The Big Blue men's and women's tennis teams wrapped up their spring 2025 campaigns in late April, and this week, the College Sports Communicators announced the recipients of Academic All-District® honors. The Big Blue had six players make the list between the men's and women's squads.

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Tennis 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 tennis honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.  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 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure. 

On the men's side, fifth-year senior Clayton Maack was honored. Hailing from Chesterfield, Mo., Maack is a business major at Millikin. Senior Max Macke was also honored. A first year player on the Millikin tennis team, Macke is a Decatur native majoring in business communication. Sophomore Matthew Kordesh also earned honors, a physics major out of Fishers, Ind. The final men's recipient was Esteban Durand, a sophomore majoring in business from Lima, Peru. 

On the women's side, senior Emily Markus earned honors. Markus came to Millikin from Irvine, Calif. to major in nursing. Fellow senior Kaitlyn Mullins, a senior human services major from Lombard, Ill.,  was also honored.