SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Six Union College student-athletes spanning three sports were recognized for their work in competition and in the classroom with spots on the 2026 CSC Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team, selected by College Sports Communicators and announced on Tuesday.

Senior Megan Dorsey of the field hockey team; juniors Hannah Compa, Gillian Joseph, Anna Dembowski of the women's lacrosse team; and juniors Amy Gagliardi and Olivia Werkema of the women's crew team all earned the recognition. Additionally, Dorsey and Gagliardi were selected as CSC Academic All-America finalists and will advance to the national ballot, the results of which will be announced next month.
 
Unlike most sport-specific categories, the At-Large program is arguably the most competitive Academic All-District program, encompassing 13 different women's sports: beach volleyball, bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, water polo and wrestling.
 
To be nominated for College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors, student-athletes must reach a minimum participation threshold (varies by sport), maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, and reach sophomore athletic and academic standing at the school.
 
Dorsey capped off her stellar four-year career by earning NFHCA All-Region honors for the third consecutive season, picking one of seven first-team spots in the midfield. The two-year captain scored six goals with seven assists for 19 points while starting all 21 games in her final season, tying for eighth in the Liberty League in points and fourth in assists this year. The managerial economics major finished as Union's all-time leader in assists with 29 and also scored 22 goals for 73 career points, placing her seventh on the school's career points list. Her 29 helpers ended the year 12th in Division III in career assists among active players.

Gagliardi and Werkema helped to the propel the women's crew team to success this season, earning All-Liberty League first- and second-team honors, respectively. At the New York State Championships, the pair helped the Varsity 4+ crew place third in the Grand Final against all Division I boats after winning its heat against four D-I crews. Gagliardi, a biology major, and Werkema, a biology and economics double major, also led the Garnet Chargers to a second-place finish in the D-II/D-III Varsity 4+ race at the historic Dad Vail Regatta to end the season. 
 
Joseph earned her third straight IWLCA All-Region recognition and her second first-team selection in as many years after scoring a conference-best 69 goals with 17 assists for 86 points on the year, ranking second on Union's single-season list in both goals and points and ranking 22nd nationally in goals this year. With a season still to go, the neuroscience major already ranks fourth in school history with 161 goals, sixth with 212 points and 10th with 51 assists.
 
Compa was named to the IWLCA All-Region first team as one of only four draw specialists to earn All-Region honors this season. The biology major led the Liberty League and ranked 12th nationally with 149 draw controls, breaking the school single-season record in her first season at the position, to go with 18 goals with three assists for 21 points. In 55 career games, Union's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year has scored 53 goals with nine assists for 62 points to go with 180 draw controls.
 
Dembowski was a defensive leader for Union as a junior, earning her first IWLCA All-Region and All-Liberty League first-team laurels. The junior led the Liberty League with 58 ground balls and 3.22 ground balls per game, while also ranking fifth in the conference with a team-best 31 caused turnovers. The political science major will enter her senior year already sixth in program history with 68 caused turnovers to go with 143 career ground balls.

With the six honorees, Union student-athletes have now earned 320 Academic All-District honors since 2001.