Swim and Dive Earns Eight on CSC Academic All-District

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team was launched with eight Florida Atlantic swimmers and divers honored on the checklist and one Owl shifting on to the All-America poll.

The program acknowledges the nation’s high student-athletes for his or her mixed performances on the sphere and within the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program individually acknowledges honorees in 4 divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.

Cica Carvalho, Ella Freeman, Talitha McEwan and Ludo Pavia on the ladies’s aspect, together with Gianni Carlino, Daniel Laureyssens*, Leyton Roe, and John Reese Taylor from the lads’s staff have been named to the CSC Academic All-District staff in honor of their great efforts within the pool and within the classroom. 

Laureyssens has been chosen as CSC Academic All-America® finalists, denoted with an asterisk, and can advance to the nationwide poll to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will probably be introduced on April 29. The senior presently has a 3.800 cumulative GPA, majoring in International Business. Laureyssens’ senior season was historic, totaling six medals, 5 of them being gold. He grew to become the primary male Owl since 2006 to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championship meet.

In her ultimate season with the Owls, Carvalho continues to be a standout within the classroom, incomes the Owlspys’ Dr. Shaw Award for Academic Excellence, presently getting her diploma in Business Economics. She holds a 4.00 GPA. This is her second straight season on the All-District staff. Carvalho as soon as once more helped rating factors for FAU on the 2026 American Conference Championships, ending twelfth within the 500 free. 

Freeman concluded her Florida Atlantic profession on the rostrum. At the American Championships, she gained her first convention championship medal, taking residence bronze within the 200 breast. This is her second straight season on the All-District staff. The Exercise Science and Health Promotion main has a 3.951 GPA.

For the primary time in her profession, McEwan was named to the CSC All-District staff, presently holds a 3.938 GPA, learning Pre-Business: International Business. In her sophomore season, McEwan was an enormous contributor for FAU, qualifying for the “A” ultimate within the 200 and 500 free. 

Pavia is one other first-time CSC All-District staff honoree. The sophomore from Torino, Italy represented Florida Atlantic in three occasions on the American Championships. Currently learning Pre-Business: International Business, Pavia boasts a 3.845 GPA.

His second consecutive season incomes the glory, Carlino wrapped up his swimming profession for the Owls, scoring in each the five hundred and 1650 free occasions, offering massive factors towards the title win. Completing his diploma in International Business, he presently holds a 3.896 GPA.

Roe earned his first CSC All-District Team honor. Pursuing a level in Data Science and Analytics, he presently holds a 3.890 GPA. This previous season, Roe had a direct affect in his first season with the Owls, ending fourth within the 50 free on the ASUN Championships and was a member of the 400 free gold medal, program document relay that clinched FAU the championship.

The eighth Owl to be named to the CSC All-District Team is Reese Taylor. Pursuing a level in Pre-Business: International Business, he presently holds a 3.730 GPA. This previous season, Taylor supplied massive factors for the Owls on the ASUN Championships. The North Carolina native, set three program data this season, individually within the 100 and 200 breast.

 

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