Nesty, Gillooly and Liendo Earn CSCAA Awards; 24 Gators Named All-Americans

Head Swim Coach Anthony Nesty and Head Dive Coach Bryan Gillooly during the Gators' 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships on Friday, March 28, 2025 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way , WA. (Photo by Bryce Mitchell)

Nesty, Gillooly and Liendo Earn CSCAA Awards; 24 Gators Named All-Americans

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Abby Wisecup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following the NCAA Championships, Florida's men's and women's swimming and diving programs placed 24 Gators on the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-America list.

Florida's men made history with a second-place finish, the best for the program in 39 years, dating back to a runner-up result in 1985. It marks just the Gators' second-ever second-place finish and the highest since back-to-back national titles in 1983 and 1984. Florida diving led the way with a meet-high 58 points, as the team scored a program-high 419 points.

In recognition of their historical 2025-26 seasons, Anthony Nesty and Bryan Gillooly were named Men's Swim Coach of the Year and Men's Diving Coach of the Year, respectively, while Josh Liendo earned Co-Swimmer of the Year honors.

2025-26 NCAA Men's Division I Awards
Men's Diving Coach of the Year: Bryan Gillooly, Florida
Men's Diver of the Year: Luke Sitz, SMU
Men's Swim Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty, Florida
Men's Co-Swimmers of the Year: Hubert Kos, Texas and Josh Liendo, Florida

The Gators collected a combined 57 All-America honors (38 First Team, 19 Second Team). Fourteen men earned 37 individual honors (32 First Team, 5 Second Team), while the women contributed 20 honors (6 First Team, 14 Second Team) after their 10th-place finish. The result marks the program's fourth-consecutive NCAA top-10 finish, the first such streak since the Gators placed top-10 from 2001–15, including a national title in 2010.

Men's Highlights
Florida men won five national titles and added 14 additional podium finishes, breaking two NCAA records along with U.S. Open, meet, and program records. They also set three pool records and posted 11 program top-10 times.

Liendo was a standout, earning seven First-Team honors for the first time in his career to bring his career total to 26. The senior swept his individual events (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly) for the second time, joining Florida legend Caleb Dressel as the only Gators to achieve this twice. Liendo scored a meet-high 60 individual points and broke NCAA, U.S. Open, meet, and program records in the 100 fly twice in a single day, while posting career-best times of 18.6 and 39.91 in the 50 and 100 free, respectively.

Women's Highlights
Four women earned First-Team All-American honors with top-eight finishes. Sophomore Anita Bottazzo was the national runner-up in the 100 breast and placed seventh in the 200 breast. Junior diver Camyla Monroy finished fourth on 1-meter and eighth on platform. Sophomore Julie Brousseau placed fifth in the 500 free, while freshman Grace Rabb took sixth in the 200 breast, joining Bottazzo on the podium.

Florida Men CSCAA All-Americans – 14 earn 37 honors (32 First-Team, 5 Second-Team)

Ahmed Jaouadi – 1,650 Freestyle (First team) & 500 Freestyle (First Team)
Ahmed Hafnaoui – 1,650 Freestyle (First team) & 500 Freestyle (First Team)
Gio Linscheer – 1,650 Freestyle (First team), 500 Freestyle (First Team) & 400 IM (Second Team)
Josh Liendo – 100 Butterfly (First-Team), 50 Freestyle (First Team) & 100 Freestyle (First Team), 200 Freestyle Relay (First Team), 400 Freestyle Relay (First Team), 200 Medley Relay (First Team) & 400 Medley Relay (First Team)
Scotty Buff – 100 Butterfly (First Team), 200 Freestyle Relay (First Team), 400 Freestyle Relay (First Team) & 200 Medley Relay (First Team)
Koen de Groot – 100 Breaststroke (First Team), 200 Medley Relay (First Team) & 400 Medley Relay (First Team)
Jesus Agundez Mora – 1-Meter (First Team)
Conor Gesing – 1-Meter (First Team) & 3-meter (First Team)
Jonny Marshall – 200 Backstroke (First Team), 200 Medley Relay (First Team) & 400 Medley Relay (First Team)
Jesus Gonzalez – Platform (First Team)
Alexander Painter – 50 Freestyle (Second Team), 200 Freestyle Relay (First Team), 400 Freestyle Relay (First Team) & 400 Medley Relay (First Team)
Devin Dilger - 200 Freestyle Relay (First Team), 400 Freestyle Relay (First Team)
Eric Brown - 1,650 Freestyle (Second Team)
Charlie Hutchison – 400 IM (Second Team) & 500 Freestyle (Second Team)

Florida Women CSCAA All-Americans – 10 earn 20 honors (6 First-Team, 14 Second-Team)

Beatriz Bezerra – 200 Medley Relay (Second Team), 400 Medley Relay (Second Team)
Anita Bottazzo – 200 Medley Relay (Second Team), 400 Medley Relay (Second Team), 100 Breast (First Team), 200 Breast (First Team)
Julie Brousseau – 800 Free Relay (Second Team), 500 Free (First Team)
Catie Choate – 200 Medley Relay (Second Team), 400 Medley Relay (Second Team), 200 Back (Second Team)
Lainy Kruger – 200 Medley Relay (Second Team), 800 Free Relay (Second Team), 400 Medley Relay (Second Team)
Michaela Mattes – 1650 Free (Second Team)
Camyla Monroy – 1 Meter 6 Dives (First Team), Platform 5 Dives (First Team)
Grace Rabb – 200 Breast (First Team)
JoJo Ramey – 800 Free Relay (Second Team)
Sylvia Statkevicius – 800 Free Relay (Second Team)

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