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Academic All-America Men’s Swimming and Diving: Josh Liendo Leads Honorees

April 29, 2026
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Academic All-America Men’s Swimming and Diving: Josh Liendo Leads Honorees


4 standouts headline a bunch of excellent student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Educational All-America males’s swimming & diving groups as chosen by Faculty Sports activities Communicators.

Josh Liendo from the College of Florida, Alvaro Zornoza from Drury College, Cooper Costello from the College of Chicago, and Ruthiik Satti from the College of the Cumberlands lead the Educational All-America groups by being named because the Educational All-America Staff Member of the 12 months for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III in addition to the NAIA, respectively.

NCAA Division I

Josh Liendo, a senior majoring in instructional sciences, owns a grade-point common of three.56 and is a now a two-time first-team Educational All-America. The native of Toronto, Canada capped an unimaginable profession whereas main Florida to a second-place end on the NCAA Division I Nationwide Championship, the most effective exhibiting for this system in 39 years. That dates again to a runner-up lead to 1985 and marks simply the Gators’ second-ever second-place end and the best since back-to-back nationwide titles in 1983 and 1984.

Liendo earned seven first-team All-American honors to convey his profession complete to 26. That ranks fourth all-time in program historical past. His 9 nationwide titles rank second all-time amongst Gators. He was honored because the CSCAA Co-Swimmer of the 12 months for his efforts. He swept his particular person occasions (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly) for the second time, becoming a member of Florida legend Caeleb Dressel as the one Gators to realize this twice. Liendo scored a meet-high 60 particular person factors and broke NCAA, U.S. Open, meet, and program information within the 100 fly twice in a single day, whereas posting career-best instances of 18.6 and 39.91 within the 50 and 100 free, respectively.

Along with the person occasions he was an All-American as a part of 4 relay groups – 200-yard freestyle relay (first workforce), 400-yard freestyle relay (first workforce), 200-yard medley relay (first workforce) and 400-yard medley relay (first workforce).

On the convention degree Liendo was chosen the 2026 SEC Male Swimmer of the 12 months for the second time (2023) and was a four-time All-SEC first-team honoree. He was additionally the 2026 SEC Championships Males’s Swimmer of the Meet, within the course of turning into the primary Gator to win 4 straight SEC Championships within the 100-yard butterfly. He was a champion in three different occasions.

Liendo is a two-time Olympian, competing within the 2020 Olympic video games in Tokyo and the 2024 Olympic video games in Paris. He grew to become the primary Black Canadian to earn an Olympic medal, incomes a silver medal in 2024 within the 100-meter butterfly.

Along with Liendo, Jonny Kulow of Arizona State College was a repeat first workforce Educational All-America choice. Kulow is now a three-time first workforce Educational All-America choice after beforehand incomes the distinction in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Liam Custer of Stanford College was named to the second workforce for the second straight yr whereas and teammate Henry McFadden was a third-team selection a yr in the past.

The eight members of the Division I first workforce had a 3.91 common GPA. A complete of 5 members had 4.00 GPAs, with three on the primary workforce.

All-America FIRST TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Tommaso Baravelli
Florida State College
Sr.
3.99
Mechanical Engineering

Eric Brown
College of Florida
Sr.
3.89
Pc Science Engineering

Louis Dramm
North Carolina
Sr.
3.95
Neuroscience

Jonny Kulow (1,4)
Arizona State College
Sr.
4.00
Microbiology

Josh Liendo (1)
College of Florida
Sr.
3.56
Academic Sciences

Rex Maurer
The College of Texas at Austin
Jr.
4.00
Finance

Bridon Rosales
U.S. Air Drive Academy
Sr.
4.00
Aeronautical Engineering

Josh Zuchowski
Stanford College
Sr.
3.88
Economics

SECOND TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Joe Christ
U.S. Air Drive Academy
Jr.
3.72
Aerospace Engineering

Liam Custer (2)
Stanford College
Sr.
3.70
Administration Science & Engineering

Andy Dobrzanski
Arizona State College
Sr.
3.57
Development Administration & Know-how

