Preston and Vecchio earn AE All-Academic honors

3/19/2025 1:47:00 PM | By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Liam Preston and Jake Vecchio

Bearcat duo honored for second straight season

VESTAL, N.Y. – For the second consecutive year, junior Liam Preston and graduate student Jake Vecchio have been named to the America East Men's Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team. The announcement was made on Wednesday afternoon by the conference office.

To be eligible for the America East All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic eligibility, attain a 3.30 minimum grade-point average and be a contributor on their team. The squad is voted on by a committee of America East student-athlete support and athletic communications administrators as well as faculty athletic representatives.

There were 10 total honorees on the 2025 America East Men's Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team.

Both Preston and Vecchio earned all-conference honors at the recent America East Championships (Feb. 19-22). Preston also received the conference's Men's Swimming & Diving Elite 18 Award.

Preston was part of the first-place 800 free relay team at the conference championships. He also placed fourth in both the 200 back and 200 free as well as fifth in the 500 free. Vecchio, meanwhile, was second in the 200 fly, sixth in the 100 fly and eighth in the 100 back.

Since the inception of the America East All-Academic Teams in 2006, the Binghamton men's swimming & diving program has posted 47 selections.

The Bearcat men's squad captured its second straight America East championship this past season. Binghamton has now won three out of the last five titles as well as four crowns since joining the conference in 2001.

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