Bernhardt Named CAA Swimmer of the Year, Lau Earns Academic Honor

RICHMOND, Va. – The Drexel women's swimming and diving team earned two CAA awards on Wednesday afternoon as announced by the conference. Junior Rachel Bernhardt was named the Swimmer of the Year while fellow junior Emily Lau was selected to the All-Academic Team.

RACHEL BERNHARDT – CAA WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Bernhardt earned the first two gold medals at the 2016 CAA Swimming Championships for the women's program. She finished first in both the 100 breaststroke at 1:00.65 and 2:10.89 in the 200 breaststroke as she was named both the Most Outstanding Swimmer and the Meet and Swimmer of the Year. She then became the first Drexel women's swimmer to qualify NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, hosted in Atlanta in early March. At NCAAs, she notched a time of 1:01.04 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:13.30 in the 200 breaststroke for both of her second fastest times ever. Following the NCAA Championships, the Drexel junior qualified for her second U.S. Olympic Trial event as she notched a 2:32.70 in the long course 200 breaststroke. She had previously qualified for the 100 breaststroke earlier in the summer of 2015. She also earned the team's Most Valuable award at the squad's season-end banquet.

EMILY LAU – ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Lau maintained a 3.96 grade point average as a biology/pre-med major. At the CAA Championships, Lau helped the women tied a school benchmark in the 200 free relay with a collective time of 1:34.25. Lau also swam in the finals for the 200 medley relay in addition to numerous prelim events. She was named the squad's Scholar Athlete at the team's season-end banquet. On the season, her top 50 free time of 24.27 came at the Patriot Invitational, 52.86 in the 100 free at CAAs, 27.18 in the 50 fly against Howard, 57.96 in the 100 fly at CAAs and 1:00.74 in the 100 IM at the Patriot Invitational.

CAA Women's Swimming and Diving Awards
Women's Swimmer of the Year: Rachel Bernhardt, Drexel
Women's Rookie Swimmer of the Year: Morgan Smith, William & Mary
Women's Diver of the Year: Olivia Lehman, James Madison
Women's Rookie Diver of the Year: Emily Wilson, Towson
Women's Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet: Jessie Ustjanauskas, William & Mary
Women's Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet: Olivia Lehman, James Madison
Women's Swimming Coach of the Year: Matt Crispino, William & Mary
Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Brian Coonce, Delaware

All-Academic Team
Natalie Ambrosey, Delaware
Camilla Czulada, James Madison
Leigh DeForest, UNCW
Rachael Geiger, Northeastern
Emily Lau, Drexel
Emma Merrill, William & Mary
Hannah Snyder, Towson

All-CAA Honors
50-Freestyle: Jaimie Miller, William & Mary; Morgan Whyte, Delaware; Camilla Czulada, James Madison
100-Freestyle: Jaimie Miller, William & Mary; Morgan Whyte, Delaware; Kristen Zielinski, James Madison
200-Freestyle: Quinn MacMillan, James Madison; Kristen Zielinski, James Madison; Dominique Montoya, Delaware
500-Freestyle: Quinn MacMillan, James Madison; Dominique Montoya, Delaware; Hannah Snyder, Towson
1650-Freestyle: Morgan Smith, William & Mary; Hannah Snyder, Towson; Ashley Illenye, Towson
100-Butterfly: Jessie Ustjanauskas, William & Mary; Sara Touchette-McGowan, Northeastern; Catherine Gargula, UNCW
200-Butterfly: Jessie Ustjanauskas, William & Mary; Delaney Lanker, Northeastern; Abby Mack, William & Mary
100-Breaststroke: Rachel Bernhardt, Drexel; Jenna Van Camp, Towson; Taylor Ellis, Northeastern/Katie Parker, James Madison (tie for 3^rd).
200-Breaststroke: Rachel Bernhardt, Drexel; Jenna Van Camp, Towson; Katie Parker, James Madison
100-Backstroke: Sophie Rittenhouse, William & Mary; Catherine Gargula, UNCW; Jacy Icard, Towson
200-Backstroke: Sophie Rittanhouse, William & Mary; Natalie Obando, Towson; MaryElizabeth Warhol, James Madison
200-Individual Medley: Katie Parker, James Madison; Charlotte Holz, Towson; Shannon Harper, James Madison
400-Individual Medley: Hannah Snyder, Towson; Christine Hammond, Towson; Madeline Maher, Delaware
200-Freestyle Relay:
William & Mary (Annie Miller, Jess Crowley, Noelle Klockner, Jaimie Miller)
James Madison (Kristen Zielinski, Carli Molano, Quinn MacMillan, Camilla Czulada)
Delaware (Dominique Montoya, Alyssa Sanders, Jordan Sawyer, Morgan Whyte)
400-Freestyle Relay:
James Madison (Kristen Zielinski, Carli Molano, Camilla Czulada, Quinn MacMillan)
Delaware (Dominique Montoya, Alyssa Sanders, Sarah Braatz, Morgan Whyte)
William & Mary (Jessie Ustjanauskas, Georgie Crompton, Annie Miller, Jaimie Miller)
800-Freestyle Relay:
James Madison (Kristen Zielinski, Carli Molano, Cameron Martin, Quinn MacMillan
William & Mary (Selina Fuller, Jaimie Miller, Hannah Vester, Jessie Ustjanauskas
Towson (Hannah Snyder, Melissa Toy, Kara Powell, Charlotte Holz)
200-Medley Relay:
William & Mary (Sophie Rittanhouse, Annie Valls, Jessie Ustjanauskas, Annie Miller)
Northeastern (Christine Leong, Taylor Ellis, Sara Touchette-McGowan, Carly Schnabel
Towson (Jacy Icard, Jenna Van Camp, Olivia Evans, Caitlin Manthe)
400-Medley Relay:
William & Mary (Sophie Rittanhouse, Annie Valls, Jessie Ustjanauskas, Jaimie Miller)
James Madison (MaryElizabeth Warhol, Katie Parker, Cameron Martin, Camilla Czulada)
Northeastern (Christine Leong, Taylor Ellis, Sara Touchette-McGowan, Carly Schnabel)

One-Meter Dive: Olivia Lehman, James Madison; Kristina Congdon, Delaware; Caitlin Stockwell, Delaware
Three-Meter Dive: Kristina Congdon, Delaware; Olivia Lehman, James Madison; Caitlin Stockwell, Delaware

To see the CAA men's award winners, click here.

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Bernhardt Named CAA Swimmer of the Year, Lau Earns Academic Honor

Players Mentioned

Rachel Bernhardt

Emily Lau

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