The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released the 2021 Academic All-District Teams for baseball on Thursday, and five members of Northwest Nazarene have earned the honor.

Pitchers Kyle Ethridge and Max Holtzclaw, catcher Ben Johnson, first baseman John Gonzalez, and second baseman Colton Moore were all named to the Division II District 8 squad. With five of the 13 individuals from the District 8 (CCAA, GNAC, and PacWest conferences), NNU had the most student-athletes recognized of any program across DI, DII, DIII, and the NAIA.

The All-District teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball and softball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
 
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First- and second-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in late July.

Moore and Gonzalez each recorded perfect 4.00 GPAs over their first three semesters at NNU. Moore is a senior Public Relations major from Provo, Utah, while Gonzalez hails from Corona, Calif., and is pursuing his MBA. Moore earned two Second Team All-Region nods and First Team All-GNAC recognition this year, while Gonzalez was also All-GNAC and was named the GNAC Tournament MVP.

With a cumulative 3.98 GPA in Biology: Pre-Med over his NNU career, Ben Johnson was also the NCAA Elite 90 Award winner at the DII Baseball Championships in early June. The Federal Way, Wash. native earned a Second Team All-Region honor from the NCBWA and was named First Team All-GNAC.

Ethridge and Holtzclaw were both consensus All-Region and First Team All-GNAC selections on the mound. Ethridge, a sophomore Criminal Justice major from Alta Loma, Calif., has registered a cumulative GPA of 3.85. Holtzclaw, a senior Recreation & Sport Management major from Palo Cedro, Calif., has compiled a 3.61 GPA over the course of his time at NNU.