Mestre earns second-team honors from College Sports Communicators
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida men’s swimmer Alfonso Mestre was tabbed to the Academic All-America men’s swimming and diving teams, as selected by the College Sports Communicators Tuesday morning.
Mestre was named to the second team after earning a 3.59 GPA in Finance. The senior is one of eight members of SEC programs to achieve the honors.
At the SEC Championships last month, Mestre secured gold in the 800 free relay and claimed bronze in the 500 free. The Pottstown, Pennsylvania native was also named SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week back in November.
The Division I team boasted a 3.85 average GPA with the first team checking in at 3.87.
Florida is set for the NCAA Men’s National Championships, beginning tomorrow, March 22 and running until March 25.
2022-23 Academic All-America Women’s Swimming & Diving Team – NCAA Division I
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Andrew Capobianco Indiana University Sr. 3.58 Exercise Science BSK, SPH
Coby Carrozza University of Texas Jr. 3.93 Advertising
Anze Fers Erzen Texas A&M University Sr. 4.00 Psychology
Preston Forst Stanford University Jr. 3.75 Management Science & Engineering
Carson Foster University of Texas Jr. 3.89 Communication & Leadership
Jake Foster (1) University of Texas Sr. 3.99 Biology
Leon MacAlister (3) Stanford University Sr. 3.85 Economics
Ron Polonsky Stanford University So. 4.00 Undeclared
Conner Pruitt Auburn University Sr. 4.00 Exercise Science
Björn Seeliger University of California, Berkeley Jr. 3.76 Economics
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Cam Auerbach The University of Alabama Sr. 4.00 Marketing major
Christian Bart Oakland University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Public Administration
Luke Brice University of Tennessee Gr. 3.93/3.90 History & Geography (UG) / Geography (G)
Alexander Colson Arizona State University Sr. 3.82 Electrical Engineering
Noah Duperre University of Texas Jr. 3.96 Psychology
Derek Maas (1,4) The University of Alabama Sr. 4.00 Business Administration (MBA)
Léon Marchand Arizona State University So. 3.53 Computer Science
Josh Matheny Indiana University So. 3.77 Economics
Luke Maurer Stanford University Jr. 3.65 Economics
Luke McDivitt University of Utah Gr. 3.94/3.93 Mechanical Engineering
Alfonso Mestre University of Florida Sr. 3.59 Finance
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Andrew Abruzzo University of Georgia Gr. 3.55/3.58 Business Analytics
William Christenson University of Minnesota Jr. 3.90 Biomedical Engineering
Ty Coen University of Arizona Gr. 3.94/4.00 Public Health
Anton Down-Jenkins University of North Carolina Sr. 3.73 Media & Journalism
Will Goldman University of St. Thomas Sr. 4.00 Exercise Science
Griffin Hadley University of Tennessee So. 3.83 Journalism & Electronic Media
Dylan Hawk University of California, Berkeley Jr. 3.64 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Marcus Holmquist Harvard University Jr. 3.80 Economics
Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar NJIT Jr. 4.00 Chemical Engineering
Conrad Molinaro West Virginia University Sr. 4.00 Accounting
Drew Nixdorf University of Wisconsin Sr. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Jackson Schultz U.S. Naval Academy Sr. 3.85 Mechanical Engineering
Jared Simpson Harvard University Sr. 3.90 Applied Mathematics
Clark Wakeland University of Michigan Gr. 3.90/3.90 Aerospace Engineering
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Andrew Capobianco, Indiana University
(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2021-22
(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2021-22
(4) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2020-21
