Maverick duo named to CSC Academic All-Americans®

AUSTIN, Texas— Colorado Mesa University senior swimming & diving staff members Kenya Meyer and Ada Qunell have been each named as NCAA Division II First Team Academic All-Americans as chosen by College Sports Communicators, the group introduced on Tuesday.

They have been two of solely eight alternatives to the primary staff and the one two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to be acknowledged on any of the three groups.  CMU was one among simply two Division II faculties (Nova Southeastern) to have two first staff picks.

 

Qunell, who holds a 3.88 GPA whereas majoring in chemistry, has now been acknowledged in three straight seasons after incomes second staff honors in each 2023-24 and 2024-25.  Meyer, who sports activities a 3.87 GPA, is majoring in train science and was a 3rd staff honoree final season.

 

Qunell completed her 4-year Maverick profession as an 18-time CSCAA (College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America) All-American and received 16 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles in her time as a Mav.  In 2025-26 alone, she received 5 RMAC titles and earned 5 all-America honors. 

 

The Whitefish, Montana had additionally earlier been named because the RMAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Academic Athlete of the Year and finishes her profession as CMU’s faculty report holder in two particular person and 6 complete occasions.

 

Meyer, who hails from Bozeman, Montana, was the nationwide runner-up on the 1-meter board this yr and took fourth on the 3-meter after repeating her RMAC titles in each occasions.  She additionally holds the RMAC Championship information and all of CMU’s diving information and finishes her profession as a 6-time RMAC Champion and was named because the RMAC Championship Diver of the Meet in all 4 years of her profession.

She was tabbed because the RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year in 2024-25 and was picked because the RMAC Diver of the Year in every of the previous two years.