AUSTIN, TX - College Sports Communicators (CSC) has announced the 2025 Academic All-America® women's soccer teams, with Denison senior Sara Sollinger (Evanston, IL/Evanston Township) representing the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) on the third team.

Sollinger becomes the first Denison women’s soccer Academic All-American® since 2014 and the tenth in program history. The 2025 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year started all nineteen matches and led a Big Red defensive unit that allowed only three goals in conference play, an average of 0.42 per match. Across nineteen total contests, she helped hold opponents to fourteen goals while contributing to eight clean sheets. She also secured her second United Soccer Coaches All-Region honor and third Academic All-District® selection.

Her selection brings Denison’s all-time total to one hundred twenty-nine Academic All-Americans®. Sollinger is the program’s fifth Third-Team honoree.

Established in 1952, the Academic All-America® program, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognizes top student-athletes for excellence in both academics and athletics across all NCAA divisions and the NAIA.