74 swimmers and divers have been named to the 2013 Women’s Capital One All-District Team, surpassed only by tennis (87) in the “At-Large” categorization that includes athletes from 14 different sports.
– Women’s Crew
– Men’s and Women’s Fencing
– Women’s Field Hockey
– Men’s and Women’s Golf
– Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics
– Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey
– Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse
– Men’s and Women’s Rifle
– Men’s and Women’s Skiing
– Men’s and Women’s Swimming
– Men’s and Women’s Tennis
– Men’s Volleyball
– Men’s and Women’s Water Polo
– Men’s Wrestling
Athletes are nominated by their Sports Information departments, with each college or university allowed to nominate just three men and three women from the 14 sports listed above to compete with others in their Division and Geographic location for this honor. The rules state that an athlete must be a “starter or important reserve,” a sophomore in eligibility, have participated in at least 50% of their team’s contests, and have a 3.30 GPA.
Honorees on the first team All-District list will then go on into a pool with all of the other districts for All-American honors, voted on by a committee.
The biggest names, swimming-wise, on this list include Georgia Olympian Shannon Vreeland, who was a five-time First Team All-American this season, and also a part of the NCAA Championship winning 800 free relay that set the American, NCAA, and U.S. Open Records at SEC’s.
Other familiar names include Tennessee Olympic Trials finalist Kelsey Floyd, Olympic silver medalist and NCAA Champion Elizabeth Beisel; Purdue sprinter Lauren Gustafson, Virginia Tech diver Logan Kline, two members of the Division III NCAA Championship team at Emory (Anna Dobben and Kristine Kassl); Minnesota’s Jessica Plant; UCLA national championship qualifier Anna Senko; Eastern Michigan distance ace Briana Emig; and top Navy swimmer Laura Gorinski.
Deserving special recognition is the Asbury women’s team in the NAIA. They finished 9th at this year’s NAIA National Cahmpionship, and not only were all three of the women’s nominees from their athletics department swimmers, but all three of them earned All-District honors.
For both Beisel and Floyd, who are international-level swimmers and NCAA Champions, this is a second All-District honor. It is Vreeland’s first.
Below is a list of all swimmers who earned this prestigious award, sorted by school.
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Danielle Lyons | ALASKA FAIRBANKS | So. | 3.94 | Biological sciences |
| Kaitlyn Linsmayer | AMHERST | Jr. | 3.62 | Biology |
| Rebecca McEachern | ARKANSAS- LITTLE ROCK | Gr. | 4.00 | Accounting |
| Ruth Klein | ASBURY | Jr. | 3.92 | Accounting |
| Rebecca Landry | ASBURY | Jr. | 3.80 | Social work |
| Ranay Ray | ASBURY | Sr. | 3.51 | Biochemistry |
| Julie Widmann | ASHLAND | Sr. | 3.90 | Marketing |
| Julie Pinter | BALDWIN WALLACE | Sr. | 3.83 | Communication disorders |
| Jennifer Beatty | BOWLING GREEN STATE | Sr. | 4.00 | Physical edu. / teacher edu. |
| Clarissa Enslin | CALIFORNIA (PA) | Jr. | 3.98 | Geology |
| Kelsey Nuhfer | CALIFORNIA (PA) | Jr. | 3.99 | Communication disorders |
| Breanna Stillo | CARNEGIE MELLON | Sr. | 4.00 | Biomedical / chemical eng. |
| Kayla Shull | CLARION | Sr. | 4.00 | Speech path./ audiology |
| Nicole Fazio | COLORADO COLLEGE | Sr. | 3.74 | Biochemistry |
| Jean DeOrnellas | DAVIDSON | Sr. | 3.96 | Political science |
| Briana Emig | EASTERN MICHIGAN | Sr. | 3.93 | Psychology / communication |
| Anna Dobben | EMORY | Sr. | 3.77 | English |
| Ann Wolber | EMORY | Sr. | 3.69 | Biology |
| Elizabeth Beisel | FLORIDA | Jr. | 3.63 | Telecommunications |
