In July, Kohm earned All-America honors in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:30.17, and was one of only two freshmen on the list to earn honors in that category. In order to guarantee a spot on the All-American list, student-athletes must have reached one or more of the "All-America" time standards during the year. To round out the lists, swimmers who have hit the "consideration" mark are added until 100 swimmers are chosen for each event. While he missed the All-America standard (4:29.04) by 1.13 seconds, Kohm was well ahead of the consideration standard of 4:33.61.