BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team placed six players on the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team it was recently announced by the organization.  From the Academic All‐District honorees, members of CSC will select First, Second and Third Team Academic All‐America Teams, which are scheduled to be announced on December 17.
 
To be eligible for CSC Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA, be a sophomore or above and a starter or significant reserve.
 
Johns Hopkins' 2025 Academic All-District Selections:
Annie Isphording (Sr. • D)
Major:  Public Health, Natural Sciences (Double Major)
GPA:  3.96
« Three-time United Soccer Coaches Association All-American (2022/1^st Team … 2023/3^rd Team … 2024/2^nd Team)
« Four-time All-Centennial Conference (2022/2^nd Team … 2023, 2024 & 2025/1^st Team)
« 2024 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American
« 2024 Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Centennial Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
« Leader of a defense that allowed just 15 goals in 23 games this season with 13 shutouts
« Board member of Blue Jays for Baltimore (student-athlete-run community service program that serves the Baltimore community)
 
Carolyn Johnson (So. • M)
Major:  Applied Math and Statistics
GPA:  3.79
« First Team All-Centennial Conference in 2025
« Led the team in goals with 12 and ranked second in points with 26 this season
« Now has two-year totals of 16 goals and seven assists for 39 points
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Centennial Team (2025)
« Worked as a Women in Science and Engineering Intern at Medtronic ENT Test Engineering last summer
« Works as an in-game statistician in the Johns Hopkins Athletic Communications office
 
Ella Macko (Sr. • D)
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
GPA:  4.00
« 2024 Second Team CSC Academic All-American
« Three-time CSC Academic All-District
« Three-time Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference (2023, 2024)
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Centennial Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
« Key member of a defense that allowed just 15 goals in 23 games this season with 13 shutouts
« Certified Emergency Medical Technician
« Lead Volunteer at Share Baby in Baltimore (provides needed items to underprivileged children in Baltimore)
« Tutor, Next One Up (Baltimore)
« Volunteer at the Johns Hopkins Musculoskeletal Center
 
Maria Romo-Nichols (Sr. • F)
Major: Computer Science
GPA:  3.90
« Two-time All-Centennial Conference (Honorable Mention-2023, First Team-2025)
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
« Two-time CSC Academic All-District
« Led the team in scoring with eight goals and 11 assists in 2025
« Finished career with 23 goals and 27 assists for 73 points
« One of just five players in school history with 20 or more goals and assists
« Ranks fourth in school history in career assists
« Helped develop a machine learning pipeline for the Cleveland Browns as a Machine Learning Engineer with the JHU Sports Analytics Research Group - project focused on in-game kicking analytics
 
Megha Salvi (Sr. • M)
Major: Neuroscience, Computer Science (Double Major)
GPA:  3.83
« Second Team All-Centennial Conference in 2023 and First Team All-Centennial in 2024 & 2025
« Two-time First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Region (2023, 2024)
« 2023 Centennial Conference Tournament MVP
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Centennial Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
« Totaled three goals and four assists for 10 points this season
« Finished career with 15 goals and 21 assists for 51 points
« Ranks seventh in school history in career assists
« Conducting computer vision research in JHU's Zanvyl Krieger Mind-Brain Institute
 
Natalie Smith (Sr. • M)
Major: Neuroscience
GPA:  3.76
« Played in all 23 games and tallied three goals this season
« Finished career with eight goals and three assists for 19 points
« Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2023, 2024 and 2025
« Has worked as a research coordinator in the Department of Neurology
« Teaching Assistant in the Neuroscience Lab at Johns Hopkins
« Volunteer at the Henderson-Hopkins School working weekly with elementary school students