Galloway, N.J. – Ten Stockton University student-athletes earned Academic All-District honors in track & field/cross country from the College Sports Communicators for the 2024-25 academic year. All 10 Ospreys have cumulative grade point averages of 3.70 or higher
 
Kayla Kass (Bayonne/Bayonne), Michaela Pomatto (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), Elaina Styer (Estell Manor/Ocean City), Kayla Sullivan (Manahawkin/Delaware Valley) and Amanda McNally (Tabernacle/Seneca), were Stockton's CSC Academic All-District Women's Track & Field/Cross Country selections.
 
Mike Carfagno (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), Kevin Lu-Chua (Brooklyn, N.Y./Stuyvesant), Shane McDevitt (Jackson/Jackson Memorial), Joey Addeo (Woolwich/GCIT) and Ben Laster (Delran/Delran) were CSC Academic All-District Men's Track & Field/Cross Country honorees for Stockton.
 
The criteria for eligibility were a minimum 3.50 grade point average, sophomore or higher standing and either a top-50 individual performance at the 2024 NCAA cross country regionals or a top-50 regional ranking in single event (indoor or outdoor track & field).
 
Kass, an Education major, achieved All-America First Team recognition in the indoor and outdoor 800m and was voted NJAC Most Outstanding Athlete for indoor track & field. The junior racked up six USTFCCCA All-Region accolades and six NJAC all-conference nods while competing in three sports (cross country, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field).
 
Kass brought her career total to four All-America honors and received CSC Academic All-District recognition for the second straight year.
 
Pomatto, a Biology major, collected her second straight CSC Academic All-District award. The senior won the NJAC title in the discus to snag the NJAC First Team spot, and she also was USTFCCCA All-Region in the discus. Pomatto competed in the discus at eight meets during the outdoor season, producing two wins and two runner-up finishes.
 
Styer, an Exercise Science major, had a dominant indoor track & field season for which she was chosen NJAC Most Outstanding Field Athlete to go with an NJAC First Team nod in the pentathlon and NJAC Second Team selection in the high jump. In addition, Styer was named USTFCCCA All-Region in the 60m hurdles, high jump, and pentathlon.
 
Styer was ranked fourth in the nation in the pentathlon and qualified for the NCAA Championships. Unfortunately, the sophomore suffered an injury during a training session and was unable to compete.
 
Sullivan, a Coastal Zone Management major, earned NJAC Honorable Mention nods in the 4x400 relay for both the indoor and outdoor campaigns. The senior also garnered USTFCCCA All-Region spots in the indoor 4x400 relay and distance medley relay plus the outdoor 4x400 relay.
 
Sullivan ran legs of relays that set three school records this year, with those marks coming in the indoor 4x400 and distance medley and the outdoor 4x400.
 
McNally, a Physical Therapy major, had a fine year in her first season at Stockton after transferring from Rowan. During the cross country season, the fifth-year runner earned NJAC Second Team status and USTFCCCA All-Region. McNally later added NJAC First Team and USTFCCCA All-Region kudos in the distance medley relay during the indoor season.
 
Carfagno, a Health Science major, received a CSC Academic All-District award for the third consecutive year. The fifth-year thrower competed in the shot put and/or weight throw at five indoor meets and participated in the shot put at seven outdoor meets. Carfagno was ranked eighth in the Metro Region in the weight throw during the indoor season.
 
Lu-Chua, a Marine Science major, showed his versatility by competing in the heptathlon, 4x400 relay, high jump and long jump during the indoor season, then competed in the 100m, javelin, discus, 4x400 relay, decathlon, high jump, and long jump outdoors.
 
The sophomore set personal bests in the javelin (46.08m) at the TCNJ Lions Invitational and the shot put (11.61m) at the NJAC Outdoor Championships, where he finished fourth in the decathlon.
 
McDevitt, a Business major, competed six times and scored for Stockton at five meets during the cross country season, setting a personal best of 26:30.8 for 8K in the Stockton Season Opener. The junior posted his highest career finish of fourth place at the PSU Abington Invitational.
 
During the outdoor track slate, McDevitt ran in the 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m. He recorded a personal best 15:63.70 in the 5000m at the Widener Paul Donahue Invitational, then placed seventh at the NJAC Championships with a time of 35:23.19 while running the 10,000m for the first time in his career.
 
Addeo, a Psychology major, ran in a combined total of 18 meets during the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field campaigns. Running primarily in the 1500m, 3000m and 3000m steeplechase, the junior place fifth twice in the 3000m steeplechase for his best career placings.
 
Addeo posted personal bests in the 1500m (4:17.22) at the NJAC Outdoor Championships, 3000m steeplechase (10:25.61) at the Widener Paul Donahue Invitational and 3000m (9:27.01) at the Rowan Oscar Moore Invitational.
 
Laster, a Visual Arts major, competed in the shot put at 14 meets during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons. The junior produced the best toss of his career with 13.33 meters at the NJAC Outdoor Championships, good for seventh place. Laster also finished a career-best sixth out of 24 shot putters at the Osprey Open.