ST. JOSEPH, Minn. -- Seniors
Sophia Jonas and
Olivia Boily, and juniors
Megan Morgan and
Kira Young of the College of Saint Benedict basketball team have been named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Basketball Teams.
The four CSB standouts helped the Bennies finish with an 17-10 overall record and 11-7 MIAC record while earning a No. 5 seed in the MIAC Playoffs. CSB advanced to the MIAC Playoff semifinals for the third straight year.
Jonas was named to the CSB Academic All-District Team for a third straight year while Morgan earned a second straight honor. Young and Boily earned their first-ever honors on the all-district squad. With the recognition, CSB now has had 18 Academic All-District honorees in school history. Jonas becomes the first-ever CSB player named to three straight all district teams while Morgan is the fourth two-time honoree (Jonas,
Carla Meyer, 2021-24; and Chelsey Guetter, 2016-18).
CSC recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court 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. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 16. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed at the links above.
In addition to the CSC academic honor, Jonas and Morgan were named All-MIAC while Young was named to the All-MIAC Playoff Team. The All-MIAC honor is the third-in-a-row for Jonas and first honor by Morgan. Young earned her first all-playoff recognition.
With Jonas and Morgan selection to the All-MIAC first team, St. Ben's has 82 honorees all-time in program history with Jonas becoming the 13
th three-time honoree. Jonas is among just 76 student-athletes in recorded MIAC history to be named to at least three all-conference teams. The MIAC also announced the All-Playoff Team for women's basketball, which included Young, who was one of nine players on the team as selected by playoff-participant head coaches.
Jonas, who is also a member of the CSB tennis team, averaged 11.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and a league-best 2.6 three pointers per game for first in the MIAC and 29
th in NCAA DIII. With 71 made three-pointers this season, she ranked first in the MIAC and 24
th in DIII. In 2024-25, she had 18 double-digit scoring games and has totaled 63 in her career. Twice, including a season-high 23 points on Feb. 12 against Macalester, Jonas scored 20 points in a game and finished her career with eight 20-point games in her career.
When she made five threes in the win over Macalester on Feb. 12, Jonas became the MIAC's all-time career leader in made three-pointers. She finished her career with 264 career threes, passing the MIAC mark of 255 by Brooklyn Paulson of Saint Mary's during 2018-2023. Jonas also holds the MIAC season mark of 84 made threes in 2022-23 and her mark of 66 in league play that year is yet another three-point mark for the senior. A senior accounting major from Hudson, Wis. (Hudson), Jonas finished with 1,154 career points (12th, all-time at CSB), became the 22
nd player in school history to reach 1,000 points. Against St. Catherine this year, Jonas had her career-first and only double double with 16 points and a career-best 11 rebounds. She recorded a career-high 26 points vs UW-River Falls on Nov. 16, 2023.
Against Saint Mary's on Dec. 10, 2024, Jonas recorded a career-best five steals. She made six triples in a game four times in her career, including twice in 2023-24 (UW-River Falls, Minnesota Morris). Six times, she has had five assists in a game, including three times in the 2024-25 season. Jonas made three or more triples 12 times this year and 52 times in her career. Thirteen times, she made five or more threes in a game during her standout career. She started 92 games (103 played) and made 396-of-1,099 field goals for 36.0 percent, including the 264 threes on 762 attempts for 34.6 percent. She finished 98-of-129 from the foul line for 76 percent with 269 rebounds, 181 assists and 101 steals.
Morgan, an exercise, and health sciences major from Winona, Minn. (Cotter), averaged 11.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists during the 2024-25 season. She scored in double-digits 17 times this season in 27 games and 30 times in her career. This year Morgan, who had three games of 22 points, made 101-of-251 field goals for 40.2 percent, which included 39-of-118 from three-point range for 33.5 percent. She knocked down 79-of-96 free throws for 82.3 percent, a mark that ranked second in the MIAC. In her career, Morgan, who has started 56 and played in 77 games, is 223-of-529 on field goals for 42.2 percent, which includes 78-of-229 for 34.1 percent from three-point range. She is 156-of-190 for 82.1 percent at the foul line.
Morgan has career marks of 680 points, 320 career rebounds, 150 assists, 21 blocks and 50 steals. Morgan, who has five career 20-point games, has scored 22 points three times this year including against Bethel on Jan. 8, St. Scholastica on Feb. 5 and Concordia-Moorhead on Feb. 8. She also has career-high 26 points against St. Catherine on Feb. 17, 2024. Her career-high in rebounds is 10 three times and twice has double doubles. With seven assists against Carleton on Dec. 7, 2024, Morgan had her career best.
For the season Young averaged 7.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. In two playoff games, she had eight points and 14 rebounds in a 68-64 MIAC playoffs quarterfinal win over Concordia and 11 points and eight rebounds in a loss to Bethel in the MIAC semifinals. A junior from Hudson, Wis. (Hudson), Young now has 444 points and 291 rebounds in her career. She recorded a career-best single game point total of 21 points against Bethel on Feb. 22, 2024. Against Concordia in the MIAC Playoffs on Feb. 25, 2025, she set a career-high with 14 rebounds, the most since the 2021-22 season (
Carla Meyer, 14). Young, who has three career 20-point games, now has registered 20 career double-digit scoring games, including six of the final 10 games of the 2024-25 season. She recorded her only career double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) against St. Olaf on Jan. 29. She has five double-digit rebound games this season.
A senior from Hudson, Wis., Boily, a global business management major, averaged 8.7 points and 3.8 rebounds this season with 12 double-digit games this year and 17 in her career. In 2024-25, she made 104-of-227 from the field for 45.8 percent. Her career-best in points is 15 points vs St. Olaf on Jan. 29, 2024, and Macalester on Feb. 12, 2025. Her career-best in rebounds is 11 against Carleton on Jan. 26, 2023. In her career, Boily played in 79 games with 33 starts, hitting 236-of-512 field goals for 46.1 percent. She made 66 free throws and collected 91 offensive rebounds. Boily finished with 541 points, 55 steals, 329 rebounds, including , 59 assists and 30 blocks.