Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Jackson Evans recently earned a spot on the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team. The junior achieved the honor by finishing the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 58.59 seconds, while also maintaining a grade point average of 4.0 during the 2014-15 school year.
Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Jackson Evans recently earned a spot on the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team. The junior achieved the honor by finishing the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 58.59 seconds, while also maintaining a grade point average of 4.0 during the 2014-15 school year.
“This achievement means a lot to me,” Evans said. “It is a national-level recognition that encapsulates both my life as an athlete and a student. Achieving a goal goals like this makes all the work enjoyable and makes the future work exciting.”
Evans is one of 905 student athletes from across the United States on the Men’s Scholastic All-America Team, and one of only two to qualify from Hawaii.
Qualifications included maintaining a GPA over 3.5 and swimming a pool time equal to a 2011 Junior Bonus qualifying time in any event.