WORCESTER --- WPI women's swimming & diving student-athletes Sarah Kang (Richmond, VA), Katrina Waite (Falmouth, ME), Kaitlyn Grove (Cheshire, CT), and Rachel Tsang (Acton, MA) have been named to the 2025-26 NCAA Division III College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District Team.

Kang, a sophomore aerospace engineering major owning a 3.68 GPA, collects her first career Academic All-District accolade. Outside of the classroom, Kang collected All-NEWMAC honors as she finished second in the 200-yard backstroke and helped the 400-yard medley to a fifth-place finish in the NEWMAC championship.

Waite, a junior electrical and computer engineering major with a 3.75 GPA, earns her first CSC Academic All-District honor. Waite was the opening leg for the 200-yard medley that claimed sixth place at the NEWMAC Championships. Waite and Kang also teamed up in the 800-yard freestyle relay for fifth at the conference meet.

Grove, a senior biomedical engineering major with a 3.75 GPA, earns Academic All-District honors for the first time in her career. Grove and Tsang were the last two legs in the B 200-yard relay group as Grove recorded a 25.18 split for the fastest among the quartet.

Tsang, a senior mechanical engineering major carrying a 3.73 GPA, garners Academic All-District recognition for the first time as she took the pool in a wide variety of events featuring the 100-yard, 100-backstroke, 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relay at the NEWMAC meet for the Crimson and Gray.

Throughout the season, the women's program recorded dual meet victories over William Smith, Brandeis, Wheaton and NCAA Division II Bentley, Adelphi and Felician. The Engineers recorded a second-place team finish at the Worcester City Championships behind Division I Holy Cross before capturing the coveted Gompei Invitational title in December. WPI capped off the year with a fifth-place performance at the NEWMAC Championships.

CSC Release