GREENWOOD, Indiana - UTEP Rifle's Paige Hildebrandt, Carlee Valenta, and Kameron Wells have been named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Team, announced by the organization Tuesday.   
   
To qualify for the honor, student-athletes must hold a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50, be at least a sophomore academically and have completed one full calendar year at their current institution. Eligible nominees must compete in 75 percent of institutions events OR compete at the NCAA championships. 

   
The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Women's At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes women's at-large honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. 

Hildebrandt earned Academic All-District® honors while continuing her success both academically and competitively. The kinesiology major owns a perfect 4.00 GPA and is a three-time Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and three-time Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection. On the range, Hildebrandt averaged a 572 in smallbore, 583 in air rifle and 1155 in aggregate during the 2025-26 season. She recorded season-best smallbore scores of 578 twice against Ohio State and Schreiner, posted a season-high aggregate score of 1164 versus Schreiner and closed her campaign with a career-best 593 in air rifle at the NCAA Qualifier hosted by Alaska Fairbanks. 

Valenta collected Academic All-District® recognition after pairing elite academic achievement with one of the strongest air rifle seasons in program history. The education and community studies major maintained a perfect 4.00 GPA while earning Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and Academic Honor Roll honors for the second consecutive year. Valenta also garnered CRCA Second Team All-America recognition in air rifle, becoming part of UTEP's first All-American selections in 14 years. She posted a team-best 596.3 average in air rifle, led the Miners in the discipline six times and recorded a score of 593 or higher in every match during the season. Her efforts also helped guide UTEP to a third-place finish in air rifle at the Patriot Rifle Conference Championships. 

Wells rounded out UTEP's Academic All-District® selections after another outstanding year in the classroom and on the range. The biomedical science major compiled a 3.83 GPA while earning Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and Academic Honor Roll recognition for the second straight season. Wells earned CRCA Honorable Mention All-America honors in air rifle, joining Valenta as part of the program's first All-American selections in 14 years. She averaged a 595.538 in air rifle, led UTEP six times in the discipline and posted a score of 591 or higher in every match. Earlier this season, Wells fired UTEP's first-ever perfect 600 during the Miners' quad match in Columbus against Ohio State, Murray State and Akron on Nov. 8 and helped UTEP place third in air rifle at the Patriot Rifle Conference Championships. Wells capped her season by representing UTEP at the 2026 NCAA Rifle Championships, held at the Covelli Center on the campus of Ohio State. Competing in the air rifle event, she fired a 597-51x to place 15th overall out of 43 shooters in the national field. 

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