IRVING, TEXAS (February 26, 2008) Six swimming and diving student-athletes were named to the 2007-08 Conference USA All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office today. SMU had two members on the team for the second consecutive year, while East Carolina, Houston, Marshall and Rice all placed one representative on the squad. The all-academic team consists of six student-athletes that have earned a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or better and have competed in 75 percent of their team’s scheduled meets.
Three seniors and three juniors make up this season’s All-Academic team. All six members are integral parts of their team’s performances thus far and will be counted on this week at the 2008 C-USA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship and Invitational being held at Houston’s CRWC Natatorium.
SMU teammates Jenny Basel and Angela San Juan Cisneros were named to the all-academic team after leading No. 14 SMU to a 5-3 dual meet record and a perfect 2-0 record against league foes. Basel is one of three repeat selections to the team in 2007-08. The junior mathematics major holds the highest GPA of all six team members at 3.95. She was a member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and was also a recipient of the Commissioner’s Academic Medal those same years. Basel, a breaststroke and individual medley participant, has multiple 400 IM wins on the season as well top three finishes in the 200 breast.
San Juan Cisneros holds a 3.84 GPA in applied economics and was named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2006-07. In the pool, the senior has earned NCAA consideration in the 100 free and 100 fly and is a member of the SMU 200- and 400-yard medley teams that have set multiple pool records.
East Carolina placed senior Kim Brewer on this year’s list. Brewer is also a repeat selection and carries a 3.56 GPA in finance. The North Carolina native is a three-time member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and ranks among the Pirate’s Top 10 in three freestyle events. Brewer set season best times in the 500, 1,000, and 1,650 freestyle at this season’s Nike Cup.
Houston’s Ginni van Katwijk is the lone diver on the squad. The senior is a sociology major with a 3.61 GPA. She was a 2007 NCAA Platform Diving All-America honoree and was the 2007 C-USA Co-Newcomer of the Year. So far this season, van Katwijk has tallied UH season highs on the 1-meter board and in the platform diving competition. During the Cougars’ meet with at North Texas, she Grootebeck, Netherlands native won both springboard events to help UH sweep the Top Three places in each event.
Kayla Truswell of Marshall makes her first appearance on the C-USA All-Academic Team. The native of Canada has a 3.84 GPA in psychology and is a five-time Marshall Dean’s List Honoree and a two-time C-USA Academic Medalist and Academic Honor Roll member. She leads Marshall in both the 100 and 200 butterfly, while ranking 10th in the 100 and fifth in the 200 on the C-USA season best lists.
Repeat selection Diane Gu of Rice rounds out the team. Gu, a psychology major with a 3.67 GPA, is a three-time Commissioner’s Honor Roll member and won the 2007 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Award. The native of Florida is also a Rice University Scholar Athlete. Gu is having another successful season in the pool and is often the anchor leg of the Owls’ sprint relays.
The 2008 C-USA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship and Invitational begins Wednesday, February 27 and continues until Saturday, March 1. The four-day event is hosted by the University of Houston and all five C-USA swimming and diving programs will participate in the event. SMU will be looking to bring home its third consecutive C-USA and title and 12th consecutive title overall.
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