Four members of the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team have been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). The team was announced on Tuesday (March 25).

Lexi Fleming, Paige Kohler, Emily Siesel and Amy Velasco all were named to the team. Velasco earns the honor for the third consecutive season.

Additionally, Velasco has been named a CSC Academic All-District® finalist, and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in April.

Fleming was named to the All-Mid-American Conference Third Team in 2024-25. After missing nearly a year due to injury, she returned to the court in early December, coming off of the bench in her season debut before starting each of the final 22 games of the season. Fleming averaged 13.5 points per game, ranking third on the team, along with 3.4 rebounds per contest. She also had 3.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game, ranking third on the Falcons in assists and second in steals. The Cincinnati native knocked down 54 three-point field goals, the second-highest total on the team, and had an assist/turnover ratio of 1.92. Fleming scored 1,212 career points as a Falcon, ranking 25th in school history. Additionally, she is ranked on the BGSU career lists for points per game (10th; 12.63), steals (eighth, 207); steals per game (third, 2.16); three-point field goals made (seventh, 186); three-pointers made per game (fourth; 1.94); free-throw pct. (17th, 79.0%) and assists per game (16th, 2.74). Over the last five seasons, the Falcons have records of 69-27 (.719) when Fleming plays and 34-32 (.515) when she does not.

In the classroom, Fleming was a human development and family studies major at BGSU, with a GPA of 3.943 as an undergrad. She is currently in graduate school in sport administration, with a 3.666 GPA through the fall 2024 semester.

Kohler was an honorable-mention All-MAC selection in her sophomore season. She started all 31 games, and averaged 35.0 minutes per contest. Kohler was second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, with 13.6 points and 4.6 boards per game. She made a team-leading 76 three-point field goals, shooting 36.7% from the arc. Kohler also averaged 3.58 steals and had a 1.82 assist/turnover ratio, ranking second on the Falcons in both areas. The Olmsted Falls, Ohio, native was second in the entire MAC in both minutes played and three-pointers made per game, and she was third in the league in assist/turnover ratio. Kohler also ranked among the MAC leaders in assists (ninth), scoring (14th), three-point field-goal pct. (also 14th), rebounding (22nd) and field-goal pct. (25th). She concluded her sophomore campaign with impressive totals of 759 points, 275 rebounds, 223 assists and 116 three-pointers made. And, she is ranked on the BGSU career lists for points per game (13th, 12.24); three-pointers made per game (sixth, 1.87) and assists per game (eighth, 3.60).

In the classroom, Kohler is a psychology major, and has a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA.

Siesel played in 28 games off the bench for the Falcons, averaging 0.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game. Often used for her defensive skills, she had an assist/turnover ratio of 1.80 at the offensive end of the floor. She shot 35.7% from three-point range on the season. After coming off the bench in five games as a freshman walk-on, the New Washington, Ohio, native has played in a total of 54 games over the last two seasons.

Siesel, a psychology major, has a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA at BGSU.

Velasco started all 31 games in 2024-25, and was named to the All-MAC First Team. She led the Falcons in both scoring and assists, with 15.9 points and 4.9 assists per game, and also had 2.5 rebounds per contest. Velasco scored in double figures in 28 of BG's 31 games, including a 30-point explosion in a win over Toledo, and she was second on the club with 52 three-point field goals made. Velasco leds the entire MAC in three categories, including minutes played (36.1), three-point field-goal percentage (42.3%) and free-throw pct. (93.2%), and she was ranked in numerous other categories, including assists (fourth), assist/turnover ratio (fifth), scoring (seventh), three-pointers made per game (11th) and field-goal pct. (17). She made 97 career starts and had 79 career double-digit scoring games as a Falcon. Velasco ended her BGSU career with totals of 1,531 points and 498 assists, ranking her seventh on the BGSU scoring list and sixth on the assists chart. She is one of only two players in program history to score more than 1,500 points and dish out more than 400 assists, and is also one of only two players to be ranked in the top-10 on the BGSU scoring and assists charts. Velasco is also ranked sixth all-time in assists per game at BGSU (3.77), ninth in free-throw pct. (83.7%), 15th in three-pointers made (159) and 20th in points per game (11.60).

Velasco is a physical education and health education major at BGSU, and maintains a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA.

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes women's basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
 
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 16.

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 2022-23 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.