Lai Named CSC Academic All-America Third Team

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Junior diver Shiyun Lai was chosen for the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third crew the group introduced on Tuesday. This marks the primary time a Jayhawk has been acknowledged for the glory because the 2023 season and the general tenth student-athlete within the historical past of KU’s swim and dive program to earn the title. 

“Shiyun has worked so hard in the classroom while at KU,” head swimming coach Clark Campbell stated. “She is all in on her academic success and her effort is paying off.”

A Liberal Arts and Sciences main, Lai has continued to dominate each the boards and the classroom all through her extremely adorned, three-year profession at Kansas, beforehand receiving CSC Academic All-District Honors earlier this season which certified her to be eligible for the Academic All-America Teams. 

Hailing from Guangdong Province, China, Lai is a two-time NCAA and CSCAA All-American and the primary Jayhawk to earn All-Big 12 First Team honors in back-to-back seasons. She positioned first and second on the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, respectively, on the Big 12 Championships and helped lead Kansas to a Twenty fifth-place end on the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

In order to be thought-about for the Academic All-America groups, student-athletes should meet a sure stage of standards to be nominated, together with sustaining a cumulative GPA of three.50 or increased, holding sophomore standing each academically and athletically, finishing at the very least one yr in residence at their establishment, and collaborating in at the very least 50 % of their crew’s contests. Award recipients are chosen via voting by present dues-paying members of College Sports Communicators, together with members of the Academic All-America Core Committee, the Academic All-America Hall of Fame Committee, the Executive Board of Directors, and CSC nationwide employees. The distinction acknowledges the nation’s high student-athletes for standout performances in competitors and academically.

For the total checklist of names on the CSC Academic All-America groups, click on right here.