NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Eight members of the Carleton College football team were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team for 2025.
 
Seniors Jack Curtis and Luke Sugalski took home Academic All-District recognition for the third consecutive year while seniors Owen Detmer, Declan Schwab, and Jacob Ventura each picked up the award for the second time. Seniors JP Janik, Eric Lail, and Zach Ventura collected their first Academic All-District Awards.
 
Each school can nominate up to eight student-athletes that meet the following criteria:
• at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average.
• compete in at least 90 percent of the institution's games or start at least 66 percent of the contests.
• at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
 
A committee of CSC members selected Curtis, Detmer, Lail, and Schwab for advancement to the Academic All-America® ballot where first-, second-, and third-team honorees will be announced in late January following voting by CSC members.
 
Curtis, a physics major, continues to add accolades to his résumé. The Knights' quarterback was 1 of 5 finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, which honors the most outstanding NCAA Division III football player. The 2025 MIAC Offensive Player of the Year was also an All-Region pick by D3football.com after he completed 284-of-392 passes (72.45 percent) for 3,120 yards with 29 touchdowns. He broke Carleton's single-season records for completions, completion percentage, and passing yards and had the second-highest passing touchdown total. He produced at an extremely high level on Saturday afternoons this fall despite undergoing biweekly chemotherapy throughout the season after being diagnosed with late-stage 2 "unfavorable" Hodgkin's lymphoma in June.
 
Detmer, an economics major, was tops among defensive backs in NCAA Region 6 with 92 total tackles, second among that group with 46 solo stops, and first among MIAC DBs with 6.5 tackles for loss. He had five games this season with double-digit tackles—including a career-high 14 stops at then-No. 4 Bethel University on Nov. 8.
 
Lail, a philosophy major with a biochemistry minor, tied for 20th among DBs in Division III with 80 tackles during the regular season, including 41 solo stops. Both of those figures ranked second behind Detmer among MIAC defensive backs. Lail added two interceptions, tied for sixth in the MIAC this fall, and had two games of 10-plus tackles, including a career-high 15 stops at then-No. 4 Bethel.
 
After missing the second half of 2024 season due to knee injury, Schwab returned to start all 10 games in 2025, the first nine at left guard before moving to left tackle for season finale due to an injury elsewhere on the O-line. He did not allow a sack this season despite playing against three top-15 teams (No. 4 Bethel, No. 7 Saint John's, and No. 11 UW-Whitewater). Schwab's pass protection helped the Knights average 350.8 passing yards/game in conference contests, second most among MIAC teams. Carleton was third in the conference behind Bethel and Saint John's for scoring (33.8 points per game), total offense (419.1 yards per game), third-down conversions (46.3 percent), and fourth-down conversions (52.2 percent). The Knights' offense ranked second in MIAC for time of possession (31:09) in conference games.
 
Janik, a biology major with a neuroscience minor, appeared in nine games along the Knights' defensive line. He finished the year with 19 tackles, including eight solo stops with 1.5 sacks among his 2.5 tackles for loss.
 
Sugalski, an economics major with minors in religion and statistics & data science, started all 10 games on the D-line and totaling 19 tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two pass breakups, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
 
Jacob Ventura, an economics and statistics double major, appeared in nine games at linebacker the season, finishing third on the roster with 52 tackles, including 25 solo stops. He had at least five tackles in six contests, including a season-best nine stops against both UW-Whitewater and Hamline. Ventura's year included 1.5 sacks plus an interception at No. 4 Bethel.
 
Zach Ventura, an economics major, appeared in all 10 games, including three starts at linebacker. He tied for sixth on the roster with 36.0 total stops, including 20 solo tackles. He had 2.5 tackles for loss, shared a sack, and had an interception at Saint John's.
 
Carleton finished the year with a 6-4 record, marking the fifth consecutive season with a win percentage of .500 or above.