AUSTIN, Texas— Colorado Mesa University senior swimming & diving team members Kenya Meyer and Ada Qunell were both named as NCAA Division II First Team Academic All-Americans as selected by College Sports Communicators, the organization announced on Tuesday.

They were two of only eight selections to the first team and the only two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to be recognized on any of the three teams.  CMU was one of just two Division II schools (Nova Southeastern) to have two first team picks.
 
Qunell, who holds a 3.88 GPA while majoring in chemistry, has now been recognized in three straight seasons after earning second team honors in both 2023-24 and 2024-25.  Meyer, who sports a 3.87 GPA, is majoring in exercise science and was a third team honoree last season.
 
Qunell finished her 4-year Maverick career as an 18-time CSCAA (College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America) All-American and won 16 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles in her time as a Mav.  In 2025-26 alone, she won five RMAC titles and earned five all-America honors. 
 
The Whitefish, Montana had also earlier been named as the RMAC Women's Swimming & Diving Academic Athlete of the Year and finishes her career as CMU's school record holder in two individual and six total events.
 
Meyer, who hails from Bozeman, Montana, was the national runner-up on the 1-meter board this year and took fourth on the 3-meter after repeating her RMAC titles in both events.  She also holds the RMAC Championship records and all of CMU's diving records and finishes her career as a 6-time RMAC Champion and was named as the RMAC Championship Diver of the Meet in all four years of her career.

She was tabbed as the RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year in 2024-25 and was picked as the RMAC Diver of the Year in each of the past two years.