WORCESTER, Mass. – Headlined by senior forward Lindsay Berger, four student-athletes of the Holy Cross women's basketball team have been selected to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team announced by the organization on Tuesday.
 
By earning Academic All-District® honors, Berger, a 2025 academic all-Patriot League and a second and all-defensive team honoree advances to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on April 16.
 
Berger was joined by two-time CSC Academic All-District selections, junior Kaitlyn Flanagan and senior Lauren Huber. Junior Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly was a first time honoree.
 
Berger, a psychology major, posted a 3.52 GPA and is the Patriot League leader in field goal percentage (53.5%), while ranking fifth in blocks per game (0.9), seventh in total blocks (25), tied for eighth in rebounding (5.8) and 10th in scoring (12.2). The team captain has set single-season career bests in points per game, points (361), field goal conversions (154), field goal attempts (288), field goal percentage and minutes per game (28.2). She posted double-digit points in 12 straight games to end the season and in 16 of 20 contests against Patriot League opponents.
 
Flanagan, an English major recorded a 3.67 GPA has started and played in every game (98) for the Crusaders (64-34, .653) since her freshman year. The team captain is the engine that drives the Crusaders offense as she led the conference in assists per game (5.2) and assists (160), which rank 31st and 38th in the NCAA respectively. Flanagan finished second in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) and 11th in minutes per game (32.4). She established new single-season career-bests in points per game (9.7), points (302), assists per game, assists, blocks per game (0.6), blocks (20), field goals made (109), field goal attempts (285) and minutes per game. She recorded six or more assists on 13 occasions in 2024-25.
 
Huber, an accounting and psychology major had a 3.77 GPA. The senior guard had a career season appearing in all 31 games and making 11 starts. She set personal-highs in points (65), rebounds (85), assists (47), steals (16), field goal conversions (29), and minutes per game (20.7). At Northeastern on Dec. 21, 2024, she secured a career-high eight rebounds and at Lehigh on Feb. 1, 2025 she dished out a personal-best six assists.
 
Donnelly, an interdisciplinary studies major with a 3.82 GPA appeared in all 31 games for the Crusaders earning a start in 29 games. The top three-point threat on the Crusaders, Donnelly paced the team in three-point percentage (39.1) and three-pointers (45) which ranked third and tied for 13th in the Patriot League. The teams' second leading rebounder, she also ranked seventh in the conference in rebounds per game (6.9). Donnelly set career-highs in points per game (6.7), rebounds per game, assists per game (2.3), steals per game (0.6), blocks per game (0.4), field goals (70), field goal percentage (39.8) three-pointers, three-point percentage, and minutes per game (29.1).
 
To qualify for CSC Academic All-District®, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the games/contests. 
 
Holy Cross finished the season with a 19-12 overall record and an 11-7 mark in Patriot League play.
 
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