SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota men's and women's swimming and diving team had eight members named to the Academic All-Summit League team announced Wednesday by the league office.
 
The women's team placed five on the 18-member squad while the men's team had three selections from the 15-member team. Senior Zachary Kopp is honored for the third time in his career while repeat selections where senior Aidan Gantenbein along with a pair of juniors in Kayla Middaugh and Stella Fairbanks.
 
First time honors for the men's team went to junior Caleb Swanson while the women's team first time honorees include a trio of sophomores in Christina Spomer, Emily Kahn and Sara Mayer.
 
Kopp, hailing from Otsego, Minnesota, is one of the most accomplished male swimmers in Coyote history winning eight Summit League titles and earning All-Summit League honors 20 times. He set school records in the 50 free and 100 free this season. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in kinesiology and sport management and carries a 4.0 GPA.
 
Middaugh, a diver from Shawnee, Kansas, maintains a 3.97 grade point average as a nursing major. The junior has placed in the top 10 in the Summit League Championships five times out of her six career diving events contested. She posted a career-best 257.25 on the one-meter board this season to move to ninth on the school's all-time chart.
 
Fairbanks, a native of Highland, Michigan, carries a 3.92 grade point average as a health science major. The six-time All-Summit League selection finished third in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the Summit League Championships. The three-time NCAA Zone Qualifier won nine individual competitions this season, four on one-meter and five on three-meter.
 
Kahn, hailing from Denver, Colorado, owns a 3.61 grade point average as an environmental science major. The sophomore became just the third Coyote women's swimmer to win multiple individual Summit League titles in the same championships. She earned All-Summit League honors in six of her seven events this season and swam on four relays that all broke school records. She set individual school records this season in the 50 free and 100 free and ranks second in school history in the 200 free and 100 butterfly.
 
Spomer, from Omaha, Nebraska, carries a 4.00 grade point average as an elementary special education major. The sophomore earned All-Summit League honors as a member of a pair of school-record setting relays at the Summit League Championships, the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay. She placed in the top seven in five of her six events at the Summit League Championships.
 
Gantenbein, a native of Valley Center, Kansas, carries a 3.94 grade point average as a kinesiology and sport management major. The senior earned All-Summit League honors as a member of three relays while placing in the top eight in six events at the Summit League Championships. Swam on runner-up relays, the 200 free and 400 medley, along with a third-place 400 free relay. Placed fourth in the 100 fly and eighth in the 100 back and 200 back.
 
Swanson, from Mitchell, South Dakota, owns a 4.0 grade point average as a double major in sustainability and political science/legal studies. He competed in three events at the Summit League Championships, the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly. He is a student representative to USD's University Sustainability and Athletic Board of Control Committees and serves as the USD Environmental Club president.
 
Mayer, from Wausau, Wisconsin, earned All-Summit League honors in two events while posting five top 16 (point-scoring) finishes at the Summit League Championships. Swam on a runner-up 800 free relay and a third-place 400 medley relay, both setting school records. Placed fourth in the 200 fly, ninth in the 100 fly and 16^th in the 100 back. Carries a 3.92 GPA in medical biology.
 
 
2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Team
 

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Jon Brouillette	Denver	So.	North Platte, Neb.	3.82	Emergent Digital Practices and Strategic Communication
Brandon Chapman	Denver	So.	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	3.79	Accounting
Will Melsha	Denver	So.	Blaine, Minn.	3.96	Mechanical Engineering
Marco Nosack	Denver	So.	Beaverton, Ore.	3.81	Business Analytics
Alex Becker	Omaha	So.	Lincoln, Neb.	4.00	Biology
Will Goldman**	St. Thomas	Sr.	Arden Hills, Minn.	4.00	Exercise Science
Joe Rudd	St. Thomas	So.	Duluth, Minn.	3.94	Secondary Education, Communication Arts and Literature
Aidan Gantenbein**	South Dakota	Sr.	Valley Center, Kan.	3.94	Kinesiology and Sport Management
Zachary Kopp***	South Dakota	Sr.	Otsego, Minn.	4.00	Kinesiology and Sport Management
Caleb Swanson	South Dakota	Jr.	Mitchell, S.D.	4.00	Sustainability + Political Science/Legal Studies
Caleb Harthoorn**	South Dakota State	Sr.	Norfolk, Neb.	3.93	Biology
Luke Nichols	South Dakota State	So.	North Liberty, Iowa	3.96	Civil Engineering
Naested Smit**	South Dakota State	Sr.	Lusaka, Zambia	4.00	Aviation
Damon Venner**	South Dakota State	Gr.	Sioux Falls, S.D.	4.00	Curriculum and Instruction
Max White***	South Dakota State	Sr.	Kokomo, Ind.	4.00	Ecology/Environmental Science

*Career Academic All-League honors
 
2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Team
 

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Sophia Bricker	Denver	Sr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.	3.78	Biology
Erika Remington***	Denver	Sr.	Cedarburg, Wis.	4.00	Biology/Spanish
Phoebe Croston**	Eastern Illinois	Jr.	Highland Ranch, Colo.	3.93	Exercise Science
Stephanie Marks	Lindenwood	Jr.	Colgate, Wis.	4.00	Historical Studies
Beata Maruszczyk	Lindenwood	Sr.	Ledziny, Poland	3.97	Biological Science
Morgan Baker	Omaha	Jr.	Hastings, Neb.	4.00	Mathematics
Parker Hagemann	Omaha	Jr.	Webster Groves, Mo.	3.99	Communication Disorders
Annie Leinart	Omaha	Sr.	Downers Grove, Ill.	3.93	Biology
Stella Fairbanks**	South Dakota	Jr.	Highland, Mich.	3.92	Health Sciences
Emily Kahn	South Dakota	So.	Denver, Colo.	3.61	Environmental Science
Sara Mayer	South Dakota	So.	Wausau, Wis.	3.92	Medical Biology
Kayla Middaugh**	South Dakota	Jr.	Shawnee, Kan.	3.97	Nursing
Christina Spomer	South Dakota	So.	Omaha, Neb.	4.00	Elementary Special Education
Natalie Cannell**	South Dakota State	Jr.	Olathe, Kan.	3.96	Business Economics
Sianne Downes**	South Dakota State	Jr.	Edenvale, South Africa	3.85	Mechanical Engineering
Katie Drezen	South Dakota State	Sr.	Dixon, Ill.	3.72	Nursing
Katie Pattee	South Dakota State	So.	Farmington, Minn.	4.00	Mechanical Engineering
Grace Witherspoon***	South Dakota State	Sr.	Eden Prairie, Minn.	3.82	Nursing

*Career Academic All-League honors