WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross baseball student-athletes Jake Lenahan, Pedro Leon and Gianni Royer been selected to the 2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team announced by the organization on Tuesday.

This is the second time in his career that Royer has earned academic honors from the CSC.

Lenahan, a computer science and economics double major has a perfect 4.00 GPA. An academic All-Patriot League selection and All-League second team honoree at relief pitcher, the right-hander led the team in appearances (19) and saves (2), ranks second in strikeouts (67), innings pitched (65.1) and WHIP (1.33), third in BAA (.246) and second in ERA (4.68). He ranks fourth in the Patriot League in strikeouts, is tied for fourth in saves, sixth in innings pitched, ninth in BAA and 10th in ERA. In Patriot League games, Lenahan is tied for third in saves (2), ranks sixth in ERA (3.06) and seventh in BAA (.228). Fourteen of his 19 appearances came out of the bullpen.

Leon, an accounting major recorded a 3.76 GPA. He appeared in 16 games for the Crusaders making 9 starts hurling 37.2 innings, which ranked third on the team. His 44 strikeouts also was third on the team in 2026. On Feb 21 at FIU, Leon tossed four innings allowing an unearned run while punching out five batters. He retired the final batter of the Crusaders 6-2 win over Army in the Patriot League Semifinal series on three pitches inducing a game ending groundout to first base. Leon punched out 5 or more batters five times in 2026.

Royer majors in economics and has a 3.78 GPA. Another member of the Academic All-Patriot League and All-League second team, Royer leads the team in slugging percentage (.516), is tied for the team lead in home runs (6), while ranking second on the team in average (.310), in OPS (.897) and total bases (80), third in doubles (12), runs scored (33) and stolen bases (10) and fourth in hits (48). In the Patriot League rankings, Royer is tied for fourth in doubles (12), fifth in average, sixth in slugging, seventh in OPS, tied for eighth in home runs, ninth in runs scored and tied for ninth in hits. With four stolen bases in game three of the Patriot League Championship Series at Bucknell on May 20, Royer established the new Patriot League Tournament single-game stolen base record.

The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. To be eligible, student-athletes must be a sophomore or older with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. On the field, nominees must have played 90 percent of their team's games or started 66 percent of the season. Pitchers must have made either 17 appearances or pitched 25 innings to be eligible.

The Crusaders just concluded the 150th anniversary of baseball at the College of the Holy Cross with a 25-30, 13-13 PL record. This was the third straight season of 25+ wins for the program and the team became the first non service academy to capture back-to-back Patriot League Championships in Patriot League history. They were the first No. 4 seed to win a Patriot League Tournament Championship since Bucknell in 2010.
 
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