Somridhivej and Wolking named Academic All-America® by College Sports Communicators

GREENWOOD, Ind. — Bates males’s swimming student-athletes Marrich Somridhivej and Benjamin Wolking each obtained the selective honor of CSC Academic All-America® on Tuesday, because the College Sports Communicators introduced the Academic All-America® Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Teams.

They turn into the twenty third and twenty fourth CSC Academic All-America® honorees within the historical past of Bates athletics. This additionally marks the second time that two Bates athletes from the identical sport have earned CSC Academic All-America® accolades in the identical season.

Somridhivej, a resident of South Windsor, Conn., maintains a 3.93 grade-point common as a biology main. A two-time Academic All-District® choice, Marrich can also be a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and two-time NESCAC All-Academic decide. The senior dazzled on the NCAA DII Championship final month, amassing championships in each 100-yard breaststroke and the nationwide record-breaking 400-yard medley.  Somridhivej finishes his Bates profession as a two-time nationwide champion and a 10-time All-American.

Wolking, from Micanopy, Fla., possesses an ideal 4.00 GPA as a biomedical engineering main. The junior, together with Max Cory, John Weigel, and Somridhivej, gained the NESCAC title within the 200-yard freestyle relay with a brand new faculty, convention, meet, and pool document time of 1:19.47. The quartet took fifth-place nationally within the occasion, the very best 200-yard freestyle relay end for Bates on the NCAA Championships in program historical past.

Somridhivej and Wolking had been named to the primary and third Division III Academic All-America® groups, respectively. 

The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III nationwide governance construction to help CSC with dealing with the awards achievement elements for the 2025-26 Division III Academic All-America® program.