4 Bears Chosen CSC Academic All-District
The California women's tennis quartet of Jessica Alsola, Valentina Ivanov, Hannah Viller Moeller and Katja Wiersholm was named to the College Sports Communicators' NCAA Division I Academic All-District Team for its combined efforts on the courts and in the classroom, CSC announced Tuesday. All four are also nominees for CSC Academic All-America honors, which will be announced June 4.
Alsola, Viller Moeller and Wiersholm earned Academic All-District accolades for the second consecutive year, while Ivanov earned the distinction for the first time.
To achieve CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-America status, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, and an undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. As a tennis nominee, a student-athlete must have played in at least 70 percent of her team's scoring competitions.
Ivanov, from Sydney, Australia, graduated with a degree in economics earlier this month and is a three-time member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll and a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete. She will join Viller Moeller and Wiersholm in the NCAA Singles Championship from May 20-25 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. A member of the 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team, Ivanov has produced a stellar season that has her ranked nationally in singles at No. 43 and in doubles – with Alsola – at No. 51. Ivanov began her final collegiate season in the spring and boasts records of 18-10 in singles and 21-8 in doubles. She was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on March 26, and competed for New Zealand in the Billie Jean King Cup in April.
Viller Moeller joined Ivanov on the All-Pac-12 First Team and is likewise a three-time member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor roll and also recently graduated with a degree in economics from Cal. The Copenhagen, Denmark, native has produced her best season at Cal. She is ranked 44th in singles with a 23-21 record after ranking as high as No. 12 in the fall, when she won the singles title in the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA National Fall Championships. The veteran has paired with freshman Mao Mushika to compile a 25-13 doubles record and claim a No. 18 ranking, and earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Doubles Championship in Stillwater.
Wiersholm, from Kirkland, Washington, adds the Academic All-District accolade to her All-Pac-12 Second-Team selection this season. A two-time member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll who was named a 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete, Wiersholm is ranked 49th in singles with a 25-7 record. She clinched four Cal wins this season, including a 5-2 result at Washington, the 4-0 season-opening win over Illinois, a 6-1 thrashing of Utah and a 4-3 win over UCLA. In the fall, Wiersholm won the top-flight singles title at the Cal Fall Invitational and advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships. Wiersholm also has a 21-14 doubles record, including an 8-3 mark with Alsola.
The Academic All-District honor adds to a strong junior season for Alsola, who was chosen to the All-Pac-12 Second Team. The psychology major – the winner of this year's Golden Bear Achievement Award with the top GPA on her team – is a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete who was named to the 2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll. Ranked 81st in singles, Alsola finished her year with records of 25-17 in singles and 29-10 in doubles. In the fall, the Fresno product reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships and advanced to the consolation singles final at the ITA National Fall Championships. Also accomplished in doubles, the Fresno product is ranked with three different partners – No. 51 with Ivanov, No. 67 with Berta Passola Folch and No. 81 with Wiersholm.
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