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Nick Albiero of Louisville Headlines 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's At-Large Team
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Nick Albiero
AUSTIN, Texas – University of Louisville senior swimmer
Nick Albiero headlines the 2020-21 Academic All-America® Division I Men's At-Large Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large Team Member of the Year, Albiero is a health & human performance in exercise science major with a 3.95 GPA from Louisville, Kentucky. Both Albiero and Forde are two-time Academic All-America® first-team selections.
Albiero became just the third Louisville men’s swimmer to earn an NCAA individual championship in 2021 by winning the 200 butterfly and was a seven-time NCAA All-American overall. He was also part of four Cardinal relays at the NCAA championships including a 20.07 split on the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay – the program’s first-ever NCAA relay title this year. Albiero was named the ACC Swimmer of the Year after winning his fourth 200 butterfly championship and leading the Cardinals to the program’s first-ever ACC swimming championship. He was an Olympic Trials finalist and member of the US National Team. Albiero was the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was a four-time All-ACC Academic Team selection.
Among the 47 men selected to the Academic All-America® Division I At-Large teams, 21 carry a 4.0 grade-point average. The 15 members of the men’s at-large first team carry an average GPA of 3.912.
Ten men are repeat Academic All-America® selections, including four-time men’s honoree lacrosse player
Conor Gaffney of Lehigh University, second-team in 2020 and 2021, and third-team in 2018 and 2019. Three-time picks include first-team
Phil Goss of Brown University (first, 2019, 2020, 2021), Brigham Young’s
Miki Jauhiainen (first, 2020, 2021, third 2019), North Carolina State’s
Eric Knowles (first 2020, 2021, third, 2019), and
Jannik Opitz (first, 2020, 2021 / second 2019).
Micah Oh of the U.S. Naval Academy and Albiero were first team in 2020 and 2021,
Carl Söderlund of the University of Virginia was second team in 2020, while second-teamers
Christian Daniel of the U.S. Naval Academy was third team in 2020, and Indiana University’s
Andrew Capobianco was third team in 2019.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Teams – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Swimming |
Nick Albiero (1) |
University of Louisville |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science |
| Gymnastics |
Jack Baldwin |
Pennsylvania State University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Golf |
Ford Clegg |
Mississippi State University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Finance |
| Lacrosse |
Phil Goss (1) (#) |
Brown University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Economics & Political Science |
| Volleyball |
Miki Jauhiainen (1) ($) |
Brigham Young University |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Computer Science (G) |
| Swimming |
Eric Knowles (1) ($) |
North Carolina State University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Materials Science Engineering |
| Ice Hockey |
Jack LaFontaine |
University of Minnesota |
Sr. |
3.83 |
English |
| Swimming |
Derek Maas |
University of Alabama |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Biology / Premed |
| Swimming |
Micah Oh (1) |
U.S. Naval Academy |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Honors Applied Mathematics |
| Tennis |
Jannik Opitz (1) (%) |
Western Michigan University |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Applied Statistics |
| Swimming |
Nicholas Perera |
University of Alabama |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Water Polo |
Nicolas Saveljic |
UCLA |
Gr. |
3.85/3.85 |
Education |
| Tennis |
Carl Söderlund (2) |
University of Virginia |
Gr. |
3.73/3.72 |
Commerce |
| Wrestling |
Anthony Valencia |
Arizona State University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Business (Communication) |
| Gymnastics |
Shane Wiskus |
University of Minnesota |
Sr. |
3.40 |
Business & Marketing Education |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Water Polo |
Tyler Abramson |
Stanford University |
Sr. |
3.60 |
Management Science & Engineering |
| Wrestling |
Myles Amine |
University of Michigan |
Gr. |
3.40/3.82 |
Business Administration (UG) / Sport Mgmt. (G) |
| Swimming |
Cade Auerbach |
University of Alabama |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Finance / Economics / Math |
| Wrestling |
Paul Bianchi |
University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Sport Management |
| Swimming |
Ben Bramley |
Purdue University |
Jr. |
3.89 |
Finance |
| Swimming |
Andrew Capobianco ($) |
Indiana University |
Jr. |
3.75 |
Exercise Science |
| Lacrosse |
Christian Daniel (3) |
U.S. Naval Academy |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Astrophysics |
| Lacrosse |
Conor Gaffney (2) ($) (&) |
Lehigh University |
Gr. |
3.95/4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering & Finance (UG) |
| Lacrosse |
Chris Gray |
University of North Carolina |
Sr. |
3.65 |
Management & Society |
| Wrestling |
Shane Griffith |
Stanford University |
Jr. |
3.54 |
Science, Technology & Society |
| Wrestling |
Zach Hartman |
Bucknell University |
Jr. |
3.91 |
Biology (Pre-Med) |
| Ice Hockey |
Austin Kamer |
Michigan State University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Chemical Engineering |
| Wrestling |
Nick Lee |
Pennsylvania State University |
Sr. |
3.53 |
Health Policy & Administration |
| Ice Hockey |
Strauss Mann |
University of Michigan |
Jr. |
3.91 |
Business Administration |
| Tennis |
Charlie Morkel |
UNC Asheville |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Mathematics & Economics |
| Tennis |
Sam Riffice |
University of Florida |
Jr. |
3.72 |
Political Science |
| Tennis |
Andrew Ton |
U.S. Naval Academy |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Quantitative Economics |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Lacrosse |
Alex Akins |
University of Detroit Mercy |
Gr. |
3.90/4.00 |
MBA |
| Lacrosse |
Michael Altmann |
Hofstra University |
Gr. |
3.57/3.81 |
Management (UG) / Marketing (G) |
| Swimming |
Nate Biondi |
University of California, Berkeley |
Sr. |
3.57 |
American Studies |
| Tennis |
Axel Geller |
Stanford University |
Sr. |
3.80 |
Economics |
| Wrestling |
Hayden Hidlay |
North Carolina State University |
Gr. |
3.52/4.00 |
Business Admin. (UG) / Nonprofit Management (G) |
| Fencing |
Finn Hossfeld |
Duke University |
So. |
3.88 |
Public Policy |
| Wrestling |
Mason Kauffman |
Northern Illinois University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Kinesiology |
| Golf |
David Laskin |
University of Arizona |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Finance |
| Fencing |
Nestor Levin |
U.S. Air Force Academy |
Jr. |
3.86 |
Engineering Chemistry |
| Swimming |
Alex Liang |
Stanford University |
Sr. |
3.61 |
Economics |
| Gymnastics |
Andrew Lyubovsky |
William & Mary |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Computer Science / Neuroscience |
| Tennis |
Francisco Rocha |
Middle Tennessee State University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Economics / Business Administration |
| Tennis |
Fermin Ruiz Crespo |
Alabama A&M University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Civil Engineering |
| Tennis |
Pascal Wagemaker |
Georgia Southern University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Skiing |
Joey Young |
University of Colorado |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Finance / Accounting |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Nick Albiero, University of Louisville
(1) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection
(2) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection
(3) – 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team selection
(#) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team selection
(%) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection
($) – 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection
(&) – 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team selection
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, Retired, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Ryan Anderson, University of Central Missouri | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rkanderson@ucmo.edu | (660) 543-8091