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Utah Diving’s Petersen an Academic All-American for 2024-25
5/22/2025 12:06 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Big 12 Diver of the Year named to College Sports Communicators’ third team to cap phenomenal season
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah swim and dive program's Elias Petersen earned Academic All-American third team honors for the 2024-25 academic year, marking the second Utah diver this season to be recognized by the College Sports Communicators for academic and athletic excellence.
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This is the first time being named to the CSC Academic All-America team for Petersen, who also was named Big 12 Diver of the Year for his outstanding season. He earned a place as one of just five divers on the list of 31 swim and dive student-athletes to be named Academic All-America for 2024-25.
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Making a statement in both the pool and the classroom, Utah's All-American holds a 3.66 in his Communications program with an emphasis in Journalism. Not only did the Malmo, Sweden, native earn a place on the national stage on both springboard events, but his stellar six-dive list at the NCAA Championships put him in fourth-place following his finals performance.
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Petersen's fourth-place finish earned the junior his first All-America recognition and marked the highest finish on that event by a Utah diver. He made his presence known this season, not only with his performance at NCAAs, but with his silver and bronze medals at the Big 12 Championship as well.
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Petersen and Utah graduate student Jesco Helling were two of five divers named to the Academic All-America list.
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"It's an incredible testament to our program both athletically and academically that Utah was able to have two out of the five divers selected to the Academic All-America team," said head diving coach Richard Marschner. "Both Jesco and Elias have put in a ton of work and they represented our program really well, and hopefully now everyone can see it's not just about diving, but we're great at academics too."
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Fans can follow along on social media; X: @UtahSwimDive | Instagram: @UtahSwimDive | Facebook: Facebook.com/Utahswimdive.
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This is the first time being named to the CSC Academic All-America team for Petersen, who also was named Big 12 Diver of the Year for his outstanding season. He earned a place as one of just five divers on the list of 31 swim and dive student-athletes to be named Academic All-America for 2024-25.
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Making a statement in both the pool and the classroom, Utah's All-American holds a 3.66 in his Communications program with an emphasis in Journalism. Not only did the Malmo, Sweden, native earn a place on the national stage on both springboard events, but his stellar six-dive list at the NCAA Championships put him in fourth-place following his finals performance.
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Petersen's fourth-place finish earned the junior his first All-America recognition and marked the highest finish on that event by a Utah diver. He made his presence known this season, not only with his performance at NCAAs, but with his silver and bronze medals at the Big 12 Championship as well.
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Petersen and Utah graduate student Jesco Helling were two of five divers named to the Academic All-America list.
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"It's an incredible testament to our program both athletically and academically that Utah was able to have two out of the five divers selected to the Academic All-America team," said head diving coach Richard Marschner. "Both Jesco and Elias have put in a ton of work and they represented our program really well, and hopefully now everyone can see it's not just about diving, but we're great at academics too."
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FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along on social media; X: @UtahSwimDive | Instagram: @UtahSwimDive | Facebook: Facebook.com/Utahswimdive.
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