VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Utah swimming & diving program had 15 student-athletes garner CSCAA Scholar All-America honors.
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To qualify for CSCAA 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.
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This marks back-to-back seasons where the Utes have had at least 15 honored by the Collegiate Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America – while the 15 marks the second-most Utah has earned in a single year trailing the 16 accomplished in 2024 and 2021.
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In addition, both men's and women's teams also earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors with a team cumulative GPA above 3.0, respectively.
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Of the 15 honored, the Utes had three earn first-team honors – two from the women's side and one from the men's side in
Callie Eaglestone,
Kathryn Grant and
Elias Petersen. It marks the third-consecutive season Grant has earned first-team accolades while this is Petersen's second-straight year and Eaglestone's first.
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On the men's side,
Brandon Miller,
Evan VanBrocklin and
Jesco Helling earned second-team honors for the third-straight year while
Baylor Lewis has now gone back-to-back seasons.
Owen Carlsen,
Nick Chirafisi,
Quinn Jones,
Durgan McKean and
Jakub Walter all picked up the award for the first time in their careers.
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On the women's side,
Norah Hay picked up second-team accolades for the third-straight year while
Erin Palmer and
Sydney Kowalski made it back-to-back seasons.
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CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA
WOMEN'S
Callie Eaglestone (First-Team)
Kathryn Grant (First-Team)
Norah Hay (Second-Team)
Sydney Kowalski (Second-Team)
Erin Palmer (Second-Team)
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MEN'S
Elias Petersen (First-Team)
Owen Carlson (Second-Team)
Nick Chirafisi (Second-Team)
Jesco Helling (Second-Team)
Quinn Jones (Second-Team)
Baylor Lewis (Second-Team)
Durgan McKean (Second-Team)
Brandon Miller (Second-Team)
Evan VanBrocklin (Second-Team)
Jakub Walter (Second-Team)
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FB.com/UtahUtesSwimDive), and the official mobile app of Utah Athletics, Utah360 -- downloadÂ
here.
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