CSCAA Announces NAIA Coach & Athlete of the Year Awards

The Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, Georgia, set the stage for the thrilling NAIA Championships from March 6th to the 9th. In a historic victory, St. Thomas (FL), led by head coach Caesar Asadi, clinched their first championship as the 2024 Men’s NAIA Team Champions. The Keiser men emerged as formidable runners-up, finishing only 16 points back. The University of the Cumberlands achieved their highest team finish, claiming third place, under Coach Eric Skelly.

On the women's front, Keiser continued their dominant streak by clinching their third consecutive Women’s NAIA team title. St. Thomas secured a second place finish and Milligan University claimed third in the 2024 NAIA Championships. Detailed results of the NAIA National Championship can be found here, including comprehensive reports for both the Men’s Meet and Women’s Meet.

Swim Coaches of the Year

Keiser Head Coach Adam Epstein was recognized as the CSCAA’s NAIA Women’s Coach of the Year following the program’s third consecutive championship. Head coach Spencer Scarth led the Milligan men to a fourth-place finish with 364 points and was selected as the 2024 NAIA Men’s Coach of the Year. 

Swimmers of the Year

Lindsey Wilson’s Maaike Broersma garnered three individual national titles during the championship meet and earned her CSCAA Women’s NAIA Swimmer of the Year honors. On the men’s side, Keiser’s Noel de Geus claimed three individual national titles, two of which were NAIA national records. The sophomore’s performance led him to being named the CSCAA Men’s NAIA Swimmer of the Year.

Diver of the Year

Indiana Wesleyan’s Macy Schmidtgall had two All-American accolades of the week and was named the CSCAA Women’s NAIA Diver of the Year. After winning a national title on both boards, Bethel’s (Ind.) Nicholas Bohm was named the CSCAA and NAIA Men’s Diver of the Year for the second straight year.

All America Honors

Individuals were selected on the basis of their finish at the NAIA Championships and membership with the CSCAA. The top eight individuals and top four relays in each event earned All-American. Teams must be a current CSCAA member to be eligible.

Women’s Selections

Aquinas:

  • Colvin, Sarah -1 Mtr Diving 

  • McNamara, Ashley - 1 Mtr - Diving

Arizona Christian

  • Garraux, Eva - 100 Fly

Ava Maria 

  • Darakchieva, Gabriela - 100 Back

Bethel (Indiana)

  • Gonzalez, Josefina - 1650 Free,  800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Harrison, Jaylyn - 200 Free, 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Recchioni, Aixa - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • van Vuure, Dominique - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Brenau

  • Bukowska, Olga - 400 IM

  • Ip Hen Cheung, Tessa 100 Breast, 200 Breast

College of Idaho

  • Mann, Madelyn - 1 Meter Diving

College of St. Mary (NE)

  • Wright, Lily - 100 Breast, Wright, Lily 200 Breast

Indiana Wesleyan

  • Bledsoe, Emma - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team),

  • Carroll, Megan - 1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

  • Cummins, Olivia - 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay(2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team),  200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Hogue, Chloe - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Ricken, Elizabeth - 100 Back, 200 Back,  200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay, (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Samuel, Erica - 1650 Free

  • Schmidtgall, Macy - 1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

  • Sinsabaugh, Marta - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay(2nd Team)

Keiser

  • Aspegren, Timea - 100 Free, 200 Free Relay. 400 Free Relay

  • Bach, Aubrey - 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Biltoft-Jensen, Nikoline - 200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Bradley, Rachel - 500 Free, 400 IM, 1650 Free, 800 Free Relay

  • Laurent, Ines - 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Lecomte, Marine - 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay, 100 Back, 200 Back, 400 IM

  • Kristensen, Karoline - 200 Fly

  • Papp, Zselyke - 100 Fly, 200 Fly

  • Robinson, Lily - 200 Breast

  • Seranski, Lorie - 100 Back, 200 Back

  • Sofoulis, Danai - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Lindsey Wilson

