UF S&D: Jake Mitchell Earns First-Team Academic All-American Honors

The senior is one of 10 to be named to College Sports Communicators 2023-24 Academic All-America ® Men’s Swimming & Diving Team’s First-Team.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida swimmer Jake Mitchell tabbed First-Team Academic All-American honors, as selected by College Sport Communicators (CSC) on Wednesday.

The senior is a Health Education and Behavior major with a 3.68 GPA. He competed in four events at this year’s NCAA National Championships, where the Florida men put together a team effort to finish third in the Nation with 378 points to marks the second-best score in program history. Jake earned three All-American honors after placing in the top 16 in the 200-yard Free, 500-yard Free and 800 Free Relay.

The native of Carmel, Indiana was a member of the winning 800 Free Relay Team at this year’s SEC Championships, along with placing second in the 500-yard Free, fourth in the 200-yard Free and sixth in the 1650-yard Free.

Mitchell represented Team USA at the 2020 Olympic Games in Toyko, where he finished eighth in the men’s 400m Freestyle. He is set to compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis, IN. The meet begins on June 15 and concludes June 23.

Seven of the 30 members of the Academic All-America® Division I men’s swimming & diving teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 10 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.89.

2023-24 Academic All-America Men’s Swimming & Diving Team – NCAA Division I

FIRST TEAM
Name

School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Coby Carrozza (1)

University of Texas

Sr.

3.91

Advertising

Noah Duperre (2)

University of Texas

Sr.

3.95

Psychology

Martin Espernberger

University of Tennessee

So.

3.93

Electrical Engineering

Quinn Henninger

Indiana University

Jr.

3.86

Finance

Jonny Kulow

Arizona State

So.

4.00

Microbiology

Josh Matheny (2)

Indiana University

Jr.

3.82

Economics

Mason Mathias

Auburn University

Jr.

4.00

Mechanical Engineering

Jake Mitchell

University of Florida

Sr.

3.68

Health Education & Behavior

Ron Polonsky (1)

Stanford

Jr.

3.97

Computer Science

Björn Seeliger (1)

University of California, Berkeley

Sr.

3.75

Business Administration

SECOND TEAM
Name

School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Andrew Bell

University of Massachusetts

So.

4.00

Computer Sciences & Mathematics

Brian Benzing

Towson University

Sr.

3.76

Sports Marketing

Cameron Cash

University of Pittsburgh

Jr.

3.71

Biology

Tomer Frankel

Indiana University

Sr.

3.55

Environmental Management

Tyler Kopp

University of California, Berkeley

Sr.

3.95

Business & Economics

Luke Maurer (2)

Stanford

Sr.

3.70

Economics

Rick Mihm

Stanford

Sr.

3.98

Economics

Aidan Stoffle

Auburn University

Gr.

3.78/4.00

Business Administration

Carson Tyler

Indiana University

Jr.

3.91

Political Science

Lyle Yost

The Ohio State University

Gr.

3.95/3.87

Education

THIRD TEAM
Name

School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Tommaso Baravelli

Florida State University

So.

4.00

Mechanical Engineering

Will Grant

Harvard University

Sr.

3.79

History

Jesco Helling

Florida State University

Sr.

3.97

Chemical Engineering

Matthew Jensen

University of California, Berkeley

Sr.

3.53

Data Science

Justin Lisoway

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Sr.

4.00

Computer Science

Jake Marcum

Alabama

Gr.

3.62

Biology

Chris Mykkanen

SMU

Gr.

4.00/4.00

Civil Engineering

Baylor Nelson

Texas A&M

So.

3.67

Journalism

Bar Soloveychik

University of Minnesota

Jr.

3.90

Computer Science

Nate Stoffle

Auburn University

Jr.

3.81

Information Systems Management

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:  Jonny Kulow, Arizona State

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022-23
(2) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022-23

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