Five First Team Academic All-Americans

STANFORD, Calif. – Recognized for their excellence as student-athletes, five Stanford women have been selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America first team: Aria Fischer (women’s water polo), Isabelle Pilson (field hockey), Kara Rahaim (lacrosse), Brooke Seay (women’s golf) and Rose Zhang (women’s golf). Additionally, Fischer was named the Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year, earning the nation’s highest scholastic honor in her division.

Stanford leads the country with five women’s at large selections, and nine total at-large selections following the men’s announcement on Wednesday. No other school had more than six honorees (Utah), while the Cardinal ends the 2022-23 campaign with 34 total CSC Academic All-Americans.

A native of Laguna Beach, California, Fischer is Stanford’s third Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year selection in school history, following her sister, Makenzie Fischer (2019, 2022).

Earlier this month, Fischer was recognized with the most high-profile honor of her career, having been named the 2023 Peter J. Cutino Award recipient as the top player in collegiate water polo. Fischer was also named the ACWPC Player of the Year, helping Stanford defeat USC 11-9 to secure its ninth NCAA title in school history and repeat for the first time since 2014-15. A three-time NCAA champion having also been a member of Stanford’s 2019 NCAA title team, the two-time Olympic gold medalist closed out her career as a four-time ACWPC All-American, qualifying for the first team three times (2019, 2022-23) and the second team in 2018. She holds a 4.01 GPA.

Pilson concluded a remarkable career on the Farm in 2022. The two-time America East Champion was named to the America East All-Academic team for the second time as a graduate student, while earning her second America East Elite 18 Award this season. She carried a 4.11 GPA during her undergraduate career and was honored with the Block S Award at the Stanford Athletic Board Awards, given to the senior with the highest GPA. Pilson helped Stanford to five shutouts and the top goals-against average in the America East in 2022, and graduates with an undergraduate degree in environmental systems engineering and a Master’s in sustainability.

Rahaim concluded her time on The Farm with two degrees, earning her bachelor’s degree in management science & engineering and a graduate degree in Public Policy, boasting a 4.08 undergraduate GPA with a 3.87…