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 Thursday by the league office.
 
The women's team placed four on the 17-member squad while the men's team had four selections from the 15-member team. Fifth-year senior Zachary Kopp is honored for the fourth time in his career while fifth-year senior Aidan Gantenbein along with senior Stella Fairbanks were named for the third time in their careers.
 
Senior Caleb Swanson and junior Christina Spomer are repeat selections while first time honors went to junior Skyler Leverenz as well as sophomores Matthew Sorbe and Grace Schultz.
 
A brief look at the eight award winners:
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 24 times. He owns school records in the 50 free and 100 free along with four different relays. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in kinesiology and sport management and carries a 4.0 GPA.
 
Fairbanks, a native of Highland, Michigan, carries a 3.91 grade point average as a health science major. The six-time All-Summit League selection was a four-time NCAA Zone Qualifier who won six individual competitions this season and had 14 top five finishes.
 
Spomer, from Omaha, Nebraska, carries a 4.00 grade point average as an elementary special education major. The junior earned All-Summit League honors as a member of a title winning 200 free relay that set the school record. She placed in the top 15 in her three individual events at the Summit League Championships.
 
Gantenbein, a native of Valley Center, Kansas, carries a 3.98 grade point average as a kinesiology and sport management major. He posted three top 15 finishes in individual events at the Summit League Championships by placing eighth in the 100 back, eighth in the 100 fly and 15^th in the 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, 100 fly 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.
 
Sorbe, from Brookings, South Dakota, swam to four top 11 finishes at the Summit League Championships while also swimming on a fourth-place 800 free relay team. He placed fifth in the 1650 free, 10^th in the 500 free and 11^th in the 400 IM. The school record holder in the three distance freestyle events (500, 1000, 1650) is a pre-nursing major who carries a 4.0 GPA.
 
Leverenz, a Lakeville, Minnesota native, earned All-Summit League honors in three events as a member of title-winning 200 free and 400 free relays as well as a runner-up 800 free relay. Placed eighth in the 200 free, 10^th in the 100 free and 13^th in the 50 free at the league championships. The 4.0 student is a communication studies major.
 
Schultz, from Merrill, Wisconsin, earned All-Summit League honors as a member of a championship 200 medley relay quartet that set the school record. She placed in the top 12 at the Summit League Championships in three events, finishing sixth in the 100 back, ninth in the 200 back and 12^th in the 50 free. Carries a 4.0 GPA as a Marketing major.
 
2023-24 Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Team
 

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Brandon Chapman**	Denver	Jr.	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	3.78	Accounting
Noah Laird	Denver	So.	Bothell, Wash.	3.98	Accounting
Marco Nosack**	Denver	Jr.	Beaverton, Ore.	3.80	Business Analytics
Mattia Giurgevich	Lindenwood	So.	Limbiate, Italy	4.00	Business Administration
Jackson Burrus	Omaha	So.	Wichita, Kan.	3.93	Neuroscience
Caleb Miller	Omaha	Gr.	Papillion, Neb.	3.81	Management information systems
A.J. Carollo	St. Thomas	Sr.	Long Grove, Ill.	3.82	BSFI
Philip Jensen	St. Thomas	So.	Hastings, Minn.	3.87	EGM1
Aidan Gantenbein***	South Dakota	Gr.	Valley Center, Kan.	3.98	Kinesiology and Sport Management
Zachary Kopp****	South Dakota	Gr.	Otsego, Minn.	4.00	Education Admin and Leadership
Matthew Sorbe	South Dakota	So.	Brookings, S.D.	4.00	Pre-Nursing
Caleb Swanson**	South Dakota	Sr.	Mitchell, S.D.	4.00	Sustainability + Political Science
Braxton McGrath	South Dakota State	So.	Amana, Iowa	3.85	Mechanical Engineering
Luke Nichols**	South Dakota State	Jr.	North Liberty, Iowa	3.97	Civil Engineering
Lane Pollock	Southern Indiana	So.	Boonville, Ind.	3.89	Accounting and Finance

*Career Academic All-League honors
 
2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Team
 

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Olivia Gordon	Denver	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev.	3.82	Physiology in Health and Disease
Jessica Maeda	Denver	Jr.	Tigard, Ore.	3.79	Real Estate
Ines Marin	Denver	Sr.	Santiago, Chile	3.96/4.00 (Gr)	Marketing
Erika Remington****	Denver	Gr.	Cedarburg, Wis.	4.00	Biomedical Sciences
Nika Spehar	Denver	So.	Zagreb, Croatia	3.85	Molecular Biology
Laney Fenton	Lindenwood	Jr.	Jenks, Okla.	4.00	Psychology and Criminology
Stephanie Marks**	Lindenwood	Sr.	Colgate, Wis.	4.00	Historical Studies
Morgan Baker**	Omaha	Sr.	Hastings, Neb.	4.00	Mathematics
Annika Harthoorn	Omaha	Jr.	Norfolk, Neb.	3.97	Kinesiology
Camille Lease	Omaha	Sr.	Columbia, Mo.	4.00	Foreign Language and Literature
Stella Fairbanks***	South Dakota	Sr.	Highland, Mich.	3.91	Health Sciences
Skyler Leverenz	South Dakota	Jr.	Lakeville, Minn.	4.00	Communication Studies
Grace Schultz	South Dakota	So.	Merrill, Wis.	4.00	Marketing
Christina Spomer**	South Dakota	Jr.	Omaha, Neb.	4.00	Elementary Education
Jenna Currier	South Dakota State	So.	Denison, Iowa	4.00	Mathematics/Data Science
Sianne Downes***	South Dakota State	Gr.	Edenvale, South Africa	3.85	Mechanical Engineering
Katie Pattee**	South Dakota State	Jr.	Farmington, Minn.	4.00	Mechanical Engineering

*Career Academic All-League honors