Conor Gesing
College of Florida
Jr.
3.86
Training Sciences

Tommy Hagar
College of Alabama
Jr.
3.95
Mechanical Engineering

Ilya Kharun
Arizona State College
Jr.
3.59
Enterprise

Henry McFadden (3)
Stanford College
Jr.
3.78
Pc Science

Braxton McGrath
South Dakota State College
Sr.
3.85
Mechanical Engineering

Joe Polyak
College of Minnesota
So.
4.00
Biochemistry

Zalan Sarkany
Indiana College
Sr.
3.66
Sport Advertising and marketing and Administration

Tim Korstanje
College of Alabama
Sr.
3.92
Economics & Finance

Mitchell Schott
Princeton
Sr.
3.78
East Asian Research

THIRD TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Andres Dupont Cabrera
Stanford College
Sr.
3.63
Economics

Jerry Fox
NC State
Jr.
3.76
Industrial Engineering

Mikkel Lee
Indiana College
Jr.
3.93
Finance

Matvei Namakonov
College of Delaware
Sr.
3.89
Physics

Liam Preston
Binghamton College
Sr.
4.00
Enterprise Administration & Finance

Moritz Wesemann
Southern California
Gr.
3.58/3.80
Pc Science

(1) – CSC Educational All-America® first-team choice in 2024-25(2) – CSC Educational All-America® second-team choice in 2024-25(3) – CSC Educational All-America® third-team choice in 2024-25(4) – CSC Educational All-America® first-team choice in 2023-24

NCAA Division II

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A junior from Gijon, Spain, Alvaro Zornoza is a arithmetic main with a 4.00 GPA. He led the Drury males to a nationwide runner-up end on the 2026 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championship in March. He gained the nationwide championship within the 200-yard backstroke, one in all 5 All-American performances on the meet. He took residence second place within the 100-yard backstroke and was third within the 200-yard IM. As well as he swam legs of the 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay groups. Each completed second.

Within the 2025 Nationwide Championship, Zornoza was part of the Panthers’ runner-up finishes within the 400-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relays, along with a second-place particular person end within the 100 again and a third-place exhibiting within the 200 again.

Zornoza additionally turned in a robust exhibiting at this yr’s GLVC Championships as Drury got here in second. That included a GLVC Championship record-breaking time of 1:42.67 within the 200 again.

The Division II Educational All-America® workforce featured 11 repeat choices. That included 5 repeat performers on the primary workforce.  Ivan Adamchuk of Drury College, Luke Dinges of Rollins Faculty, and Nino Viallon of Florida Southern Faculty are actually two-time first-team honorees, whereas Maks Minichowski of Catawba Faculty moved up from the second workforce and Maurice Grabowski of Lynn College was a third-team choice a yr in the past.

Six members of the second workforce additionally earned Educational All-America accolades for the second time. Lance Godard of St. Cloud State College was a first-team honoree, with Peter Csicsaky of Florida Southern Faculty, Joey Lenczyk of Ashland College and Joseph Lev-Tov of Colorado College of Mines named to the second workforce for the second straight yr. Leo Nolles of Northern Michigan College and Adam Wiedemeier of Missouri College S&T moved up from the third workforce.

The 11 members of the Division II first workforce had a 3.91 common GPA. 5 complete members have 4.00 GPA’s, with two of these on the primary workforce.

The Division II Educational All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II nationwide governance construction to help CSC with dealing with the awards success facets for the 2025-26 Division II Educational All-America® program.

FIRST TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Ivan Adamchuk (1)
Drury College
Jr.
3.90
Finance

Yuri Cabral
Drury College
Jr.
3.95
Enterprise Economics

Jordan Christensen
Missouri College S&T
Sr.
3.87
Aerospace Engineering

Luke Dinges (1)
Rollins Faculty
Sr.
3.93
Economics

Maurice Grabowski (3)
Lynn College
Sr.
3.71
Worldwide Enterprise Administration

Randy Keener
College of Findlay
Sr.
4.00
Pc Science

Maks Minichowski (2)
Catawba Faculty
Jr.
3.88
Sustainability Planning & Management

