NORTON, Mass. — Wheaton College (Mass.) women's swimmers Grace Chin (Blooming Grove, N.Y.), Talia Dalton (Andover, Minn.), Emma Claire Lambert-Shemo (Cleveland, Ohio) and Vivian Van Holland (Excelsior, Minn.) were named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women's Swimming Team, it was announced by the CSC.
The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Women'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 women's swimming honorees are the first to earn Academic All-District designation since Nicole Zais '11 in 2011.
All four honorees were also named to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference team earlier this year.
Chin scored points at the conference championship with 20th-place showings in the 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard individual medley. The Business and Management major recorded six top-five finishes during the season for the Lyons. Dalton was also a Second Team All-Conference selection as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second at the NEWMAC Championship. The Bioinformatics major also placed ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and 11th in the 500-yard freestyle at the conference title meet. Lambert-Shemo was a member of the 800 relay squad in addition to finishing third in the 200-yard breaststroke, fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke and 12th in the 200-yard individual medley. The Neuroscience major racked up 16 top-five finishes, including four wins. Van Holland finished fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle and was a member of the 800 free relay. In addition, the Mathematics and Secondary Education major finished seventh in both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events.
Wheaton finished the season with a 3-9 dual meet record and placed seventh at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship. The Lyons also competed at the NCAA Championship meet in Indianapolis, Ind.
