NORTON, Mass. — Wheaton College (Mass.) men's swimmers Gavin Cullinan (Cumming, Ga.), Will Larson (Iowa City, Iowa), Kevin Rice (Vienna, Va.) and Andrew Tran (Milton, Mass.) were named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men's Swimming Team, it was announced by the CSC.
The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Men's Swimming & Diving Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
To be eligible for consideration of this honor, nominated student-athletes must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and be at least a sophomore academically and athletically. Eligible nominees must compete in 75 percent of competitions or finish top-eight at a conference meet or participate in a national championship.
The four Wheaton men's swimming honorees are the first to earn Academic All-District designation since Barrett Roberts '07 in both 2004 and 2005.
All four honorees were also named to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference team earlier this year.
Cullinan won the 200-yard backstroke title at the NEWMAC Championship in addition to finishing sixth in the 100-yard backstroke and was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle at the conference championship. The Biochemistry major recorded five personal-record times and 17 top-five finishes. Larson earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a member of the runner-up 200-yard freestyle relay at the NEWMAC Championship. The Business major also placed 13th in the 100-yard backstroke and was 14th in the 50-yard freestyle. Rice finished fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle to go with a 10th-place showing in the 500 freestyle in addition to finishing ninth in the 400-yard individual medley. The Political Science major registered a pair of personal-best marks in addition to 22 top-five finishes during the season. Tran scored at the NEWMAC Championship for the Lyons with an 11th-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, 13th in the 200-yard breaststroke and 15th in the 200-yard individual medley. The Chemistry major recorded five personal-record times and posted 17 top-five efforts, including three victories.
Wheaton owned a 4-6 dual meet record for the season and finished fifth at the NEWMAC Championship with 625 points for their highest-point tally since 2014.
