Pitt junior Alex Volovetski earned All-American honors after competing at the NCAA Men’s… Pitt junior Alex Volovetski earned All-American honors after competing at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships held last week in Federal Way, Washington.

Volovetski, who was named the Big East Most Outstanding Diver earlier this season, placed third in the preliminaries and eighth in the finals of the 1-meter diving event.

He is the fifth Panther to garner All-American honors and only the third under head coach Chuck Knoles.

“This was the biggest meet of his life,” Knoles said.

Senior Jeremy Stultz competed alongside Volovetski in the 3-meter event. Neither one made the finals, as Stultz earned a top-25 finish with 302.6 points for 23rd place. Volovetski trailed behind him with 292.9 for 26th.

“Both were very disappointed,” Knoles said. “But it was a very, very tight competition this year.”