HONOLULU — University of Hawai'i fifth-year swimmer Justin Lisoway was named to the Men's Swimming and Diving Academic All-America third team on Wednesday, becoming the program's first honoree in 20 years.
 
Lisoway, from De Winton, Alberta, Canada, posted a cumulative 4.00 grade-point average while majoring in Computer Science and was among 30 student-athletes named to the NCAA Division I Academic All-America teams selected by College Sports Communicators. He was also one of seven honorees with a perfect GPA and is the first member of the UH men's swimming and diving team to earn Academic All-America recognition since Kurt Boehm made the Men's At-Large third team in 2004.
 
Lisoway is a three-time Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic Team selection and made the CSC Academic All-District team the last two years. He also made the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America's Scholar All-America second team in 2022 and 2023 and was an honorable mention selection in 2021. On Tuesday, he received the Jenny Matsuda Award — the UH Athletics Department's highest academic honor — for the fourth straight year. 
 
In the pool, Lisoway won the 100 breaststroke title and swam on two record-breaking relay teams at the MPSF Swimming and Diving Championships in February. He contributed 47 points to UH's total to help the Rainbow Warriors capture their first team championship since 2020. He earned All-MPSF first-team honors in four events (200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke, 400 medley relay and 200 breaststroke) and made the second team in the 200 individual medley.