Liendo Headlines Three Gators Earning College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – To acknowledge their educational and athletic achievements all through the 2025-26 season three members of the Florida Men’s Swimming and Diving crew earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Honors. Headlining the group, Josh Liendo has been named the CSC Academic All-America Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Team Member of the Year and is a member of the Academic All-America First Team.


This honor marks Liendo’s second CSC Academic All-America honor of his profession after being named to the Academic All-Americ First Team for the 2024-25 season as properly. He turns into the fourth Gator swimmer to obtain a number of CSC Academic All-America honors, becoming a member of Brad deborder (2013 & 2014), Greg Reeves (1999, 2000, 2001) and Kevin Nead (2007 & 2008).

Earning his diploma in Education Sciences, Liendo holds a cumulative grade-point common of three.56. In his senior season, he was named a seven-time First Team All-American (100 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay and 400 Medley Relay) on the 2025-26 NCAA Division I National Championships bringing his complete to 26 All-American honors in his profession. He grew to become simply the second Gator in program historical past to brush his particular person occasions (50 free, 100 free and 100 fly), becoming a member of Caleb Dressel in that achievement. Liendo additionally set a brand new NCAA, program, meet and U.S. Open data after claiming his three-peat title for the 100 fly with a time of 42.54 in prelims and shattered that file once more within the ultimate with a 42.49.

Joining Liendo on the Academic All-America First Team is fellow senior Eric Brown. Brown is incomes his diploma in Computer Science, graduating cum laude with a 3.89 GPA. Brown was named a Second Team All-American within the 1,650-freestyle serving to the Gators be runners-up on the 2025-26 NCAA Division I National Championships.

Conor Gesing rounds out the trio of Gators incomes CSC Academic All-America Second Team. The junior diver holds a 3.86 GPA in Education Sciences. Gesing took fifth within the 3-meter and sixth within the 1-meter on the NCAA National Championships, gathering First Team All-American honors for each occasions.

Overall, Gator student-athletes have been honored 178 occasions with Florida Men’s Swimming and Diving incomes 23 CSC Academic All-America honors.

GATOR ALL-AMERICANS THIS SEASON:

Name	Sport	Year	Selection	Team
Josh Liendo	Swimming & Diving	2026	Swimming	1st
Eric Brown	Swimming & Diving	2026	Swimming	1st
Conor Gesing	Swimming & Diving	2026	Diving	2nd
Xavian Lee	Men’s Basketball	2026	Men’s Basketball	2nd

 
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS BY SPORT:

Sport	# of honorees		# of honors
Swimming (Men)	19	Student-athletes	23	Honors

 
The eight members of the Division I first crew had a 3.91 common GPA. A complete of 5 members had 4.00 GPAs, with three on the primary crew.
 
2024-25 Academic All-America Men’s Swimming & Diving Team – NCAA Division I
 
FIRST TEAM

Name                                School                                             Yr.         GPA                        Major
Tommaso Baravelli            Florida State University                     Sr.      3.99         Mechanical Engineering
Eric Brown                       University of Florida                       Sr.      3.89         Computer Science Engineering
Louis Dramm                     University of North Carolina               Sr.      3.95         Neuroscience
Jonny Kulow (1,4)              Arizona State University                    Sr.      4.00         Microbiology
Josh Liendo (1)                University of Florida                       Sr.      3.56         Education Sciences
Rex Maurer                       University of Texas                           Jr.       4.00         Finance
Brandon Rosales               U.S. Air Force Academy                    Sr.      4.00         Aeronautical Engineering
Josh Zuchowski                 Stanford University                            Sr.      3.88         Economics
 
SECOND TEAM

Name                                School                                             Yr.         GPA                        Major
Joe Christ                          U.S. Air Force Academy                    Jr.       3.72         Aerospace Engineering

Liam Custer (2)                  Stanford University                            Sr.      3.70         Management Science & Engineering

Andy Dobrzanski                Arizona State University                    Sr.      3.57         Construction Management & Technology
Conor Gesing                   University of Florida                       Jr.      3.86         Education Sciences
Tommy Hagar                    University of Alabama                       Jr.       3.95         Mechanical Engineering
Ilya Kharun                        Arizona State University                    Jr.       3.59         Business
Henry McFadden               Stanford University                            Jr.       3.78         Computer Science
Braxton McGrath               South Dakota State University           Sr.      3.85         Mechanical Engineering
Joe Polyak                        University of Minnesota                     So.      4.00         Biochemistry
Zalan Sarkany                   Indiana University                             Sr.      3.66         Sport Marketing and Management

Tim Korstanje                    University of Alabama                       Sr.      3.92         Economics & Finance
Mitchell Schott                   Princeton                                          Sr.      3.78         East Asian Studies
 
THIRD TEAM

Name                                School                                             Yr.         GPA                        Major
Andreas Dupont Cabrera    Stanford University                            Sr.      3.63         Economics
Jerry Fox                           NC State                                          Jr.       3.76         Industrial Engineering
Mikkel Lee                         Indiana University                             Jr.       3.93         Finance
Matvei Namakonov            University of Delaware                      Sr.      3.89         Physics

Liam Preston                     Binghamton University                      Sr.      4.00         Business Administration & Finance
Moritz Wesemann              Southern California                           Gr.         3.58/3.80                  Computer Science
 
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Josh Liendo, University of Florida
(1) – Academic All-America® first-team choice in 2024-25
(2) – CSC Academic All-America® second-team choice in 2024-25

(3) – CSC Academic All-America® third-team choice in 2024-25

(4) – CSC Academic All-America® first-team choice in 2023-24
 
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