COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College women's basketball senior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton) was recognized with a College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division II Academic All-District honor on Tuesday. She was among 18 Northeast-10 Conference student-athletes honored.
 
Furch, who holds a 3.62 cumulative grade-point average as a biology major, was fifth in the NE10 in made three-pointers per game (1.8), tied for fifth in steals (1.9) and sixth in minutes (33.8). She turned in career highs with 11.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 52 assists, 50 steals and 46 threes. Furch qualified Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Awards the last two years and has landed on the NE10 Academic Honor Roll all five semesters of her Saint Michael's career.
 
College Sports Communicators recognizes major contributors toting at least a 3.50 GPA by their sophomore seasons. Each school was able to put a maximum number of student-athletes forward for an award that previously necessitated voting. Instead, All-District honorees can now advance directly to the Academic All-America ballot, which still incorporates national membership voting. Through the Academic All-America program, CSC names Academic All-District and Academic All-America teams at each the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III levels, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.