2014 Summit League All-Academic Swimming Teams (HTML)

ELMHURST, Ill. -- Eastern Illinois senior swimmer Olga Livshits has garnered Academic All-Summit League Team accolades for the second consecutive year, as recently announced by the league office.

With the conclusion of the 2014 Summit League Swimming & Diving Championships, the league has announced its Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Teams as voted on by the seven institution's faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors.  A combined 21 student-athletes, 10 men and 11 women, were named to the two teams and honored for their combined athletic and academic performances this season.

A native of Israel, Livshits paced the women on the list with a perfect 4.00 GPA as the chemistry major, and business minor, previously earned the same honor last year.

Olga ended her Panther career on a high note as she earned All-Summit League honors at the end-of-season conference meet last month in Indianapolis by swimming the anchor leg in the third place 200-Free Relay unit.

In addition, Livshits set three school marks at the league meet as she swam respective first and second legs as a member of EIU's 200-Medley and 400-Free Relay units that set new school best times.

She also improved her previous Top 10 EIU mark in the 200-Back to own a new school record time of 2:04.06, while also besting her previous 200-IM finish twice during the league meet to now sport the second best time of 2:10.21.

"I'm so very proud of Olga and the work she has done in the classroom, community, and in the pool," said EIU head coach Elliott McGill.  "She will definitely be very much missed next year."

To be eligible for the Academic All-League team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions.  The swimming and diving all-league teams are made up of the 10 student-athletes receiving the most votes with all ties standing.

2013-14 Summit League Swimming & Diving Academic All-League Teams
... as voted on by each school's faculty athletics representatives & SIDs

Women
Andrea Budahl, South Dakota State
Sam Corea, Denver
Jenna Foiles, Omaha
Nicole Grimit, South Dakota State
Lexi Laird, IUPUI
Olga Livshits, Eastern Illinois
Bridgette McNally, Denver
Morgan Mullenix, Denver
Jenny Oleksiak, IUPUI
Natalie Renshaw, Omaha
Natalie Trout, IUPUI

Men
Phil Albu, South Dakota State
Morgan Barnes, South Dakota
Ben Bolinske, South Dakota State
Darian Brunetti, Denver
Ross Edfort, Denver
Adam Ferguson, IUPUI
JD Furr, Western Illinois
Ryan Holly, Denver
Lennart Kuester, IUPUI
Kyle Milberg, Denver

... for more info, contact Bart Rettberg, Asst. SID