Lynn swimming’s Maurice Grabowski named SSC Male Athlete of the Year

ORLANDO, Fla. – After finishing probably the most dominant particular person seasons in NCAA Division II historical past, Lynn University swimming standout Maurice Grabowski has been named the Sunshine State Conference Male Athlete of the Year, the convention workplace introduced Thursday.

The prestigious honor caps a historic senior marketing campaign for the Neu-Ulm, Germany native, who established himself because the nation’s premier swimmer whereas serving to elevate Lynn males’s swimming to unprecedented heights.

Grabowski turns into Lynn University’s first SSC Male Athlete of the Year since Toto Gana earned the award in 2019. He additionally marks the primary Fighting Knight student-athlete of both gender to obtain the convention’s high particular person honor since Leolia Jeanjean was acknowledged that very same yr.


Grabowski’s 2025-26 season will likely be remembered as one of many biggest ever produced by a Division II swimmer. At the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships, he captured 4 particular person nationwide championships and 5 complete gold medals whereas main the Fighting Knights to a fifth-place crew end with 260 factors, the best NCAA Championship end in program historical past.

The senior swept the nationwide titles within the 50 freestyle (18.97), 100 butterfly (45.34), 100 backstroke (45.78) and 100 freestyle (41.89), setting Sunshine State Conference information in all 4 occasions. He additionally led off Lynn’s NCAA Division II record-setting 200 medley relay championship crew that touched the wall in 1:24.15.

Across the nationwide meet, Grabowski earned seven First Team All-America honors and cemented his place among the many most completed swimmers in NCAA Division II historical past.

His dominance prolonged all through the season, as he was named the SSC Swimmer of the Year and the SSC Championship Swimmer of the Meet for the second consecutive season after one other standout efficiency on the convention championships.

Following the NCAA Championships, the accolades continued to pile up. Grabowski was chosen because the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division II Men’s Swimmer of the Year, recognizing him as the highest swimmer within the nation.

He additionally earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team honors, turning into a repeat Academic All-American after receiving Third Team recognition a yr in the past. A serious in International Business Management with a 3.71 GPA, Grabowski exemplified excellence each in competitors and within the classroom all through his profession.

Just weeks in the past, he was additionally honored as Lynn University’s Male Blue and White Athlete of the Year, recognizing the highest male student-athlete throughout all Fighting Knight applications.

With the SSC Male Athlete of the Year award now added to his résumé, Grabowski concludes a profession that featured nationwide championships, convention information, All-America honors and nationwide recognition at each stage. His accomplishments helped propel Lynn males’s swimming to nationwide prominence and go away an everlasting legacy as one of many biggest student-athletes in college historical past.