Story edit on January 6, 2024: CSB junior Chaeli Haupert met the academic and athletic qualifications to be recognized by the CSC Academic All-District Team, however, she was inadvertently left off the final list due to submission error.

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – Audrey Spolidoro, Brooke Andries, Mackenzie Knofczynski and Chaeli Haupert of the College of Saint Benedict volleyball team have all meet the requirements to be recognized by the College Sports Communicators as Academic All-District. Solidoro, Andries and Knofczynski were all officially named to the Academic All-Distric Team according to an announcement Tuesday (Dec. 17), while Haupert was inadvertently left off the final list due to submission error.

The 2024 Academic All-District® Women's Volleyball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes volleyball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA — for each gender.
 
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on January 14.

Knofczynski earned her second straight CSC Academic All-District honor while Spolidoro, Andries and Haupert qualified for the honor for the first time. This is the third straight year that CSB volleyball has had three or more student-athletes earn CSC Academic All-District honors. The program now has had 17 student-athletes earn DIII Academic All-District honors.

The four standouts led CSB to the NCAA DIII national tournament for the first time since 2019 after winning the MIAC Tournament Championship. Led by these three standouts, CSB finished 8-3 in the MIAC for fourth place. Late in the season, St. Benedict won seven straight games and 12-of-14 to reach the national tourney. The run included winning the MIAC Tournament Championship for the first time since 2017 as CSB defeated fifth-seeded Augsburg, 3-2, at home before sweeping both the No. 1 seed Gustavus Adolphus and No. 2 seed St. Catherine on the road. St. Ben's had a 15-12 overall record, falling to No. 11 Washington University-St. Louis in the regional first round. 

Spolidoro recently earned honorable mention All-American honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Spolidoro, who was named to the AVCA All-Region IX first team on Nov. 20, was selected CSB's first honorable mention All-American since 2017 when Megan Pekarek was honored with her second honorable mention All-American honor (2015, 2017). Spolidoro, a senior physics major from Cottage Grove, Minn., earned her first academic all-district honor to go along with being Academic All-MIAC three times.

A three-time All-MIAC honoree, Spolidoro became the first Bennie named to three straight All-MIAC teams since Hunter and Madison Weiss in 2017-19. Spolidoro was one of three players who received All-MIAC distinction for the third time, a feat achieved by 63 volleyball players in recorded conference history. Five times in her career, including three times this year, Spolidoro was named MIAC Specialty Player of the Week. She also earned selection to the MIAC All-Playoff Team in 2024. The senior ranked second in the MIAC and 25^th in NCAA DIII with 9.79 assists per set with her 1,038 assists also second in the MIAC and 30th in DIII. With 1,038 set assists this season, she bettered her career best in 2022. In 27 games and 106 sets in 2024, Spolidoro had 77 kills, 33 service aces and 352 digs or 3.32 per set. She registered 51 total blocks. Twenty times this year and 56 times in her career, she achieved double doubles. She finished her career with 3,503 career assists (6^th, all-time at CSB) and 1,104 digs and she was just the third volleyball player in school history to achieve 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs. Spolidoro also had 94 career service aces and 124 total blocks.
 
A junior nursing major from Willmar, Minn., Knofczynski was All-MIAC a year ago and earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention in 2024. She earned her second straight CSC Academic All-District honor. An Academic All-MIAC honoree twice, the outstanding middle blocker continues to build on her resume of awards at CSB. This season, she ranks third in the MIAC in blocks at 0.90 per set and her 95 overall is second in the league. Knofczynski had 239 kills or 2.25 per set with 653 total attacks. She also has 31 assists and 21 service aces. Ten times this season, she reached double digit kills. In her career, she has 648 kills, 1,756 attacks, 248 total blocks and 21 service aces. This season she had recorded five or more total blocks seven times with a career-best nine in the MIAC quarterfinals win over Augsburg. She had a season-high 14 kills against Augsburg on Sept. 27, 2024. Knofczynski had a career high 15 kills against Washington U on Sept. 15, 2023.
 
Andries, a sophomore finance major from Marshall, Minn., was earlier named to the MIAC All-Playoff Team and this CSC Academic All-District honor is her first such honor. Seven times this season she has reached double digits in kills. Andries totaled 157 kills or 2.09 kills per set across 75 sets and 20 matches this year. Andries, who had a season-best 14 kills against Coe, recorded 41 digs and 28 total blocks for 172 points in the 2024 season. In her career, she has accumulated 346 kills or 2.01 per set with 1,026 attacks and a .202 hitting percentage in 172 sets across 47 matches. She also has totaled career marks of 106 digs and 73 total blocks or 0.42 per set and recorded 386 points.

A junior nursing major from West Lake, Texas, Haupert competed in 106 sets across 27 matches for the Bennies. She earned All-MIAC Playoff honors as she anchored the Bennie defense during their MIAC playoff run. Haupert recorded a career, team-high of 415 digs or 3.92/set, which ranked 10th in the MIAC. She had a season-high of 29 vs Trinity on August 31, 2024. Haupert recorded 24 double digit digs games with four of 20 or more. She tallied 44 assists with a season-high of five vs Minnesota- Morris on September 7, 2024. Haupert finished the season with 29 service aces, including three matches of four-plus service aces. She registered three kills in the season and 32.0 points.