CSCAA Names Mid-Major All-American Team

SOMERS, Wisconsin, April 25. ASHLEY Danner of George Mason University and Jon Christensen of Princeton University were named CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Swimmers-of-the-Year. The pair, along with eight additional men and twenty-two women, was also named to the Mid-Major All-American team.

The group earned the honor based on their qualification for the 2012 NCAA Division I Swimming Championships.

Danner earned the top honors by finishing second in the 100-yard-breaststroke and fifth in the 200-yard-breaststroke at the NCAA Championships held in Auburn. It equaled Western Kentcuky's Claire Donahue for the highest individual finish by a Mid-Major All American. Twenty schools placed swimmers on the first team with only Toledo, Harvard and UC-Santa Barbara placing more than one individual.

On the men's side, seven schools placed swimmers on the All-American team, led by Harvard and Princeton with one each. Christensen was a member of the Mid-Major Champion Princeton Tigers and edged out Eastern Michigan's Jacob Hanson for Swimmer-of-the-Year honors. Christensen finished among the top ten in both the 100 and 200-yard-breaststroke events.

An additional 130 male and 121 female swimmers were awarded Honorable Mention status.- Honorable mention selections are swimmers who were entered with NCAA 'B' standards, but not selected for the 2012 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. Those 251 swimmers represented eighty teams at fifty-nine sixty-two schools. Harvard and Western Kentucky each had eight women's Honorable Mention selections while the Naval Academy led the way with twelve Honorable Mention selections.

The following conferences have been designated as Mid-Majors: America East, Atlantic 10, Colonial Athletic Association, Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mountain Pacific, Missouri Valley, Patriot, Sun Belt, Summit, and Western Athletic. Institutions are also eligible by awarding fewer than half of the maximum-allowable scholarships (seven for women, five for men).

WOMEN 		                            MEN 
Alvarez, Liliana, UC Davis	        Arnason, Arni, Old Dominion
Boyce, Lisa, Princeton	 	        Christensen, Jon, Princeton
Campbell, Hailey, Brigham Young	        Glenn, Thomas, Brown
Czarnecki, Cari, Towson	 	        Hanson, Jacob, Eastern Mich
Danner, Ashley, George Mason	 	Katis, Chuck, Harvard
Dewames, Marisa, San Jose St	 	McHugh, Brendan, Penn
Emig, Briana, Eastern Mich	 	Nolle, Paul, Princeton
Forrester, Alex, Yale	 	        Onken, Drew, Davidson
Gorinski, Laura, U.S. Navy	 	Satterthwaite, Chris, Harvard
Gustafsdottir, Johanna, Florida Int'l	 	 	 
Hines, Lauren, Richmond	 	 	 
Kuras, Brittney, Buffalo	 	 	 
Leddy, Meghan, Harvard	 	 	 
Leichty, Claire, Toledo	 	 	 
Lindsay, Laura, Toledo	 	 	 
McClellan, Emily, UW-Milwaukee	 	 	 
Meili, Katie, Columbia	 	 	 
Otto, Courtney, Harvard	 	 	 
Ravettine, Bryeanna, Liberty	 	 	 
Ryan, Brienne, Fordham	 	 	 
Ward, Andrea, UCSB	 	 	 
Williams, Laurin, OU	 	 	 
Yamauchi, Sophia, UCSB

Past Mid-Major Swimmers of the Year
2011 – Meredith Budner (Towson) and Peter Kline (Cal Poly)
2010 – Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Adam Meyer (Navy)
2009 – Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Adam Meyer (Navy)
2008 – Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Alex Righi (Yale)
2007 – Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Pat Cary (UC-Santa Barbara)

CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Honorable Mention Selections

