College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released the selections for the Academic All-District Teams today, and swimmers had a heavy showing with 146 honors across all divisions for both genders.
CoSIDA breaks the U.S. and Canada into 8 geographically-based districts to compile the All-District Teams. All athletes honored with first team All-District status go into consideration for the Academic All-America first, second, and third teams, which are announced the first week of June.
Many sports receive their own teams, but swimming is grouped with 15 other sports to make the “at-large” group.
Each school’s Sports Information Director nominates up to 4 athletes per gender, who must be a sophomore or older, have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 of higher and either be a “varsity starter or key reserve.” Each school is restricted to four nominees per gender, and can be any combination of eligible sports.
One notable name on the list is Ryan Murphy, who won both the 100 and 200 backstroke at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
Each year CoSIDA selects one standout athlete to win the Academic All-American of the Year Award, and last year the women’s award went to Missy Franklin.
Swimming ranked 2nd among sports in the At-Large grouping, behind only tennis:
- Tennis – 155
- Swimming -146*
- Golf -100
- Lacrosse -45
- Ice hockey -34
- Wrestling -33
- Gymnastics -23
- Field Hockey -22
- Water Polo -14*
- Crew -10
- Skiing -9
- Volleyball -9
- Fencing -4
- Rifle -4
- Beach Volleyball -3
- Bowling -1
* – includes Nicholas Willison, who is on both the swimming and water polo teams.
Below are lists of swimmers, male and female, that were selected for the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District team.
Women’s Honorees
| Name | School | Class | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Alyssa Baker | LE MOYNE | So. | Canandaigua, N.Y. | 4 | Accounting |
| Jenny Day | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC | So. | Chelmsford, Mass. | 3.91 | Mechanical engineering |
| Amanda Gottschalk | TUFTS | Jr. | Lake Forest, Ill. | 3.86 | Quantitative econ. / psychology |
| Margaret Guo | MIT | Sr. | San Diego, Calif. | 4 | Electrical eng. & computer sci. |
| Emily Medeiros | SPRINGFIELD (MA) | Jr. | Wakefield, Mass. | 3.9 | Physical therapy |
| Veronica Nikolaki | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC | Sr. | Athens, Greece | 3.76 | Biology & biotechnology |
| Cathleen Pruden | MOUNT HOLYOKE | Sr. | Raleigh, N.C. | 3.96 | Psychology / education |
| Ellen Bradford | U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY | Sr. | Knoxville, Tenn. | 4 | Honors systems engineering |
| Danielle Galyer | KENTUCKY | Jr. | Greenville, S.C. | 4 | Psychology / political science |
| Kelsi Worrell | LOUISVILLE | Sr. | Mt. Holly, N.J. | 3.63 | Exercise science |
| Rikki Sargent | SHIPPENSBURG | Sr. | Olney, Md. | 3.98 | Psychology (honors program) |
| Lauren Slayton | CLARION | Sr. | White Lake, Mich. | 3.88 | Athletic training |
| Sarah Zerfoss | CLARION | Sr. | Shavertown, Pa. | 3.5 | Communications / PR |
| Cara Machlin | ST. MARY’S (MD) | Sr. | Rockville, Md. | 4 | Mathematics |
| Anna Wisniewski | JOHNS HOPKINS | So. | Montclair, N.J. | 3.83 | Biology |
| Elena Nikolaeva | LINDSEY WILSON | Sr. | Togliatti, Russia | 3.91 | Psychology |
| Tiffany Ray | OLIVET NAZARENE | Jr. | Grandville, Mich. | 3.5 | Dietetics |
| Natalie Beale | LIBERTY | Sr. | Baltimore, Md. | 4 | Exercise science: pre-professional |
| Camilla Czulada | JAMES MADISON | Sr. | Sinking Spring, Pa. | 3.9 | Communication sci. & disorders |
| Faith Johnson | TENNESSEE | Sr. | High Point, N.C. | 3.94 | Kinesiology |
| Alexia Zevnik | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | Jr. | Lasalle, Québec | 3.86 | Business admin. / biological sci. |
| Vika Arkhipova | WINGATE | Sr. | Seversk, Russia | 3.9 | Marketing |
