This honor marks Liendo’s second CSC Academic All-America honor of his profession after being named to the Academic All-Americ First Team for the 2024-25 season as effectively. He turns into the fourth Gator swimmer to obtain a number of CSC Academic All-America honors, becoming a member of Brad deborder (2013 & 2014), Greg Reeves (1999, 2000, 2001) and Kevin Nead (2007 & 2008).
Earning his diploma in Education Sciences, Liendo holds a cumulative grade-point common of three.56. In his senior season, he was named a seven-time First Team All-American (100 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay and 400 Medley Relay) on the 2025-26 NCAA Division I National Championships bringing his whole to 26 All-American honors in his profession. He grew to become simply the second Gator in program historical past to brush his particular person occasions (50 free, 100 free and 100 fly), becoming a member of Caleb Dressel in that achievement. Liendo additionally set a brand new NCAA, program, meet and U.S. Open data after claiming his three-peat title for the 100 fly with a time of 42.54 in prelims and shattered that file once more within the remaining with a 42.49.
Joining Liendo on the Academic All-America First Team is fellow senior Eric Brown. Brown is incomes his diploma in Computer Science, graduating cum laude with a 3.89 GPA. Brown was named a Second Team All-American within the 1,650-freestyle serving to the Gators be runners-up on the 2025-26 NCAA Division I National Championships.
Conor Gesing rounds out the trio of Gators incomes CSC Academic All-America Second Team. The junior diver holds a 3.86 GPA in Education Sciences. Gesing took fifth within the 3-meter and sixth within the 1-meter on the NCAA National Championships, amassing First Team All-American honors for each occasions.
Overall, Gator student-athletes have been honored 178 occasions with Florida Men’s Swimming and Diving incomes 23 CSC Academic All-America honors.
GATOR ALL-AMERICANS THIS SEASON:
| Name | Sport | Year | Selection | Team |
| Josh Liendo | Swimming & Diving | 2026 | Swimming | 1st |
| Eric Brown | Swimming & Diving | 2026 | Swimming | 1st |
| Conor Gesing | Swimming & Diving | 2026 | Diving | 2nd |
| Xavian Lee | Men’s Basketball | 2026 | Men’s Basketball | 2nd |
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS BY SPORT:
| Sport | # of honorees | # of honors | ||
| Swimming (Men) | 19 | Student-athletes | 23 | Honors |
The eight members of the Division I first crew had a 3.91 common GPA. A complete of 5 members had 4.00 GPAs, with three on the primary crew.
2024-25 Academic All-America Men’s Swimming & Diving Team – NCAA Division I
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Tommaso Baravelli Florida State University Sr. 3.99 Mechanical Engineering
Eric Brown University of Florida Sr. 3.89 Computer Science Engineering
Louis Dramm University of North Carolina Sr. 3.95 Neuroscience
Jonny Kulow (1,4) Arizona State University Sr. 4.00 Microbiology
Josh Liendo (1) University of Florida Sr. 3.56 Education Sciences
Rex Maurer University of Texas Jr. 4.00 Finance
Brandon Rosales U.S. Air Force Academy Sr. 4.00 Aeronautical Engineering
Josh Zuchowski Stanford University Sr. 3.88 Economics
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Joe Christ U.S. Air Force Academy Jr. 3.72 Aerospace Engineering
Liam Custer (2) Stanford University Sr. 3.70 Management Science & Engineering
Andy Dobrzanski Arizona State University Sr. 3.57 Construction Management & Technology
Conor Gesing University of Florida Jr. 3.86 Education Sciences
Tommy Hagar University of Alabama Jr. 3.95 Mechanical Engineering
Ilya Kharun Arizona State University Jr. 3.59 Business
Henry McFadden Stanford University Jr. 3.78 Computer Science
Braxton McGrath South Dakota State University Sr. 3.85 Mechanical Engineering
Joe Polyak University of Minnesota So. 4.00 Biochemistry
Zalan Sarkany Indiana University Sr. 3.66 Sport Marketing and Management
Tim Korstanje University of Alabama Sr. 3.92 Economics & Finance
Mitchell Schott Princeton Sr. 3.78 East Asian Studies
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Andreas Dupont Cabrera Stanford University Sr. 3.63 Economics
Jerry Fox NC State Jr. 3.76 Industrial Engineering
Mikkel Lee Indiana University Jr. 3.93 Finance
Matvei Namakonov University of Delaware Sr. 3.89 Physics
Liam Preston Binghamton University Sr. 4.00 Business Administration & Finance
Moritz Wesemann Southern California Gr. 3.58/3.80 Computer Science
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Josh Liendo, University of Florida
(1) – Academic All-America® first-team choice in 2024-25
(2) – CSC Academic All-America® second-team choice in 2024-25
(3) – CSC Academic All-America® third-team choice in 2024-25
(4) – CSC Academic All-America® first-team choice in 2023-24
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