Announced on Tuesday, 14 of the 17 Wildcat athletes who were honored — seven of eight women and seven of nine men — actually earned the group’s First Team Scholar All-America award, with the other three earning Second Team.

To qualify for either honor, a student must have attained a 3.50 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale). First Team honorees had to also participate in their national championship meet, while Second Team must have met a “B” time standard for the nationals or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet.

In addition, both NMU teams also earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors by each having cumulative GPAs of at least 3.00 in the fall semester.

In fact, the Northern women had a cumulative 3.64 GPA, one of 15 to have that high a GPA among the 68 NCAA Division II women’s programs earning the award. And the men were at 3.35 cumulative GPA, one of 56 among Division II men’s teams honored with the award.

Northern Michigan University’s Leo Nolles holds his First Team All-American trophy on Saturday, March 15, 2025, one of four of this particular honor he earned at the NCAA Division II Championships in men’s swimming and diving at Indianapolis. (Photo courtesy NMU)

These are the women’s swimmers who earned First Team, listed with year, major and hometown:

Becca Burrows, sr., psychology-sociology, Grand Rapids; Camilla Carbone, graduate student, master’s of business administration, Rovellasca, Italy; Kalina Ceglinski, soph., sports science, Elmhurst, Ill.; Zoe DeKievit, sr., health and fitness education, Holland; Annika Geyer, soph., art and design, Brighton; Mia Strazny, sr., biology-physiology, Manitowoc, Wis.; Anika Wright, soph., economics, Stillwater, Minn.

Second Team women’s swimmers and divers:

Abbie Harned, sr., nursing, Auburn

First Team men’s swimmers and divers:

Wyatt Dickman, sr., economics, Birnamwood, Wis.; Gabriel Fulconi, soph., athletic coaching, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Daniel Khmara, jr., information assurance-cyber defense, Lake Zurich, Ill.; William LaCount, jr., biochemistry, West Lafayette, Ind.; Daniel Lopez Aponte, sr., environmental science, Sevilla, Spain; Leo Nolles, jr., athletic coaching, Maldonado, Uruguay; Benaiah Schnurstein, fresh., sociology, Rockford, Ill.

Second Team men’s swimmers and divers:

Zachary Billotte, fresh., sports science, Oceanside, Calif.; Andrew Tease, jr., biochemistry, Jenison

Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing the news. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.