Complete College Sports Communicators AAA men's swimming release

Austin, Texas----Wingate University men's swimming student-athlete Ethan Hathcock ('23, Seymour, Tenn.) is an Academic All-America® second team selection, College Sports Communicators (CSC) officials announce this week. Hathcock receives Academic All-America® laurels for the first time in his career. He is a biology and history double major with a 3.87 GPA.
 
The 2022-23 season is the first year men's swimming and diving has had its own Academic All-America® team. Previously, men's swimming and diving had been a part of the CSC men's at-large team until the 2022-23 season.
 
Hollywood movie makers could not have scripted the conclusion of Hathcock's Wingate athletic career with any more flair. In the final race of the 2023 NCAA Division II swimming championships in Indianapolis, Hathcock and three teammates finished eighth in the 400 Freestyle Relay, collecting first team All-American honors.
 
In addition to finding his name on the first-ever Academic All-America® team dedicated to men's swimming and diving, Hathcock participated in the inaugural South Atlantic Conference swimming championships this season. The SAC added men's and swimming to its sports docket in 2022-23.
 
Hathcock and three teammates earned SAC championships in the 400 and 800 Freestyle Relays as the Bulldogs won the 2023 SAC title. He was All-SAC in four events: the two relays plus the 200 and 500 Freestyle races. Hathcock posted NCAA B cuts in the 100, the 200 and the 500 Freestyle races this year.
 
The Ethan Hathcock ('23) file
Senior Freestyle/Butterfly specialist and team captain, Seymour, Tenn.
 
- Four first team NCAA All-American relay swims for his career
- Earned first team AA honors in the final race of his career (400 Freestyle Relay in '23)
- All-American relay swims in the 800 Free in '20 and 400 and 800 Free in '21
- '23 SAC champ in 400 and 800 Free Relay as WU won SAC title; All-SAC four times
- '23 All-SAC in 200 and 500 Free plus both Freestyle Relays
- Posted NCAA B cuts in the 100, the 200 and the 500 Freestyle races this year
- Helped Wingate finish second in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference three times
- Earned All-BMC honors three times (in three relay events)
- On campus, SGA senator, FCA, Admissions lead tour guide, Presidential Ambassador
- Academically, Hathcock holds a 3.87 GPA with his biology and history double major
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate head men's swimming coach Kirk Sanocki on Ethan Hathcock
 
"Ethan's ability to handle the rigors and complexities of college life with all that is on his plate doesn't come as a surprise to his coaches. His daily schedule makes our head spin, but he manages to perform at the highest level with an outstanding attitude as well as an infectious smile. Being named to the Academic All-America® list is well earned and is a great way to cap off an outstanding four-year journey."  
 
Wingate Academic All-America® notes

- With Hathcock's selection, Wingate men's and women's swimming has 36 student-athletes who have earned Academic All-America® honors from the CSC
 
- Wingate has 139 Academic All-America® selections all-time, with 130 since Jan. 1, 2000
 
- The Bulldogs lead all North Carolina colleges and universities with their 130 Academic All-America® picks in the 2000s
 
- Duke University is second on the aforementioned list with 100 Academic All-America® selections
 
- Wingate's 139 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among South Atlantic Conference schools
 
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® program

The College Sports Communicators (CSC) began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, have recognized thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors.
 
Currently, the CSC sponsors Academic All-America® programs for men's and women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's track and field/cross country. Many other sports are eligible through the at-large program.

The Academic All-America® program is comprised of divisional teams for NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. Added for the 2018-19 academic year was a separate at-large program for two-year schools and Canadian institutions. Members at two-year schools, Canadian institutions and any other institution not affiliated with the NCAA or NAIA nominate their student-athletes in all sports during the spring nomination period.

For more information about the College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® teams program, please visit AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America® home page on CoSIDA.com.
 
Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; the Thayer School of Education; and the School of Sport Sciences. 
 
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