POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Kate Conard (East Setauket, N.Y.) of the Marist women's swimming and diving team on Thursday was named to the Capital One Academic All-America At-Large Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Conard, a Psychology/Special Education major, graduated from Marist last month as one of the most decorated swimmers in Marist history.
She was named MAAC Championship Swimmer of the Year three times, and holds school records in seven individual and four relay events. In MAAC dual meets, Conard won 52 of the 56 events she entered and at the MAAC Championships, she won 11 of 12 individual events she competed in and 15 of 18 relays. A three-time member of the MAAC All-Academic Team, Conard holds MAAC Championship individual records in the 500-yd, 1,000-yd and 1,650-yd freestyles. She was a two-year captain for the Red Foxes and, most recently, Conard was named the Marist female Sportsperson of the Year at the senior awards banquet in April and was also selected to the Academic All-District First Team last month.
Conard is the second student-athlete from the women's swimming and diving program to earn Academic All-American honors, joining Michelle Fountain (Class of 2012) who was also named to the third team in 2012. Overall, Conard is the 17th Red Fox to be named Academic All-American and is the second honoree this year, joining classmate Chelsea Botta of the Marist women's soccer team who was named to the Third Team back in the fall.
Marist's All-Time Academic All-American Honorees
2012-13
Kate Conard, women's swimming & diving (Third Team)
Chelsea Botta, women's soccer (Third Team)
2011-12
Michelle Fountain, women's swimming & diving (Third Team)
2010-11
Brittany Burns, women's track & field (Second Team)
Erin Betsch, women's lacrosse (Second Team)
Ricky Pacione, baseball (Second Team)
Joe Touloumis, men's soccer (First Team)
2009-10
Rachele Fitz, women's basketball (Third Team)
Joe Touloumis, men's soccer (Third Team)
2008-09
Melissa Giordano, softball (Third Team)
Ryan Schneider, men's basketball (Second Team)
2007-08
Mike Rolek, track & field (Third Team)
2002-03
Viktor Sapezhnikov, men's tennis (First Team)
David Bennett, men's basketball (Second Team)
Jenny Shanks, women's soccer (Third Team)
1999-2000
Amanda Koldjeski, softball (Second Team)
1994-95
Gregg Chodkowski, men's basketball (Third Team)
About the Capital One Academic All-America® Program
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 16,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.
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