. – Junior Long Stick Midfielder James McCarthy (Middletown, N.J.) and Senior Defensive Midfielder Joseph Alberti (Nutley, N.J.) and Senior Defender Sammy Ahmad (Clifton, N.J.) and Senior Midfielder Anthony Salzone (Wayne, N.J.) and Senior Midfielder Kole Levy (Manahawkin, N.J) have been named to the 2025-26 Collegiate Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team for Men's Lacrosse, the organization announced.
It is the third such honor for Alberti, who won the award in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It is the second such honor for Ahmad and McCarthy who both won the award in 2024-25. It is the first appearance on the All-District Team for Salzone and Levy.
The CSC Academic All-America program recognizes At-Large honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
The five are now eligible to move to the National CSC Academic All-America At-Large ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® At-Large honorees will be announced July 8th.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.
2025-26 Academic All-District®
Men's Lacrosse • Division II
Caldwell Univ.
Sammy Ahmad, Sr. · 3.66, Criminal Justice*
Joseph Alberti, Sr. · 3.68, Special Education**
Kole Levy, Sr. · 3.59, Criminal Justice
James McCarthy, Jr. · 3.91, Marketing*
Anthony Salzone, Sr. · 3.60, Criminal Justice
**third-time honoree
*second-time honoree
The full list of honorees can be seen here:
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
