CLARION, Pa. --- The College Sports Communicators announced their 2026 Academic All-District honorees for men's and women's swimming & diving on Tuesday. Six members of the Golden Eagles program earned Academic All-District honors, with four advancing to the Academic All-American ballot.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or older academically and in terms of their eligibility, must maintain a 3.50 cumulative GPA or better, and must have competed in 75 percent of their team competitions, finished top eight in their conference or participated in a national championship. A maximum of four individuals per gender could be nominated per team.
 
On the men's side, Zakary Kennedy (3.64) and Ryan Ehlers (3.79) both earned Academic All-District honors, with Kennedy further earning a spot on the Academic All-America ballot. Kenendy added two All-American honors to his mantle this past March, giving him four total in two years as a Golden Eagle.
 
On the women's side, four Golden Eagles were honored – Luna Castellanos (3.62), Joslyn Jurski (4.00), Katie Madigan (3.91) and Madelynn McTeer (4.00) – with Castellanos, Jurski and Madigan all earning spots on the Academic All-America ballot. Jurski was a Third Team Academic All-American last year that hit multiple NCAA 'B' cuts in 2025-26, while Castellanos and Madigan garnered two All-America honors apiece at this year's NCAA Championships.
 
The Academic All-America teams will be announced on April 28-29.