  • Broersma, Maaike - 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay

  • Evreinoff Salinas, Natascha - 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay

  • Gorska, Natalia - 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 50 Free

  • Motyl, Sara - 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Rutherford, Allie - 200 Fly

  • Woyscheszik, Hannah - 200 Fly, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay

Milligan University

  • Bitting, Mary Grace - 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 IM

  • Cates, Tyler - 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • MacPherson, Gabriella - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Renaud, Riley - 1650 Free, 500 Free, 800 Free Relay

  • te Velthuis, Harmina - 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay, 50 Free, 800 Free Relay

  • van Vuure, Samantha - 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay

  • Williams, Kaylee - 200 Medley Relay

Olivet Nazarene

  • Barnhart, Grace - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Briner, Halle - 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Howell, Paige - 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Inman, Katelyn - 200 Back, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • King, Taylor - 400 IM, 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Parry, Ashley - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Parry, Kayla - 200 Fly

  • Vega, Julieta - 50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay

Saint Ambrose University

  • O'Grady, Bridget - 100 Breast

  • Antonanzas Fernandez, Leyre - 200 IM

SCAD-Savannah

  • Alexander, Ellie - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Cayla, Romane - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Hahn, Nicole - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Marjamaa, Morgan - 1650 Free, 500 Free

  • Thatcher, Mia - 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Vanbuskirk, Haley - 1650 Free, 200 Free,500 Free, 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

St. Thomas University

  • Abrahamsen, Martine - 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Ashford, Claudia - 400 IM

  • Bidnik, Wiktoria - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Claassen, Alessia - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 IM

  • Garcia, Regan - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 50 Free

  • Hernandez, Brianna - 400 Free Relay

  • Moron Alonso, Beatriz - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Peot, Ellasen - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay

  • Sales, Ana - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free Relay

  • Trop, Yana - 400 Free Relay

  • Urias, Sophie - 500 Free, 800 Free Relay, 1650 Free

  • Warborn, Stella - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 IM

  • Woelk, Rylee - 500 Free, 800 Free Relay

The Master's University:

  • Biederman, Jasmine - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay

  • Bussey, Camryn - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • McMurray, Emma - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Patterson, Trudy - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Sears, Kylee -  200 Fly, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay,

Thomas University:

  • Shipp, Aspen - 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly

  • Van DeKeere, Anna - 1650 Free

Union Commonwealth University

  • Phillips, Emma - 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Breast

University of Jamestown

  • Shorter, Jada - 1 Meter 6 Dives


University of Saint Mary (KS)

  • Pierce, Ayla - 100 Fly

University of the Cumberlands

  • Harrison, Kathryn - 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Itzkovich, Romina Ivana - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 200 Back

  • Matos, Nayeli - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Sedlak, Alicja - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 IM

  • Shatalova, Anastasiia - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay

  • Weiss, Michelle - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Zapata, Valentina - 100 Free, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 100 Fly, 400 Free Relay

Men

Aquinas

  • Bennett, Evan - 1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

  • Borrero, Troy1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

Arizona Christian

  • Yoshida, Ikuto - 100 Breast

Bethel (Indiana)

  • Bohm, Nicholas - 1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

  • Fleck, Owen - 3 Meter Diving

  • Loboda, Jakub - 100 Fly

Keiser

  • de Geus, Noel - 100 Breast,  200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 50 Free, 200 Free Relay

  • Kusik, Alex - 200 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay,  800 Free Relay, 

  • Queiroz, Matheus - 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay,

  • Margaritov, Angel - 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 

  • Boeckmann, Hanno -  50 Free,100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 

