RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team Tuesday and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros volleyball team had four earn the recognition in junior setter Isabella Costantini, junior libero Celianiz Cabranes, junior outside hitter Nadine Zech and sophomore outside hitter Martina Franco. 
 
Academic All-District selections are part of the Academic All-America program, which is the longest running and premier award for athletic and academic success across many levels of college sports. To be eligible, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore athletically and academically with a 3.50 cumulative GPA or better. Requirements to earn Academic All-District for volleyball student-athletes also include competing in 90% of matches or starting in at least 66% of matches. Select student-athletes will advance to the national ballot for consideration for the Academic All-America teams, selected by CSC. 
 
Costantini is a multidisciplinary studies major earning her second CSC Academic All-District honor. The two-time Southland Conference (SLC) Setter of the Year and All-Conference First Team member was named to the SLC All-Tournament Team after helping the Vaqueros reach the championship match. Costantini led the SLC averaging 10.62 assists/set and with 57 service aces. She facilitated the conference's best offense to a program-record .275 hitting percentage which aided a program-best 16-match winning streak.  
 
Cabranes is a kinesiology major who earned All-SLC Second Team honors this season for her defensive excellence. She totaled 503 digs for an average of 4.79 digs/set, both top 10 marks in program history. Cabranes also totaled 88 assists and 21 aces in 2025. 
 
Zech was named to the All-SLC Second Team for the second consecutive year, earning her third conference honors in a row. The exercise science major averaged 2.68 kills/set and 1.82 digs/set in 2025 while totaling 30 blocks and 10 aces. She scored 3.10 points/set as a key contributor on the most efficient and diverse offense in the conference. 
 
Franco, a transfer studying kinesiology, was named the SLC Newcomer of the Year and to the All-SLC First Team after a stellar debut season at UTRGV. She led the team averaging 3.44 kills/set and hit .258 while scoring 4.04 points/set. Along with totaling 248 booming kills from the outside and back row, Franco served 16 aces and averaged 2.43 digs/set with 44 total blocks.