 MINNEAPOLIS – Indiana swimming and diving fifth-year senior Andrew Capobianco was named the Division-I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year as well as one of five of IU’s Academic All-Americans announced this week by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
The Academic All-America program celebrates the combination of athletic and academic achievement. Nominated student-athletes have a cumulative GPA above 3.50 and are a starter or important reserve for their team.
Now in his fifth season at Indiana, Capobianco has earned a 3.58 cumulative GPA as an exercise science major, is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and third-team Academic All-American in 2019. On the boards, Capobianco is a two-time 3-meter diving champion, four-time NCAA medalist, 10-time All-American, three-time Big Ten Diver of the Year, three-time Big Ten Diver of the Championships, five-time Big Ten champion and four-time Big Ten team champion. A tribute to his leadership, Capobianco was named IU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner during the conference meet this season.
Now, Capobianco is the top Academic All-American in Division I.
He joins four teammates on Academic All-America teams. Sophomore Josh Matheny is a second-team selection for the men, earning a 3.77 GPA thus far as an economics major. Matheny is a two-time All-American coming into his second NCAA Championships this week, was a national runner-up in the 400 medley relay last year and has helped IU to Big Ten team titles in each of his first two seasons.
Three Hoosiers made the women’s Academic All-America teams, the most in the Big Ten. Junior Anne Fowler and senior Noelle Peplowski were picked for the first team, while sophomore Ching Hwee Gan earned a third-team selection.
At last week’s NCAA Championships, Fowler earned her first NCAA medal with a runner-up performance on the 3-meter springboard. Fowler won Big Ten Championships on 1-meter and 3-meter and reached the podium on platform as well to be named the Big Ten Diver of the Championships. The Burke, Virginia, native is a three-time All-American and three-time Big Ten Champion and owns a 3.99 GPA while studying health care management and policy.
Peplowski is an 11-time All-American after finishing up her final NCAA meet last week. The fifth-year senior finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke, a career-high finish in her final collegiate swim. Academically, Peplowski has earned as 3.88 GPA as a sports marketing and management major.
Ching Hwee Gan earned a spot on the team with a 4.00 GPA in nutrition science. The sophomore had a glowing performance at the NCAA Championships last week as IU’s top scorer and a first-team All-American in all four events she swam. Gan earned a silver medal finish in her final swim of the meet, the 1,650-yard freestyle, despite coming in as the No. 8-seeded swimmer in the event.
