NEWS | College Sports Communicators AAA men's swimming release

Austin, Texas----Wingate University men's swimming student-athlete Ney Chagas Filho ('26, Natal, Brazil) is an Academic All-America® second team choice, College Sports Communicators (CSC) officials announce this week. Chagas Filho is a repeat selection, as he earned third team honors in 2024. He is a finance major with a 3.805 GPA.
 
The 2024-25 season is the third 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 through the 2021-22 campaign.
 
Earlier this month, Chagas Filho and seven teammates were named to the Academic All-District® men's and women's swimming teams. The Bulldog octet each played a role in Wingate winning its third consecutive South Atlantic Conference men's and women's swimming championship titles in February.
 
The Ney Chagas Filho ('26) file
Junior Backstroke/Freestyle specialist
Natal, Brazil
 
- Three-time NCAA national championship meet participant
- Helped Wingate finish sixth in the '25 NCAA meet in Indy
- Earned '25 first team AA honors in the 400 Medley Relay
- Chagas and his relay mates set a new WU record (3:10.90)
- Honorable mention AA in three events at '25 NCAAs
- '25 HM AA swims in 100 and 200 Back and 200 Medley Relay
- '24 NCAA HM All-American in three events
- '23 NCAA first team AA in the 100 and 200 Back
- Five SAC individual titles in the 100 and the 200 Back
- Holds WU records in the 100 (47.72) and the 200 (1:43.48) Back
- Established aforementioned Backstroke marks at '23 NCAAs
- CSCAA Scholar All-American as a freshman and a sophomore

What They Are Saying about Wingate's Ney Chagas Filho
Wingate head men's swimming coach Kevin Hennessey 
 
"It is great to see Ney honored again as an Academic All-America. He has always been one to put great focus into both his studies and swimming. It is always great to see that work be recognized. We are very proud of Ney and all he has done. He is someone who has become a leader on our team. For him to lead by example in both the pool and the classroom really speaks to who he is."
 
Wingate Academic All-America® notes
Wingate Academic All-America® history

- With this week's AAA announcement, Wingate men's and women's swimming has 40 student-athletes who have earned Academic All-America® honors from the CSC
 
- Wingate has 157 Academic All-America® selections all-time, with 148 since Jan. 1, 2000
 
- The Bulldogs lead all North Carolina colleges and universities with their 148 Academic All-America® picks in the 2000s
 
- Duke University is second on the aforementioned N.C. list, while UNC Chapel Hill is third
 
- Wingate's 157 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
 
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