Dwyer, Kuczek, Tour Named Team MVP's

April 9, 2008

IOWA CITY, IA – The University of Iowa coaching staff hosted the annual alumni swim meet and awards banquet April 5. The meet featured 25 alumni from the 1980’s, `90’s and `00’s. Coached by former Head Coach Glenn Patton, the alumni team competed against the current men and women’s team. The awards banquet was attended by 220 athletes, parents, alumni, and UI staff. As decided by the coaching staff, this year’s award winners include:

Pennington Award: Ashley Dell
Armbuster/Patton Team MVP (men): Conor Dwyer
Team MVP (women): Christine Kuczek, Katarina Tour
Jim Marshall Award (outstanding men’s senior): Nathan Keeling
Irving Weber Award (men’s leadership): Jake Moore
Lobdell Award (Diving MVP): Frank Van Dijkhuizen

In addition, 27 men and 23 women Hawkeyes were awarded a varsity letter. For the men there were 11 freshmen, 11 sophomores, three juniors and two seniors. For the women there were seven freshman, 10 sophomores, five juniors and one senior.

Men’s Varsity Letter-Winners (# earned)
Rob Adams (1)
Chuck Christensen (1)
Drew DeLashmutt (3)
Max Dittmer (1)
Alex Dragon (1)
James Dragon (3)
Conor Dwyer (1)
Ryan Evans (1)
Brian Farris (2)
Michael Gilligan (2)
Sean Hagan (1)
Bryan Hill (1)
Zane Hugo (1)
Brad Jones (2)
Nathan Keeling (4)
Andrej Lenert (4)
Andy Miner (3)
Jake Moore (2)
Matt Ryan (2)
Richard Salhus (1)
Josh Schubert (2)
Kyle Siefers (1)
Damjan Strbac (1)
Frank Van Dijkhuizen (1)
Tyler Verink (2)
Seth Wessels (2)
Wil Whaley (2)

Women’s Varsity Letter-Winners (# earned)
Caitlin Carlyle (1)
Julie deBruin (2)
Ashley Dell (3)
Julie Feingold (2)
Deidre Freeman (2)
Alison Gschwend (3)
Verity Hicks (1)
Stacia Johns (2)
Amanda Johnson (1)
Christine Kuczek (2)
Ashley Lawler (1)
Rachel Lee (1)
Hilary Leigh (2)
Katie Michelau (2)
Aimee Moylan (3)
Laura Mozdzen (2)
Kelsie Neubauer (1)
Caitie Polz (1)
Mindy Schulte (4)
Leah Schwartz (3)
Meghan Sievertsen (3)
Katarina Tour (1)
Nicki Wex (2)

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