Three members of the Wayne State University swimming and diving program were recognized on Wednesday as they were voted to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large teams for Division II.  Senior swimmers Kristian Larsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark) and Kayla Scott (Rochester, Mich./Adams) and sophomore Elly Maleski (Cedar, Mich./Traverse City West) were honored for outstanding performances both in the pool and in the classroom. 

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Scott was voted to the Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large First Team for the second straight season.  The senior was a 17-time All-American and won seven individual national championships during her career. As a senior, she earned five All-America honors and was a national champion in the 100 breaststroke and 200 freestyle relay. Scott placed first or second at the NCAA Division II Women's Swimming & Diving National Championships in the 100 breaststroke all four years of her collegiate career. The psychology major with a 3.69 G.P.A. helped Wayne State to four consecutive GLIAC titles.  Scott becomes the eighth WSU student-athlete to be a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American joining Tim Flannery (Baseball - 1976-77), Paul Janas (Baseball - 1974-75), Matthew Laschuk (Swimming - 2010-11), Catherine Leix (Swimming - 2011-12), Kevin Ponticelli (Baseball - 1978-79), Jennifer Smith (Softball - 1992-93), and Logan White (Softball - 2012-14).

Larsen was named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's At-Large Second Team after earning GLIAC All-Academic Team honors for the third consecutive year.  He was a 24-time All-American (15-time 1st Team [3-Individual/12-Relays] + 9-time Honorable Mention [6-Individual/3-Relays]) during his collegiate career.  He won 11 conference titles (3-Individual/8-Relays) in his four years with the Green and Gold and at the NCAA National Championships, Larsen was an All-American all four years in the 200 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 800 free relay.  He maintained a 3.43 cumulative G.P.A. as a mechanical engineering major.

Maleski was selected to the Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large Second Team in her first year of eligibility (freshmen are not eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades).  She was a Five-time First Team All-American in 2014 having won a national title anchoring the 200 freestyle relay (1:31.64) that broke Division II record.  Maleski also led off the second place 200 medley relay (1:40.93) and joined the second place 400 freestyle relay (3:21.99) .  In addition, Maleski led off the third place 400 medley relay (3:42.68) and placed sixth in the 100 backstroke (54.94).  She has a 3.86 cumulative G.P.A. in biomedical engineering honors.

WSU has had 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in the past four years, including the College Division At-Large Academic All-American of the Year in 2011-12 in swimmer Catherine Leix.