| Katie Joseph | GANNON | So. | 3.84 | Physical therapy |
| Shannon Vreeland | GEORGIA | Jr. | 3.84 | Economics / intl. affairs |
| Inha Kotsur | GRAND CANYON | Jr. | 3.57 | Justice studies |
| Angela Palumbo | GROVE CITY | Sr. | 3.76 | Mathematics |
| Alissa Tinklenberg | GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS | Jr. | 3.75 | Accounting |
| Libby Westrate | HOPE | Sr. | 3.78 | Biology |
| Danielle Schumacher | ILLINOIS STATE | Sr. | 3.96 | Accounting |
| Kelsey Cooke | INCARNATE WORD | Jr. | 3.72 | Kinesiology |
| Molly Freeman | INCARNATE WORD | Jr. | 3.83 | History |
| Maura Donahue | INDIANAPOLIS | Sr. | 3.64 | Nursing |
| Alex Ladd | JOHNS HOPKINS | Jr. | 3.97 | Molecular & cellular biology |
| Taylor Kitayama | JOHNS HOPKINS | Jr. | 3.62 | Neuroscience |
| Kate Conard | MARIST | Sr. | 3.74 | Psychology / special edu. |
| Laura Penwell | MESSIAH | Sr. | 3.97 | Engineering |
| Jessica Plant | MINNESOTA | So. | 4.00 | Classical civilization |
| Megan Rieland | MINNESOTA ST., MOORHEAD | Jr. | 4.00 | Biology |
| Rachel Walsh | MINNESOTA ST., MOORHEAD | Sr. | 3.98 | Biochemistry |
| Cora Kugler | MORNINGSIDE | Sr. | 3.65 | Elementary education |
| Krystal Carlson | MORNINGSIDE | Sr. | 3.89 | Biology / chemistry |
| Jackie Rudolph | NORTH CAROLINA | Sr. | 3.82 | History & chemistry |
| Veronica Medon | NORTH DAKOTA | Sr. | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Rachel Palmer | NORTHERN ARIZONA | Jr. | 3.96 | Health sciences (pub. health) |
| Rebecca Bergen | NOVA SOUTHEASTERN | So. | 4.00 | Biology |
| Kelsea Smith | NOVA SOUTHEASTERN | Sr. | 3.82 | Marketing |
| Michelle Williams | OHIO STATE | Jr. | 3.90 | Exercise science |
| Tara Dewall | OKLAHOMA BAPTIST | Sr. | 3.45 | Business management |
| Laura Galarza | OKLAHOMA BAPTIST | So. | 3.56 | Finance / marketing |
| Gabi Shishkoff | PENN STATE | Jr. | 3.97 | Psychology |
| Tracy Wormwood | PUGET SOUND | Sr. | 3.40 | Biochemistry |
| Lauren Gustafson | PURDUE | Sr. | 3.99 | General health science |
| Elise Löfgren | SAINT FRANCIS (PA) | Jr. | 4.00 | Chemistry |
| Abbey Creglow | SAINT MARY (NE) | Jr. | 3.64 | English |
| Sarah Golka | SAINT MARY (NE) | So. | 3.93 | Elementary education |
| Caitlin Brauer | SAINT ROSE | Sr. | 3.75 | Accounting |
| Darcie Anderson | SAN JOSE STATE | Jr. | 3.97 | Kinesiology |
| Shailey Brumley | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | Jr. | 4.00 | Exercise science |
| Stephanie Crandall | ST. CLOUD STATE | Sr. | 3.80 | Political science |
| Jessica Evans | SUNY CORTLAND | Sr. | 3.89 | Physical education |
| Supriya Davis | SWARTHMORE | So. | 3.74 | Undeclared |
| Alexandria Greenhill | TAMPA | Sr. | 3.87 | Allied health |
| Kristine Kassl | TAMPA | Sr. | 3.67 | Allied health |
| Kelsey Floyd | TENNESSEE | Sr. | 3.70 | Sport mgmt.. & recreation |
| Melanie Rowland | TOWSON | Jr. | 3.89 | Family sci. / psychology |
| Laura Gorinski | U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY | Sr. | 3.68 | Astrophysics |
| Anna Senko | UCLA | Jr. | 3.91 | Communication studies |
| Logan Kline | VIRGINIA TECH | Sr. | 3.63 | Biology |
| Chi Pham | WASHINGTON (MO) | Jr. | 3.73 | Enviro. policy / public health |
| Kayla Scott | WAYNE STATE | Jr. | 3.63 | Psychology |
| Carly Sevald | WAYNE STATE | Sr. | 3.71 | Elementary education |
| Jenelle Zee | WEST VIRGINIA | So. | 4.00 | Pre-criminology |
| Kelsey Lake | WIDENER | Sr. | 3.76 | Psychology |
| Casey Sherwin | WILLIAM SMITH | Sr. | 3.89 | Biology |
| Valerie Dembny | WINGATE | Jr. | 3.89 | Elementary education |
| Abby Diehl | WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE | Sr. | 3.72 | Community health education |
| Grace Fair | WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE | Sr. | 3.94 | Mass communications |