Josh Noll
College of Tampa
Jr.
3.88
Finance

Jeremias Pock
College of Indianapolis
Jr.
3.89
Train Science

Nino Viallon (1)
Florida Southern Faculty
Sr.
3.95
Finance

Alvaro Zornoza
Drury College
Jr.
4.00
Arithmetic

SECOND TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Olin Charnstrom
Wayne State College
So.
3.92
Nursing

Peter Csicsaky (2)
Florida Southern Faculty
Jr.
4.00
Finance

Lance Godard (1)
St. Cloud State College
Jr.
3.87
Finance

Joey Lenczyk (2)
Ashland College
Sr.
3.84
Early Childhood Ed. & Intervention Specialist

Joseph Lev-Tov (2)
Colorado College of Mines
Jr.
4.00
Electrical Engineering

Leo Nolles (3)
Northern Michigan College
Sr.
3.74
Athletic Teaching

Adam Wiedemeier (3)
Missouri College S&T
Jr.
4.00
Psychology

THIRD TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Ney Chagas Filho
Wingate College
Sr.
3.78
Finance

Gustav Henriksen
Nova Southeastern College
Sr.
3.95
Enterprise Administration

Lucas Hoke
Colorado College of Mines
Jr.
3.94
Pc Science

Camilo Marrugo
College of Findlay
Sr.
3.60/3.94
Enterprise Administration (G)

Gabriel Morales
Carson-Newman
Jr.
3.52
Artwork

Richard Schmiedefeld
Colorado Mesa College
So.
3.52
Enterprise Administration

Ben Vester
Colorado Mesa College
So.
3.80
Development Administration

(1) – CSC Educational All-America® first-team choice in 2024-25(2) – CSC Educational All-America® second-team choice in 2024-25(3) – CSC Educational All-America® third-team choice in 2024-25

NCAA Division III

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Cooper Costello, junior from Goleta, California, is a chemistry and romance language & literature main. He maintains a 3.97 GPA and is now a two-time Educational All-America®. He led Chicago to its third straight third-place end on the NCAA Division III Nationwide Championship.

Costello swept his three particular person occasions with titles within the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly, and 200-yard IM and in all gained 5 nationwide championships. He added titles within the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay. He earned first-team All-American honors in all seven of his occasions, capped by an NCAA document time within the 100 fly (45.85). He was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay, with each groups touching second.

As well as, Costello gained six UAA titles en path to being named the UAA Males’s Swimmer of the 12 months. He wrapped up his junior season as an eight-time Nationwide Champion and a 15-time All-American whereas holding the college document within the 100 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, and 400 medley relay. He turns into the primary Chicago swimmer and simply the third athlete in Chicago historical past to earn a number of first-team Educational All-America® honors.

Costello was one in all six repeat performers on the Division III Educational All-America® Staff. That features Ethan Manske of Kenyon Faculty who’s now a three-time first-team choice. Brayden Morford of Carnegie Mellon College additionally earned a spot on the primary workforce for the second straight yr. Hans Anderson of Carleton Faculty and Aitor Arrese-Igor of MIT moved up from the second and third groups, respectively.

The eight-member Division III first workforce had a median GPA of three.91. A complete of 5 student-athletes on the three groups had 4.00 GPAs.

The Division III Educational All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III nationwide governance construction to help CSC with dealing with the awards success facets for the 2025-26 Division III Educational All-America® program.

FIRST TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Hans Anderson (2)
Carleton Faculty
Sr.
3.95
Chemistry

Aitor Arrese-Igor (3)
MIT
Jr.
4.00
Pc Science & Determination-Making

Conor Compton
Alfred State Faculty
Sr.
3.81
Development Supervision

Cooper Costello (1)
College of Chicago
Jr.
3.97
Chemistry & Romance Language & Literature

Jack Hill
Denison College
Jr.
3.65
Economics

Ethan Manske (1,4)
Kenyon Faculty
Sr.
3.96
Environmental Research/Japanese

Brayden Morford (1)
Carnegie Mellon College
Jr.
3.96
Mechanical Engineering

Marrich Somridhivej
Bates Faculty
Sr.
3.93
Biology

SECOND TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Mark Addison
Augustana Faculty (IL)
Sr.
3.99
Accounting

