Danner, Christensen Lead Mid-Major All-Americans

ASHLEY Danner of George Mason University and Jon Christensen of Princeton University were named CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Swimmers-of-the-Year.- The pair, along with eight additional men and twenty-three women, was also named to the Mid-Major All-American team.

The group earned the honor based on their qualification for the 2012 NCAA Division I Swimming Championships. 

Danner earned the top honors by finishing second in the 100-yard-breaststroke and fifth in the 200-yard-breaststroke at the NCAA Championships held in Auburn.  It equaled Western Kentcuky's Claire Donahue for the highest individual finish by a Mid-Major All American.  Twenty schools placed swimmers on the first team with only Toledo, Harvard and UC-Santa Barbara placing more than one individual.  .

On the men’s side, seven schools placed swimmers on the All-American team, led by Harvard and Princeton with one each.  Christensen was a member of the Mid-Major Champion Princeton Tigers and edged out Eastern Michigan's Jacob Hanson for Swimmer-of-the-Year honors.    Christensen finished among the top ten in both the 100 and 200-yard-breaststroke events. 

An additional 130 male and 121 female swimmers were awarded Honorable Mention status.- Honorable mention selections are swimmers who were entered with NCAA ‘B’ standards, but not selected for the 2012 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. Those 251 swimmers represented eighty teams at fifty-nine sixty-two schools.  Harvard and Western Kentucky each had eight women's Honorable Mention selections while the Naval Academy led the way with twelve Honorable Mention selections.

The following conferences have been designated as Mid-Majors: America East, Atlantic 10, Colonial Athletic Association, Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mountain Pacific, Missouri Valley, Patriot, Sun Belt, Summit, and Western Athletic.- Institutions are also eligible by awarding fewer than half of the maximum-allowable scholarships (seven for women, five for men).

Women's Mid-Major All-America			Men's Mid-Major All-America
Alvarez, Liliana	UC Davis		Arnason, Arni	Old Dominion
Boyce, Lisa	Princeton		Christensen, Jon	Princeton
Campbell, Hailey	Brigham Young		Glenn, Thomas	Brown
Czarnecki, Cari	Towson		Hanson, Jacob	Eastern Mich
Danner, Ashley	George Mason		Katis, Chuck	Harvard
Dewames, Marisa	San Jose St		McHugh, Brendan	Penn
Emig, Briana	Eastern Mich		Nolle, Paul	Princeton
Forrester, Alex	Yale		Onken, Drew	Davidson
Gorinski, Laura	U.S. Navy		Satterthwaite, Chris	Harvard
Gustafsdottir, Johanna	Florida Int'l
Hines, Lauren	Richmond
Kuras, Brittney	Buffalo
Leddy, Meghan	Harvard
Leichty, Claire	Toledo
Lindsay, Laura	Toledo
McClellan, Emily	UW-Milwaukee
Meili, Katie	Columbia
Otto, Courtney	Harvard
Svensson, Emma	Florida Gulf Coast
Ravettine, Bryeanna	Liberty
Ryan, Brienne	Fordham
Ward, Andrea	UCSB
Williams, Laurin	OU
Yamauchi, Sophia	UCSB

Past Mid-Major Swimmers of the Year
2011 - Meredith Budner (Towson) and Peter Kline (Cal Poly)
2010 - Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Adam Meyer (Navy)
2009 - Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Adam Meyer (Navy)
2008 - Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Alex Righi (Yale)
2007 - Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton) and Pat Cary (UC-Santa Barbara)

