Lai Earns CSCAA First Team All-American Honors at NCAA Championships

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The postseason honors continue for sophomore diver Shiyun Lai, who was named a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) First Team All-American for her performance at the NCAA Championships, the organization announced on Monday.

Lai becomes the first Kansas diver to earn First Team All-America honors since Jiayu Chen, who placed in the top eight of both the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the 2020 NCAA Championships.

Lai secured CSCAA First Team All-America status with a seventh-place finish in the one-meter event at the NCAA Championships, scoring 309.10. She followed up with a sixth-place finish in the three-meter event, earning a score of 357.40.

The awards were determined by a vote of CSCAA-member Division I head swimming coaches and head diving coaches. All-Americans are selected based on their finish at the NCAA Championships and a team's current membership with the CSCAA. Only student-athletes who competed in their championship finals are eligible for All-America Honors. NCAA relays & individuals must score in the top 8 to earn first-team honors while those who finish ninth through sixteenth earn second-team honors.

Last season, Lai was named a Second Team All-American in both the one-meter and three-meter events after finishing 14th in both competitions.

At this year's NCAA Championships, Lai led Kansas to a 25th-place finish—the program's best result since placing 22nd at the 1996 NCAA Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The complete list of CSCAA All-American performers can be found here.

University of Kansas Athletics

Lai Earns CSCAA First Team All-American Honors at NCAA Championships

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Shiyun Lai

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