SPOKANE, Wash. – Eight members of the Whitworth University swimming teams have earned inclusion on the 2024-25 Academic All-District® Women's and Men's NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving teams, according to the official list released Tuesday by the College Sports Communicators.
The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Swimming Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool 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. Student-athletes must be of sophomore academic standing, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher through the final full academic term and must be a top-eight scorer at the conference championships or have competed in over half of the team's meets.
Hailey Freeman, Paige Orlando, Makhaela Parrish and Taylor Thorne made the list from Whitworth's women's team. Henry Brewster, Parker Dangleis, Samuel Draeger and Alex Popov represent the men's team.
There were other Pirate swimmers that met the selection criteria, but each school is allowed a maximum of four honorees per team.
Freeman, a sophomore elementary education major from Austin Texas, had a 3.66 grade point average through the fall semester. She made the championship finals of the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys and the 200-yard backstroke at the 2025 Northwest Conference Championships.
Orlando has a 3.80 GPA as a health science major. The junior from Klamath Falls, Oregon competed in every meet this season.
Parrish finished second in the 1,650-yard freestyle, third in the 500 freestyle and fourth in the 200 free at the 2025 NWC Championships. A sophomore from Moses Lake, Washington, Parrish has a 3.89 GPA as an accounting major.
Taylor Thorne, an accounting major with a 3.78 GPA, took third in the 200-yard backstroke and made finals of the 100 back. She is a senior from Missoula, Montana.
Henry Brewster defended his NWC title in the 200-yard butterfly at the 2025 NWC Championships and made the championship finals of the 100 butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. The sophomore economics major from West Vancouver, B.C. has a 3.68 GPA.
Parker Dangleis is a sophomore finance major from Hockinson, Washington with a 3.59 GPA. He won the 200-yard freestyle, was runner-up in the 100 freestyle and took third in the 50 free.
Samuel Draeger, a sophomore from Fife, Washington, has a 4.0 GPA as a finance and economics double major. He defended his NWC title in the 400-yard individual medley, took third in the 200-yard backstroke and was a finalist in the 200 I.M.
Alex Popov, a sophomore from Woodinville, Washington, was NWC champion in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke races. He was third in the 200 I.M. Popov has a 3.75 GPA as a business management major.
Both of Whitworth's swimming teams earned Northwest Conference championships in 2024-25.
