CollegeSwimming.com today announced the 2008 Division I Women’s Mid-Major All-America Swimming team and named Alicia Aemisegger of Princeton as its Women’s Mid-Major Swimmer-of-the-Year for the second consecutive year.  

Thirty women earned the honor based on their qualification for the 2008 Women’s NCAA Division I Championships while another seventy-seven were given “Honorable Mention” status by earning NCAA ‘B’ time standards during the 2007-08 season.

“Women’s Division I swimming has never been healthier,” said CollegeSwimming.com director Greg Earhart, “and that’s evident by the breadth of teams represented. These thirty women and their coaches have shown that you can succeed outside of the big money conferences.”

Members of the 2008 CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major All-America Swimming Team are:

 Aemisegger, Alicia	SO	Princeton
 Bragg, Ja-Neil 	JR	Pacific (Cal)
 Burke, Amanda		SO	Rider
 Carpenter, Meili	SO	Buffalo
 Clarke, Alexandra	FR	Harvard
 DePaul, Lyndsay	SO	UC-Irvine
 DiFazio, Justina	JR	Princeton
 Dinh, Thuy-Mi		So	Navy
 Freeman, Katy		JR	UC-Santa Barbara
 Friedman, Monika	JR	Princeton
 Hamming, Lisa		SR	Princeton
 Hynes, Katie		JR	Drexel
 Javanifard, Naomi	SO	UC-Santa Barbara
 Kilkuts, Courtney	SO	Princeton
 Kittle, Grace		FR	Denver
 Marhenke, Brie 	SR	San Jose State
 May, Anne Marie	SO	UC-Santa Barbara
 McKinley, Megan	SR	Toledo
 Mills, Katherine	FR	Harvard
 Monroe, Meredith	FR	Princeton
 Nagata, Chelsea 	SR	UC-Irvine
 Nicponski, Sara	FR	UC-Santa Barbara
 Papadakis, Samantha	SR	Harvard
 Pilchard, Madeline	SR	Eastern Michigan
 Radloff, Katie		SO	William & Mary
 Shiflett, Brett	SR	Princeton
 Sieben, Katie		SO	Richmond
 Totura, Kelsey		SR	Denver
 Waresmith, Tess	JR	Boston University
 Yamamoto, Erin		JR	UC-Santa Barbara 

The following have been recognized as CollegeSwimming.com Women’s All-America Team Honorable Mentions:

 Alexandre, Claire	Western Kentucky 
 Aspinall, Jessica	Western Kentucky 
 Barry, Cortney		Delaware 
 Bauer, Courtney	UC-Santa Barbara 
 Beaudreau, Lauren	Richmond 
 Benefield, Gloria	California Poly 
 Bizer, Sarah		George Mason 
 Borowitz, Brittany	UC-Santa Barbara 
 Budner, Meredith	Towson 
 Burandt, Hannah	Eastern Michigan 
 Cantwell, Tina		UMBC
 Cayford, Ashley	UC-Davis 
 Cecere, Amanda		Ohio
 Chapmon, Tara		U.S. Naval Academy
 Crosby, Jordan		Towson 
 Cruzat, Jessica	UC-Santa Barbara 
 Donahue, Claire	Western Kentucky 
 Doss, Brittany		Western Kentucky 
 Dunn, Mariele		Columbia 
 Durand, Ashley		Eastern Michigan 
 Falcone, Marina	William and Mary 
 Foe, Rachel		Northern Arizona 
 Frazier, Karen		Miami (OH)
 Galey, Hannah		Columbia 
 Giancarli, Leah	Ohio
 Giovannoni, Sara	Florida International 
 Golden, Brooke		Towson 
 Gray, Ellen 		Princeton 
 Hale, Alicia		North Texas 
 Hart, Lindsay		Harvard 
 Heim, Rachel		Ohio
 Hinkle, Katy		Harvard 
 Huang, Jun		Pacific 
 Huber, Stacey		Ohio
 Iacouzze, Brittany	Yale 
 Jardine, Ziada		Pacific 
 Johnson, Melissa	Duquesne 
 Kaufmann, Christine	Harvard 
 Kim, Susan		Yale 
 Kirsteier, Caitlin	UNC-Wilmington 
 Krakauer, Amy		Columbia 
 Kucera, Heidi		UC-Davis 
 Lehner, Andrea		Buffalo
 Lewis, Jenny		Pacific 
 Liu, Nan		Northern Colorado 
 Lowry, Michele		Denver 
 Marion, Ashley		Ohio
 Maree, Trudi 		Florida International 
 Martin, Lindsay	Davidson
 McLeod, Alison		Pepperdine 
 Meyer, Alex		Harvard 
 Morgan, Sophie		Harvard 
 Mortensen, Danielle 	UNC-Wilmington 
 Motsinger, Katy	Denver 
 Murray, Laura		Harvard 
 Naber, PJ		James Madison 
 Okazaki, Kristin	Pacific 
 Pangilinan, Jackie	Harvard 
 Petersen, Ilse		Ohio
 Pickard, Katherine	Harvard 
 Ranzau, Allison	U.S. Naval Academy
 Ricard, Alissa		Eastern Michigan 
 Rico, Mallory		Ohio
 Sieben, Katie		Richmond 
 Snyder, Lindsey	Central Connecticut
 Solan, Agnieszka	Oakland 
 Stephens, Chelsea	Western Kentucky 
 Strittmatter, Laura	Yale 
 Surkovich, Daniele	UMBC
 Traylor, Amanda	Ohio
 Ure, Katie		UC-Santa Barbara 
 Wagner, Liz		UC-Santa Barbara 
 Witt, Jessica		Richmond 
 Wylam, Emily		Ohio
 Zahalka, Kelly		U.S. Navy 
 Zeller, Kayla		Towson 

Three-timers: Four athletes – Ja-Neil Bragg of Pacific, Brie Marhenke of San Jose State, Chelsea Nagata of UC-Irvine and Harvard’s Samantha Papadakis were named to the Mid-Major All-America team for the third year. As a Junior, Bragg could become the first four-year honoree next year.

Climbing the Ivy: The Ivy League led all Mid-Major conferences with ten honorees, one more than the Big West Conference. The Atlantic 10, Mid-American, Metro Atlantic, Colonial, Patriot and Sun Belt conferences were also represented.

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).

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