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Athletes of the Week

Preston Nygaard

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/27/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Swimming and Diving
  • Bio
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Nygaard won three events and was a member of two first-place relays in helping lead UWL to the team title at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational on January 23-24. He captured the 100 (55.47) and 200 (2:00.06) breaststroke and 200 I.M. (1:55.08). Nygaard was also on the winning 400 medley (3:24.11) and 400 freestyle (3:10.27) relays. He set school records in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, breaking Adam Baryenbruch's record of 55.54 in the 100 breaststroke set in 2021 and Ben Collins' record of 2:03.21 in the 200 breaststroke set in 2025. He also set a UWSP Aquatics Center facility record, breaking the time of 55.74 set by William Buhler of UW-Stevens Point in 2021. 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/24/2019 Tyler Nault Men's Cross Country
9/17/2019 Emma Lawrence Women's Volleyball
9/17/2019 Joey Roth Football
9/9/2019 Maija Tanberg Women's Golf
9/9/2019 Jake Simuncak Football
5/1/2019 Mia Schmidtke Softball
5/1/2019 Zachary Shoemaker-Allen Men's Track and Field
4/24/2019 Connor Cook Baseball
4/24/2019 Skye Digman Women's Track and Field
4/16/2019 Maija Tanberg Women's Golf
4/16/2019 Jacob Teunas Men's Track and Field
4/9/2019 Justin Donkin Men's Track and Field
4/2/2019 Sadie Spahn Women's Tennis
4/2/2019 Alex Alt Men's Tennis
3/26/2019 Jacob Burchfield Men's Swimming and Diving
3/26/2019 Ally Blixt Women's Gymnastics
3/19/2019 Mason McMahon Baseball
3/19/2019 Katie Block Softball
3/12/2019 Seth Holden Men's Track and Field
3/12/2019 Caitlyn Hughes Softball
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