Peggy Hutchinson, Ruth Anne Thomas Inducted Into William & Mary Hall of Fame

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Former Tribe standout Peggy (Lawlor) Hutchinson ‘75 was one of six former coaches/athletes inducted into the College of William and Mary’s Athletics Hall of Fame on April 11^th, 2015.

The video above includes both her introduction and induction speeches.

The following is a thumbnail sketch of her career accomplishments.

Peggy (Lawlor) Hutchinson, Women’s Swimming, 1971-1975
An true pioneer of the women’s swimming program, Peggy was touted by her coach (Chris Jackson) as THE premier swimmer to come out of program during its begging stages.

She was a remarkable 10-time All-American (six individual, four relay), competing on the highest available level of collegiate swimming (AIAW) for the time.

As a freshman in 1971-72, she helped the Tribe earn a 19^th place overall finish in the DGWS (Division of Girls and Women’s Sports) by All-American honors in the 100, 200, 400 freestyle, and the 200 and 400 medley relays. During her sophomore season, Peggy helped power a 21^st place over all team finish at the AIAW meet by racing to All-American designations in the 200 free, 100 fly, and 500 fly, and the 200 free and 200 medley relays.

In all, she qualified for Swimming Nationals each of her four years, placing seventh in 100-yard Butterfly in both her freshman and sophomore years, against what would be considered the equivalent of the nation’s best competition (NCAA Division I-A).

Additionally, she Swam on three of the four qualifying relays that placed at Nationals in her sophomore year andwas member of first W&M relay squad to reach the meet finals (top six).

Former Tribe standout Ruth Anne (Miller) Thomas ’03 was one of six former coaches/athletes inducted into the College of William and Mary’s Athletics Hall of Fame on April 11^th, 2015.

The video above includes both her introduction and induction speeches.

The following is a thumbnail sketch of her career accomplishments.

Ruth Anne (Miller) Thomas, 2003, Swimming and Diving
While Peggy Hutchinson may have been one of the dominant performers in the program’s early history, Ruth Ann Miller set the stage for the program’s recent resurgence.

Ruth Ann became the first Tribe swimmer to earn CAA Swimmer of the Year honors, and remains just one of two women and one of three athletes total earn the designation. She was also named the CAA’s 25th Anniversary Swimming and Diving Team.

Miller was a five-time CAA Champion (2000 – 200 IM; 2002 – 800 Free Relay; 2003 – 100 Breast; 2003 – 200 Breast and 2003 – 200 IM).

At her graduation, she was the school record holder for single season (34, 2002-03) and career (90) wins and single season (436.5 in 2002-03) and career (1,456.5) points.

She held school individual event records in the 100 breast (1:03.43, which still stands), the 200 breast (2:15.79, still stands), 200 IM (2:02.32), 400 IM (4:20.31) and 100 free (52.00).

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