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Women’s Swimming and Diving’s Sticklen named to CSC Academic All-America First Team
04.22.2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The senior and SEC Swimmer of the Year has been named a First-Team Academic All-American for the second-straight year.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Women's Swimming and Diving senior Emma Sticklen has been selected to the College Sports Communicator's (CSC) Academic All-America First Team for the second year in a row, the CSC announced Tuesday.
Sticklen is one of 10 repeat selections to the CSC Academic All-America First Team this year. The Katy, Texas, product was previously named the Southeastern Conference's (SEC) Swimmer of the Year on April 17.
Sticklen won her third-consecutive NCAA title in the 200 fly, destroying the NCAA record in a time of 1:49.11 on March 22. She was tabbed SEC Swimmer of the Meet and shared the Commissioner's Cup Trophy following the SEC Championship on Feb. 22. She became the first Longhorn swimmer to win three-consecutive national titles since Leigh Ann Fetter captured three in a row in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free from 1989-91. Following the national meet, Sticklen hauled in seven All-America honors. At the SEC Championship, she won five events, taking home gold in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 200 IM, 100 fly, and 200 fly. She also helped Texas secure a runner-up finish in the 400 free relay. She also smashed her own then-SEC record and dismantled the conference meet record in the 200 fly after winning that event at conference meet in 1:49.17. At NCAAs, she broke her own school record in the 100 fly, touching the wall in 49.27, to claim third on March 21. She lowered her own school record in the 200 IM during prelims at NCAAs, posting a final time of 1:52.11. She went on to finish seventh during finals.
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