GREENWOOD, Ind. - Missouri State swimming & diving had eight swimmers named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, the organization announced Tuesday morning.

Caitlyn Friebe, Lana Janson, Samantha Roemer and Evie Kolb represent the Bears on the women's all-district team, while Simeon Sabev, Alex Boutin, Lucas Chadwell and Jack Grandy earned the four nods for the men's team.

Student-athletes are eligible for the CSC All-District team by being at least a sophomore both academically and athletically and having at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale. Swimmers and divers must have competed in five team competitions or finished in the top eight of an event at a conference meet.

Five of the eight Bears selected this year (Janson, Roemer, Boutin, Chadwell and Grandy) represented Missouri State on the CSC Academic All-District Team last year. Sabev made the 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team with Delaware. Friebe and Kolb were freshmen last year and therefore ineligible.

All eight were also named to the Missouri Valley Conference Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete team on Friday.

Friebe (Sophomore, Springfield, Mo.) makes her first academic all-district appearance with a 3.98 GPA and a major in exercise science. She earned a bronze medal at the MVC Championships (Feb. 26-March 1), leading the Bears in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.51). Friebe also earned four medals at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 21-23), including winning gold in the 400-yard medley relay (3:40.51). She was an MVC Honorable Mention.

Janson (Junior, Cape Town, South Africa) has made the academic all-district team in both years at Missouri State. She boasts a 3.98 GPA and is majoring in physics. Janson is an eight-time MVC medalist, including a team-high three bronze medals in this past year's championships in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.51), 200-yard freestyle relay (1:48.43) and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:19.49). Janson anchored Missouri State's winning swim in the 400-yard medley relay (3:40.51) at the House of Champions Invitational. She was named MVC Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 30, 2024 and made the All-MVC first team for the second year in a row.

Roemer (Fifth-year, Bettendorf, Iowa) makes her third straight academic all-district appearance with a 3.96 graduate GPA in health administration to go along with her 3.95 undergraduate GPA. The fifth-year swimmer won 17 MVC medals across her five MVC Championship meets (12 gold, three silver and two bronze). She earned bronze this year in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.51) and a whopping four gold medals at the House of Champions Invitational, which garnered her an MVC Swimmer of the Week nod on Nov. 7, 2024. Roemer is a four-time All-MVC first team swimmer and was an MVC Honorable Mention this year.

Kolb (Sophomore, Springfield, Mo.) also makes her first academic all-district team with a 3.86 GPA and a major in accounting. She appeared in all nine swim meets for the Bears and finished ninth in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the MVC Championships. She swam personal best times in the 500-yard freestyle (4:58.03), 1,650-yard freestyle (16:59.18), 100-yard backstroke (1:00.33), 200-yard backstroke (2:06.27), 200-yard individual medley (2:12.06) and 400-yard individual medley (4:30.14). Kolb was named an MVC Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season.

Sabev (Fifth-year, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria) makes the academic all-district team with a 4.00 graduate GPA in his lone season as a Bear for the second time of his career. He has a 3.91 GPA at Delaware. He won three bronze medals at the MVC Championships in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.47), 200-yard medley relay (1:27.61) and 400-yard medley relay (3:12.13). He also made the A-Final in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing eighth with a time of 48.37. Sabev was also a part of the House of Champions Invitational record-breaking swim in the 400-yard medley relay (3:12.40). He won three individual 100-yard butterfly events and had the team's fastest time in the event (48.03) in the prelim heat at the MVC Championships.

Boutin (Junior, Allen, Texas) makes his second straight academic all-district team on the men's side with a 3.97 GPA in supply chain, logistics and operations management. He won his first career conference medal with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:27.61) at the MVC men's championships (Feb. 19-22). He also placed fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:38.48) at the House of Champions Invitational. Boutin has made a conference all-academic team in each of the last two seasons as well. 

Chadwell (Junior, Springfield, Mo.) also made the CSC Academic All-District Team for the second straight year with a 3.92 GPA in financial planning. Chadwell was a three-time Mid-American Conference medalist in his first two years at Missouri State. He matched his three MAC medals with three MVC podium finishes in the school's return to the conference in 2025. Chadwell won three bronzes in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.47), 200-yard medley relay (1:27.61) and 400-yard freestyle relay (2:56.93). He also won five medals at the House of Champions Invitational, including one gold in the 400-yard medley relay (3:12.40) to set the meet record. 

Grandy (Junior, Cincinnati, Ohio) is the only Bear to make the academic all-district team and be named first team all-conference for the second year in a row, doing so with a 3.90 GPA in biomedical sciences. He won his first career conference gold medal in the 800-yard freestyle (6:24.61) to set the MVC record after winning bronze in the event last season. Grandy also won the 800-yard freestyle relay at the House of Champions Invitational with a time of 6:33.60. He had the fifth-fastest conference time in the 200-yard individual medley (1:46.90).

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving 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.

Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced for the women on April 22 and for the men on April 23.