15 Jackets Earn CSCAA Scholar All-America

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech swimming and diving continued its annual tradition of being well-represented on the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America team, with 15 Yellow Jackets honored as well as both programs earning recognition as Scholar All-America Teams.

The 15 student-athletes marks the 13th time in the last 15 years that Georgia Tech has had nine or more recognitions on the CSCAA Scholar All-America team.

Additionally, both men’s and women’s programs were named as Scholar All-America Teams for delivering a team GPA of over 3.00 during the Spring 2025 semester. The women’s team posted a collective 3.41 GPA while the men were close behind with a 3.36 over the most recent semester.

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. Second-Team selections, must have also earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met a “B” time standard for the national championship or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet.

The Yellow Jackets receiving recognitions are:

Women:

• Anna Bradescu*****: (1^st Team) Analytics
• Anna Hadjiloizou***: (2nd Team) Industrial Design
• Ava Gilroy: (2nd Team) Business Administration
• Katie Mckyton***: (2nd Team) Biomedical Engineering
• Phoebe Wright: (2nd Team) Civil Engineering
• Sabyne Brisson: (2nd Team) Industrial Design
• Sophie Murphy**: (2nd Team) Business Administration
• Vivien Rothwell**: (2nd Team) Neuroscience
• Zora Ripkova**: (2nd Team) Industrial Engineering

Men:

• Antonio Romero*** (1st Team): Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Leandro Odorici (1st Team): Computer Engineering
• Alex McCormick (2nd Team): Aerospace Engineering
• Chris Richardson (2nd Team): Business Administration
• Julian Killius (2nd Team): Mechanical Engineering
• Luke Dotson (2nd Team): Business Administration

Bradescu becomes the first five-time Scholar All-America recipient in program history, doing so every season in which she has been on The Flats (since 2020-21). Hadjiloizou, Mckyton and Romero have all earned the honor for the third time in their careers while Murphy, Rothwell and Ripkova have all earned the recognition for a second straight year. The eight remaining Jackets are all Scholar All-Americans for the first time as a Yellow Jacket.

Full Steam Ahead

Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.

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