WOMEN	                        MEN
Ahlin, Anna - Missouri St	Aakhus, Randy - UCSB
Alkhaldi, Jasmine - Hawaii	Aceino, Alex - Oakland
Anaya, Ana - Harvard	        Alfaro, Rafa - Brigham Young
Anderson, Darcie - San Jose St	Allen, Wade - UCSB
Bagan, Mckenzie - Toledo	Anthony, Mac - U.S. Navy
Bagan, Tori - OU	        Arafa, Omar - Columbia
Balogh, Vanessza - Oakland	Armstrong, David - Brigham Young
Bartholomew, Amber - Green Bay  Barmann, Andrew - UCSB
Bates, Kristen - Ga Southern	Barrett, Robert - Denver
Bispo, Kassy - Brigham Young	Baryshok, Vitalii - Missouri St.
Bucz, Eszter - Fla. Atlantic	Beaman, Garret - Brigham Young
Burke, Kaitlin - Towson	        Bennett, Oliver - Princeton
Burnes, Jordan - Northern Ariz	Bicer, Goksu - Yale
Busch, Alyssa - Oakland	        Bondurant, Ben - U.S. Navy
Carr, Catherine - Akron	        Carroll, Stephen - Penn
Chaney, Laurel - Western KY	Chandler, Brandon - Pacific
Clute, Deirdre - Harvard	Chaney, Curtis - Davidson
Collyer, Courtney - Fordham	Charles-Funk, Johnny - Rider
Conlon, Claire - Western KY	Cordes, Colin - Princeton
Connell, Fi - Northern Ariz	Corley, Daniel - Illinois-Chicago
Corcoran, Abby - OU	        Czarnecki, Mikolaj - Fla. Atlantic
Cote, Rachel - Hawaii	        Dajka, Adam - Western KY
Craddock, Julia - San Jose St	Davison, Hugh - U.S. Navy
Criscuolo, Andrea - Madison	De Waal, Pierre - UMBC
Czerska, Sandra - Oakland	Derdeyn, Will - Dartmouth
Darmody, Kellie - U.S. Navy	Dezwirek, Jeremie - Columbia
Denman, Heather - San Jose St	Dominski, Mike - Yale
Djelic, Sofija - Hawaii	        Dugan, Mike - Buffalo
Dockendorf, Michelle - Fresno   Dukleth, Steve - U.S. Navy
Dodds, Allie - Brigham Young	El Sayed, Amr - Oakland
Dow, Ashley - Youngstown St	Esentan, Troy - Eastern Mich
Dubay, Shannon - James Madison	Evans, Nicholas - Oakland
Duff, Allie - Western KY	Eyckmans, Robert - Columbia
Edwards, Katie - UC Davis	Ferguson, Kevin - UCSB
Feeser, Kristiana - Western KY	Firmansyah, Alwin - Yale
Ferrell, Stephanie - Harvard	Fisher, Mike - Eastern Mich
Foley, Kayleigh - UC Davis	Francis, Ian - Denver
Fortin, Shelby - Penn	        Gaudiani, Mike - Harvard
Foster, Kiley - San Jose St	Goodman, Spenser - Harvard
Funk, Lauren - OU	        Gosek, Daniel - Columbia
Furgatch, Sarah - Princeton	Graeter, Phillip - GW
Gary, Cori - Liberty	        Hansen, Tobias - Oakland
Gentile, Rosa - North Texas	Harder, Rob - Yale
Glenn, Elizabeth - William/Mary	Harding, Grant - Oakland
Godlewski, Jessie - East Mich	Hasler, Daniel - Princeton
Groteguth, Mona - North Texas	Hauss, Michael - Princeton
Gustafsson, Johanna - Oakland	Heine, Jared - Buffalo
Hannesdottir, Eva - J. Madison	Heymann, Andrew - Yale
Haraldsdottir, Erla - O.D.	Hill, Justin - Cleveland State
Harris, Alexa - Bowling Green	Hoffer, Luke - U.S. Navy
Harter, Carly - Toledo	        Hogan, Matt - Buffalo
Hewitt, Hailey - William & Mary	Hoxha, Sidni - Old Dominion
Hojan Clark, Kelsey - Harvard	Hussein, Mohamed - UMBC
Holmgaard, Kelsey - J. Madison	Huxhold, Mitchell - Cal Bakersfield
Hunt, Emma - UCSB	        Inglis, Chris - Massachusetts
Hyde, Hayes - Yale	        Ingold, Zach - U.S. Navy
Johnson, Rachel - Toledo	Jakl, David - Columbia
Kain, Alexis - Bowling Green	Janney, Niall - Harvard
Kiss, Tricia - New Mexico St	Jensen, Anders - Oakland
Kluge, Laney - Columbia	        Kempf, Daniel - Boston U
Knight, Allison - UCSB	        Kermack, Justin - Cleveland State
