The Keiser Athletic Department announced on Friday its Student-Athletes of the Year for the 2024-25 season. Swimmers
Isaiah Aleksenko and
Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen were selected as this year's recipients for their achievements in the pool.
Aleksenko and Biltoft-Jensen were among 27 nominees comprised of this past season's Athletes of the Month and major award winners. Those nominees were pared down to 10 finalists (five on the men's side, five on the women's). This year's 2024-25 Keiser Male and Female Athletes of the Year were determined via a ballot voted on by Keiser's head coaches, the Keiser Athletes of the Year Committee, and the fans.
Keiser finished the 2024-25 season with four National Championships, 16 NAIA Tournament appearances, 13 Individual National Champions, eight Relay National Champions, and six NAIA Semifinalists.
With eight regular season conference championships, eight conference tournament championships, 142 NAIA All-Americans, 215 all-conference individual awards, the Seahawks continued their dominance in not only the Sun Conference but the NAIA For their success, Keiser claimed the program's fifth Sun Conference Commissioner's Cup and finished No. 2 in the 2024-25 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings.
During 2024-25 season, Keiser Athletics recognized 66 Seahawks HSS Athletes of the Week and 16 Seahawks HSS Athletes of the Month.
Aleksenko, the NAIA Swimmer of the Year, guided the Seahawks to their sixth National Championship this past season. The first-year swimmer set NAIA National Records in the 200 Fly (1:42.87) and 100 Back (46.12). During the year, he held the nation's top times in the 100 Back (No. 1), 100 Fly (No. 1), and 200 Fly (No. 1). Also, named the Sun Conference Swimmer of the Year, Aleksenko won six individual national championships.
Biltoft-Jensen helped Keiser win their fourth National Championship in 2025. Setting the NAIA National Record in the 100 Breast (1:00.13), Biltoft-Jensen was honored with the NAIA Swim of the Meet. She claimed the National Championship in the 100 Breast while also part of two championship relay teams (200 Medley and 400 Medley). Biltoft-Jensen held the top time in the NAIA in the 100 Breast.
Isaiah Aleksenko, First Year, Fly/Back, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Held top times in the 100 Back (No. 1), 100 Fly (No. 1), and 200 Fly (No. 1)
- Led the Seahawks to their sixth National Championship
- Tied for the most points at nationals with 60
- After the meet, was named NAIA Swimmer of the Year
- Set NAIA National Records in the 200 Fly (1:42.87) and 100 Back (46.12)
- Broke the meet and pool record in the 100 Fly with a time of 46.01
- Claimed individual National Championships in the 100 Fly, 200 Fly, and 100 Back
- Part of NAIA record-holding 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay, and 400 Medley Relay
- Scored the maximum 60 points at the Sun Conference Championships
- After the meet, was named Sun Conference Swimmer of the Year
- Led the Seahawks to their third straight SUN title
- Took first in the 100 Fly (45.94), 200 Fly (1:44.55), and 100 Back (47.18)
- Part of three Sun Conference Champion relay teams
Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen, Fourth Year, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Held the top time in the NAIA in the 100 Breast
- Helped the Seahawks to their fourth consecutive National Championship
- Tied for the most points scored for KU at nationals with 53 points
- Set the NAIA National Record in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:00.13
- The swim was later awarded NAIA Swim of the Meet
- Now owns the school records in the 100 Breast and 200 Breast
- Claimed the National Championship in the 100 Breast while also part of two championship relay teams (200 Medley and 400 Medley)
- Part of the NAIA record-holding 400 Medley relay team
- Scored 51 points at the Sun Conference Championships
- Helped Keiser to their third straight SUN Title
- Claimed three second-place finishes while helping a pair of relays to titles
- Named a CSC Academic All-American
- Received NAIA Scholar Athlete Honors
- Collected SUN All-Academic honors
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