HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College recent graduates Chase Sanford (Mechanicsville) and Cooper York (Gastonia, NC) have each been named a member of the 2025-26 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.

Chase Sanford earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics with a mathematics minor, graduating on May 9 with Summa cum laude honors while attaining a 3.80 GPA. A Dean's List student, Chase was recently awarded the Dr. Hardy Cross 1902 Award in Physics, was a recipient of the College's Venable Scholarship, and is now a two-time member of the CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Team (2024-25, 2025-26), while a soon to be four-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team (2023-26). On the field, the outfielder started all 33 games he played with a batting average of .346 (44-127), three home runs, three triples—tied for fourth in the ODAC, 10 doubles, 29 runs scored, 37 RBIs, 21 walks, five hit by pitches, one sacrifice fly and 7-9 stolen bases. Chase had an OPS of .998, a .543 slugging percentage, a .455 on-base percentage and a .986 fielding percentage on 74 total chances (71 putouts, two assists, one error).

Cooper York also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics with a mathematics minor, graduating on May 9 with Summa cum laude and College Honors, First Honor as the Class of 2026 Valedictorian with a 4.00 GPA. A Dean's List student, Cooper was a recipient of the Hurtz Scholarship and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honors Society, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Chi Beta Phi Science Honorary Society and Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, while a soon to be three-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team (2024-26). He was also recipient of the Sophomore Academic Excellence Award, the Weyland Thomas Joyner Physics award, The President's Award for Natural Science and Mathematics, and The President's Award for Overall Academic Excellence. His Senior Honors/Distinction Research paper was entitled: A Phenomenological Model of a Flywheel Resisted Pendulum. On the field, the right-handed pitcher made 15 mound appearances, including two starts, with a record of 0-1, an 8.51 ERA, 37.0 innings pitched, 15 strikeouts, 14 walks allowed and a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 on six total chances (one putout, five assists, no errors).

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.