Kobelja, Mali - Richmond	Kiss, David - George Mason
Kotonias, Jennifer - UMBC	Knezevich, Kevin - Western KY
Kovacs, Anett - Fla. Atlantic	Koll, Dominik - Columbia
Lamb, Brodde - William & Mary	Krall, Tanner - Denver
Legge, Jessica - New Mexico St	Kunkel, Billy - Western KY
Liao, Athena - Yale	        Lamonaca, Matt - Princeton
Lowther, Emma - Northern Ariz	Lauri, Travis - George Mason
Luick, Mackenzie - Harvard	Lawley, Will - Princeton
Mann, Katie - New Hampshire	Lazris, Mike - Yale
Manser, Jamie - Iona Coll	Le, Paul - Missouri St.
Marecki, Brynn - Buffalo	Lee, Oliver - Harvard
Martin, Faith - Harvard	        Lewis, Alex - Cleveland State
Martin, Stephanie - Western KY	Mackenzie, Douglas - Denver
Mendieta, Catalina - J. Madison	McIntee, Kyle - Harvard
Mi, Jiaojiao - Nevada	        Meints, Joshua - Buffalo
Michaels, Emma - OU	        Meyer, Mark - U.S. Navy
Miles, Mallory - Ball State	Milberg, Kyle - Denver
Mishler, Hilary - Western KY	Mita, Riley - U.S. Navy
Monroe, Meredith - Princeton	Moore, Brian - Eastern Mich
Morrell, Mallory - Buffalo	Morris, Brennan - Loyola (MD)
O'Connor, Maegan - Miami (Ohio)	Morris, Devon - Fordham
Olsson, Joanna - Cleveland St.	Murphy, Sean - U.S. Navy
Owen, Sarah - OU	        Musser, Luke - Western KY
Palmer, Rachel - Northern Ariz	Musser, Seth - Western KY
Paruso, Toni - U.S. Navy	Myers, Clayton - Denver
Perez Arau, Sonia - Fla Int'l	Nicholson, Mike - Bucknell
Pinkus, Monica - Ill.-Chicago	Parker, Robbie - U.S. Navy
Prior, Christa - Hawaii	        Paulk, David - Princeton
Rashleigh, Kimberly - O.D.	Peitz, Geoff - Davidson
Records, Katie - UCSB	        Pek, Csaba - Fla. Atlantic
Ritenberg, Taylor - Hawaii	Pennington, Tyler - Denver
Roberts, Hilary - Harvard	Peterson, Christopher - UCSB
Rogers, Beth - Toledo	        Peterson, Drew - Rider
Rossum, Krista - North Texas	Petrone, Franco - Eastern Mich
Ruehl, Bridgette - Ball State	Pettyjohn, Kemp - William & Mary
Runyon-Hass, Hannah - West. KY	Raigla, Kaspar - Princeton
Sander, Renata - Missouri St	Roberts, Jared - Missouri St.
Sawick, Ange - U.S. Navy	Rodgers, Joe - Oakland
Schmidtke, Aliena - N.M. St	Rodrigues, Heitor - Western KY
Schmitz, Amanda - Boston U	Rubio, Fernando - George Mason
Schulkin, Danielle - Harvard	Sbordon, Joey - Massachusetts
Smith, Candice - Brigham Young	Schuermann, Caleb - Missouri St.
Sommerville, Alice-Cleveland St.Schumacher, Griffin - Harvard
Spies, Maria - New Mexico St	Schwippert, Matthew - Buffalo
Stearns, Rachel - OU	        Shaw, K.J. - William & Mary
Steffl, Taylor - Buffalo	Simkovic, Oliver - Pacific
Stephens, Carter - Princeton	Simoni, Evan - UCSB
Swartz, Jackie - Eastern Mich	Snyder, Reed - Harvard
Sweeney, Meredith - Dartmouth	Strait, Andrew - William & Mary
Thornton, Leah - Miami (Ohio)	Strand, Michael - Princeton
Trammell, Kirsten - San Jose St	Swain, Mike - Eastern Mich
Tsay, Cynthia - Yale	        Thompson, Berry - Cleveland State
Van Oost, Alex - Western KY	Thompson, Garrett - UCSB
Vaughn, Rheanna - U.S. Navy	Traub, Eric - Columbia
Weaver, Joan - Yale	        Trotter, Gage - U.S. Navy
Weickgenant, Catia - N. Texas	Tuten, Caleb - Princeton
Westrick, Bekka - Miami (Ohio)	Vagts, Justin - U.S. Navy
Won, Sin Hye - James Madison	Van Dehy, William - Denver
Yoho, Danielle - Fresno State	Wagner, Harrison - Princeton
Yokosh, Becky - UW-Milwaukee	Walters, Zach - Harvard

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