After the Capital One All-District Academic Teams were announced last week, the 140 swimming honorees all advanced to vie for the title of Capital One Academic All-American At large.
This award represents the best-of-the-best in student athletes from 12 recognized sports (which can be seen here), with each school being able to nominate only three men and three women. In this round, the competition took a huge step up, as all 8 divisions were combined into one to award First Team, Second Team, and Third Team honors. The awards are presented by CoSIDA, a national association of college Sports Information Directors.
Swimmers, with 6 men and 4 women on the 1st-team, have more entries in Division I than any other list.
For the full list of all Division 1 Academic All-Americans, click here.
| Division I Men | |||
| Name | School | GPA | Major |
| 1st Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Kyle Weeks | Alabama | 4.00 | Finance |
| Bobby Bollier | Stanford | 3.75 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Cody Deacon | Air Force | 3.84 | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Andrew Elliott | Ohio State | 3.85 | Marketing |
| Colin Gray | Evansville | 4.00 | Math/Aquatic Sciences |
| Ryan Helms | Tennessee | 3.71 | Exercise Science |
| 2nd Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Alex Lendrum | USC | 3.70 | Biology & Biomedical Sciences |
| Kyle Owens | Auburn | 3.91 | Biomedical Sciences/Pre-Med |
| Austen Thompson | Arizona | 3.47 | Molecular Cellular Biology |
| 3rd Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Ryan Hawkins | Virginia Tech | 3.85 | Architecture |
| Division I Women | |||
| Name | School | GPA | Major |
| 1st Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Elizabeth Beisel | Florida | 3.61 | Telecommunications |
| Elina Eggers | Arizona State | 3.96 | Economics |
| Jessica Lyden | Duke | 3.95 | Psychology |
| Wendy Trott | Georgia | 3.97 | International Affairs |
| 2nd Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Jennifer Beatty | Bowling Green State | 4.00 | Physical Education |
| Karlee Bispo | Texas | 3.35 | Exercise Science/Pre-Med |
| Alyssa Conner | Texas A&M | 4.00 | Marketing |
| Amanda Burnett | Boise State | 4.00 | MBA |
| Kelsey Floyd | Tennessee | 3.60 | Sports Management |
| Logan Kline | Virginia Tech | 3.79 | Biological Science |
| 3rd Team Swimmers/Divers | |||
| Hannah Caron | Utah | 3.99 | Speech & Hearing |
| Michelle Fountain | Marist | 3.86 | Education, Psychology |
| Polly Hirt | Illinois State | 4.00 | Nursing |
Division II Men
Name School GPA Major
1st Team Swimmers/Divers
Austin Biefnes Indianapolis 3.99 Chemistry, Pre-Med
Marko Blazevski Wingate 3.84 Finance
Guy Kogel Indianapolis 3.78 Computer Science, MBA
Mark Rubin Incarnate Word 3.97 Biology
Christopher White St. Cloud State 3.40 Economics
2nd Team Swimmers/Divers
Trevor Graifman California Baptist 3.87 Biology
Jared Griffard Gannon 3.89 Pre-Med
Jonas Grundstrom Nova Southeastern 3.75 Exercise & Sports Science
Armin Hornikel Nova Southeastern 3.50 Exercise & Sports Science
Bruce Janzen Florida Southern 3.82 History
Tyler Remmel Ashland 3.85 Journalism
Brian Tillis Truman State 4.00 Biology
3rd Team Swimmers/Divers
Luke Calkins California San Diego 3.93 Mechanical Engineering
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D2swimfan – do you have a PDF by chance so I can pull the girls too? If so – can you drop me an email?
I think Beisel’s a telecommunications major. (Which is probably the most apt major anyone has ever had.)
What is the criteria to get this honor? Do you have to go and score at NCAA’s? Even then, this is the first time for Wendy Trott and she always has great grades and won NCAA’s in her first 3 years…just an example.
Not a first time for Trott in fact. Each school has the ability to rank three men and three women, then the committee ranks them; GPA plays a huge role, but is not the only criteria. Trott was also on the 1st team last year, however.
You should have listed the swimmers from ALL Divisions as you did with the All-District team.
Tim – we still haven’t gotten the lists for all divisions, only Division I and half of Division III. As soon as the rest are posted, we plan to post them as well.