21 Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-MAC Accolades for Akron Swimming & Diving

21 Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-MAC Accolades for Akron Swimming & Diving

April 03 | Women's Swimming & Diving

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Akron Zips swimming and diving program landed 21 student-athletes on the Mid-American Conference All-Academic list, the league announced on Wednesday.

In all, 133 women's swimming and diving student-athletes from eight conference institutions were recognized as Bowling Green and Ohio placed 22 student-athletes on the team, while Akron followed with 21 honorees.

The Zips honorees include graduate Andrea Fischer (Oak Grove, Minn.), seniors Sara Bozso (Budapest, Hungary), Olivia DeRodes (Fremont, Ohio), Andrea Galisteo (Madrid, Spain), Weronika Gorecka (Wroclaw, Poland), Paige Kalik (Irwin, Pa.), Alyssa Riker (Portage, Mich.), Rachel Schiffli (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Gail Workman (Cincinnati, Ohio), juniors Giovanna Cappabianca (Hudson, Ohio), Madeline Dyer (Akron, Ohio), Madelyn Gatrall (Windsor, Ontario, Canada), Astrid Halvorsen (Stroemmen, Norway), Grace Nuhfer (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Rachel Sabotin (Columbus, Ind.), sophomores Kendall Craig (Evans City, Pa.), Abigail Daniel (Bristow, Va.), McKenzie Dunigan (Oviedo, Fla.), Julia Mauter (Winter Springs, Fla.), Rebecca Reid (Donaghadee, United Kingdom) and Laurel Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.).

To qualify for the Academic All-MAC Teams, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contests and/or completed at the league championship in the particular sport.

2022-23 AKRON ACADEMIC ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
1, Sara Bozso, Senior, Exercise Physiology, 3.513
2. Giovanna Cappabianca, Junior, Psychology, 3.663
3. Kendall Craig, Sophomore, Biomedical Science, 3.254
4. Abigail Daniel, Sophomore, Exercise Sci-Pre-Professional, 3.602
5. Olivia DeRodes, Senior, Exercise Science Pre-Physical Therapy, 3.854
6. McKenzie Dunigan, Sophomore, Exercise Sci-Pre-Professional, 3.198
7. Madeline Dyer, Junior, Biomedical Science, 3.988
8. Andrea Fischer, Graduate, MAJOR, 3.571
9. Andrea Galisteo, Senior, International Business, 3.346
10. Madelyn Gatrall, Junior, Speech - LP&A, 3.789
11. Weronika Gorecka, Senior, Strategic & Organizational Communications, 3.751
12. Astrid Halvorsen, Junior, Accounting, 3.911
13. Paige Kalik, Senior, Chemistry – Biochemistry, 3.550
14. Julia Mauter, Sophomore, Primary Incl Teach Prep, 3.381
15. Grace Nuhfer, Junior, Marketing, 3.736
16. Rebecca Reid, Sophomore, Applied Mathematics, 3.640
17. Alyssa Riker, Senior, Accounting, 3.850
18. Rachel Sabotin, Junior, Speech - LP&A, 3.590
19. Rachel Schiffli, Senior, Supply Chain/Operations Management, 3.824
20. Laurel Smith, Sophomore, Information Systems Management, 3.798
21. Gail Workman, Senior, Marketing, 3.668