Tampa Swimming Places 23 on Scholar All-America List

Tampa Swimming Places 23 on Scholar All-America List
July 8, 2024

TAMPA, Fla. - The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named over 2,000 swimmers and divers to its Scholar All-American Team for the 2023-24 season. The University of Tampa totaled 23 honorees, including 14 women and nine men.

To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in their national championship. Second-Team selections, must have also earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met a "B" time standard for the national championship or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet.

Members of the UT national champion men's team include Adrian Aguilar (Finance), Barnabas Fluck (Accounting), Blake Moran (Marketing), Cam Taddonio: (2nd Team, Exercise Science), Gabriel Araya: (2nd Team, Business), Gabriel Rzezwicki: (2nd Team, Accounting), Jared Mindek (Logistics, Materials, & Supply Chain Management), Sam Goncharuk (2nd Team, Economics), Tibor Tistan (Busines).

Representing the Spartan women are Emma Chestang: (2nd Team, Biology), Cameron Dukat (Exercise Science), Lily Turco (2nd Team, Psychology), Roma Vrijhof (Biology), Lara Wiedemann (Business), Morgan Wimberly (Business), Kate Elnicki (2nd Team, Exercise Science), Sierra Gillan (Exercise Science), Laura Hodgson (Business), Katie Horan (2nd Team, Exercise Science), Sidni Meister (Exercise Science), Tilde Morin (Business), Emma Panaroni (2nd Team, Education) and Brooke Punnewaert: (2nd Team, Economics).

Notable honorees among the women include six CSCAA Swimmers and Divers of the Year. For Division I: Gretchen Walsh (Virginia); Division II: Emily Trieschmann (Nova Southeastern) and Alexa Gonczi (PennWest-Clarion); Division III: Kaley McIntyre (NYU) and Kailee Payne (Ithaca); and for NAIA: Maaike Broersma (Lindsey Wilson).

For the men, five CSCAA Swimmers and Divers of the Year earned this prestigious recognition. For Division I: Carson Tyler (Indiana); Division II: Ben Sampson (Colorado Mesa); Division III: Justin Finkel (Connecticut College) and Israel Zavaleta (Kenyon); and for NAIA: Noel de Geus (Keiser).