GRANVILLE, Ohio (April 24, 2024) – College Sports Communicators announced its 2024 Academic All-America® Men's Swimming & Diving Teams, and Denison University's Gavin Jones was named a First-Team Academic All-American® while Tyler Distenfeld was named to the second-team.

Gavin Jones (3.98 GPA as an economics and communication double major) is a five-time NCAA Division III All-American who scored 14 points and earned four Second-Team All-American certificates at the 2024 NCAA Championships last month. In addition to finishing 14th at nationals in the 400 IM during each of the last two years, Jones added an 11th-place national finish in the 200 breaststroke and a 12th-place time in the 200 IM to lead the Big Red with three individual All-American certificates this season. He is a three-time All-NCAC performer as well. Jones is a two-time Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24) after this year and has also been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team in back-to-back years as well. He was a member of the 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll and is currently a two-time CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American (2021-22, 2022-23).

Tyler Distenfeld (3.87 GPA in biology) is a five-time NCAA Division III All-American who finished ninth in the 1,650 freestyle and 10th in the 500 freestyle at NCAA's this season. He is also a six-time All-NCAC performer who brought home the conference championship in the 200 freestyle at this year's NCAC meet. Distenfeld was named a CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American in 2023-23 and was a Second-Team Scholar All-American in 2021-22, was a member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll in 2022-23, and is a two-time Denison Top-50 Student-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24).

This brings Denison's count to 119 Academic All-America® winners in school history. Created in 1952, the Academic All-America® program, selected by College Sports Communicators, is a premier, nationwide college scholar-athlete awards program. It recognizes over 1,400 outstanding student-athletes annually in Division I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
 
2023-24 Academic All-America® Men's Swimming & Diving Teams
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