RICHMOND, Va.--A day after announcing the Scholar All-America Teams, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released their Individual Scholar All-America First and Second Teams on Thursday.
Seven Rainbow Wahine and one Rainbow Warrior earned the academic accolade presented by Fitter & Faster Swim Camps for the 2025-26 season.
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Two Rainbow Wahine—diver Lovisa Gustavsson and sprinter Holly Nelson—earned First Team honors. Gustavsson, a sophomore economics major, competed in the 3-Meter Dive at the NCAA Championships after earning bronze with a cumulative score of 606.10 at the NCAA Zone E meet. Gustavsson placed 26th in the prelims with a score of 290.40.
Nelson, who earned her degree in psychology this past May, capped her stellar UH career by winning the 50 Free, 100 Free, and 200 Free Relay at the 2026 Big West Championships.
She punched her ticket to the NCAA Championship in the 50 Free with an automatic qualifying time of 22.28—the second fastest time in UH history. Nelson won her heat with a time of 22.38, but did not advance to the finals, finishing in a tie for 41st place. It marked Nelson's second First Team honor and her third Scholar All-America award while at UH.
Keira Chandler, a freshman diver majoring in psychology;
Avery Coates, a sophomore diver majoring in microbiology; Macie Wheeler, a sophomore diver majoring in interdisciplinary studies; Carlotta Ingernerf, a freshman majoring in business; and Ruby Pickron, a junior diver majoring in special education, were all named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America second team. For Coates and Wheeler, it was their second-straight season earning Second Team honors.
Freshman diver
Oliver Wignall was the lone Rainbow Warrior to be named a CSCAA Scholar All-America.
Wignall, a physics major, earned Second Team honors.
To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in their national championship.
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Second-Team selections must also have earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met an NIC "A" time standard in Division I, an NCAA "B" qualifying standard for the national championship, or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet for Division II, Division III, and NAIA.
In all, over 2,230 student-athletes across all collegiate divisions were recognized on the 2026 CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America Teams. The scholar athletes represented a wide range of academic disciplines, with STEM and health science majors accounting for the largest share of honorees, followed closely by business-related fields.
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.
The CSCAA would like to thank presenting partner Fitter and Faster Swim Camps for their support of the Team Scholar All-America Awards.
Their partnership helps shine a spotlight on the academic achievements and success of student-athletes across collegiate swimming and diving. For more information, please visit www.cscsaa.org/saa.
2025-26 CSCAA INDIVIDUAL SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
