Seven From Men’s Swimming & Diving Named to NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Wheaton College (Mass.) seniors Gavin Cullinan (Cumming, Ga.), Will Larson (Iowa City, Iowa), Alex Minickiello (Swanzey, N.H.), Andrew Tran (Milton, Mass.), junior Kevin Rice (Vienna, Va.) and sophomores Benjamin Honan (Westborough, Mass.) and Koby Wulfmeyer (New Paltz, N.Y.) have been named to the New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Academic All-Conference Team, it was introduced by the league.

Honorees should have met the next standards: earned a minimal cumulative GPA of three.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2025 fall semester, achieved second yr educational standing at their establishment, and been a member of the varsity workforce for your complete season. 

Cullinan, Minickiello and Tran earn the distinction for the third straight yr, Rice and Larson repeat after being chosen a yr in the past. Honan and Wulfmeyer have been each chosen of their first yr of eligibility. 

Cullinan gained the 200-yard backstroke title on the NEWMAC Championship along with ending sixth within the 100-yard backstroke and was eighth within the 200-yard freestyle on the convention championship. The Biochemistry main recorded 5 personal-record occasions and 17 top-five finishes. Minickiello positioned 14th on the NEWMAC Championship within the 1650-yard freestyle. The Biology main was restricted in the course of the season, however nonetheless managed to submit three top-five finishes, together with a third-place exhibiting within the 1000-yard freestyle towards Clark University on January 9. Tran scored on the NEWMAC Championship for the Lyons with an Eleventh-place end within the 100-yard breaststroke, thirteenth within the 200-yard breaststroke and fifteenth within the 200-yard particular person medley. The Chemistry main recorded 5 personal-record occasions and posted 17 top-five efforts, together with three victories.   

Larson earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a member of the runner-up 200-yard freestyle relay on the NEWMAC Championship. The Business main additionally positioned thirteenth within the 100-yard backstroke and was 14th within the 50-yard freestyle. Rice completed fifth within the 1650-yard freestyle to go together with a Tenth-place exhibiting within the 500 freestyle along with ending ninth within the 400-yard particular person medley. The Political Science main registered a pair of personal-best marks along with 22 top-five finishes in the course of the season.  

Honan was among the many most-improved swimmers for Wheaton, recording 12 personal-record occasions in the course of the season. The main recorded three top-five occasions in 2025-26. Wulfmeyer registered a personal-record time within the 100-yard breaststroke and positioned nineteenth within the occasion on the convention championship. The Biology main turned in 5 personal-best marks in eight totally different occasions for the Lyons.

Wheaton owned a 4-6 twin meet report for the season and completed fifth on the NEWMAC Championship with 625 factors for his or her highest-point tally since 2014.