Lukas Macek Takes Top Honors as CoSIDA Announces NAIA Academic All-America

CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America, has announced it’s selections for the NAIA Academic All-America teams.

Each year, CoSIDA selects both a first and second-team Academic All-America, recognizing athletes for both their athletic and academic achievements. While some sports have their own category, swimming falls into the “at-large” category, competing against 11 other sports.

As well as selecting two teams of All-America, CoSIDA also selects one Team Member of the Year. This year, on the men’s side, that award went to Lukas Macek, a swimmer at Keiser University. A senior, Macek has won 14 NAIA National Championships, including sweeping the breaststroke races in each of his first three seasons. In 2018 Macek was named as the NAIA Men’s Swimmer of the Year. Academically, he holds a 3.91 GPA with a major in interdisciplinary studies.

On the women’s side, the top honor went to Carly Ferguson, a golfer from Missouri Baptist University who graduated with a 4.0 GPA in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education.

Overall, 9 swimmers and divers made one of the Academic All-America Teams. A total of 7 were recognized as First Team: Leanne Ltocha, Jessica Macdonald, Carolina Yannelli, Andrew Clifford, Kevin Krupitzer, Lukas Macek, and Wiktor Perkowski.

A total of 6 NAIA National Championships titles were won by swimmers named to the Academic All-America teams. Leading the way with three individual titles was Mendy de Rooi of the University of the Cumberlands. At the 2020 NAIA Championships de Rooi took first in the 100 fly, 100 free, and 500 free. Joining her as a multiple event winner at the meet was fellow second-team honoree, Andrea Adam. Adam, who attends St. Ambrose University, won on both the 1-meter and 3-meter. Macek won the 200 IM to round out the 6 first-place finishes.

2019-20 Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Teams – NAIA

2019-20 Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large Teams – NAIA