Emory University swimmers Anne Culpepper, Claire Pavlak and Peter O'Brien were each named to the Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), based on their athletic and academic performances during the 2011-12 season.

It marked the second-straight year that Culpepper has been named to the Academic All-District team, after she went on to be named to the Academic all-America First Team last season.  This was the first Academic All-District honor for both Pavlak and O'Brien.

Culpepper earned all-America honors in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and as part of the Eagles' 800-yard freestyle relay team.  She finished her career with 15 all-America certificates, and is the current school-record holder in the 200-yard backstroke.  The senior has also claimed three National Championships during her career, winning the 200-yard backstroke in 2010 and 2011, and the 400-yard freestyle relay in 2011.  Culpepper, an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient and a CSCAA Scholar All-American, has a cumulative 3.85 GPA as an English and Economics dual major at Emory.

Pavlak claimed National Championships in the 200-yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay in 2012, running her career national title ledger to nine, the most in the program's history.  She added all-America finishes in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and the 400-yard medley relay, and her 20 career all-America certificates are the second-most in the program's history.  She is part of Emory's national record-setting 200-yard freestyle relay team, and has claimed eight UAA Championships and 10 all-UAA certificates during her four years on the squad.  Pavlak has a 3.70 cumulative grade point average as an Anthropology major at Emory, and has already won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, in addition to being named to the Dean's List on four occasions during her collegiate career.

O'Brien was an all-American in the 200-yard individual medley, and as part of Emory's 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay during the 2012 season, an added on honorable mentions in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke to run his career total to nine all-America certificates and four honorable mentions.  The junior was named the UAA Swimmer of the Year in 2012, winning conference titles in six events and setting conference records in two.  He is also the school record holder in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke.  O'Brien is a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and a two-time Academic all-UAA honors, accumulating a 3.75 GPA during his time at Emory.

The Emory women claimed their third-straight NCAA Division III Championship in 2012, while the Emory men finished third for the third-straight season.

Emory is a part of District 5, which includes NCAA Division III athletes from colleges in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.  Sports represented on the 'At-Large' team include women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.

The Academic All‐District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All‐America Team ballot, where first‐, second and third‐team All‐America honorees will be selected later this month.