Bio

Honors and Awards

• 2025 All-American.
• Won the 2025 NCAA National Championship in the 800 Free Relay.
• 2025 Sunshine State Conference Champion in 800 Free Relay.
• 2025 Sunshine State Conference Champion in 100 Fly.
• 2025 Sunshine State Conference Champion in 200 Back.
• 2024-25 First-Team All-Sunshine State Conference.
• Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week (11/4/2024).
• Competed at the 2024 Olympic Trials in the 100 Back and 200 Back.
• 2024 All-Sunshine State Conference First Team.
• 2024 All-American (800 Free Relay, 200 Back, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 200 IM).
• 2024 NCAA Division II National Champion.
• 2023 All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team.
• 2023 All-American.
• Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week (11/14/2022).

As a Senior

• Won the 200 Y Back (1:46.71) at Tampa vs. Rollins vs. UF (Oct. 25).
• Finished 2nd in the 200 Y Free (1:38.09) at Tampa vs. Rollins vs. UF (Oct. 25).
• Placed 1st in the 100 Y Back (49.20) at Keiser vs. Tampa (Jan. 17).
• Took 1st in the 200 Y Back (1:47.71) at Keiser vs. Tampa (Jan. 17).
• Swam on the winning 200 Y Medley Relay (1:29.22) at Lynn vs. Barry vs. Tampa (Jan. 18).
• Finished 3rd in the 200 Y Back (1:43.47, DIIB cut) at the Sunshine State Conference Championships (Feb. 12-16).
• Placed 3rd in the 100 Y Back (47.55, DIIB cut) at the Sunshine State Conference Championships (Feb. 12-16).
• Anchored the 800 Y Free Relay (6:24.70, PROV cut, 1st place) at the Sunshine State Conference Championships (Feb. 12-16).

As a Junior

• Won the 100 Back (48.84) and the 200 Free (1:39.18) and scored second place in the 200 Back (1:46.50) at the Shark Invitational
• Won the 100 Back (50.40), 200 Back (1:50.74), and the 200 IM (1:54.69) at the Florida Southern vs. Tampa meet
• Won the 200 IM (1:47.49) and 200 Back (1:43.53) and scored second place in the 100 Back (47.77) at the Gamecock Invitational
• Won the 50 Back (23.680 and scored second place in the 100 Back (49.90) at the Tampa vs. Keiser meet
• Won the 200 Free (1:42.41), 100 Fly (49.92) and the 200 IM (1:54.89) at the Tampa vs. Lynn meet
• Won the 200 Back (1:47.62) and scored second place in the 200 IM (1:50.77) at the Tampa vs. Indian River meet
• Posted top 9 finishes in the 200 IM (9th place), 200 Free (3rd place), 100 Back (2nd place), and 200 Back (2nd place) at the SSC Championships
• Conference runner-ups in the 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Medley Relay at SSC Championships
• Posted top 8 finishes in the 200 IM (8th place), 200 Free (6th place), 100 Back (6th place), 200 Back (3rd place), 200 Medley Relay (8th place), and 400 Medley Relay (6th place) at NCAA Championships
• Posted personal bests in the 200 IM (1:46.64), 200 Free (1:35.86), 100 Back (46.42), and 200 Back (1:41.99) at NCAA Championships
• National champion in the 800 Free Relay at NCAA Championships
• Part of the Men’s National Championship Team

As a Sophomore

• Scored second place in the 100 Back (52.09) at the Tampa vs. Florida Southern meet
• Won the 200 Back (1:54.80) at the Tampa vs. Rollins meet
• Won the 200 Back (1:55.66) and 100 Back (52.69) at the Lynn vs. Tampa meet
• Scored second place in the 200 Back (1:52.86) at the Tampa vs. St. Leo meet day 1
• Won the 200 Free (1:49.94) and scored second place in the 100 Free (46.75) at the St. Leo vs. Tampa meet day 2
• Scored second place in the 200 Back (1:45.87) and 100 Back (48.16) at the Spartan Invitational
• Won the 200 Back (1:52.45) and scored second place in the 100 Back (51.66) at the Keiser vs. Tampa meet
• Posted top 9 finishes in the 200 IM (9th place) with a personal best (1:49.89), 200 Free (8th place), 100 Back (2nd place), and 200 Back (3rd place) at SSC Championships
• Conference Champion in the 800 Free Relay at SSC Championships
• Competed in the 200 IM, 200 Free (16th place), 100 Back (12th place) with a personal best (47.86), and 200 Back (6th place) with a personal best (1:44.04) at NCAA Championships

As a Freshman

• At Shark Invite (10/7), won the opening relay, taking the 400 Medley Relay in 3:22.61.
• At Shark Invite (10/8), won 200 Medley Relay with time of 1:31.81.
• Placed first in the 200 Back at 1:54.80 against Rollins (11/5).
• Took top spot in 100 Back against Lynn(11/12) with time of 52.69.
• Won the 200 Back with a finish of 1:55.66 vs. Lynn (11/12).
• Member of first-place team in the 400 Free Relay with time of 3:07.23 against Lynn (11/12).
• First to finish the 200 Free, doing so in 1:40.94 against St. Leo (11/20)
• Won the Medley Relay at Spartan Invite (12/17), winning in 3:14.66.
• Concluded the Spartan Invite (12/19) with first in 400 Free Relay at 2:57.06.
• First in the 200 Back against Keiser (1/13) in 1:52.45.
• Part of SSC and Championships Meet record in 800 Free with time of 6:26.31 at SSC Championships (2/15).
• SSC Championships (2/18) runner-up in 100 Back with a time of 48.42.

High School

• Attended Covington Catholic High School.
• Recipient of A/B Honor Roll.
• Swam for high school team under coach Kristen Holt.
• Earned Most Valuable Swimmer.
• Also swam for Northern Kentucky Clippers under coach Chad Rehkamp.
• 100Y fly record holder, relay record holder.
• Team captain.

Personal

• Worked the special Olympics for many years, volunteered at the nursing home his mother works at to help out
• Son of Londa and Sean Knollman.
• Has two brothers.
• Originally from Edgewood, Ky.
• Finance major.
• Birthdate: 05/09/2003.