ST. PAUL, Minn. – Four members of the Macalester College water polo team earned a spot on the At-Large Division III Academic All-District team, the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced today. They are senior Kendall Coney (League City, Texas/Clear Creek) and juniors Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn), Alana Nadolski (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood) and Jess Palmer-Sammons (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay).

The CSC Academic All-America and All-District program honors student-athletes for excellence in both academics and athletics. Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher and have competed in 90 percent of the team's total games played or have started 66 percent of the team's total games to be considered for Academic All-District and All-American accolades.

This is the third year in a row that Coney has appeared on the Academic All-District team. She received All-CWPA honorable mention after registering a career-best 21 goals in 20 games. Coney also had 12 steals and drew a team-high 34 ejections. A sociology and philosophy major, Coney also has received the ACWPC All-Academic Award following each of the last three seasons.

The Scots' starting goalkeeper, Kratt made the All-CWPA team this spring after receiving All-CWPA honorable mention last year. Also an honorable mention All-American in 2024, she played in 18 games this year, recording 138 saves while posting an 8.94 goals against average and a .491 save percentage. Kratt is a neuroscience major who has received the ACWPC All-Academic Award twice.

Nadolski registered 17 goals and three assists for 20 points this season. A statistics and computer science major, Nadolski earned the ACWPC All-Academic Award in 2023 and 2024. She also made the All-CWPA team as a sophomore.

The CWPA 2025 Most Valuable Player, Palmer-Sammons led the Scots with 49 goals, 16 assists, 65 points and 43 steals en route to receiving All-America honorable mention from the ACWPC for the second year in a row. She closed out her standout campaign by earning a spot on the CWPA All-Tournament team after totaling eight goals and three assists in three games. A two-time ACWPC All-Academic Award recipient, Palmer-Sammons is a biology and Spanish major at Macalester.

The Scots, coached by Scott Reed, were 12-9 overall (7-1 CWPA) and took third at the CWPA Championships for the third straight season.

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