Five Bears Named To CSC Academic All-District Team
11/25/2025 2:21:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MACON, Ga. - Five Mercer women's soccer players garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades for the 2025 season.
Junior Anna Bachman, sophomore Karlie Dell, senior Lena Dykes, senior Sydney Farr, and sophomore Hayden Lepley were all named to the CSC Academic All-District Team for the Bears.
CSC seeks to honor and celebrate student-athletes who represent the highest caliber of academic and athletic achievement through the annual Academic All-District and Academic All-America programs.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must compete in 90 percent of their institution's contests played or must start in at least 66 percent of the contests and hold at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 GPA scale. No student-athlete is eligible until they are at least a sophomore academically and athletically. Â
Dykes has earned the award all three years in which she has been eligible. It is the second recognition for Bachman and the first recognition for Dell, Farr, and Lepley.
ANNA BACHMAN
Biomedical Engineering
Junior | Defender | Jacksonville, Fla.
Anna Bachman started all 20 games for the Bears. She finished the season with four assists which were tied for the second most on the team. It marked the third straight season in which she has finished the year with at least four assists. This is Bachman's second career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
KARLIE DELL
Kinesiology
Sophomore | Forward | Forsyth, Ga.
Karlie Dell was one of eight players to play in all 20 games for the Bears. She averaged 23.9 minutes per game and finished the year with five shots. This is Dell's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
LENA DYKES
Biomedical Engineering
Senior | Defender | Panama City Beach, Fla.
Lena Dykes started in 15 of Mercer's 16 games before suffering a season-ending injury. She was part of Mercer's back line that shutout seven opponents on the year. She has one assist on the season on Mercer's game-winning goal over West Georgia. Dykes played the full 90 minutes in 10 of the 16 games. This is Dykes' third career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
SYDNEY FARR
Environmental Engineering
Senior | Forward | Snellville, Ga.
After missing the first three games of the season after recovering from a season-ending injury in 2024, Sydney Farr started in 15 of her 16 games she played in. She scored a goal in her first game back in nearly a year in Mercer's win over Kennesaw State. She finished the season with a career high five goals, two assists and 12 points. She finished third on the team in both goals and points. This is Farr's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
HAYDEN LEPLEY
Business
Sophomore | Midfielder | Parrish, Fla.
Hayden Lepley started in all 20 games in the midfield for the Bears. She played the second most minutes on the team with 1,788 minutes. She played in all but 31 minutes of Mercer's season. Lepley finished the season with two goals and two assists for a career high six points. This is Lepley's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
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Junior Anna Bachman, sophomore Karlie Dell, senior Lena Dykes, senior Sydney Farr, and sophomore Hayden Lepley were all named to the CSC Academic All-District Team for the Bears.
CSC seeks to honor and celebrate student-athletes who represent the highest caliber of academic and athletic achievement through the annual Academic All-District and Academic All-America programs.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must compete in 90 percent of their institution's contests played or must start in at least 66 percent of the contests and hold at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 GPA scale. No student-athlete is eligible until they are at least a sophomore academically and athletically. Â
Dykes has earned the award all three years in which she has been eligible. It is the second recognition for Bachman and the first recognition for Dell, Farr, and Lepley.
ANNA BACHMAN
Biomedical Engineering
Junior | Defender | Jacksonville, Fla.
Anna Bachman started all 20 games for the Bears. She finished the season with four assists which were tied for the second most on the team. It marked the third straight season in which she has finished the year with at least four assists. This is Bachman's second career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
KARLIE DELL
Kinesiology
Sophomore | Forward | Forsyth, Ga.
Karlie Dell was one of eight players to play in all 20 games for the Bears. She averaged 23.9 minutes per game and finished the year with five shots. This is Dell's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
LENA DYKES
Biomedical Engineering
Senior | Defender | Panama City Beach, Fla.
Lena Dykes started in 15 of Mercer's 16 games before suffering a season-ending injury. She was part of Mercer's back line that shutout seven opponents on the year. She has one assist on the season on Mercer's game-winning goal over West Georgia. Dykes played the full 90 minutes in 10 of the 16 games. This is Dykes' third career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
SYDNEY FARR
Environmental Engineering
Senior | Forward | Snellville, Ga.
After missing the first three games of the season after recovering from a season-ending injury in 2024, Sydney Farr started in 15 of her 16 games she played in. She scored a goal in her first game back in nearly a year in Mercer's win over Kennesaw State. She finished the season with a career high five goals, two assists and 12 points. She finished third on the team in both goals and points. This is Farr's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
HAYDEN LEPLEY
Business
Sophomore | Midfielder | Parrish, Fla.
Hayden Lepley started in all 20 games in the midfield for the Bears. She played the second most minutes on the team with 1,788 minutes. She played in all but 31 minutes of Mercer's season. Lepley finished the season with two goals and two assists for a career high six points. This is Lepley's first career CSC Academic All-District recognition of her career.
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