BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — 12 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) athletes are among 66 selections to the 2025 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Division I All-America team.
Divided into eight First Team, eight Second Team, eight Third Team and 42 Honorable Mention honorees, the ACWPC Division I All-America team is selected based on nominations and voting by the head coaches of each Division I varsity program.
2025 CWPA Champion Harvard University earns the most All-America awards among CWPA institutions with five, while Princeton University (three), Brown University, Bucknell University, Saint Francis University and the University of Michigan round out the honored institutions.
Princeton’s Kayla Yelensky (Sr., Stamford, Conn./Greenwich Academy) and Harvard’s Niki Piovan (Fr., Vouliagmeni, Greece/HAEF Athens College) lead the CWPA selections as the duo claim Third Team recognition. The award marks the third All-America accolade for Yelensky who previously claimed Second (2024) and Third (2023) Team status, while Piovan collects her inaugural All-America nod.
10 athletes post Honorable Mention awards with Princeton goalkeeper Lindsey Lucas (Jr., Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) becoming a three-time All-America on the heels of prior Second (2024) and Third (2023) Team status.
2024 Honorable Mention selections Emma Gilbert (So., Santa Barbara, Calif./Dos Pueblos), Ruby Hodge (Jr., San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) and Maya O’Dea (So., Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson) of Harvard also repeat as All-America honorees, while Brown’s Claire Poissonnier (Sr., Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill), Bucknell’s Olivia Hopper (Fr., Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich), Princeton’s Rachael Carver (Sr., Laguna Beach, Calif./Laguna Beach), Saint Francis’ Caylah Olay (Jr., Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union), Michigan’s Ariadne Karampetsou (Fr., Athens, Greece/Costeas Geitonas School) and Harvard goalkeeper Orli Cooper (Fr., Greensboro, N.C./Guilford Home Educators) collect their inaugural All-America honors.
Since 2005, the mission of the ACWPC is to promote the development and advancement of collegiate water polo. This shall be accomplished by providing its membership with professional education, services, training and a united voice.
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