Baseball | 6/23/2026 4:11:00 PM

GREENWOOD, Ind. – After excelling both on the field and in the classroom, Grant Russo (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) has been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Second Team as announced by the organization on Tuesday.
 
The redshirt-sophomore earned a 4.00 grade-point-average as a finance major while completing his undergraduate degree. Russo made an instant impact as a member of the Huskies, leading the team with a .419 batting average, 65 hits, 56 runs and 36 stolen bases. His 36 stolen bases broke the Huskies' single season stolen bases record originally set in 1997 by John Stillo.
 
Russo claimed numerous postseason awards this season, including being named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Athlete of the Year. The outfielder was also earned a Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-America Honorable Mention. Russo swept the All-Region ballots, tabbing first team honors from the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings and the D2CCA.
 
It is the third time in program history that a member of the Huskies' baseball team has landed one of its own on a CSC Academic All-America team. Russo joins Cole Swiger who earned back-to-back third team recognitions in 2020 and 2021.
 
The Sugarloaf native is joined on the second team by fellow PSAC players Brady McGuire from Seton Hill and Ty Sherman from Shippensburg.