The junior is one of 10 student-athletes to be named to the College Sports Communicators 2024-25 Academic All-America ® Men’s Swimming & Diving Team’s First-Team.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In recognition of his academic and athletic achievements, Florida swimmer Josh Liendo has been named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving First Team.
Liendo, an Education Sciences major, owns a cumulative grade-point average of 3.57. The junior was a six-time All-American (100 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay) at the 2024-25 NCAA Division I National Championships. He won his third-straight 100 free national title and took home is second-consecutive title in the 100 fly. Liendo was also part of the Gators 400 medley relay who won the program’s third national title in 2:56.10 for an NCAA Meet record.
Prior to that, Liendo was crowned the individual SEC Champion in both the 100 Butterfly and 100 Freestyle, while also contributing to Florida’s dominance in the 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays. His performance was key to 15 record-breaking swims during the competition. The Scarborough, Canadian native swam the fly leg of the Gators’ 400 medley relay team who touched the wall in 2:55.66 to claim first place and set new NCAA, SEC, SEC Meet, program, and Georgia pool records. Liendo also finished second in the 50 Freestyle and served as the leadoff swimmer in both the 200 freestyle relay (1:13.29) and 400 freestyle relay (2:43.60), with both squads setting school records and earning runner-up finishes.
Liendo represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics and won silver in the men’s 100m butterfly, setting a national record of 49.99 seconds in Paris. The podium finish came one day after he placed fourth in the men’s 50m freestyle, missing a medal by just 0.02. Additionally, he was also part of fifth place finishes in the mixed 4x100m medley relay and men’s 4x100m medley relay. Liendo made his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 where he was a semifinalist in the men’s 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. He is the first Black Canadian swimmer to win a gold medal and an individual medal at a major international championship.
Two Gators have earned CSC All-America honors this season. Overall, 123 Gator student-athletes have been honored 169 times.
GATOR ALL-AMERICANS THIS SEASON:
Name
Sport
Year
Selection
Team
Josh Liendo
Swimming
2025
Swimming
1st
Kennedy Martin
Volleyball
2024
Volleyball
1st
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS BY SPORT:
Sport
# of honorees
# of honors
Swimming (Men)
17
Student-athletes
20
Honors
The 10 members of the Division I first team had a 3.91 average GPA. A total of six members had 4.00 GPAs, with three on the first team.
2024-25 Academic All-America Men’s Swimming & Diving Team – NCAA Division I
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Tiago Behar Arizona State University Sr. 3.99 Computer Science
Martin Espernberger (1) University of Tennessee Jr. 3.91 Electrical Engineering
Jack Kelly Brown University Sr. 3.80 Mechanical Engineering
Jonny Kulow (!) (1) Arizona State University Jr. 4.00 Microbiology
Josh Liendo University of Florida Jr. 3.57 Education Sciences
Mason Mathias (1) Auburn University Sr. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Anthony Rincon Harvard University Sr. 3.95 Neuroscience
Ron Polonsky (1, 4) Stanford University Sr. 3.97 Computer Science
Patrick Sammon Arizona State University Sr. 4.00 Business Finance
Carson Tyler (2) Indiana University Sr. 3.93 Political Science
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Andrew Bell (2) University of Massachusetts Jr. 3.83 Computer Science & Mathematics
Coby Carrozza (1, 4) University of Texas Gr. 3.92 Advertising
Liam Custer Stanford University Jr. 3.77 Management Science & Engineering
Michael Faughnan Iona University Gr. 3.88/3.88 Accounting
Jesco Helling (3) University of Utah Gr. 4.00/4.00 Chemical Engineering
Quinn Henninger (1) Indiana University Sr. 3.77 Finance
Luke Hobson University of Texas Sr. 3.50 Advertising
Owen McDonald Indiana University Jr. 3.82 Fitness & Wellness
Levi Sandidge University of Kentucky Jr. 3.63 Computer Science
Björn Seeliger (1, 4) California Gr. 3.73/3.73 Business Administration
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Milan Bukovics University of Hawai’i at Manoa Sr. 3.54/4.00 Electrical Engineering
Bradon Chapman University of Denver Sr. 3.82 Accounting
Gavin Currie University of Delaware Sr. 3.95 Business Analytics
Nick Jubilee Villanova University Sr. 3.56 Nursing
Henry McFadden Stanford University So. 3.87 Undeclared
Baylor Nelson (3) Texas A&M Jr. 3.60 Journalism
Matvei Namakonov University of Delaware Sr. 3.89 Physics
Elias Petersen University of Utah Jr. 3.66 Communications
Tyler Ray Michigan Jr. 3.55 Business Administration
Bar Soloveychik (2) University of Minnesota Sr. 3.93 Computer Science
Eric Stelmar SMU Gr. 4.00/3.98 Sport Management
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jonny Kulow, Arizona State University
(1) – Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year in 2022-23
(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023-24
(2) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023-24
(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023-24
(4) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022-23
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