Francis Marion University sophomore defender Alana Hunt has been named to the College Sports Communicators' (CSC) 2025 Academic All-America® women's soccer team for NCAA Division II.  She was a first-team selection.

A native of Swindon, England, Hunt has a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average as a psychology major. 

Named a second-team All-American by two different organizations last week for her play on the field, Hunt becomes on the 12th student-athlete in the 56-year history of the FMU athletic program to earn All-American honors for her work both on the field and in the classroom, and the second in as many years after women's soccer forward Kristina Syragakis doubled up in 2024.

Earlier this month, she was tabbed for the CSC Academic All-District Team for the Southeast Region. She has been named to the FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic and Conference Carolinas Presidential honor rolls for each of her previous semesters at Francis Marion.

On the field, Hunt anchored one of the top defensive units in Division II.  She started all 20 matches and tallied the most minutes of any field player with 1,725 while contributing two goals and an assist with 13 shots. Hunt is a two-time All-Conference Carolinas selection and was the league's 2025 Defensive Player of the Year.

As a team, the Patriots tied for the top spot nationally in shutout percentage (0.750) and ranked fourth in goals against average (0.400). FMU held its opponents to just 6.8 shots per match and only 2.5 shots on goal per contest.  The eight goals is the lowest season total allowed by the Patriots in the 31-year history of the program, and the team posted a school-record scoreless streak of 1171:12 covering 14 matches, the sixth-longest shutout streak in NCAA Division II women's soccer history.

She helped lead the Patriots to a 17-3-0 record, matching the most wins in a single season in team history. Francis Marion won the Conference Carolinas East Division title, secured the top seed in the conference tournament, and garnered its second straight NCAA Tournament bid and fourth in program history.
 
She is the fourth women's soccer player to earn both All-America honors (play and academic work), joining Syragakis (2024), Katie Riley (2004), and Katie Roberts (2002).
Hunt is a product of Hartpury College.

To qualify for the CSC Academic All-America® program, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average, and participate in a specified percentage of athletic contests. The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Division II Academic All-America® program.


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