Four members of the Chestnut Hill College Baseball team have been named to the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Baseball team in an announcement made by the organization and the CSC Academic All-America® committee.
Named to the Academic All-District® team was seniors Justin Geiger, Phoenix Bowman and Colby Seelig along with sophomore Michael Pascoe.
The 2025 Academic All-District® Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field or court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
To be eligible for Academic All-District® accolades, student-athletes must be at least at sophomore athletically and academically, appear in 90 percent of their team's contests or start in 66% and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better. Graduate students must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA in both their undergraduate and graduate programs.
Academic All-District® honorees are reviewed by a group of Academic All-America® committee members for consideration for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® national ballot, where first, second and third team Academic All-America® honorees are chosen by the CSC Division II membership and the Academic All-America® core committee. Geiger, Seelig and Pascoe advanced to the national ballot
Geiger earns CSC Academic All-district honors for the third time in his career, having been named to the Academic All District ® team in 2023 and 2024. Bowman is a two- time honoree repeating the honor from last year. Seelig and Pascoe are first-time honorees and become the eighth and ninth players in program history to earn Academic all-District accolades.
The 2025 season saw Geiger produce the best season of his career, hitting .360 with 36 RBI with a career-high 54 hits. The senior catcher became just the third player in program history to record 150 hits, 100 RBI and 100 runs scored for their career and reached all three milestones in the same game. He finished his career third on the Griffins all-time RBI list with 109 and ninth with 162 career hits with a batting average of .321
In addition to twice previously earning CSC Academic All-District honors, Geiger has earned CACC all-Academic honors twice and CACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society along with Chi Alpha Sigma. He graduated with honors last month with dual degrees in secondary education and history.
Bowman recently graduated with a degree in forensic chemistry. A 2023 transfer into Chestnut Hill, he has earned Dean's List and CHC Athletic Academic Honor Roll accolades in every semester at the school. He was inducted in Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student athlete honor society early last month.
The senior second baseman recorded 38 hits while playing in all 47 Griffin games. He hit two home runs and had eight doubles, 21 RBI and 14 stolen bases. Bowman was a CACC All-Conference honoree in 2024.
Seelig, a senior relief pitcher led the Griffins and CACC with eight saves and a 1.23 WHIP. His eight saves tied for the most in the east region and his 3.12 ERA was the lowest among all CACC and D2 East Region relievers. Seelig was named a NCBWA First Team East All-Region relief pitcher and earned second team All Region honors from the D2CCA and ABCA. He was also named to the CACC all-Conference First Team.
A marketing major, Seelig earned CACC All Academic Team and D2ADA Academic Achievement Award honors twice. He is also a member fo three different honor societies, Chi Alpha Sigma, Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society and Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society. He graduated in May with honors.
Pascoe, the only underclassman among the four Griffins earning academic all-district honors, earned second team all-conference honors for the second consecutive year. This season he led the team with seven home runs and 39 RBI and was one of five players on 2025 squad to record 50 or more hits this season (50). In two seasons he has amassed 97 hits in 85 career games.
An accounting major, Pascoe has earned Dean's List, CHC Athletic Academic Honor Roll and CACC Academic Honor roll in every semester while attending Chestnut Hill.
