LEWISTON, Maine -- Eight Bobcats have been selected to the College Sports Communicators Football Academic All-District® Team, announced Tuesday. Seniors Damien DiGiovine and Domenic Virelli, along with juniors Ryan Gleason, Ryan Lynskey, Kevin McDonald, Ryan Rozich, and Zach Louvat and sophomore Quinn Carver made the grade for Bates.

Gleason, Lynskey, McDonald, Rozich, and Virelli are repeat honorees while Carver, DiGiovine, and Louvat are first-time members of this elite list.

Hailing from Millbury, Mass., Gleason authored a 3.85 grade-point average as a politics major. The wide receiver saw action in all nine games, collecting 192 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns. The two-time NESCAC All-Academic selection scored both of his TD's on 99 yards receiving, Oct. 18 vs. Williams.

Lynskey, a psychology major, returns to this list with a 3.56 GPA. The Cranford, N.J. resident recorded a team-best 564 rushing yards and seven touchdowns before missing the final two contests of the season due to injury. A team captain, Ryan still earned a spot on the All-NESCAC second team. He is also a two-time NESCAC Fall All-Academic honoree.

McDonald owns a 3.60 grade-point as a history major. Hailing from Atlanta, Ga., the 2x NESCAC All-Academic team member started all nine games at tackle and helped block for a rushing attack that averaged 129.9 yards per game, fifth overall in the conference.

Rozich, from Cromwell, Conn., leads this group with a 3.96 GPA as a politics major. Ryan became the first player in program history to earn first team All-Region honors from D3football.com. The team captain ranked first in the NESCAC and sixth in all of NCAA Division III this year with 12.1 tackles per game. Rozich also tied for the team lead with 5.5 tackles for loss. Besides tackling, Rozich did a little bit of everything for Bates. He picked off a pass and blocked a kick at Trinity, recovered a fumble in wins over Amherst and Tufts, sacked the quarterback against Colby, and broke up a pass against Wesleyan and Hamilton. He even stepped in at long snapper when needed for the Bobcats, earning NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week and being named to the D3football.com Team of the Week following the win over the Tufts. 

This honor came on the heels of Rozich being named to the Division II/III All-New England Team by the New England Football Writers as well as first team All-NESCAC. 

A resident of Melrose Park, Ill., Virelli collected a GPA of 3.82 as a politics major. Also earning a third-consecutive selection to the NESCAC All-Academic squad, Domenic played in all nine games as the long snapper for the Bobcats.

Carver, who also earned his first NESCAC All-Academic recognition this fall, achieved a grade-point average of 3.52 as a politics major. Residing in Boston, Mass., Carver saw time in all nine games for the Bobcats. Quinn led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 424 yards and three touchdowns, and was second on the squad in rushing with 16 carries for 132 yards and a touchdown, He also returned 21 kickoffs for 430 yards, an average of 20.48 yards per return

DiGiovine, an economics major from Westford, Mass., achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.93. The tight end, a three-time NESCAC All-Academic honoree, played in all nine games for Bates, recording a season-best 25-yard reception in the Bobcats' 26-23 double overtime triumph vs. Amherst (Sept. 13).

Louvat, a double major in both economics and digital & computational studies, owned a cumulative grade-point average of 3.59 heading into the season this past fall. A two-time selection to the NESCAC Fall All-Academic team, the resident of West Paris, Maine started all nine games at center on the Bobcats' offensive line.

The 2025 Academic All-District® Football teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes football honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and the NAIA.

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure. For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.