{"id":435512,"date":"2020-06-12T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=435512"},"modified":"2020-06-12T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:53:06","slug":"liberty-swimmer-hannah-baker-earns-schools-top-athletic-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/liberty-swimmer-hannah-baker-earns-schools-top-athletic-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Swimmer Hannah Baker Earns School&#8217;s Top Athletic Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hannah Baker<\/strong>, a senior on the Liberty women\u2019s swimming &amp; diving team, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Rock Royer\/Mac Rivera Award.<\/p>\n<p>In 1974, the Rock Royer\/Mac Rivera Award was established to honor the top senior student-athlete at Liberty University who best exemplifies the standards and lives of both of these great Christian men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Royer<\/strong> was Liberty&#8217;s first football coach in 1973. <strong>Mac Rivera<\/strong> was a member of Liberty&#8217;s men\u2019s basketball team from 1972 until 1975. Both Rock Royer and Mac Rivera tragically died at a young age, with Royer dying in a plane crash and Rivera passing away after a fall.<\/p>\n<p>This award encompasses more than just athletic ability. It recognizes the Liberty University graduating senior student-athlete who has maintained an exemplary testimony on the playing field, in the classroom and among the student body.<\/p>\n<p>The award is typically announced at Liberty Athletics\u2019 annual FLAMESPY Award show selection at the end of the spring semester. However, due to the COVID-19 virus and the cancellation of the spring semester, Liberty Athletics was unable to host a physical celebration of the 2019-20 athletic season with its student-athletes this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA near 4.0 student and Nursing major, Hannah Baker excelled in the classroom here at Liberty, maintaining high marks in a demanding program, while also competing and training at an elite level. That said, it is not the academic or athletic prowess that sets Hannah apart, it his how she was able to excel amidst personal challenges that I believe makes her a worthy candidate,\u201d stated Liberty Women\u2019s Swimming &amp; Diving Head Coach <strong>Jake Shellenberger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shellenberger added, \u201cTwice during her career here at Liberty, Hannah received news that her mom developed cancer, the second occurrence during a phone call the evening before the start of this year\u2019s conference meet. I cannot imagine the strength it took for Hannah to swim through it all, but swim through it she did, placing 2nd in the 200 free, 3rd in the 50 free, 4th in the 100 free. Also a member of four winning relays, Hannah certainly led us to those back-to-back titles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shellenberger concluded, \u201cPerhaps more impressive \u2013 she did all of this with no one on the team the wiser \u2013 upon receiving the news, she decided not to tell anyone and simply swim through it. She didn\u2019t want sympathy, she didn\u2019t want to bring her teammates down, and she didn\u2019t want to distract from the team goal of winning the title. After hearing the news at our post-meet dinner, our women and their parents alike were shocked Hannah was able to perform under such circumstances \u2013 a testament to the aforementioned \u201cx-factor\u201d that a Rock Royer \/Mac Rivera Award recipient displays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A two-time team captain, Hannah Baker helped the Lady Flames capture back-to-back CCSA titles in 2019 and 2020. She swam on nine CCSA-champion relay teams and was a five-time CCSA individual podium finisher. Her 1:46.55 leadoff leg of Liberty\u2019s CCSA and conference-meet record 7:10.73 800 free relay in 2018 remains a program record for 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Baker is the third swimmer all-time at Liberty to go 12-for-12 at CCSA Championships, qualifying for A Finals in all 12 individual events she entered at conference meets over the last four years. She is the first swimmer in program history to earn top-three CCSA finishes in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free during her career. During her time at Liberty, the Lady Flames posted a 49-7 dual-meet record, the winningest four-year dual-meet record in program history.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Fairfax, Va. who maintained a 3.95 GPA, Baker graduated in May with a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing. She was named a 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention recipient. During her time at Liberty, she has helped the swimming &amp; diving team achieve national acclaim, as the team\u2019s 3.79 GPA in Fall 2018 was the highest of any NCAA swimming &amp; diving team in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the pool and classroom, Baker has spent many hours helping with community service projects. During her time at Liberty, she aided with the Dollar Makes a Difference campaign, Trick of Treat so Others Can Eat, Share the Warmth, Serve Lynchburg, R.S. Payne School Field Day, Human Kind 5K and Fun Run, Football Clean-up, Liberty Athletics Golf Outing and Freedom 424 5K.