University of Louisville swimmer Kelsi Worrell has been named to the CoSIDA District 2 First-team Academic All-District.
Worrell is an exercise science major with a 3.58 g.p.a. and the first team district honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced in early June (June 8: College teams; June 9: Division III; June 10: Division II; June 11: Division I).
Worrell is the 2015 NCAA Champion in the 100 and 200 butterfly, setting the American and NCAA record in the 100 butterfly. She earned All-American status in three individual events and three relays. She was also named the Atlantic Coast Conference Swimmer of the Year as the champion in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle, setting ACC records in both events at the ACC women’s swimming and diving championships. She was a two-time ACC Swimmer of the Week and last fall, Kelsi was named to the US National Team for the 2015 Pan American Games and is a Honda Award Finalist. Kelsi has been named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll every semester, a Red & Black Scholar-Athlete three times and a two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American. As a junior Exercise Science major, she is a three-time Dean’s List recipient and was recently namedthe 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
At ACCs, Worrell split a 22.34 in the 50 fly which after extensive research revealed that her time was the fastest fly split ever performed. Entering the NCAA Championships, the fastest 50 fly split was still Worrell’s 22.34. On day two of the NCAA Championships, Worrell swam a 22.07 50 fly split in the prelims of the 200 medley relay making it the fastest split ever. In finals, Worrell split a 21.96 becoming the first woman ever under 22-seconds for a 50 fly split.
Later in the meet, Worrell broke the American record and the 50-second barrier in the 100 fly heats with a time of 49.89. With that swim she was the first woman ever to break 50-seconds in the 100 fly, and took the top seed heading into finals by over a full second. She came back in the finals and for the second time that day dipped under 50-seconds in the 100 fly to drop a 49.81 and re-set her hours old American record.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.