| Nancy Claire Smith | CARSON-NEWMAN | Jr. | Franklin, Tenn. | 4 | Chemistry |
| Shanny Lin | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC | So. | El Paso, Texas | 3.91 | Electrical engineering |
| Emily Simon | ROCHESTER | Jr. | Olean, N.Y. | 3.95 | Brain & cognitive science |
| Natalie Snyder | ROCHESTER INST OF TECH | Sr. | Rockville, Md. | 3.88 | Biomedical sciences |
| Lauren Lamendola | SOUTH CAROLINA | Sr. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 3.96 | Exercise science |
| Rachel Zilinskas | GEORGIA | Jr. | Indiana, Pa. | 3.95 | Risk management & insurance |
| Hannah Loesch | WAYNE STATE (MI) | Sr. | Pensacola, Fla. | 3.89 | English honors |
| Hannah Mattar | ASHLAND | Sr. | Lake Orion, Mich. | 3.98 | Hospitality management |
| Elly Maleski | WAYNE STATE (MI) | Sr. | Cedar, Mich. | 3.64 | Biomedical engineering honors |
| Jan Ikeda | LEBANON VALLEY | Gr. | Harleysville, Pa. | 3.8 | Physical therapy |
| Erin Neugebauer | WIDENER | Sr. | Eden Prairie, Minn. | 3.95 | Education |
| Emily Reale | MESSIAH | Jr. | Mt. Joy, Pa. | 4 | Biochemistry |
| Abby Blake | BIOLA | Sr. | Campbell, Calif. | 3.85 | English |
| Samantha Dammann | BIOLA | So. | Freeport, Ill. | 3.97 | Journalism |
| Sophia Dammann | BIOLA | So. | Freeport, Ill. | 3.99 | Journalism |
| Erica Heon | ST. GREGORY’S | Sr. | Shawnee, Okla. | 3.96 | Biology |
| Deandre Small | WAYLAND BAPTIST | So. | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3.86 | Exercise & sport science |
| Mckayla Stevens | COLLEGE OF IDAHO | Jr. | Eastvale, Calif. | 3.89 | Mathematics |
| Rachel Root | ILLINOIS STATE | Jr. | Monroe, Wis. | 4 | Communication science disorders |
| Monica Amaral | WEST FLORIDA | Jr. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3.96 | Building construction |
| Thalie Carmigniani | LYNN | Sr. | Tours, France | 3.99 | Bus. admin. MBA / fin. valuation & inv |
| Kelsey Gouge | FLORIDA SOUTHERN | Sr. | Snellville, Ga. | 3.89 | Sports management |
| Rebecca Matthews | LYNN | Gr. | Montpellier, France | 3.92 | Applied psych. MBA / sports mgmt. |
| Madeline Pitt | WEST FLORIDA | So. | Trussville, Ala. | 3.98 | Elementary education |
| Emma Wahlstrom | NOVA SOUTHEASTERN | Jr. | Stockholm, Sweden | 3.48 | Business administration |
| Elizabeth Aronoff | EMORY | Sr. | Shaker Heights, Ohio | 3.92 | Neuroscience & behavioral biology |
| Stephanie Foster | WASHINGTON & LEE | Sr. | Columbia, Md. | 3.95 | French / philosophy |
| Kristalyn McAfee | WASHINGTON (MO) | Sr. | Fort Worth, Texas | 3.7 | Chemical engineering |
| Michaela Nolte | EMORY & HENRY | Jr. | Hillsborough, N.C. | 3.95 | Athletic training |
| Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe | EMORY | Jr. | Nacogdoches, Texas | 3.88 | Finance & political science |
| Sydney Zupan | MISSOURI STATE | So. | Wildwood, Mo. | 4 | Nursing |
| Sarah Bradley | CALVIN | So. | Wheaton, Ill. | 3.96 | Civil & environ. eng. / Spanish |
| Leah Lupu | OLIVET | Sr. | Ovid, Mich. | 4 | Insurance & risk management |
| Liz Olson | CARTHAGE | Sr. | Forest City, Iowa | 3.98 | Elementary edu. & special edu. |
| Emma Paulson | ST. THOMAS (MN) | Jr. | Wayzata, Minn. | 3.72 | Accounting |
| Sara Zemanovic | WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE | Sr. | Mukwonago, Wis. | 3.96 | Biochemistry & pre-medicine |
| Brittany Aoyama | BOISE STATE | Jr. | Stockton, Calif. | 3.96 | Health science |
| Sara Brzozowski | TCU | Sr. | Brookfield, Wis. | 3.95 | Nursing |
| Sarah Gibson | TEXAS A&M | Jr. | San Antonio, Texas | 4 | Biomedical engineering |
| Ashley Wayman | INCARNATE WORD | Jr. | Universal City, Texas | 4 | Accounting |
| Samantha Wicks | BOISE STATE | Sr. | Anchorage, Alaska | 3.94 | Health science |
| Campbell Costley | DENISON | Jr. | Glencoe, Ill. | 3.95 | English |
| Carolyn Kane | DENISON | Jr. | Deephaven, Minn. | 3.57 | Economics / communication |
| Kirsten Nitz | WHEATON (IL) | Sr. | Frankfort, Ky. | 3.59 | French / applied health science |
