Preston Named CSC Academic All-American

VESTAL, N.Y. – Senior males’s swimmer Liam Preston has capped his profession with the nation’s highest collegiate tutorial honor. 

On Thursday afternoon, he was named a third-team Men’s Swimming & Diving Division I Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). He is simply the eighth Binghamton student-athlete through the college’s 26-year NCAA Division I period to earn the excellence.

Widely thought-about as essentially the most prestigious Academic All-America program, the CSC (previously often known as COSIDA) established it in 1952. The CSC Academic All-America course of begins on the district degree every year. CSC divides the NCAA establishments into 9 geographic districts, with Binghamton being situated in District 1. The {qualifications} for All-District honors embrace sophomore tutorial standing, competing in 75 % of a crew’s meet and/or a top-eight end on the convention championships in addition to at the least a 3.5 cumulative GPA.

From there, the CSC Academic All-America advances the highest All-District picks to the nationwide poll. The total CSC membership then votes on the nationwide poll, which determines the listing of Academic All-Americans. 

Preston has been named to the CSC Academic All-District crew three straight seasons (2024-26) and has superior to the nationwide poll the previous two years. Of the 26 males’s swimming & diving student-athletes that earned Academic All-America honors this yr, Preston was certainly one of solely 4 honorees from a mid-major college.

Preston is a four-time America East All-Conference choice and has been named to the convention’s All-Academic Team thrice (2024-26). Earlier this month, he was named the America East Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 

Twice throughout Preston’s profession, the Binghamton males’s swimming & diving crew received the America East title (2024 & 2025). At the conclusion of this yr’s America East Championships, he was the convention’s David Alexander Coaches’ Award Winner for scoring essentially the most profession factors by a graduating senior.

In 2025, Preston was a crew captain on the Bearcats’ championship squad. At the conclusion of that convention meet, he was introduced with the America East Elite 18 Award – which factored in each his tutorial and athletic accomplishments.

Preston is preceded by Charles Darkwah (males’s soccer, 2004), Rory Quiller (males’s observe & area, 2007), Brendon Hitchcock (baseball, 2007), Sven Vloedgraven (males’s tennis, 2011), Emily Mackay (girls’s observe & cross nation, 2021 and 2022), Dan Schaffer (males’s observe & cross nation, 2022) and Tsvetelina Ilieva (volleyball, 2024) as the opposite Binghamton Division I student-athletes to earn Academic All-America honors.