Team Announces 2010-11 Award Winners – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s swimming and diving team held its annual season-ending awards banquet recently to honor and recognize individuals for their accomplishments during an outstanding season in which the team placed 17th at the NCAA championships and a 17-year-best third at the Big Ten championships.
Sam Cheverton, a senior psychology major and co-captain, was named the team MVP for the fourth consecutive year. She was also voted as the coaches MVP by head coach Bill Dorenkott and assistant coach Stefanie Williams. Cheverton was an honorable mention All-American in four events at the 2011 NCAA championships: the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 400 and 800 freestyle relays. She also won her first Big Ten championship and the first swimming crown for Ohio State in six years with a school record swim of 1:44.56 in the 200 freestyle.
The most improved swimmer award went to freshman Beth Defauw. This award is presented to the swimmer who has made the most strides in and out of the water in the past year. Defauw, a native of Strongsville, Ohio finished 13th at the Big Ten Championships in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:38.73.
The title of smartest swimmer in the pool certainly belongs to Morgan Menzie. The senior animal science major finished the season with the highest team GPA award. Menzie has twice been named a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar (3.7 GPA and above for the academic year) and has swept the team GPA award in all four years that she has swam.
Megan Detro, a sophomore health science major from Carmel, Ind., was presented with the hardest worker award. This award is earned by the swimmer whose work ethic, determination and commitment to the sport was instrumental to the team’s success. The co-captain followed her outstanding freshman season with an even better second year in 2011. She was an honorable mention All American in the 100 and 200 freestyle relays and she captured her first Big Ten championship in the 100 freestyle.
Emily Creran, another sophomore co-captain, followed that honor with the best attitude award. This award is presented to the swimmer whose attitude set her apart from her teammates and peers in and out of the pool. Emily placed fifth at Big Ten’s in the 200 backstroke with a school record time of 1:55.47.
Bianca Alvarez, a junior from Miami, Fla., was honored as a first-tam All-American after her fourth-place finishes on the one- and three-meter dives at the NCAA championships. The awards represent her fifth and sixth All-American honors as an Ohio State diver. Senior Katie Bell was also named an honorable mention All American in the platform dive.
Honored at the banquet as honorable mention All-Americans was the 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams of Cheverton, Anita Beck, Detro and Alex Norris.
Earning captains awards were Beck, Cheverton, Creran, Detro and Lisa Narum.
Senior awards were presented to Beck, Bell, Cheverton, Shelby Gordon and Menzie.
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