The University Athletic Association has announced its 30th Anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving Team. Fifty-six student-athletes earned the honor, including 22 from Emory University, which has won every Association championship since 1999 and captured the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships title.
UAA 30th Anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving Release
The team consists of each student-athlete who was named Swimmer of the Year, Diver of the Year, won an individual event at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, or won the same event at least three times at the UAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Among those honored are Andrew Wilson of Emory, who earned UAA Swimmer of the Year and NCAA Division III Men's Swimming Diving and Championships Most Outstanding Performer honors in 2015 and 2017. In addition, he was named the 2014-15 and 2016-17 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Academic All-American of the Year.
Brian Zimmerman of Carnegie Mellon University is the only other UAA student-athlete to be named Most Outstanding Performer at the NCAA championship, doing so in 1991. He was named UAA Swimmer of the Year in 1989, 1991, and 1992, and swept the Association title in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events from 1989 through 1992. The Tartans swept the UAA Swimmer of the Year honor from 2001 through 2005 with Brian McCarthy winning the award three times and Chris Pearson twice. Pearson matched Zimmerman in winning the 200- and 500-yard UAA freestyle events four times (2002-2005), while McCarthy won the UAA title in the 200-yard backstroke and 400-yard individual medley in all four of his championship appearances from 2001 through 2004.
Andrew Lardiere of NYU garnered back-to-back UAA Swimmer of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009.
Matt Kuhn (2007 and 2009) of Carnegie Mellon, Chris Radpour (1989-1990) and Mike Klein (2005-06) of Emory, Oleg Borisyuk (1994-95) of NYU, and Matthew Staab (2013-14) of University of Chicago each earned UAA Diver of the Year accolades twice.
Ryan Bass (50-yard freestyle, 2011-14) and Fred Schreiber (1998-2001) of Emory, and Zane Turpin (1,650-yard freestyle, 2012-15) of Washington University won the same event four consecutive times at the UAA championship. Luke Dobben of the Bears won the 500-yard freestyle four times (2012-14 and 2016).
UAA 30th Anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving Team
Tom Aliberti, Emory
Kris Alshabkhoun, Chicago
Patrick Augustyn, Emory
Ryan Bass, Emory
Alex Beyer, Washington
Austen Blease, NYU
Oleg Borisyuk, NYU
Ryan Braun, Washington
Connor Brisson, NYU
Reed Dalton, Washington
John DesRoches, NYU
Keith Diggs, Emory
Luke Dobben, Washington
Miller Douglas, Emory
Connor Farrell, CWRU
Oleg Geller, NYU
Michael Goldfarb, Brandeis
Gene Gurin, NYU
Justin Hake, Emory
Chris Halstead, Emory
Richard Kinnett, Emory
Mike Klein, Emory
Jeff Klug, Emory
Daniel Kolb, Emory
David Krzeminski, Carnegie Mellon
Matt Kuhn, Carnegie Mellon
Michael Lagieski, Washington
Andrew Lardiere, NYU
Brandon Lum, Washington
Brian McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon
Mike McGlone, NYU
Jake McGuire, Carnegie Mellon
Thomas Meek, Chicago
Tim Newton, Emory
Max Norris, NYU
Peter O'Brien, Emory
Eric Pcholinski, NYU
Chris Pearson, Carnegie Mellon
Baron Poitier, NYU
Chris Radpour, Emory
Christopher Rendall, Emory
Anthony Restaino, Chicago
Scott Richardson, Rochester
Pat Rodjom, CWRU
Fred Schreiber, Emory
Michael Slavik, Washington
Oliver Smith, Emory
Ross Spock, Emory
Matt Spooner , Emory
Matthew Staab, Chicago
John Sutter, Emory
Eric Triebe, Washington
Zane Turpin, Washington
Chip Villarreal, Emory
Andrew Wilson, Emory
Brian Zimmerman, Carnegie Mellon