| Haley Townsend | KENYON | Sr. | Greenwood, Ind. | 3.95 | International studies |
| Rachael Acker | CALIFORNIA | Sr. | Palo Alto, Calif. | 3.96 | French |
| Rachel Bootsma | CALIFORNIA | Sr. | Eden Prairie, Minn. | 3.41 | Interdisciplinary studies |
| Jaimie Bryan | CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Jr. | Paradise Valley, Ariz. | 3.6 | Physiology & neuroscience |
| Linnea Doumas | ALASKA FAIRBANKS | Sr. | Tucson, Ariz. | 3.93 | Foreign language |
| Samantha Leanza | CONCORDIA IRVINE | Sr. | Laguna Hills, Calif. | 3.98 | History |
| Dari Watkins | CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Sr. | Seal Beach, Calif. | 3.39 | Psychology |
| Jayna Wittenbrink | CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | So. | Palo Alto, Calif. | 3.9 | Mechanical engineering |
| Olivia Dilorati | COLORADO COLLEGE | Sr. | Braintree, Mass. | 3.61 | Political science |
| Erin Holmes | COLORADO COLLEGE | Sr. | Saint Paul, Minn. | 3.86 | Mathematics |
| Maddy Pesch | GRINNELL | Sr. | St. Cloud, Minn. | 3.96 | Chem. / gender, wom. & sexuality stu. |
| Clare Slagel | LUTHER | Sr. | Dubuque, Iowa | 3.92 | Biology |
Men’s Winners
| Name | School | Class | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Eric Ebert | NIAGARA | Sr. | Lewiston, N.Y. | 4 | Biology |
| Timothy Buff | LE MOYNE | Jr. | Latham, N.Y. | 3.95 | Finance & marketing |
| Andrew Bauer | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC | Jr. | Cumberland, R.I. | 3.58 | Mechanical engineering |
| Nathan Hughes | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC | Sr. | Arlington, Va. | 3.95 | Robotics eng. & computer science |
| Daryl Neubieser | MIT | Sr. | Saratoga, Calif. | 3.92 | Computer science |
| Jake Tamposi | WILLIAMS | Sr. | Hernando Beach, Fla. | 3.96 | Economics |
| Joshua Tomazin | MIT | So. | Austin, Texas | 3.92 | Computer science |
| Ryan Bailey | U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY | Jr. | Boardman, Ohio | 3.97 | Operations research |
| Nathan Howells | WEST VIRGINIA | Jr. | Round Rock, Texas | 3.9 | Biochemistry |
| Micah Cattell | EDINBORO | Sr. | State College, Pa. | 4 | Early education/ special education |
| Stefan Szilagyi | SHIPPENSBURG | Sr. | Bloomsburg, Pa. | 3.84 | Exercise science (honors) |
| Drew Wolter | GANNON | Jr. | Clarksville, Md. | 3.98 | Political science |
| Phil Binaco | COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY | Jr. | Point Pleasant, N.J. | 3.69 | Biomechanical engineering |
| Brad Brooks | McDANIEL | Sr. | Newark, Del. | 4 | Exercise science |
| Andrew Greenhalgh | JOHNS HOPKINS | Jr. | Kensington, Md. | 3.68 | Molecular & cellular biology |
| Mike Simunek | ROWAN | Jr. | Cherry Hill, N.J. | 3.74 | mechanical engineering |
| Jacob Anderson | OLIVET NAZARENE | Sr. | Clifton, Ill. | 3.73 | Accounting |
| Calvin Price | OLIVET NAZARENE | Sr. | Grahamstown, S.Africa | 3.55 | Zoology |
| Carl Buergler | VIRGINIA | Sr. | Arlington, Va. | 3.85 | Mechanical engineering |
| Nathan Lile | GARDNER-WEBB | Sr. | Waynesville, N.C. | 4 | Computer science |
| Lucas Cuadros | WINGATE | Jr. | Cali, Colombia | 3.91 | Marketing |
| Austin Palmer | NEW YORK UNIV. | So. | Fayetteville, Ga. | 3.81 | Economics / mathematics |
| Arthur Schick III | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC | Sr. | Stamford, Conn. | 3.89 | Chemical engineering |
| Dylan Grisell | FLORIDA STATE | Jr. | Toronto, Ontario | 3.95 | Biology |
| Anton McKee | ALABAMA | Jr. | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland | 4 | Finance |
| Connor Oslin | ALABAMA | Jr. | Kennesaw, Ga. | 3.93 | Pre-med |
| Pavel Romanov | ALABAMA | Jr. | Moscow, Russia | 4 | Economics |
| Ty Stewart | GEORGIA | Sr. | Hattiesburg, Miss. | 3.99 | English / cognitive science |
| Miguel Chavez | MISSOURI SCIENCE & TECH | Jr. | Chihuahua, Mexico | 3.54 | Mechanical engineering |
| Tim Collet | MALONE | Sr. | Illingen, Germany | 3.92 | Business administration |
