Seven SAC Swimmers Named CSC Academic All-Americans

April 24, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas – Seven SAC swimmers were named to the 2023-2024 Division II Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Teams, the College Sports Communicators announced.

Four SAC men were named across the three All-America Teams. Carson-Newman’s Asger Hartvig was the sole SAC swimmer to earn First Team honors. The junior holds a 4.00 GPA while studying mathematics.

Carson-Newman’s Benaiah McDowell and Wingate’s Jack Wisniewski were both named to the men’s Second Team. McDowell holds a 3.91 GPA while studying finance, and Wisniewski holds a 4.00 while studying sport management.

Wingate’s Ney Chagas Filho earned a spot on the men’s Third Team with a 3.93 GPA while studying finance.

Three SAC women were honored as Academic All-Americans, all landing on the Third Team. This included Carson-Newman’s Kyla Blakemore and Emma Bowling and Wingate’s Hana Kubalova. Blakemore holds a 3.83 GPA while studying communications, Bowling holds a 4.00 GPA while studying interior design, and Kubalova holds a 3.90 GPA while studying marketing.

MEN'S

FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Luca Alessandrini Nova Southeastern University Jr. 3.86 Sport & Recreation Management

Cedric Buessing (2) University of Indianapolis Jr. 3.85 Business Administration & Management

Charles Burroughs (1) Colorado School of Mines Gr. 3.80/3.66 Mechanical Engineering (U) / Thermal Fluid Systems (G)

Elijah Christenson Ouachita Baptist University Sr. 3.91 Biomedical Sciences

Cole Earl Drury University Sr. 3.93 Accounting

Asger Hartvig (2) Carson-Newman Jr. 4.00 Mathematics

Trevor Jones (2) Wayne State University Jr. 3.97 Finance

Kyle Micallef (1) Florida Southern College Sr. 3.92 Accounting

Ben Sampson (1, 6) Colorado Mesa University Sr. 3.89 Sport Management

Tim Stollings (1) University of Findlay Gr. 3.95/4.00 Business Administration (U) / MBA (G)

SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Seth Krause (3) Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.84 Computer Science

Will LaCount Northern Michigan University So. 3.94 Undeclared

Benaiah McDowell Carson-Newman Sr. 3.91 Finance

Luke Mikesell Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sr. 3.56 Criminology

Ludwig Mueller (1) Florida Southern College Sr. 3.88 Computer Science

Jaron O'Grady Colorado School of Mines Jr. 3.93 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Marko Priednieks University of Findlay Sr. 3.90 Business Administration

Conley Savage University of Missouri-St. Louis Sr. 3.76 Business Information Systems

Marcel Snitko Nova Southeastern University Gr. 3.62/3.62 Data Analytics

Dejan Urbanek Colorado Mesa University Jr. 3.83 Computer Science

Brandon Wilson Florida Southern College Jr. 3.70 Computer Science

Jack Wisniewski Wingate University Sr. 4.00 Sport Management

THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Gavin Anderson Colorado Mesa University Sr. 3.92 Accounting

Ney Chagas Filho Wingate University So. 3.93 Finance

Gustav Henriksen Nova Southeastern University So. 3.96 Management

Cameron Lai-Harris Florida Southern College Sr. 3.59 Cybersecurity

Jayden Porter St. Cloud State University Gr. 3.54/4.00 Business Administration (G)

Cooper Rivers Adelphi University Jr. 3.65 Biology

Mykhailo Semenov Lewis University Jr. 4.00 Business Administration

Owen Stender Davenport University Jr. 3.75 Business Management

Alejandro Villarejo Drury University So. 3.86 Business

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Kyle Micallef, Florida Southern College

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(2) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(6) – 3rd team Academic All-America® At-Large in 2021-22

WOMEN'S

FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Kiara Borchardt Colorado Mesa University So. 4.00 Kinesiology & Exercise Science

Jordan Fox (3) Wayne State University Gr. 3.79/4.00 Accounting

Bryn Greenwaldt Augustana University So. 3.85 Accounting

Stefanie Markwardt (1) University of Indianapolis Gr. 4.00/4.00 Exercise Science

Benedict Nagy Colorado Mesa University Gr. 3.85 Animation, Film, Photography, & Motion Design

Mikaela Senkus (1) Wayne State University Sr. 3.92 Civil Engineering

Emily Trieschmann Nova Southeastern University Jr. 3.84 Property Management & Real Estate

Lauren White (1) (5) Colorado Mesa University Gr. 3.84 Business

Montana White (2) Azusa Pacific University Jr. 4.00 Mathematics

Mellie Wijk Drury University Jr. 3.76 Communications

SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Camilla Carbone Northern Michigan University Jr. 3.98 Marketing

Brooklyn Dressel (3) Cal State East Bay Jr. 3.99 Computer Science

Zara Konstapel (2) University of Missouri-St. Louis Gr. 3.94 English & French

Luna Mertins (1) Lynn University Sr. 3.84/3.92 Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Victoria Murillo (2) University of Mary Gr. 3.65/4.00 Business Administration

Annie Osmun Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.53 Civil Engineering

Ada Qunell Colorado Mesa University So. 3.84 Kinesiology & Exercise Science

Celina Schmidt University of Indianapolis So. 3.82 Business Administration & Management

Jorie Selig (3) Colorado School of Mines Sr. 3.60 Electrical Engineering

Katie Susi University of Findlay So. 4.00 Exercise Science

THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major

Amanda Anderson Azusa Pacific University Sr. 3.75/3.69 Business Administration (G)

Kyla Blakemore Carson-Newman Sr. 3.83 Communications

Emma Bowling Carson-Newman So. 4.00 Interior Design

Allie Brinton Florida Southern College Sr. 3.82 Graphic Design

Zoe DeKievit Northern Michigan University Jr. 4.00 Secondary Education & Health & Fitness

Lilly Grebner Northern State University So. 3.87 Biology

Hana Kubalova Wingate University Sr. 3.90 Marketing

Farida Maher Concordia-St. Paul Jr. 3.73 Marketing

Emily Mears-Bentley University of Findlay So. 3.92 Psychology

Malaika Schneider Lynn University So. 3.73 Environmental Science & Policy

Jordan Tierney Colorado School of Mines So. 3.73 Computational & Applied Mathematics

Alli Vassilakos Wayne State University Jr. 3.71 Management

Hailey Williams Nova Southeastern University So. 4.00 Psychology

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Benedict Nagy, Colorado Mesa University

(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

(5) = 2nd team Academic All-America® At-Large in 2021-22