SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, Utah men’s swimming and diving was selected as a Scholar All-American Team.
The Utah men’s team had a 3.11 GPA, ranking third among Pac-12 schools.
Furthermore, the Utes had six student-athletes named to the Pac-12’s all-academic first team earlier this year, the most in the conference.
First-team honorees included senior fly Ben Scott of Steilacoom, Wash., senior distance free Brandon Shreeve of Corvallis, Ore., Daniel Theriault, a junior diver out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, sophomore distance free/breast Brody Lewis of Greeley, Colo., sophomore distance free Matteo Sogne of Modena, Italy, and sophomore back/breast/free/IM Jeremy Young of Casper, Wyo.
Making the second team were senior breast Jack Burton of Ringwood, England, junior free/fly/M Austin Phillips of Centennial, Ohio, senior fly Chris Taber of Rancho Santa, Calif., and sophomore free Rahiti De Vos of Nice, France.
This award is presented twice annually, once in the fall semester and again in the spring, to recognize teams achieving a 3.0 GPA during the semester.
