FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) announced the 2026 Spring Scholar All-American teams and student-athletes on Wednesday afternoon. Nova Southeastern men's and women's swimming teams were among the honorees, while 22 student-athletes (seven from the men's program and 15 from the women's) were named as Scholar All-Americans. To earn this prestigious honor, teams were required to achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher during the Spring 2026 semester. The Nova Southeastern University women's swim team achieved a grade-point average of 3.60, while the NSU men's program finished the spring semester with a 3.40 GPA.
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.
"I'm proud of the dedication our student-athletes continue to show in the classroom and the pool," said Head Coach Ben Hewitt. "Having both teams earn CSCAA Scholar All-America recognition and 22 swimmers receive individual honors is a testament to their hard work, and I'm grateful for the support of our academic services staff in helping make this success possible."
The women's swimming CSCAA Scholar All-Americans all represented Nova Southeastern during the NCAA Division II National Championships, where NSU claimed its fourth consecutive national championship. Estelle Bauer, Brielle Buchanan, Sara Dowden, Maxine Egner, Viktoriia Kostromina, Zsofia Kurdi, Hannah Montgomery, Mollie Morfelt, Kristina Orban, Emilia Ronningdal, Danika Senekal and Hailey Williams earned first-team honors, while Harliai Curthoys-Davies, Michelle Marinheiro, and Nika Tomic were named to the second-team.
On the men's side, Roland Nagy was named to the first-team, in addition to Michael Kent, Danny Bishop, Gustav Henriksen, Paul Huvet-Pansard, Tres Izquierdo, and Gabriel Rzezwicki were named to the second-team.
Overall, 714 teams representing 418 institutions earned Scholar All-American recognition with a total of 16,680 earned individual scholar all-american honors. The full CSCAA release can be found here. NSU Swimming, under the direction of Head Coach Ben Hewitt will return to the pool in the fall of 2026. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Swimming, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Swim.
