{"id":214316,"date":"2025-04-22T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=214316"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:50:49","slug":"sakellaris-academic-all-america-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/sakellaris-academic-all-america-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakellaris earns first Academic All-America honors for women\u2019s swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa\u2019s Arianna Sakellaris became the first ever Rainbow Wahine swimmer<\/a> to earn College Sports Communicators (CSC<\/abbr>) Academic All-America honors. Sakellaris was voted to the third team.<\/p>\n

Sakellaris is a graduate student majoring in clinical research. She is one of just 30 women’s swim and dive athletes to be named to the NCAA<\/abbr>
\n Division I<\/abbr> Academic All-America teams selected by the CSC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

She was also one of four Rainbow Wahine to earn CSC<\/abbr> Academic All-District honors and was named to the Academic All-Big West team. Outside of school, Sakellaris participated in the Women Speaking Out event at the Swing Fore Love Charity Golf Invitational earlier this year.<\/p>\n

At the Big West Championship, Sakellaris helped set a new Big West record and earned gold as a member of the 400 free relay team with a time of 3:20.04, and an individual split of 50.61. She also claimed bronze as a part of the 800 free relay squad while posting a split of 1:49.89.<\/p>\n

To qualify for the Academic All-America teams, student-athletes must have earned Academic All-District honors, be at least a sophomore, maintain a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average, and compete in five competitions or finish top-eight at a conference meet.<\/p>\n

For more on Sakellaris go to HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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