| Chris Eckard | MALONE | Sr. | Kurnach, Germany | 3.96 | Business admin. / accounting |
| Gianni Ferrero | GRAND VALLEY STATE | Sr. | Idstein, Germany | 3.83 | Business administration |
| Jon Glaser | MISSOURI SCIENCE & TECH | Jr. | Wildwood, Mo. | 3.43 | Mechanical engineering |
| Keith Sponsler | MISSOURI SCIENCE & TECH | Sr. | Lincoln, Neb. | 3.92 | Nuclear engineering |
| Jimmy Newman | WESTMINSTER (PA) | Sr. | Richboro, Pa. | 3.97 | Political science |
| Nicholas Willison (swimming & water polo) | Washington & Jefferson | Jr. | Rockford, Mich. | 3.99 | Chemistry |
| Colin Eriks | BRITISH COLUMBIA | Jr. | Vancouver, B.C. | 3.91 | Civil engineering |
| Michael Heon | ST. GREGORY’S | Sr. | Shawnee, Okla. | 3.76 | Nursing |
| Jason Schroeder | ST. GREGORY’S | Sr. | Anthony, Kan. | 3.78 | Engineering |
| Marat Amaltdinov | PURDUE | So. | Orenburg, Russia | 3.86 | Economics |
| Evan Bader | MIAMI (OH) | Sr. | Oxford, Ohio | 3.98 | Chemical engineering / chemistry |
| PJ Ransford | MICHIGAN | So. | Pittsford, N.Y. | 4 | Mechanical engineering |
| Matheus Assis | SAINT LEO | Sr. | João Pessoa, Brazil | 3.86 | Management & marketing |
| Diego Gimenez | FLORIDA SOUTHERN | Jr. | Burgos, Spain | 3.9 | Computer science |
| Evan Jacob | SAINT LEO | Sr. | St. Johns, Fla. | 3.96 | Management |
| Hayes Burdette-Sapp | EMORY | Jr. | Decatur, Ga. | 3.61 | Physics / business |
| Reed Dalton | WASHINGTON (MO) | Sr. | Kingwood, Texas | 3.5 | Systems science & engineering |
| Joey Ellwanger | BERRY | Jr. | Newborn, Ga. | 4 | Biology |
| Chandler Lichtefeld | EMORY | So. | Crestwood, Ky. | 3.61 | Neurosci. & behavioral biology |
| Tommy Thetford | WASHINGTON & LEE | So. | Birmingham, Ala. | 3.81 | Mathematics |
| Weston Christensen | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | Jr. | Pierre, S.D. | 4 | Civil engineering |
| Brennan Mays | COLORADO SCH. OF MINES | So. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 4 | Petroleum engineering |
| Max Hamilton | ST. THOMAS (MN) | Sr. | Richfield, Minn. | 3.95 | Electrical engineering |
| Paul Knaak | SAINT JOHN’S (MN) | Sr. | Forest Lake, Minn. | 3.97 | History |
| Brett Stoughton | CALVIN | Jr. | Centerville, Ind. | 4 | Business finance |
| Cory Bowersox | TEXAS | Sr. | Fairfax, Va. | 3.79 | Mechanical engineering |
| P.J. Dunne | TEXAS | Jr. | Pensacola, Fla. | 3.99 | Biochemistry / pre-med |
| Andrew Halliburton | OKLAHOMA BAPTIST | Sr. | Bentonville, Ark. | 3.9 | Pastoral ministry |
| Jack Lindell | DENISON | Jr. | Edina, Minn. | 3.45 | Biology |
| Trevor Manz | KENYON | Jr. | Eau Claire, Wis. | 3.99 | Biochemistry |
| Orion Martin | ROSE-HULMAN | Sr. | Dublin, Ohio | 3.88 | Physics / computer science |
| Andrew Rich | DENISON | Sr. | McMurray, Pa. | 3.62 | Chemistry |
| Jason Wesseling | DENISON | So. | Hudsonville, Mich. | 3.97 | English / political science |
| Michael Domagala | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | Jr. | New York City, N.Y. | 3.67 | Business administration |
| Ryan Murphy | CALIFORNIA | Jr. | Ponte Vedra, Fla. | 3.54 | Business administration |
| Michael Cohn | CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Jr. | Solana Beach, Calif. | 3.97 | Music |
| Tucker Dangremond | COE | Jr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 3.92 | Biology / public relations |
| Daniel Goldstein | GRINNELL | Sr. | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 3.86 | Computer science / mathematics |
| Crane Sarris | COLORADO COLLEGE | Jr. | Adelaide, Australia | 3.91 | Ecological / environ. architecture |
You forgot to include Nick Willison from DIII Washington & Jefferson. He is the only 2 sport athlete on the men’s list, competing on both the swimming and water polo teams.
No….double check…he is on there
I actually submitted this comment a couple days ago and he was not on it then. They must have fixed it. Thanks swimswam for adding him!