William & Mary senior Colin Wright (Williamsburg, Va.) was honored by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America on Wednesday, as he was named to the men's swimming & diving All-America team.  Due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the end of the 2020 season, the CSCAA voted to name All-America teams in every division.

Wright was named an All-American in both the 50 free and the 100 free, becoming the W&M men's swimming & diving program's second All-American alongside Shawn McLane '86.  Wright was ranked fourth in the nation in the 50 free, after swimming 18.98 at the CAA Championships, and also ranked eighth in the NCAA in the 100 free after swimming 42.01 at the conference meet.  The last time men's athlete to appear at the national meet was McLane, who took 13th in both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving in 1985 and followed up with a 15th-place showing on the 3-Meter board in 1986, while the last men's swimming to appear at the NCAA Championships was Ron Good '65, who competed in both the 50 and the 100 free in 1963.

This is just the latest in a long line of honors for Wright, who earlier this month was named the CAA Swimmer of the Year.  Wright was also named the CAA Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Championships in February after winning all seven of his events for the second year in a row, and breaking the conference's all-time record with 24 championship titles.  Overall, W&M won a conference-record 14 of the 18 swimming events this year, including all five relays for the third year in a row.  The Tribe also set 10 conference records over the course of the week, including the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 back, and all five relays.  Wright's 18.98 effort was just the fourth time an athlete outside of the Power-5 conferences has gone sub-19, and the first time it was ever done by an athlete from a team in Virginia.

The CSCAA awarded All-America status to every athlete who was invited to the NCAA Championships this year, as well as every "A" standard qualifying relay.  Normally, a top-eight finish in an event earns an athlete or relay first-team All-America honors, while athletes and relays finishing 9-16 are named honorable-mention All-America.  However, before it became standardized in 1985, panels of coaches would be responsible for naming the All-America team each year.