GORHAM, Maine – Junior Britney Hill (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's lacrosse team has earned 2024-2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors. This is the first Academic All-District honor of her career.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-District recognition student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher. Skaters must have competed in 90 percent or started in 66 percent of their institution's games, while goalies must have started in at least 50 percent of their institution's games. The 2024-25 Academic All-District At-Large Team (including the USM-sponsored sports of field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, golf, wrestling) is selected by College Sports Communicators and recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition 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.
 
Hill was a First Team All-Little East Conference selection as a defender after starting every game for the Huskies. She led the team in ground balls with 47 and was fifth in caused turnovers with 21. Hill rarely came off the field in 2025 and was the backbone of the Huskies' defense. She has recorded 72 ground balls and 34 caused turnovers in her 33-game career. An English major, Hill is a two-time William B. Wise Scholar Athlete and has earned LEC All-Academic Team honors in both lacrosse and soccer.