Sports ( Europe Brief News): Three student-athletes from Women’s Swimming & Diving earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors for outstanding academic achievement.
Katrina Yurista (Laramie, Wyoming), Audrey Dino (St. Louis, Missouri), and Anna Callaghan (Yorktown Heights, NY), student-athletes for the WPI women’s swimming and diving program, have been selected to the 2024–25 NCAA Division III College Sports Communicators Women’s Swimming & Diving Academic All-District Team.
Yurista, a junior majoring in civil engineering and keeping a perfect 4.00 GPA, was named Academic All-District for the second time in a row. Before earning a spot at the NCAA Division III Region 3 Diving Championships for the second consecutive year, she placed 22nd in the 1-meter (376.10 points) and 26th in the 3-meter (363.40 points) diving events at the 2025 NEWMAC Championships, where she also finished seventh in the 1-meter (413.20 points) and 3-meter (428.40 points) diving events.
Additionally, Yurista has been selected to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference thrice.
With a 3.63 GPA as a senior majoring in civil engineering, Dino was named to the Academic All-District team for the first time in 2025.
She helped WPI’s 400 Free Relay ‘B’ team, which placed 15th with a time of 3:44.11 at this year’s conference championship competition. This season, Dino was also selected for the first time to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team.
Classmate Callaghan, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering with a 3.58 GPA, receives her first Academic All-District award. She and Dino both swam in the 400 Free Relay ‘B’ team, helping them place in 15th place. Callaghan has received two NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors.
With 454 team points, WPI finished fifth in the 2025 NEWMAC Championships and sent Yurista as the only female participant to the NCAA Division III Region 3 Diving Championships.
What does the selection of three women’s swimmers on the All-District team say about their program’s strength?
The honorees show that the program develops student-athletes who maintain strong academic standards in addition to competitive success, excelling both in the classroom and in the pool. This dual achievement is indicative of a supportive and well-rounded team culture.
The program has a number of important contributors who meet strict eligibility requirements, such competing in numerous meets or finishing highly at conference championships, demonstrating depth in competitive skill, as seen by the recognition of multiple swimmers.
The academic distinctions, which are frequently associated with dedication and discipline, support the swimmers’ accomplishments, which include NCAA qualifying and great conference finishes, indicating the program is very competitive.