Tommaso Calviello
Rose-Hulman Institute of Know-how
Sr.
4.00
Biomedical Engineering & Knowledge Science

Adrian Clement
Pomona-Pitzer
Sr.
3.97
Pc Science

Nick Fogle
Denison College
Sr.
3.56
Psychology

Tommy Matheis
Pomona-Pitzer
So.
4.00
Arithmetic

Jack Nussbaum
Tufts College
Jr.
3.90
Quantitative Economics

Charles Platt
Calvin College
Sr.
3.52
Accounting

Caleb Weis
College of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Sr.
4.00
Advertising and marketing & Communication

Thomas Wu
MIT
Sr.
3.70
Pc Science and Engineering

Honza Zika
Whittier Faculty
Jr.
3.61
Psychology

THIRD TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

John Butler
College of Chicago
So.
3.77
Economics & Psychology

Gavin Formon
The Faculty of New Jersey
Sr.
3.87
Economics

Ryan Lobo
College of Chicago
Sr.
3.74
Economics

Stone Miller
New York College
Jr.
3.96
Philosophy

Marco Minai
Washington College in St. Louis
Jr.
3.72
Biomedical Engineering

Liam Nelson
Denison College
Jr.
3.80
Well being, Train, & Sports activities Research

Benjamin Wolking
Bates Faculty
Jr.
4.00
Biomedical Engineering

(1) – CSC Educational All-America first-team choice in 2024-25(2) – CSC Educational All-America second-team choice in 2024-25(3) – CSC Educational All-America third-team choice in 2024-25(4) – CSC Educational All-America first-team choice in 2023-24

NAIA

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Ruthiik Satti, a senior, has a 3.77 GPA as a enterprise administration and knowledge expertise sciences main. He a was a part of a record-breaking marketing campaign for the College of the Cumberlands swimming and diving program. The Patriots closed out the NAIA Nationwide Championship with 397 factors to earn their first nationwide runner-up end in program historical past.  That they had 28 NAIA All-People and had a program-best three athletes seize particular person nationwide titles.

A local of Hyderabad, India, Satti earned All-American honors in 5 occasions to conclude his profession as an 18-time NAIA All-American. He captured the nationwide championship within the 100-yard backstroke together with coming in fourth within the 200-yard backstroke. As well as, he was a member of the second-place 200-yard and 400-yard medley relay groups. He was an honorable point out All-American due to a tenth-place exhibiting within the 100-yard butterfly. Satti beforehand helped Cumberlands to its eighth straight Mid-South Convention championship.

Satti was a six-time All-American as a junior, together with a third-place exhibiting within the 200 again, and was named the MSC Swimmer of the 12 months whereas successful three occasions on the convention championships. As a sophomore he was a three-time NAIA All-American after incomes 4 All-American certificates as a freshman.

Together with Satti, three honorees are repeat choices to the Educational All-America workforce from the NAIA. Satti was joined by Caleb Fry of Milligan College and Jan Gastal of SCAD Savannah on the primary workforce for the second straight yr.

The NAIA first workforce had a 3.81 common GPA with eight people acknowledged.

The NAIA Educational All-America program is being financially supported by the NAIA nationwide governance construction to help CSC with dealing with the awards success facets for the 2025-26 NAIA Educational All-America program.

FIRST TEAM

Identify
College
Yr.
GPA
Main

Caleb Fry (1)
Milligan College
Sr.
3.78
Pc Science

Jan Gastal (1)
SCAD Savannah
Sr.
3.79
Sequential Artwork

Adam Geddis
College of the Cumberlands
Sr.
3.89
Enterprise Administration

Alexander Menzel
Keiser College
So.
3.80
Enterprise Administration

Nicklas Pedersen
Keiser College
Jr.
3.93
Built-in Advertising and marketing Communications

Ruthiik Satti (1)
College of the Cumberlands
Sr.
3.77
Enterprise Admin. & Data Tech. Sciences

Zoltan Tompos
SCAD Savannah
Jr.
3.75
Graphic Design

Carlos Trinidad Sancho
Keiser College
Sr.
3.77
Built-in Advertising and marketing Communications

(1) – CSC Educational All-America® first-team choice in 2024-25

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