RICHMOND, Va. – Six members of the Villanova Swimming and Diving team earned second-team Scholar All-America distinction from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). On the women's side, Molly Benson, Arabella Lee, Audrey Pastorek and Meghan Tiernan made the list while Nolan Danus and Nicholas Jubilee represented the men's team.

These six student-athletes match the 2018 team for the most honorees for the program in modern history. They were six of over 2,000 swimmers and divers named to the Scholar All-American team for the 2023-24 season. To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in their national championship. Second-Team selections, must have also earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met a "B" time standard for the national championship or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet.

Benson, Pastorek, Jubilee and Danus have all been honored three times this postseason for their work in and out of the pool. They all were chosen as College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area selections.

Pastorek is the lone 'Cat of the group to be a repeat honoree, earning second-team Scholar All-American status twice in as many seasons to close her career. She led Villanova with five All-BIG EAST performances this season. The real estate major became the fifth women's swimmer in program history to be named BIG EAST Most Outstanding Swimmer in back-to-back seasons. At her final conference meet, she earned All-BIG EAST status in every event she competed in. She won the 200 Back and 200 IM, moving her to be an eight-time BIG EAST Champion in her career while adding a silver in the 100 Back. The Savannah, Ga. native was also a part of two silver medal relays in the 200 and 400 Medley. Throughout the regular season, Pastorek competed in every meet, racking up 12 individual wins and three relay victories.

Much like Pastorek, Benson earned five All-BIG EAST performances at this year's championship meet. The Psychology major from Kensington, Md. was a BIG EAST champion in the 200 Free and also earned gold in the 200 Free and 800 Free Relay to bring her career total to five BIG EAST golds. She added silver in the 500 Free and bronze in the 400 Free Relay. Benson competed in nine regular season meets with eight winning swims, six as an individual and two with relays.

Jubilee was also a major award winner at this year's BIG EAST Championships, earning the Men's Co-Most Outstanding Diver plaudit to be the program's sixth winner overall and first since 2022. He won gold in the 1-meter by .2 in the finals. Throughout the season, the junior nursing major from Painted Post, N.Y. logged two top-three finishes throughout the regular season.

Danus, a finance major from Morris Plains, N.J., collected three All-BIG EAST performances this season, including a gold medal in the 200 IM. He also added silver in the 400 IM and bronze in the 200 Fly, resetting the program record in all three races. He raced in all eight regular season events for the men this season, grabbing five wins in that time.

Lee earned the first BIG EAST individual title of her career in record fashion, resetting the program's 100 Fly record twice in one day with a 53.90 prelims time and a 53.31 in the finals. The sophomore nursing major added on All-BIG EAST performances in the 200 Medley and 400 Medley Relays.

Tiernan, a freshman biochemistry major, left her first BIG EAST Championship meet with All-BIG EAST honors. She swam a silver-medal time of 4:17.29 in the 400 IM.

The full list of 2023-24 honorees can be found at this link.