Stanford’s Leon MacAlister Named Pac-12 Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year

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Stanford’s Leon MacAlister Named Pac-12 Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year

Leon MacAlister of Stanford was named the 2022-23 Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete in the Pac-12, attached to the conference’s championship meet last weekend.

MacAlister hails from Sydney, Australia. The senior has a GPA of 3.848 and is majoring in economics. He’s a two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll recipient and has been a four-time College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American.

In the pool, MacAlister holds Stanford program records in the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. He’s also been part of three program relay records. He’s a five-time All-American. MacAlister was part of two Cardinal relays that won league titles at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships.

At this year’s Pac-12 Championships, MacAlister finished sixth in the 200 back and seventh in the 200 back.

The Pac-12 each year honors athletes, male and female, in each of the 24 sports the conference sponsors. It recognizes the “collegiate student-athletes who are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.”