GREENWOOD, Ind.- Four Franklin & Marshall women's swimmers earned their first selection to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team for Division III including Emily Albert, Madi Bickford, Maddie Mealey, and Ava Tseng.

The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Team captain Emily Albert earned her first selection to the Academic All-District® Team after earning her third-straight appearance on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Madi Bickford is also a first-time representative on the Academic All-District® Team following a first appearance on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. Bickford was a B Finalist in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at the Centennial Conference Swimming Championship.  She also played a role in a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay plus racing the freestyle legs of a fifth-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay and a sixth-place result in the 200 medley relay, respectively. Bickford set F&M's second-best 50 freestyle time (24.02), helped establish new program records in the 200 freestyle relay (1:35.87) and 400 freestyle relay (3:29.12), and assisted in setting F&M's second-best 800 freestyle relay time (7:47.31). She also now holds the program's third-best 100 freestyle split (52.20).

Maddie Mealey earned her first selection to the Academic All-District® Team after claiming her second-straight appearance on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. 

Ava Tseng is a first-time pick to the Academic All-District® Team following a first selection to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. She was on the fifth-place team in the 800 freestyle relay of this year's Centennial Conference Swimming Championship and helped set F&M's second-best 800 freestyle relay time (7:47.31).

The Franklin & Marshall women's swimming team concluded the 2025-26 season with a 4-5, 2-3 Centennial Conference record in the dual meet season and a fifth-place finish at the Centennial Conference Swimming Championship.