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Bell Earns Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team Honors
March 04, 2025 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Andrew Bell receives the accolade for the second straight year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Junior Andrew Bell of the University of Massachusetts men's swimming and diving team was selected to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving All-Academic Team, as announced by the league on Tuesday. It marks the second straight year Bell has received the honor.
Bell, a South Windsor, Connecticut, native, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences and Mathematics. He placed first in 18 diving events across both the one-meter and three-meter, including breaking two previous pool records at the Justin Jennings Invitational from 1987 and 1994. During the A-10 Championships, the junior picked up two gold medals in both the one-meter and three-meter dive, breaking an A-10 Championship meet record in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 428.15. Bell earned A-10 Performer of the Week four times this season, leading to being named the league's Men's Diver of the Year in back-to-back seasons.
Bell will compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, taking place Monday, March 10 through Wednesday, March 12, in Piscataway, New Jersey, at Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.
Men's Swimming & Diving All-Academic
Guil Ware, Davidson
Liam McDonough, Davidson
Ryan Shute, Davidson
Christian Taylor, Fordham
Tate Anderson, George Mason
Ben Sosnowski, George Washington
Felix Jedbratt, La Salle
Andrew Bell, Massachusetts
Aidan Kreiley, St. Bonaventure
Alexander Behr, St. Bonaventure
Women's Swimming & Diving All-Academic
Annica Valmassei, Davidson
Haley Scholer, Duquesne
Lexi Sundgren, Duquesne
Orla Egan, Duquesne
Sydney Severini, Duquesne
Ainhoa Martin, Fordham
Ali Taylor, George Mason
Marlee Rickert, George Washington
Olivia Paquette, George Washington
Melissa Nwakalor, Richmond
Bell, a South Windsor, Connecticut, native, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences and Mathematics. He placed first in 18 diving events across both the one-meter and three-meter, including breaking two previous pool records at the Justin Jennings Invitational from 1987 and 1994. During the A-10 Championships, the junior picked up two gold medals in both the one-meter and three-meter dive, breaking an A-10 Championship meet record in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 428.15. Bell earned A-10 Performer of the Week four times this season, leading to being named the league's Men's Diver of the Year in back-to-back seasons.
Bell will compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, taking place Monday, March 10 through Wednesday, March 12, in Piscataway, New Jersey, at Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.
Men's Swimming & Diving All-Academic
Guil Ware, Davidson
Liam McDonough, Davidson
Ryan Shute, Davidson
Christian Taylor, Fordham
Tate Anderson, George Mason
Ben Sosnowski, George Washington
Felix Jedbratt, La Salle
Andrew Bell, Massachusetts
Aidan Kreiley, St. Bonaventure
Alexander Behr, St. Bonaventure
Women's Swimming & Diving All-Academic
Annica Valmassei, Davidson
Haley Scholer, Duquesne
Lexi Sundgren, Duquesne
Orla Egan, Duquesne
Sydney Severini, Duquesne
Ainhoa Martin, Fordham
Ali Taylor, George Mason
Marlee Rickert, George Washington
Olivia Paquette, George Washington
Melissa Nwakalor, Richmond
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