WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Twenty Boilermakers that compete at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center – nine divers and 11 swimmers – were recognized for their academic excellence in conjunction with their athletic accomplishments, earning Scholar All-American accolades from the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America.
The CSCAA honors student-athletes that achieved 3.5-plus grade-point averages during the spring semester/quarter, which coincides with swimming & diving’s championship season, headlined by the NCAA Championships in March. First-team honorees competed at the NCAA Championships and second-team honorees achieved an individual NCAA provisional qualifying time (B Cut) or competed at their NCAA Diving Zone Championships meet.
Team GPAs also remained strong at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic. The Purdue men and women were recognized as CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams again. The women posted a 3.60 team mark (up from 3.38 in the spring of 2024) and the men compiled a 3.41 (up from 3.17) GPA for the spring semester. The women’s mark was their highest since the fall of 2020. The men’s GPA was its best since the spring of 2020 and second highest in the past 25 years.
Teams are recognized each semester for having 3.0-plus GPAs.
| 2025 SPRING SEMESTER BY THE NUMBERS | |
| WOMEN (Roster of 44) 4.0 GPAs: 5 3.5+ GPAs: 30 3.0+ GPAs: 42 Cumulative Team GPA: 3.44 Semester Team GPA: 3.60 (3.61 via CSCAA calculation) |
MEN (Roster of 38) |
Seven of Purdue’s divers that qualified for the NCAA Championships earned Scholar All-America accolades for their 3.5-plus GPAs in the spring. Of those seven, Sophie McAfee, Jordan Rzepka, Jenna Sonnenberg, Kaden Springfield and Avery Worobel were also All-Americans for their performances at NCAAs.
McAfee and Sonnenberg closed out their college careers as four-time Scholar All-Americans. As Purdue’s female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and four-year NCAA Championships qualifier, McAfee was also a four-time first-team Scholar All-American.
Swimmer Kathryn Ackerman closed out her career as a five-time Scholar All-American after being a four-year honoree as undergraduate at Michigan.
| 2025 CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS (FIRST TEAM) | |
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Boilermaker (Previous Year Honors) |
Major |
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Sophie McAfee (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Economics |
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Jordan Rzepka (2022, 2024) |
Selling & Sales Management |
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Jenna Sonnenberg (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Law & Society |
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Marketing |
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Finance |
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Communication |
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Daryn Wright (2024) |
Retail Management |
| 2025 CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS (SECOND TEAM) | ||
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Boilermaker (Previous Year Honors) |
B Cut(s) / Zones |
Major |
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Kathryn Ackerman (2021-24 at U-M) |
400 IM |
Master’s in Biomedical Engineering |
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200 Breast |
Selling & Sales Management |
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Masy Folcik (2022) |
100 & 200 Breast |
Kinesiology |
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50 Free |
Mechanical Engineering Technology |
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200 Back |
Communication |
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1650 Free |
Chemical Engineering |
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1-Meter & 3-Meter at Zones |
Retail Management |
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Kate Mouser (2024) |
200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free |
Professional Flight Technology |
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200 Back |
Biology |
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200, 500 & 1650 Free |
Kinesiology |
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200 Fly |
Biological Engineering |
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3-Meter & Platform at Zones |
Biomedical Engineering |
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100 Breast |
Electrical Engineering |
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Unlike Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten, freshmen are eligible for the CSCAA academic honors – in fact, seven of the Boilermakers recognized were freshmen. Purdue had five student-athletes this year earn all three academic honors – Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the 2023-24 school year), CSCAA Scholar All-America (3.5+ GPA for spring semester) and Academic All-Big Ten (3.0+ cumulative GPA). Big Ten Distinguished Scholars will be announced July 14.
QUADRUPLE ACADEMIC HONORS FOR 2024-25
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-District, CSCAA Scholar All-America, Academic All-Big Ten
• Sophie McAfee
• Jenna Sonnenberg
TRIPLE ACADEMIC HONORS FOR 2024-25 (2 Boilermakers above plus…)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, CSCAA Scholar All-America, Academic All-Big Ten
• Kathryn Ackerman
• Mahala Erlandson
• Kate Mouser
• Idris Muhammad (Academic All-District vs. Scholar All-America)
Purdue Swimming & Diving earned 45 Academic All-Big Ten (26 women, 19 men) and 15 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (11 women, 4 men) honors for the 2023-24 school year. Boilermakers at the pool accounted for 63% of Purdue Athletics’ Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the winter sports season and 25% of the department’s Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the school year.
Masy Folcik, Kate Mouser, Rzepka and Wright joined Ackerman, McAfee and Sonnenberg as multi-year Scholar All-America honorees.
2025 HIGHLIGHTS FOR PURDUE’S CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS
• All-Americans: Sophie McAfee, Jordan Rzepka, Kaden Springfield, Daryn Wright
• Honorable Mention All-Americans: Sophie McAfee, Jenna Sonnenberg, Avery Worobel
• Medaled at NCAAs: Kaden Springfield (Bronze on Platform)
• Qualified for NCAAs in all 3 Diving Events: Jordan Rzepka, Jenna Sonnenberg
• Medaled at Big Ten Championships: Jordan Rzepka (Gold on Platform, Bronze on 3-Meter), Avery Worobel (Silver on 3-Meter), Daryn Wright (Bronze on Platform)
• Eclipsed Team Records: Kathryn Ackerman (400 IM), Hannah Hill (50 Free), Sophie McAfee (3-Meter), Daryn Wright (Platform)
• Eclipsed Team Freshman Records: Blake Rowe (200 Back), Avery Worobel (1-Meter & 3-Meter)
• All-Big Ten: Jordan Rzepka (1st Team, Diver of the Championships), Avery Worobel (2nd Team)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team: Campbell Scofield, Kaden Springfield, Zach Welsh, Avery Worobel
• Scored in All 3 Individual Events at Big Tens: Sophie McAfee (All Diving), Jordan Rzepka (All Diving), Daryn Wright (All Diving), Kate Mouser (200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free), Adele Sands (200, 500, 1650 Free)
• Nineteen Boilermakers scored in an individual event at the Big Ten Championships, with 12 scoring in multiple events