Rumrill named Academic All-American

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BROOKINGS – South Dakota State swimmer Wyatt Rumrill was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team.

It marked his first career honor.

The Pierre native finished his senior year swimming the breaststroke and medley events while earning a 4.0 GPA as a human biology major. Rumrill set school records in the 100 breast (55.11), 200 breast (2:00.26), 100 IM (51.78) and 400 medley relay (3:19.18) at the 2019 Summit League Championships in February.

Selections to Academic All-District teams advanced to be voted on for All-America by sports information directors across the nation. Candidates must be at least a sophomore in athletic and academic standing and carry at least a 3.3 GPA.

Fifteen individuals were honored.