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WSD Coaching Staff of the Year

Women's Swimming and Diving Steven Merritt, Interim Director of Athletic Communications

Women's Swimming and Diving Garners Coaching Staff of the Year

Lisl Prater-Lee, Alex Lee and Brian Bolstad recognized for their outstanding achievements during the 2022-23 campaign

TROY, N.Y. - The Liberty League announced its major awards in Women's Swimming and Diving on Monday morning as the Vassar College Women's Swimming and Diving coaching staff of head coach Lisl Prater-Lee, assistant coach Alex Lee and diving coach Brian Bolstad were named the Coaching Staff of the Year for the 2022-23 season.

The Brewers achieved their highest finish in program history with a second place finish at the Liberty League Championship in February with 1,277 points, only trailing Ithaca who tallied 1,619 points. Freshman Addie Wiener was the individual champion in the 500-free and the 1650-free this season at the Championship. 

Five school records were broken this season as Wiener now holds the 200-free record, freshman Bella Rippon is the 200-IM record holder and junior Sarah Quintana broke her own record in the 50-back. Two relays have new records as Quintana, freshman Abbe Colgan and senior Lillian Lowenthal and Abby Whittington hold the 200 Medley Relay record while Wiener, senior Grace Myers, freshman Abigail McLaughlin and Quintana are the record holders of the 800-free relay.

The team was named a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-American tam for the Fall 2022 semester and also had 12 student-athletes on the Liberty League Winter All-Academic Team. Whittington and Lowenthal were both tabbed to the College Sport Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team for the 2022-23 season. 
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Players Mentioned

Lillian Lowenthal

Lillian Lowenthal

IM/Fly
5' 6"
Senior
IM/Fly
Grace  Myers

Grace Myers

Free/Fly
5' 5"
Senior
Free/Fly
Sarah Quintana

Sarah Quintana

BK/FR
5' 4"
Junior
Backstroke/Freestyle
Abby Whittington

Abby Whittington

Free/Fly
5' 2"
Senior
Free/Fly
Abbe Colgan

Abbe Colgan

BR/FR
5' 9"
First Year
BR/FR
Abigail McLaughlin

Abigail McLaughlin

FR/BK
5' 10"
First Year
FR/BK
Bella Rippon

Bella Rippon

IM/BK
5' 6"
First Year
IM/BK
Addie Wiener

Addie Wiener

Free
5' 8"
First Year
Free

Players Mentioned

Lillian Lowenthal

Lillian Lowenthal

5' 6"
Senior
IM/Fly
IM/Fly
Grace  Myers

Grace Myers

5' 5"
Senior
Free/Fly
Free/Fly
Sarah Quintana

Sarah Quintana

5' 4"
Junior
Backstroke/Freestyle
BK/FR
Abby Whittington

Abby Whittington

5' 2"
Senior
Free/Fly
Free/Fly
Abbe Colgan

Abbe Colgan

5' 9"
First Year
BR/FR
BR/FR
Abigail McLaughlin

Abigail McLaughlin

5' 10"
First Year
FR/BK
FR/BK
Bella Rippon

Bella Rippon

5' 6"
First Year
IM/BK
IM/BK
Addie Wiener

Addie Wiener

5' 8"
First Year
Free
Free