Women's Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-America			Men's Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-America
Ahlin, Anna	Missouri St		Aakhus, Randy	UCSB
Alkhaldi, Jasmine	Hawaii		Aceino, Alex	Oakland
Anaya, Ana	Harvard		Alfaro, Rafa	Brigham Young
Anderson, Darcie	San Jose St		Allen, Wade	UCSB
Bagan, Mckenzie	Toledo		Anthony, Mac	U.S. Navy
Bagan, Tori	OU		Arafa, Omar	Columbia
Balogh, Vanessza	Oakland		Armstrong, David	Brigham Young
Bartholomew, Amber	Wis.- Green Bay		Barmann, Andrew	UCSB
Bates, Kristen	Georgia Southern		Barrett, Robert	Denver
Bispo, Kassy	Brigham Young		Baryshok, Vitalii	Missouri St.
Bucz, Eszter	Fla. Atlantic		Beaman, Garret	Brigham Young
Burke, Kaitlin	Towson		Bennett, Oliver	Princeton
Burnes, Jordan	Northern Ariz		Bicer, Goksu	Yale
Busch, Alyssa	Oakland		Bondurant, Ben	U.S. Navy
Carr, Catherine	Akron		Carroll, Stephen	Penn
Chaney, Laurel	Western KY		Chandler, Brandon	Pacific
Clute, Deirdre	Harvard		Chaney, Curtis	Davidson
Collyer, Courtney	Fordham		Charles-Funk, Johnny	Rider
Conlon, Claire	Western KY		Cordes, Colin	Princeton
Connell, Fi	Northern Ariz		Corley, Daniel	Illinois-Chicago
Corcoran, Abby	OU		Czarnecki, Mikolaj	Fla. Atlantic
Cote, Rachel	Hawaii		Dajka, Adam	Western KY
Craddock, Julia	San Jose St		Davison, Hugh	U.S. Navy
Criscuolo, Andrea	James Madison		De Waal, Pierre	UMBC
Czerska, Sandra	Oakland		Derdeyn, Will	Dartmouth
Darmody, Kellie	U.S. Navy		Dezwirek, Jeremie	Columbia
Denman, Heather	San Jose St		Dominski, Mike	Yale
Djelic, Sofija	Hawaii		Dugan, Mike	Buffalo
Dockendorf, Michelle	Fresno State		Dukleth, Steve	U.S. Navy
Dodds, Allie	Brigham Young		El Sayed, Amr	Oakland
Dow, Ashley	Youngstown St		Esentan, Troy	Eastern Mich
Dubay, Shannon	James Madison		Evans, Nicholas	Oakland
Duff, Allie	Western KY		Eyckmans, Robert	Columbia
Edwards, Katie	UC Davis		Ferguson, Kevin	UCSB
Feeser, Kristiana	Western KY		Firmansyah, Alwin	Yale
Ferrell, Stephanie	Harvard		Fisher, Mike	Eastern Mich
Foley, Kayleigh	UC Davis		Francis, Ian	Denver
Fortin, Shelby	Penn		Gaudiani, Mike	Harvard
Foster, Kiley	San Jose St		Goodman, Spenser	Harvard
Funk, Lauren	OU		Gosek, Daniel	Columbia
Furgatch, Sarah	Princeton		Graeter, Phillip	GW
Gary, Cori	Liberty		Hansen, Tobias	Oakland
Gentile, Rosa	North Texas		Harder, Rob	Yale
Glenn, Elizabeth	William & Mary		Harding, Grant	Oakland
Godlewski, Jessie	Eastern Mich		Hasler, Daniel	Princeton
Groteguth, Mona	North Texas		Hauss, Michael	Princeton
Gustafsson, Johanna	Oakland		Heine, Jared	Buffalo
Hannesdottir, Eva	James Madison		Heymann, Andrew	Yale
Haraldsdottir, Erla	Old Dominion		Hill, Justin	Cleveland State
Harris, Alexa	Bowling Green		Hoffer, Luke	U.S. Navy
Harter, Carly	Toledo		Hogan, Matt	Buffalo
Hewitt, Hailey	William & Mary		Hoxha, Sidni	Old Dominion
Hojan Clark, Kelsey	Harvard		Hussein, Mohamed	UMBC
Holmgaard, Kelsey	James Madison		Huxhold, Mitchell	Cal Bakersfield
Hunt, Emma	UCSB		Inglis, Chris	Massachusetts
Hyde, Hayes	Yale		Ingold, Zach	U.S. Navy
Johnson, Rachel	Toledo		Jakl, David	Columbia
Kain, Alexis	Bowling Green		Janney, Niall	Harvard
Kiss, Tricia	New Mexico St		Jensen, Anders	Oakland
Kluge, Laney	Columbia		Kempf, Daniel	Boston U
Knight, Allison	UCSB		Kermack, Justin	Cleveland State
Kobelja, Mali	Richmond		Kiss, David	George Mason
