Fourth-year University of Virginia All-America swimmer Michael Raab (Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson) has been selected as the ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week as announced Monday (October 18). Raab earns the award for the second time in his career.

Raab automatically qualified for the 2005 NCAA Championships with his sixth-place performance in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2004 FINA World Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., on Monday, October 11. Raab clocked a time of 1:54.95 to better the NCAA short-course (25-meter pool) record of 1:54.97 set by Kendrick Rainer of Texas at the 2004 NCAA Championships. Raab was second after the preliminaries with a time of 1:55.05. He was the only collegiate swimmer to qualify for the finals in the 200 fly.

Raab is a three-time ACC champion in the 200 butterfly as well as a two-time first-team All-American in the event.