  • Cestra, Andrew - 1 Mtr Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

  • Kunze, Fynn - 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM

  • Trinidad Sancho, Carlos -  200 Free, 500 Free, 800 Free Relay

  • Kilian, Robin - 100 Fly, 200 Fly

  • Amillo-Escobedo, Ivan -  200 Free

  • Myklebusthaug, Theodor - 200 Breast, 400 IM

Life University

  • Dort, Mate - 500 Free, 1650 Free

  • Meresz, Bence - 100 Breast

Lindsey Wilson

  • Martin Rojo, Fabio - 500 Free, 1650 Free

  • Butler, Ethan - 1650 Free

Loyola University New Orleans

  • Bladon, Tate - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Chehebar, Ben - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Chehebar, Dylan - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Gary, Logan - 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • McNamara, Jack - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Midland University

  • Livingston, Zander - 200 Breast

Milligan University

  • Bazzana, Andre - 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay

  • Bearden, Jayden - 800 Free Relay

  • Fry, Caleb - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay

  • Gilbert, Peter - 1650 Free, 800 Free Relay

  • Gilbert, Stephen - 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 IM, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay

  • Smith, Paxton - 100 Back, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 50 Free

  • Trammell, Hudson - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Olivet Nazarene

  • Beall, Mason - 1650 Free

  • Fries, Jack - 200 IM

Ottowa University of Arizona

  • Dobson, Reuben - 200 Fly

Point University

  • Prokopchuk, Yuriy - 100 Breast

Saint Ambrose University

  • Deats, Nolan - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Friess, Jonas - 1650 Free, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 500 Free

  • Gomez, Juan - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Hassim, Mikhail - 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 IM, 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Mess, Bram - 1 Meter 6 Dives, 3 Meter 6 Dives

  • Munoz, Egoitz - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Otte, Lane - 1 Meter 6 Dives

  • Usov, Marat - 400 IM

  • Werrett, Cory - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

SCAD-Savannah

  • Dixon, Alec - 200 Free Relay

  • Gastal, Jan - 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Hagenau, Dietrich - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Kasten, Robert - 200 Fly, 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Litchfield, Jake - 400 Free Relay

  • Page, Samuel - 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free, 1650 Free

  • Saunders, Finlay - 200 Back, 100 Back

  • Sementsov, Nazar - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Smith, Wyatt - 500 Free, 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Tompos, Zoltan Yuki - 500 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 100 Free

St. Thomas University

  • Aimable, Steven - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 50 Free

  • Birkett, William - 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free

  • Carmona Yepes, Pedro Jose - 200 Medley Relay

  • Conrad, Adam - 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM

  • Fernandez, Oier - 200 Back, 400 IM

  • Garden, Robert - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free

  • Laureyssens, Daniel - 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 500 Free, 800 Free Relay, 100 Free, 400 Medley Relay

  • Lower, Jesse - 200 Breast, 400 Medley Relay

  • Marrero, Alex - 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 50 Free

  • Mizell, Matthew - 100 Back, 200 Back, 500 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

  • Montero, Nestor - 800 Free Relay, 100 Back, 200 Fly

The Master's University

  • Cole, Frederick - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 IM

  • Crane, Dylan - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Free 

  • Dossantos Deoliveira, Nilton - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • LeDet, Tyler - 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Loughboro, Michael - 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Torres, John - 1650 Free

Thomas University

  • Brown, Timothy - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Kilgore, Ethan - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Mataro, Jofre - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team)

  • Schildhauer, Emil - 200 Breast, 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay (2nd Team),

University of the Cumberlands


  • Bachlaj, Dorian - 400 Medley Relay, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay

  • Berter, Peyton - 400 IM

  • Cortadellas Llubera, Joan - 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay (2nd Team)

  • Cruz, Mateus - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay

  • Holzkamm, Thomas - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 100 Fly, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Medley Relay

  • Irmer, Leon - 100 Breast

  • Jankauskas, Jokubas - 400 Medley Relay, 100 Back, 200 IM, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay

  • Konovets, Nikita - 200 Breast

  • Rasche, Agustin - 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay

  • Rojas Ariza, Marcelo - 400 IM

  • Satti, Ruthiik - 800 Free Relay, 100 Back, 100 Fly

  • Smith, Liam - 1 Mtr 6 Diving, 3 Mtr Diving

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