Kotonias, Jennifer	UMBC		Knezevich, Kevin	Western KY
Kovacs, Anett	Fla. Atlantic		Koll, Dominik	Columbia
Lamb, Brodde	William & Mary		Krall, Tanner	Denver
Legge, Jessica	New Mexico St		Kunkel, Billy	Western KY
Liao, Athena	Yale		Lamonaca, Matt	Princeton
Lowther, Emma	Northern Ariz		Lauri, Travis	George Mason
Luick, Mackenzie	Harvard		Lawley, Will	Princeton
Mann, Katie	New Hampshire		Lazris, Mike	Yale
Manser, Jamie	Iona Coll		Le, Paul	Missouri St.
Marecki, Brynn	Buffalo		Lee, Oliver	Harvard
Martin, Faith	Harvard		Lewis, Alex	Cleveland State
Martin, Stephanie	Western KY		Mackenzie, Douglas	Denver
Mendieta, Catalina	James Madison		McIntee, Kyle	Harvard
Mi, Jiaojiao	Nevada		Meints, Joshua	Buffalo
Michaels, Emma	OU		Meyer, Mark	U.S. Navy
Miles, Mallory	Ball State		Milberg, Kyle	Denver
Mishler, Hilary	Western KY		Mita, Riley	U.S. Navy
Monroe, Meredith	Princeton		Moore, Brian	Eastern Mich
Morrell, Mallory	Buffalo		Morris, Brennan	Loyola (MD)
O'Connor, Maegan	Miami (Ohio)		Morris, Devon	Fordham
Olsson, Joanna	Cleveland State		Murphy, Sean	U.S. Navy
Owen, Sarah	OU		Musser, Luke	Western KY
Palmer, Rachel	Northern Ariz		Musser, Seth	Western KY
Paruso, Toni	U.S. Navy		Myers, Clayton	Denver
Perez Arau, Sonia	Florida Int'l		Nicholson, Mike	Bucknell
Pinkus, Monica	Illinois-Chicago		Parker, Robbie	U.S. Navy
Prior, Christa	Hawaii		Paulk, David	Princeton
Rashleigh, Kimberly	Old Dominion		Peitz, Geoff	Davidson
Records, Katie	UCSB		Pek, Csaba	Fla. Atlantic
Ritenberg, Taylor	Hawaii		Pennington, Tyler	Denver
Roberts, Hilary	Harvard		Peterson, Christopher	UCSB
Rogers, Beth	Toledo		Peterson, Drew	Rider
Rossum, Krista	North Texas		Petrone, Franco	Eastern Mich
Ruehl, Bridgette	Ball State		Pettyjohn, Kemp	William & Mary
Runyon-Hass, Hannah	Western KY		Raigla, Kaspar	Princeton
Sander, Renata	Missouri St		Roberts, Jared	Missouri St.
Sawick, Ange	U.S. Navy		Rodgers, Joe	Oakland
Schmidtke, Aliena	New Mexico St		Rodrigues, Heitor	Western KY
Schmitz, Amanda	Boston U		Rubio, Fernando	George Mason
Schulkin, Danielle	Harvard		Sbordon, Joey	Massachusetts
Smith, Candice	Brigham Young		Schuermann, Caleb	Missouri St.
Sommerville, Alice	Cleveland State		Schumacher, Griffin	Harvard
Spies, Maria	New Mexico St		Schwippert, Matthew	Buffalo
Stearns, Rachel	OU		Shaw, K.J.	William & Mary
Steffl, Taylor	Buffalo		Simkovic, Oliver	Pacific
Stephens, Carter	Princeton		Simoni, Evan	UCSB
Swartz, Jackie	Eastern Mich		Snyder, Reed	Harvard
Sweeney, Meredith	Dartmouth		Strait, Andrew	William & Mary
Thornton, Leah	Miami (Ohio)		Strand, Michael	Princeton
Trammell, Kirsten	San Jose St		Swain, Mike	Eastern Mich
Tsay, Cynthia	Yale		Thompson, Berry	Cleveland State
Van Oost, Alex	Western KY		Thompson, Garrett	UCSB
Vaughn, Rheanna	U.S. Navy		Traub, Eric	Columbia
Weaver, Joan	Yale		Trotter, Gage	U.S. Navy
Weickgenant, Catia	North Texas		Tuten, Caleb	Princeton
Westrick, Bekka	Miami (Ohio)		Vagts, Justin	U.S. Navy
Won, Sin Hye	James Madison		Van Dehy, William	Denver
Yoho, Danielle	Fresno State		Wagner, Harrison	Princeton
Yokosh, Becky	Wis.- Milwaukee		Walters, Zach	Harvard
			Williams, Eric	Fla. Atlantic
			Wolter, Preston	George Mason
			Worster, Rhoads	Penn
			Wright, John	Columbia
			Yarbrough, Scott	Oakland
			Zennedjian, Mike	Xavier
			Zgliczynski, Jeremiah	Denver
			Zorsch, Cory	Buffalo
			Zupan, Nejc	Dartmouth