University of New Hampshire Athletics
3/5/2020 5:28:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Academics
Miranda Bacon, Emily Dolloff-Holt, Anna Metzler and Cate Wardinski honored.
BOSTON - University of New Hampshire juniors Miranda Bacon (Scotia, N.Y.) and Emily Dolloff-Holt (Woodland Park, Colo.), and sophomores Anna Metzler (Regensburg, Germany) and Cate Wardinski (Burke, Va.) have been named to the 2020 America East Women's Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team. Bacon and Dolloff-Holt earn this honor for the second straight season. The four selections were the most by one team in the conference.
To be eligible for All-Academic, student-athletes must have sophomore athletic eligibility, attain a 3.30 minimum grade-point average and be a contributor on their team. The squad is voted on by a committee made up of America East student-athlete support and athletic communications administrators as well as faculty athletic representatives.
Bacon is a six-time All-America East selection. At the 2020 America East Championships she won silver in the 200 IM and 100 breast, while she took bronze in the 200 breast. She was a member of the 2019 America East winning 400 medley relay team, while she also placed second in the 100 breast. In 2018, she placed third in the 100 breast at the AE Championship. She has a 3.81 GPA as a Communication Sciences and Disorders major and was a member of the 2018 and 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Dolloff-Holt has earned All-America East honors three times as she took silver in the 200 breast at the 2020 America East Championships, while she placed second in the 200 breast at the 2019 America East Championship and was third in the 200 fly in 2018. She has a 3.71 GPA as an Anthropology and Spanish major and was a member of the 2018 and 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Metzler has qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships and will compete in the 200 and 400 IM. The event will take place at the Ramsey Center at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday-Saturday, March 18-21. Metzler has had an outstanding season as she was named the ECAC Swimmer of the Meet and the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the America East Championships where she set 15 records. Metzler qualified for the NCAAs at the ECAC Championships when she won the 400 IM by setting an America East, ECAC Championships and school record with a time of 4:07.20. She has a 3.91 GPA as a Medical Lab Sciences major and was a member of the 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Wardinski earned All-America East accolades three times at the 2020 America East Championships. She was a two-time America East Relay Champion (200 Medley Relay & 400 Free Relay) and took bronze in the 50 free. She has a 3.92 GPA as a Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology major and was a member of the 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
UNH won the 2020 America East Championship at WPI with 876 points. The Wildcats dominated the championships winning 15 of the 20 events and capturing the championship by 116.5 points. UMBC was second with 759.5 points. The Wildcats have now won eight championships which are the most in conference history. UNH previously won in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013 and 2014 and 2018.
To be eligible for All-Academic, student-athletes must have sophomore athletic eligibility, attain a 3.30 minimum grade-point average and be a contributor on their team. The squad is voted on by a committee made up of America East student-athlete support and athletic communications administrators as well as faculty athletic representatives.
Bacon is a six-time All-America East selection. At the 2020 America East Championships she won silver in the 200 IM and 100 breast, while she took bronze in the 200 breast. She was a member of the 2019 America East winning 400 medley relay team, while she also placed second in the 100 breast. In 2018, she placed third in the 100 breast at the AE Championship. She has a 3.81 GPA as a Communication Sciences and Disorders major and was a member of the 2018 and 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Dolloff-Holt has earned All-America East honors three times as she took silver in the 200 breast at the 2020 America East Championships, while she placed second in the 200 breast at the 2019 America East Championship and was third in the 200 fly in 2018. She has a 3.71 GPA as an Anthropology and Spanish major and was a member of the 2018 and 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Metzler has qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships and will compete in the 200 and 400 IM. The event will take place at the Ramsey Center at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday-Saturday, March 18-21. Metzler has had an outstanding season as she was named the ECAC Swimmer of the Meet and the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the America East Championships where she set 15 records. Metzler qualified for the NCAAs at the ECAC Championships when she won the 400 IM by setting an America East, ECAC Championships and school record with a time of 4:07.20. She has a 3.91 GPA as a Medical Lab Sciences major and was a member of the 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Wardinski earned All-America East accolades three times at the 2020 America East Championships. She was a two-time America East Relay Champion (200 Medley Relay & 400 Free Relay) and took bronze in the 50 free. She has a 3.92 GPA as a Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology major and was a member of the 2019 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
UNH won the 2020 America East Championship at WPI with 876 points. The Wildcats dominated the championships winning 15 of the 20 events and capturing the championship by 116.5 points. UMBC was second with 759.5 points. The Wildcats have now won eight championships which are the most in conference history. UNH previously won in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013 and 2014 and 2018.
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