BABSON PARK, Mass.—Senior
Pat Anutarasoti (Bangkok, Thailand) and sophomores
David Krol (Grafton, Wis.) and
Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) were honored for their success in competition and in the classroom when the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its 2025 Scholar All-America teams on Wednesday.
Anutarasoti, Krol and Taslkov all garnered Scholar All-America second-team accolades for the first time in their respective careers. Led by third-year head coach
Eric Thurston, the Beavers also earned CSCAA Scholar All-America team recognition for the 16th consecutive semester going back to 2017. The squad finished the 2025 spring semester with a 3.46 grade-point average and were among 763 teams from 432 institutions
The trio are the first Babson individuals to receive Scholar All-America laurels since Alex Damiecki '19 back in 2019.
To qualify for first-team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in their national championship. Second-team selections, must have also earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met a "B" time standard for the national championship or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet. For a team to be considered, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
Anutarasoti turned in his best performance this season when he posted a school-record time of 55.10 in the 100 breaststroke to become Babson's first NEWMAC champion in a swimming event since 2002 back in February. He also placed fourth in the 50 free and 12th in the 100 free and was a member of the fourth-place 400 free relay team.
Anutarasoti achieved NCAA "B" cuts in both the 100 breast and 100 butterfly at the conference meet. He also posted a B cut time of 20.20 with his 50-yard split in the 200 free relay.
A school-record holder in eight events, Anutarasoti graduates with the program's top marks in the 100 breast, 50 breast (25.57), 50 butterfly (48.46) and 100 butterfly (48.46) in addition to the 200- and 400-yard medley relays and the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.
Taslakov capped a terrific 2024-25 campaign with a strong performance at the NEWMAC Championships where he earned a pair of all-conference honors and was a part of five school records. He finished as the runner-up in both the 200 free and 200 back, and added a fourth-place showing for a third individual record in the 200 IM. Additionally, Taslakov helped the Beavers set school records in both the 400 and 800 medley relays.
Taslakov's times of 1:39.92 in the 200 free and 1:48.76 in the 200 back were both good for NCAA B cuts.
Krol put the finishing touches on a strong season by qualifying for the NCAA Diving Regionals for the second year in a row after placing second on both the 1- and 3-meter diving boards at the NEWMAC Championships. He posted the top 11-dive scores of his career in both the 1-meter (469.50) and 3-meter events (493.50) in his first conference meet, and followed it up by recording top-10 results on both boards at the regionals.
Babson went 7-3 in dual meets and came in fourth at the NEWMAC Championships by recording its third highest point total since 2002.
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America – is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.
