GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University baseball student-athletes Tate Blasi, Kennedy Hara and CJ Zwahlen were all named to the NCAA Division II Academic All-District® Team as selected by College Sports Communicators, it was announced on Tuesday morning.
 
All three were also selected to advance to the Academic All-America® ballot, which will be voted upon on by CSC members.  The Academic All-America® honors will be announced on June 23.
 
To qualify for Academic All-District honors, baseball student-athletes must have a 3.50 or higher cumulative grade point average and be a sophomore or above, both academically and athletically.  Positional players must also have played in at least 90 percent of their team's games or start at least 66 percent of those games.  Pitchers must have made at lest 17 appearances or pitched 35 total innings.
 
The three Mavericks were key members of the Maverick squad that was ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division II polls for much of the season before finishing with a 53-7 overall record. 
 
The Mavs also swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles and won their regional tournament before advancing and hosting the South Central Super Regional.
 
Blasi, a junior outfielder out of Wichita, Kansas, has a 3.90 GPA and hit .367 with 51 hits, including 12 home runs in 40 starts.  He also recorded 11 doubles and three triples while scoring 48 runs and driving in 51. 
 
Blasi, who was second on the Maverick squad for home runs, also had a .748 slugging percentage and 1.259 OPS and ended his season on an 11-game hitting streak after recording an RBI in 10 straight post-season games to help lead the Mavs to their RMAC and regional tournament wins.  He also stole 12 bases and reached base safely in 28 consecutive appearances.  Defensively, he committed just one error.
 
Hara, a senior shortstop from Aiea, Hawai'i, holds a 3.73 GPA and is majoring in business analytics.  He started all but one of the Mavs' 60 games.  He earned First Team All-South Central Region honors from both the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) and NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) and was also a First Team All-RMAC infielder. 
 
Hara, who also earned CSC Academic All-District® honors in 2025, finished second in the RMAC and is 14^th in the nation for doubles (22) this season and led the conference while ranking eighth in the country for sacrifice bunts (8).  He also finished fourth in the RMAC for runs scored with 68 and hit .384 with 78 hits, including six home runs, while racking up 57 RBIs.
 
Zwahlen, a senior right-handed pitcher out of Laguna Niguel, California, holds a 3.79 GPA and is majoring in exercise science.  He was one of the Mavs' most trusted relievers, making 17 appearances, including a pair of starts, while helping the team lead the RMAC in ERA (4.54).
 
He personally had a 3.58 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .274 batting average while recording 19 strikeouts and allowing just 29 hits and five walks in 27 2/3 innings, good for a 1.23 WHIP. 
 
Zwahlen was also voted on to the First Team Academic All-RMAC squad.