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberty was a safe haven I thought I wanted but had no idea I needed,\u201d Hannah Baker said. \u201cLiberty gave me a place that I could intertwine my faith, athletics, academics and service. Here I was able to spend every Sunday serving in my church, afternoons practicing with my teammates, and evening tutoring underclassman nursing students. A combination no other Division I elite university could provide. It was a place where I felt no pressure to compromise my morals to fit in. At Liberty I felt that I was home. A place where those who were my teammates, became friends, and then became family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, Liberty gave me a steadfast foundation for my future. It was here that I was given the opportunity to purse both a nursing degree and continue my athletic career in the pool, a request that got a hard no from all other schools I was looking at. I am forever in debt to coaches, teammates, and academic affairs for saying \u201ctogether we will help you do this,\u201d instead of \u201cno way, that is way too hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, Liberty will always be remembered as a place of love, of opportunity, and of faith. A place I know that no matter where life takes me, I will have a home and a community to support me. A place I will always be proud to call my alma mater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker is the second Liberty swimmer to win the Rock Royer\/Mac Rivera Award, joining former teammate Alicia Finnigan who was named the 2019 recipient.<\/p>\n<p>Baker is the 53rd overall recipient of this distinguished award, and this is the 47th year Liberty Athletics has presented its top athletics honor to a well-deserving senior student-athlete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Royer Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1974 \u2013 Rick Herceg \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1975 &#8211; Sling Patterson \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1976 &#8211; David Neff \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1977 &#8211; Scott Goetz \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mac Rivera Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1977 &#8211; Paul Dalton &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Royer\/Mac Rivera Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1978 &#8211; Gary Avila \u2013 Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>1979 &#8211; Dave Anderson \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1980 &#8211; Karl Hess &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1981 &#8211; David &#8220;D.J.&#8221; Hertzler \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1982 &#8211; Sharon Snodgrass &#8211; Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1983 &#8211; Bill Gillespie &#8211; Football\/Men&#8217;s Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>1984 &#8211; Rick Seilhamer &#8211; Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>1985 &#8211; Sue Andrew &#8211; Women&#8217;s Cross Country\/Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>1985 &#8211; Dave Bream &#8211; Baseball<\/p>\n<p>1986 &#8211; Ron Stamer &#8211; Men&#8217;s Soccer<\/p>\n<p>1987 &#8211; Pam Wilder &#8211; Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1988 \u2013 Annie Hunt Fairchild \u2013 Women\u2019s Cross Country\/Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>1988 \u2013 Andre Sims \u2013 Football<\/p>\n<p>1989 &#8211; Kathy Guetterman &#8211; Volleyball<\/p>\n<p>1990 &#8211; Lynn Attwood \u2013 Women\u2019s Cross Country\/Track &amp; Field\/Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1991 &#8211; Craig Holiday &#8211; Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>1992 &#8211; Mike Coleman &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1993 &#8211; Theresa Bream &#8211; Volleyball\/Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1994 &#8211; James Downey &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>1994 &#8211; Matt Hildebrand &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>1995 &#8211; Todd Setsma &#8211; Men&#8217;s Golf<\/p>\n<p>1996 &#8211; Ryan Werner \u2013 Men\u2019s Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>1997 &#8211; Michael Prettyman \u2013 Men\u2019s Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>1998 &#8211; Ben Anderson &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>1999 &#8211; Jarrod Everson &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>2000 &#8211; Elena Kisseleva &#8211; Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2001 &#8211; Andrea Wildrick \u2013 Women\u2019s Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>2001 &#8211; Nathan Day &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2002 &#8211; Heather Sagan \u2013 Women\u2019s Cross Country\/Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>2003 &#8211; Collin Mascagni &#8211; Men&#8217;s Soccer<\/p>\n<p>2004 &#8211; Tatiana Tkachuk &#8211; Volleyball<\/p>\n<p>2005 &#8211; Sam Gado &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>2006 &#8211; Sonia Rodriguez &#8211; Women&#8217;s Soccer<\/p>\n<p>2006 &#8211; Phillip Thompson &#8211; Baseball<\/p>\n<p>2007 &#8211; Arlene Zelinskas \u2013 Women\u2019s Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>2008 &#8211; Allyson Fasnacht &#8211; Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2009 &#8211; Beth Bennett &#8211; Softball<\/p>\n<p>2010 &#8211; Chris Rocco &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>2011 &#8211; Zach Duke &#8211; Football<\/p>\n<p>2012 &#8211; Jesse Sanders &#8211; Men&#8217;s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2013 &#8211; Jennifer Klugh \u2013 Women\u2019s Cross Country\/Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>2014 &#8211; Trey Lambert &#8211; Baseball<\/p>\n<p>2015 \u2013 Alex Close \u2013 Baseball<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2013 Ashley Rininger \u2013 Women\u2019s Basketball<\/p>\n<p>2017 \u2013 Holly Van Noord \u2013 Women\u2019s Soccer<\/p>\n<p>2018 \u2013 Evangeline Crist \u2013 Women\u2019s Tennis<\/p>\n<p>2019 \u2013 Alicia Finnigan \u2013 Women\u2019s Swimming &amp; Diving<\/p>\n<p>2020 \u2013 Hannah Baker \u2013 Women\u2019s Swimming &amp; Diving<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More college news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Liberty Athletics. 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