2025 CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Teams (PDF)
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College recent graduate
Grayson Harris (Moseley), along with juniors
Matthew Arnold (Danville) and
Chase Sanford (Mechanicsville), have each been named a member of the
2025 Academic All-District® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) for NCAA Division III. The team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom.
Grayson Harris earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and business, graduating on May 10 with Summa cum laude honors while attaining a 3.77 GPA. A Dean's List student, Grayson was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society this year, and is now a three-time member of the CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Team (2023-25), while a soon to be four-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team (2021-25). On the field, the first baseman started all 41 games he played while batting .360 (62-172) with one triple, 10 doubles, 44 runs scored, 20 RBIs, 11 walks, 10 hit by pitches, three sacrifice bunts, two sacrifice flies and a perfect 17-17 stolen bases. He had an OPS of .856, a .430 slugging percentage, a .426 on-base percentage and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 320 total chances (296 putouts, 24 assists, no errors). Harris established a new H-SC season record for at-bats (172) this spring, tied for second in season hits (62) and tied for sixth in season runs, while tied for third in career runs (111), seventh in career hits (156) and tied for ninth in career batting average (.353). Grayson tied for first in the ODAC in fielding percentage, was sixth in total chances and putouts, tied for sixth in hits, eighth in stolen bases, tied for eighth in at-bats and hit by pitches, 13th in runs scored and tied for 24th in batting average.
Matthew Arnold is an engineering physics major with a 3.55 GPA. A Dean's List student, Matthew serves as the director of communications for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was selected to the 2024 ODAC Sportsmanship Team, while a soon to be two-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2025). On the field, the Third Team All-ODAC designated hitter started 33 of 34 games with a batting average of .338 (44-130), 11 doubles, 18 runs scored, 23 RBIs, 15 walks, one hit by pitch, six sacrifice flies and 1-3 stolen bases. He had an OPS of .818, a .423 slugging percentage, a .395 on-base percentage and an .879 fielding percentage on 33 total chances (11 putouts, 18 assists, four errors). Matthew tied for third in the ODAC in sacrifice flies and tied for 23rd in doubles.
Chase Sanford is an engineering physics major and a mathematics minor with a 3.77 GPA. A Dean's List student, Chase is a recipient of the College's Venable Scholarship, while a soon to be three-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team (2023-25). On the field, the Second Team All-ODAC outfielder started 28 of 37 games with a batting average of .353 (41-116), two home runs, four triples, nine doubles, 26 runs scored, 24 RBIs, 13 walks, five hit by pitches, one sacrifice bunt, five sacrifice flies and 9-11 stolen bases. He had an OPS of .976, a .552 slugging percentage, a .424 on-base percentage and a .959 fielding percentage on 74 total chances (70 putouts, three assists, one error). Chase tied for third in the ODAC in triples, tied for seventh in sacrifice flies, was 21st in slugging percentage and tied for 23rd in stolen bases.
The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. 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 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
