Sanchez Named CAA Diver of the Year, Headlines Drexel Honors

RICHMOND, Va. – Drexel swimming and diving junior David Sanchez was named the Colonial Athletic Association Diver of the Year in a vote by the conference's coaches, the CAA announced.

Joining Sanchez in receiving CAA honors were Drexel teammates Joel Berryman, Alex Chialastri and Kyle Lukens as well as the 200-freestyle relay, 400-freestyle relay and 800-freestyle relay teams.

Sanchez was chosen as the Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Championships for the second time in his career and Men's Diver of the Year. He also won the honor as a freshman in 2013, when he was tabbed Men's Diver and Rookie Diver of the Year. At the CAA Championships in February, Sanchez won the gold medal in the 3-meter competition with a score of 373.35. The junior just nearly took home the gold in 1-meter competition as well, recording a second-place score of 324.10, just 2.2 points off from first. The Marietta, Ga. native earned All-CAA honors in both the 1- and 3-meter diving competitions.

Berryman earned All-CAA honors three events: 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle and 100-backstroke. The junior from Wellington, New Zealand also took home All-Academic honors from the conference. Chialastri garnered All-CAA honors in the 200-freestyle competition. All-CAA honors were also won by Kyle Lukens in the 100- and 200-butterfly.

Also recognized by the conference for All-CAA performances were the 200-freestyle relay, 400-freestyle relay and 800-freestyle relay teams. The 200-freestyle, which earned gold at the CAA Championships, was comprised of Berryman, Sean Swartz, Chialastri and Mike Shaeffer. Swimming on the bronze medal winning 400-freestyle relay team were Berryman, Swartz, Chialastri and Lukens. The 800-freestyle relay team that also brought a bronze medal back to University City was made up of Chialastri, Ivo Pejovic, Ted Taylor and Lukens.

William & Mary junior Jeremiah O'Donnell garnered Swimmer of the Year honors. William & Mary's Evan Baker was named Rookie Swimmer of the Year, and UNCW freshman Devin Hall was Rookie Diver of the Year. William & Mary's Matt Crispino was voted the CAA Men's Swimming Coach of the Year for the second straight season and UNCW's Beau Bunn was selected as the CAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year.

For the full CAA release, click here.

See the full list of winners below:

50-Freestyle:
Joel Berryman, Drexel
Alex Wood, College of Charleston
Billy Russell, William & Mary

100-Freestyle:
Joel Berryman, Drexel
Billy Russell, William & Mary
Matt Hans, Towson

200-Freestyle:
Dominic Breschi, Towson
Billy Russell, William & Mary
Alex Chialastri, Drexel

500-Freestyle:
Cory Camp, Delaware
Matt Lowe, Towson
Matt McKenney, Towson

1650-Freestyle:
Matt Lowe, Towson
Cory Camp, Delaware
Jon Burr, Towson

100-Butterfly:
Justin Barden, William & Mary – t 1st
Buckley Powell, College of Charleston – t 1st
Kyle Lukens, Drexel

200-Butterfly:
Matt McKenney, Towson
Evan Baker, William & Mary
Kyle Lukens, Drexel

100-Breaststroke:
Matt Goetz, William & Mary
Marc Brittain, UNCW
Will Ryan, College of Charleston

200-Breaststroke:
Jeremiah O'Donnell, William & Mary
Josh Zimmt, William & Mary
Will Ryan, Coll. of Charleston

100-Backstroke:
Tim Ware, Delaware
Will Manion, William & Mary
Joel Berryman, Drexel

200-Backstroke:
Will Manion, William & Mary
Justin Barden, William & Mary
Valtteri Halonen, UNCW

200-Individual Medley:
Jeremiah O'Donnell, William & Mary
Will Manion, William & Mary
Alex Montes de Oca, William & Mary

400-Individual Medley:
Jeremiah O'Donnell, William & Mary
Cory Camp, Delaware
Conrad Zamparello, William & Mary

200-Freestyle Relay:
Drexel (Joel Berryman, Sean Swartz, Alex Chialastri, Mike Shaeffer)
Delaware (Tomas Elder, Greg Neidlinger, Alex Hillsley, Nicholas Badsky) – tie 2nd
William & Mary (Billy Russell, Evan Baker, Risten Clarke, Taegan Clarke) – tie 2nd

400-Freestyle Relay:
William & Mary (Will Manion, Billy Russell, Risten Clarke, Taegan Clarke)
UNCW (Drew Gaertner, Adam Salzman, William Swiss, Alex Labonge)
Drexel (Joel Berryman, Sean Swartz, Alex Chialastri, Kyle Lukens)

800-Freestyle Relay:
William & Mary (Taegan Clarke, Will Manion, Jeremiah O'Donnell, Billy Russell)
Towson (Dominic Breschi, Sawyer Martin, Jon Burr, Matt McKenney)
Drexel (Alex Chialastri, Ivo Pejovic, Ted Taylor, Kyle Lukens)

200-Medley Relay:
William & Mary (Will Manion, Matt Goetz, Justin Barden, Billy Russell)
College of Charleston (Talmage Spence, William Ryan, Buckley Powell, Alex Wood)
UNCW (Valtteri Halonen, Marc Brittain, Zach Sowers, Ned Tyler)

400-Medley Relay:
William & Mary (Will Manion, Matt Goetz, Justin Barden, Taegan Clarke)
UNCW (Valtteri Halonen, Marc Brittain, Zach Sowers, Adam Salzman)
Towson (Dominic Breschi, Jeremy Liu, Matt McKenney, Matt Hans)

One-Meter Dive:
Giovanni Villanueva, UNCW
David Sanchez, Drexel
Chase Seymour, UNCW

Three-Meter Dive:
David Sanchez, Drexel
Nathan Lane, UNCW
Giovanni Villanueva, UNCW

CAA Men's Swimming and Diving All-Academic Team:
Joel Berryman, Drexel
Alex Labonge, UNCW
Matthew Lowe, Towson
Ryan Natal, William & Mary
Will Ryan, College of Charleston
Tim West, Delaware

Drexel University Athletics

Sanchez Named CAA Diver of the Year, Headlines Drexel Honors

Players Mentioned

Joel Berryman

Alex Chialastri

Kyle Lukens

Ivo Pejovic

David Sanchez

Mike Shaeffer

Sean Swartz

Ted Taylor

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