PITTSBURGH – Duquesne's Reagan Linkous, Sidney O'Donnell, Amy Read, and Sydney Sherman all have earned a spot on the Academic All-District® Women's Swimming & Diving Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.
 
The prestigious academic award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool and in the classroom. This is the first Academic All-District® honor for all four Dukes.
 
Linkous is a junior, physician assistant studies major from Morgantown, W.Va. and owns a 3.83 GPA. She has been a consistent member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll throughout her Dukes career. In the pool, Linkous became a two-time finalist in the 200 backstroke this season with a 1:59.89 at the A-10 Championships after placing third in 2021. She also made the finals in the 100 backstroke in 2021.
 
O'Donnell has been a finalist each of the past four seasons in the 1M and 3M dives at the A-10 Championships. This year, she placed fourth in the 3M scoring a 270.30, and seventh in the 1M with a 260.35. The senior from Solon, Ohio maintains a 3.97 GPA as a nursing major at Duquesne. O'Donnell also has been named a CSCAA Scholar All-American and earned A-10 All-Academic Team honors throughout her successful Dukes career.
 
Read, a native of Leeds, England, joined the Dukes this season as a graduate transfer and has made an immediate impact. She qualified for her fifth consecutive NCAA National Championships and was named the A-10 Diver of the Year in her first season dawning the Red and Blue. Not only is Read a standout on the diving board, she was a four-time Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll selection and garnered selections to the CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team and All-ACC Academic Team. While at Duquesne, Read has continued her academic success holding a perfect 4.00 GPA while pursuing an M.A. in communication.
 
Sherman has been a fixture on the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll throughout her first three years as a Duke. The senior from Erie, Pa. owns a 3.77 GPA and will graduate this spring with a degree in economics and liberal arts, while also obtaining a law certificate. In the pool, Sherman set a new personal-best in the 100m freestyle at this year's A-10 Championships, while earning a spot in the consolation finals. She also was a key factor on the 200-freestyle relay squad that set a new season-best time at the conference championships. Sherman has multiple top-10 times in program history and was a bronze medalist at the 2022 A-10 Championships as a part of the 400-freestyle relay.
 
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in mid-March. Hanna Everhart became the first Academic All- American in program history last year.