TOWSON, Md. – Senior diver Nicole Stofko of The University of Scranton has been named the Women’s Swimming & Diving Senior Scholar-Athlete by the Landmark Conference for the 2025–26 tutorial yr, recognizing her excellent achievements each within the classroom and in competitors.
Each yr, the Landmark Conference selects senior scholar-athletes from its sponsored sports activities to honor student-athletes who excel academically and athletically. Nominees should carry a cumulative GPA of at the least 3.20 and are chosen by a committee that features convention directors, athletics administrators, senior lady directors, school athletic representatives, athletic communications workers, and variety, fairness, and inclusion designees.
A nursing main with a 3.88 GPA, Stofko has constructed one of the vital embellished diving careers in Scranton program historical past. She turns into the fourth Royal to earn Senior Scholar-Athlete honors and the primary since 2020–21, when Lauren Byrne acquired the excellence.
Stofko can be the fifth Scranton student-athlete to earn Senior Scholar-Athlete recognition in the course of the 2025–26 tutorial yr, becoming a member of Emily Hopkins (cross nation), Annie Shaw (discipline hockey), Logan Campbell (males’s soccer), and Liv Enderle (girls’s soccer).
In the pool, Stofko has been a key contributor to the Royals’ success, serving to lead Scranton to 3 Landmark Conference crew championships from 2024 by way of 2026. Individually, she captured 4 convention titles, sweeping each the one-meter and three-meter diving occasions in 2024 and once more in 2025.
Her constant excellence earned her six All-Conference picks throughout the one-meter and three-meter occasions from 2024 by way of 2026. Stofko was additionally named Landmark Conference Diver of the Year in each 2024 and 2025.
Stofko has additionally excelled academically, incomes two picks to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team in 2024 and 2025 whereas balancing the rigorous calls for of Scranton’s nursing program.
Away from competitors and the classroom, Stofko stays energetic in neighborhood service. She volunteers with the St. Francis of Assisi Soup Kitchen, participates in occasions supporting Special Olympics, and contributes her time throughout the University of Scranton’s Nursing Department.