PHILADELPHIA – Villanova landed six Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team honors on Tuesday, as introduced by the native group.
This ties the biggest variety of All-Area Team laurels for the ‘Cats since six have been lauded again within the 2013-14 season. Villanova led the groups with three honorees apiece with Anna Farley, Meghan Tiernan and Katie White representing the lads and Gavin Jones, Justin Nowicki and Zach Sutter representing the lads.
Farley is now a two-time Academic All-Area Team choice and have become a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District performer final week. She had a stellar displaying at this yr’s BIG EAST Championship, profitable 4 gold medals with six All-BIG EAST honors. She gained titles within the 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay and 800 Free Relay whereas seeing silver within the 200 IM and bronze within the 100 Fly. She was named to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area workforce final season and has landed on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team the final two seasons. The junior Biology main has additionally been a four-time point out to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
This is Tiernan’s first All-Area nod and her second tutorial award in per week, touchdown on the CSC Academic All-District workforce for a second yr in a row. The junior Biology main was a BIG EAST Champion within the 200 IM and earned All-BIG EAST standing within the 400 IM and 200 Fly, each with silver medals. She was a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2023-24 and 2024-25 and was a CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American in 2023-24.
White additionally earns her first Academic All-Area honor this yr. She was a BIG EAST Champion within the 500 Free and 1650 Free at this yr’s meet. Academically, she has been a BIG EAST All-Academic Team member for the final two seasons and was the 2024-25 BIG EAST Sport Excellence Award recipient. She has seen CSCAA Scholar All-America laurels as soon as and has been on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll six occasions.
Jones earns his first Philly-SIDA nod per week after additionally grabbing his first CSC honor. Both of those come after garnering All-BIG EAST standing within the 800 Free Relay the place he helped the workforce to a bronze medal with a program document time of 6:33.97. He was additionally part of the 400 Free Relay squad that reset an almost 30-year-old document with a time of two:58.58 on the league championship. The senior pursuing an MBA in Accountancy has been a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has been a six-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member.
This is the second consecutive yr that Nowicki has landed a spot on the Philly-SIDA record. He additionally grew to become a two-time CSC honoree with final week’s announcement, bringing him to 2 tutorial nods this yr. He has loved a junior marketing campaign that noticed him earn 4 All-BIG EAST honors. He was the 400 IM champion with a program-record time of three:47.65 and earned silver within the 200 Fly, including bronze medals within the 200 IM and 800 Free Relay. His occasions within the 200 Fly (1:45.03) and 200 IM (1:46.83) have been additionally program bests. Academically, the junior Computer Engineering main and Business minor was a BIG EAST All-Academic Team choice in 2023-24 and 2024-25. He has additionally been a four-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll choice.
Sutter was part of a plethora of program document performances on the BIG EAST Championships whereas having fun with All-BIG EAST standing within the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay with silver and bronze medals, respectively. He set this system document within the 50 Free (20.10) and 100 Fly (47.72) on the league meet, additionally flattening the 100 Free data twice in at some point. His first time of 44.24 beat the earlier document that had stood since 1989 by .5 second earlier than he bested his personal time within the finals with a time of 44.23. During the season, he additionally reset this system document for the 100 IM with a time of fifty.83. The sophomore Biochemistry main and Psychology minor has been a two-time point out on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and earned Academic All-District honors from the CSC final week.