Men's Swimming and Diving 4/15/2026 3:00:00 PM Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

Kalina Ceglinski and Leo Nolles earn GLIAC Commissioner's Award Honors

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- Both Kalina Ceglinski and Leo Nolles of the NMU swim and dive team have been selected as GLIAC Commissioner's Award honorees for the winter of the 2025-26 school year.

A junior from Elmhurst, Illinois, Ceglinski has earned the first Commissioner's Award honor of her collegiate career. Ceglinski had a standout season on the board, as the diver earned All-America honors in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives at the NCAA Championships, was named GLIAC Diver of the Year and earned a gold medal and at the GLIAC Championships, and was consistently one of the top divers in the nation, as she was ranked the #1 diver in the 1-meter and #5 in the 3-meter, according to prodivingcoach.org. Along with her success on the board, she was recently recognized with a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honor and will be considered for Academic All-America status.

A senior from Maldonado, Uruguay, Nolles earns his second straight Commissioner's Award honor to finish his collegiate career. The 2024 Paris Olympian was a 7x All-American at this year's NCAA Championships, earned two golds and five medals at the GLIAC Championships, and was just recently honored with the GLIAC's Pat Riempa Postgraduate Scholarship, which awards one male and one female from the GLIAC with $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, voted on by Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) of member institutions. Nolles was also selected as CSC Academic All-Disrict recipient, and will be considered for CSC Academic All-America for the third consecutive year.

"Congratulations to Leo Nolles and Kalina Ceglinski for their GLIAC awards!" adds head coach Heidi Voigt. "Both are very deserving and have meant so much to our team. Leo has been a Wildcat through and through his whole career, bringing motivation and competitive drive to his team. He truly lives and breathes swimming, not only dedication to improving himself but also his teammates."

The pair join Dylan Kuehl of the men's basketball team as the trio of representatives from Northern Michigan, and only the second time in history that the 'Cats have had three earn a Commissioner's Award during one athletic season (winter 25/26 and winter 24/25). Ceglinski and Nolles become the sixth and seventh from the swim and dive program to earn the prestigious award, joining Camilla Carbone, Mia Strazny, and Ondrej Zach. Both Nolles and Carbone have been honored with the award twice.

Kuehl becomes just the second men's basketball player to earn the honor, joining Tyler Kazmierkoski (07-08).

Senior captain of the men's soccer program, Alessandro Scialanga, was honored with a GLIAC Commissioner's Award of his own for his performance in the fall this season, becoming the first from the men's soccer program to earn the award.

The full release with all of the winter 2025-26 recipients can be found at gliac.org.

About the GLIAC Commissioner's Award
The awards are bestowed after the fall, winter, and spring athletic seasons to six female and six male student-athletes of junior, senior, or graduate student status who excel both in the classroom and in competition. All grade-point averages are based on a 4.0 scale.

All-Time NMU GLIAC Commissioner's Award Recipients

Winter 2025-26
Kalina Ceglinski, Women's Swimming and Diving, 3.96 GPA
Leo Nolles, Men's Swimming and Diving, 3.74 GPA
Dylan Kuehl, Men's Basketball, 3.65

Fall 2025
Alessandro Scialanga, Men's Soccer, 3.90 GPA

Winter 2024-25
Camilla Carbone, Women's Swimming and Diving, 4.00 GPA
Mia Strazny, Women's Swimming and Diving, 4.00 GPA
Leo Nolles, Men's Swimming and Diving, 3.69 GPA

Fall 2024
Brooke Pietila, Women's Soccer, 4.0 GPA
Hannah Kastamo, Women's Soccer, 3.87 GPA

Spring 2024
Minnie Bittell, Lacrosse, 3.62 GPA

Winter 2023-24
Camilla Carbone, Women's Swimming and Diving, 3.975 GPA
Makaylee Kuhn, Women's Basketball, 4.00

Fall 2023
Brooke Pietila, Women's Soccer, 3.91 GPA
Maria Storm, Women's Soccer, 3.64 GPA

Spring 2023
Minnie Bittell, Lacrosse, 3.58 GPA

Winter 2022-23
Ondrej Zach, Men's Swimming and Diving, 3.63 GPA

Winter 2018-19
Shayla Huebner, Track and Field, 3.92 GPA

Winter 2017-18
Shayla Huebner, Track and Field, 4.00 GPA

Fall 2017
Kameron Burmeister, Cross Country, 3.74 GPA
Madison Whitehead, Volleyball, 3.82 GPA

Winter 2014-15
Alyssa Colla, Women's Basketball, 3.91 GPA

Fall 2009
Cassie Osiecki, Volleyball, 3.52

Winter 2007-08
Tyler Kazmierkoski, Men's Basketball, 3.85 GPA

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Players Mentioned

Camilla Carbone: 5' 8"; Graduate Student

Mia Strazny: 5' 5"; Senior

Kalina Ceglinski: 5' 1"; Junior

Leo Nolles: Senior

Players Mentioned

Camilla Carbone
: 5' 8"; Graduate Student

Mia Strazny
: 5' 5"; Senior

Kalina Ceglinski
: 5' 1"; Junior

Leo Nolles
: Senior

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Kalina Ceglinski and Leo Nolles earn GLIAC Commissioner's Award Honors

Players Mentioned

Camilla Carbone

Mia Strazny