From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

Case Western Reserve University senior Drew Hamilton (Cincinnati, Ohio / Turpin) was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for his performance in both the pool and the classroom over his career as a Spartan.

By virtue of being named to the Academic All-District Team, Hamilton will be placed on the ballot for the Academic All-America team, with honorees to be announced on Tuesday, June 12^th.  This is the first career Academic All-District honor for Hamilton.

Over his career, Hamilton was a four-time NCAA qualifier, collecting five All-American certificates and claiming six All-UAA honors.  During the 2016-17 season, he earned All-America Honorable Mention in the 500-yard freestyle (15^th, 4:30.51) and in the 400-yard individual medley (ninth, 3:57.85) at the NCAA Championships.  Hamilton also earned All-UAA in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a second place finish at the UAA Championships. As a sophomore in 2015-16, Hamilton was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished 10^th at the NCAA Championships. In addition, that relay team was the UAA champion in the event, becoming the first CWRU squad ever to win a relay event at the UAA Championships. During the 2014-15 season, Hamilton earned All-America Honorable Mention in the 800-yard freestyle (14^th) and in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15^th) at the NCAA Championships.  He also became the first CWRU swimmer (male or female) to be named UAA Rookie of the Year.  Hamilton earned the honor after finishing first in the 500-yard freestyle at the UAA Championships, while also adding a second-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley and a second-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Hamilton currently holds six individual program records and is a member of two school-record holding relay teams.

Hamilton received the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship earlier this week, and was awarded the NCAA's Elite 90 Award at this year's NCAA Championships, presented to the athlete at the meet with the highest cumulative grade point average, becoming the first CWRU swimmer and third CWRU athlete overall to claim the honor.  He will graduate this weekend with a major in Accounting and Spanish, and currently carries a 3.947 cumulative grade point average with an incredible 141 credits accumulated during his time at the school.  He plans on attending law school next year.  Hamilton also received CWRU's Bill Sudeck Outstanding Student-Athlete Award, considered the department's top award presented to a student-athlete.

Voting for the Academic All-District team is conducted by members of CoSIDA.  Case Western Reserve is a part of District 7, which includes Division III student-athletes from colleges in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.  Men's sports represented on the 'At-Large' team include fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.