CollegeSwimming.com announced today the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Mid-Major All-American Team.  This year’s team marks the second year of the program and continues CollegeSwimming.com’s support of non-Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conferences.  The student-athletes were selected on the basis of their qualifying for the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships.  Members of the 2006 team are: 

Women                  Yr    Institution                               Events                                  

Beaudreau, Lauren   FR     Richmond                                  200 IM, 200 Breast

Bragg, Ja-Neil          SO    Pacific (Cal)                               200 IM, 400 IM

Buckley, Alexis        JR     Northern Arizona                        500 Free, 1650 Free

Chrzanowski, Sarah JR     Eastern Michigan                        3 Meter Diving

Crowley, Jaime        SR    Central Connecticut                    50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Breast

Daly, Shannon         SR    New Hampshire                          200 IM, 100 Breast

Goodman, Kary        SO    New Hampshire                          100 Back, 200 Fly

Gray, Ellen              SO    Princeton                                   1650 Free

Kerns, Margaret       FR     Princeton                                   3 Meter Diving, Platform

Marhenke, Brie        JR     San Jose State                           50 Free, 100 Free

McDonald, Laura      SR    Pacific (Cal)                               500 Free, 1650 Free

Nagata, Chelsea       SO    UC-Irvine                                  50 Free, 100 Back

Papadakis, Samantha SO    Harvard                                     3 Meter Diving

Perry, Rebecca        SO    East Carolina                             50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free

Renkola, Rebecca     SO    Eastern Michigan                        3 Meter Diving

Schwalb, Jennifer     JR     UC-Santa Barbara                      200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Fly

Swart, Ashley          SR    San Diego                                 400 IM, 200 Breast

Thiel, Meghan          SO    American                                   500 Free, 1650 Free

Weberg, Ellie           JR     Florida Atlantic                           100 Breast

Wilson, Terra           JR     Gardner-Webb                           50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free

Witt, Jessica             SO    Richmond                                  500 Free, 400 IM, 1650 Free

Men                       Yr    Institution                               Events                                  

Bartell, Kevin           SO    Florida Atlantic                           100 Breast

Berman, Dean         SR    UNC-Wilmington                         1 Meter, 3 Meter

Caprara, Stefano     SR    Cornell                                      100 Back, 200 Back

Cary, Patrick           JR     UC-Santa Barbara                      100 Fly, 200 Fly

Cromwell, David      SR    Harvard                                     100 Back, 200 Back

DeMond, Kent          SR    Princeton                                   3 Meter Diving, Platform

Hasbani, Meir           JR     Princeton                                   200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly

Koucheravy, Tom     JR     George Mason                            500 Free, 1650 Free

Sullivan, Christopher        SR                                            Oakland          50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free

Ota, Patrick             SR    UC-Santa Barbara                      100 Back

Rathgeber, Geoff      SO    Harvard                                     400 IM, 200 Back

Righi, Alex               FR     Yale                                          50 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free

Smit, Michael           JR     Cornell                                      200 Free, 100 Free

Teague, Kevin          JR     Navy                                         1 Meter, 3 Meter

Zoldak, Krzysztof     SO    Pacific                                       200 IM, 400 IM

Top Team: Princeton, with two men and two women selected, had the most student-athletes named to the CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major All-American Team.  UC-Santa Barbara and the University of the Pacific each had three athletes selected.

Top Conference: The Ivy League / EISL had the most selections with eleven. 

Mid-Major institutions are designated as colleges or universities that are not affiliated with a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference as well as those institutions awarding less than half of the maximum-allowable scholarships (seven for women, five for men).