Tyler Kopp, Robin Neumann, Reece Whitley and Nikki Zaccaro have been named to 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 At-Large Teams.
5/19/2022 1:15 PM | Lacrosse, Women's Swimming & Diving, Athletics News, Men's Swimming & Diving
Cal Selections Include Tyler Kopp, Robin Neumann, Reece Whitley And Nikki Zaccaro
BERKELEY – Four Cal student-athletes – Tyler Kopp (men's swimming & diving), Robin Neumann (women's swimming & diving), Reece Whitley (men's swimming & diving) and Nikki Zaccaro (lacrosse) – have been named to 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 At-Large Teams. The honor recognizes top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot with the men's at-large Academic All-America® team announced June 14 and the women's squad June 15.
Among the criteria to be nominated for CoSIDA Academic All-District® and All-America® honors are a cumulative 3.30 GPA, being a starter or significant substitute who has played in at least half of the team's games and for undergraduates being at your school for at least one calendar year.
Below are notes on each of Cal's four All-District® At-Large selections with an extended bio of each available by clicking on their name.
Tyler Kopp – Men's Swimming, Free, So., 2nd Season At Cal (Katy, TX/James E. Taylor HS)
— A business administration major
— Member of the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and winner of a Golden Bear Achievement Award for maintaining the highest grade point average on Cal men's swimming & diving team's during his 2021-22 sophomore campaign
— CSCAA Scholar All-American as a 2020-21 freshman
— Helped Cal win back-to-back Pac-12 team championships in 2021 and 2022, scoring in both conference meets in each of his first two collegiate campaigns
— Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier in multiple events who helped Cal win the team title as a sophomore at the 2022 NCAA Championships
Robin Neumann – Women's Swimming, Free, Sr., 5th Season At Cal (Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Caland Lyceum)
— A global studies major with an emphasis on peace and conflict and a minor in human rights who graduated from Cal in May of 2022
— Has received numerous academic honors during her Cal career including Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's swimming & diving as a 2021-22 senior, the 2022 Neufeld Award for having the highest GPA among Cal's graduating female student-athletes and membership in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society
— A three-time NCAA finalist in the 200 free and the champion in the same event as a junior at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships
— Ranks 10th all-time at Cal in the 100-yard freestyle and was a member of the school-record 800-yard free relay
— A 2016 Olympian for the Netherlands
— Plans to pursue a career in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs after obtaining her master's degree
Reece Whitley – Men's Swimming, Breast/IM, Sr., 4th Season At Cal (Lafayette Hill, PA/William Penn Charter School)
— A business administration major on track to graduate from Cal in the summer of 2022
— Named the Pac-12 Men's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a 2021-22 senior
— Three-time Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection
— Chosen to represent the prestigious Haas School of Business at the 2022 National Diversity Case Competition
— Serves as a council member of USA Swimming's Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition (Team BLAC)
— Concluded a decorated collegiate career at Cal that included two NCAA team championships (2019, 2022) as well as four consecutive Pac-12 team titles (2019-22)
— Won an NCAA title as a 2021-22 senior by swimming the breaststroke leg on Cal's 400-yard medley relay and is a 17-time CSCAA All-American, as well as a 10-time Pac-12 champion
Nikki Zaccaro – Lacrosse, A, 5th-Yr, 5th Season At Cal (Newtown, CT/Lauralton Hall HS)
— A double major (political science, film and media studies) who finished her undergraduate work at Cal in May of 2021 with Distinction in General Scholarship (equivalent to cum laude) before receiving a graduate certificate from the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program in May of 2022
— Selected as the Pac-12 Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Year as a fifth-year senior in 2022 after being nominated for the award in her first of two senior campaigns in 2021
— Honored academically by the Pac-12 each season from 2019-21 with spots on the conference's Spring Academic Honor in 2020 and 2021 after it replaced the league's All-Academic squads which she was a first-team member of in 2019 (2022 Spring Academic Honor Roll has yet to be announced)
— A recipient of CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 honors for the second time in the last three seasons having also earned the honor as a 2019-20 junior
— Cal's all-time career leader in games played (79) and assists (93)
All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot with the men's at-large Academic All-America® team announced June 14 and the women's squad June 15.
Among the criteria to be nominated for CoSIDA Academic All-District® and All-America® honors are a cumulative 3.30 GPA, being a starter or significant substitute who has played in at least half of the team's games and for undergraduates being at your school for at least one calendar year.
Below are notes on each of Cal's four All-District® At-Large selections with an extended bio of each available by clicking on their name.
Tyler Kopp – Men's Swimming, Free, So., 2nd Season At Cal (Katy, TX/James E. Taylor HS)
— A business administration major
— Member of the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and winner of a Golden Bear Achievement Award for maintaining the highest grade point average on Cal men's swimming & diving team's during his 2021-22 sophomore campaign
— CSCAA Scholar All-American as a 2020-21 freshman
— Helped Cal win back-to-back Pac-12 team championships in 2021 and 2022, scoring in both conference meets in each of his first two collegiate campaigns
— Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier in multiple events who helped Cal win the team title as a sophomore at the 2022 NCAA Championships
Robin Neumann – Women's Swimming, Free, Sr., 5th Season At Cal (Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Caland Lyceum)
— A global studies major with an emphasis on peace and conflict and a minor in human rights who graduated from Cal in May of 2022
— Has received numerous academic honors during her Cal career including Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's swimming & diving as a 2021-22 senior, the 2022 Neufeld Award for having the highest GPA among Cal's graduating female student-athletes and membership in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society
— A three-time NCAA finalist in the 200 free and the champion in the same event as a junior at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships
— Ranks 10th all-time at Cal in the 100-yard freestyle and was a member of the school-record 800-yard free relay
— A 2016 Olympian for the Netherlands
— Plans to pursue a career in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs after obtaining her master's degree
Reece Whitley – Men's Swimming, Breast/IM, Sr., 4th Season At Cal (Lafayette Hill, PA/William Penn Charter School)
— A business administration major on track to graduate from Cal in the summer of 2022
— Named the Pac-12 Men's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a 2021-22 senior
— Three-time Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection
— Chosen to represent the prestigious Haas School of Business at the 2022 National Diversity Case Competition
— Serves as a council member of USA Swimming's Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition (Team BLAC)
— Concluded a decorated collegiate career at Cal that included two NCAA team championships (2019, 2022) as well as four consecutive Pac-12 team titles (2019-22)
— Won an NCAA title as a 2021-22 senior by swimming the breaststroke leg on Cal's 400-yard medley relay and is a 17-time CSCAA All-American, as well as a 10-time Pac-12 champion
Nikki Zaccaro – Lacrosse, A, 5th-Yr, 5th Season At Cal (Newtown, CT/Lauralton Hall HS)
— A double major (political science, film and media studies) who finished her undergraduate work at Cal in May of 2021 with Distinction in General Scholarship (equivalent to cum laude) before receiving a graduate certificate from the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program in May of 2022
— Selected as the Pac-12 Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Year as a fifth-year senior in 2022 after being nominated for the award in her first of two senior campaigns in 2021
— Honored academically by the Pac-12 each season from 2019-21 with spots on the conference's Spring Academic Honor in 2020 and 2021 after it replaced the league's All-Academic squads which she was a first-team member of in 2019 (2022 Spring Academic Honor Roll has yet to be announced)
— A recipient of CoSIDA Academic All-District® 8 honors for the second time in the last three seasons having also earned the honor as a 2019-20 junior
— Cal's all-time career leader in games played (79) and assists (93)
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