LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Trinity
University teammates Kara Beauchamp and Ruth Hahn were named the
league's female Swimmer and Diver-of-the-Year, respectively, based
on exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference.
A first-year swimmer from Sammanish, Wash., Beauchamp was a
triple event winner at the 2013 SCAC Championships, including
victories in the 200 IM (2:06.83 – a Trinity school record),
the 400 IM (4:28.49 – a SCAC Meet and SCAC Open Record) and
the 200 Breaststroke (2:22.26 – a Trinity school record). All
of her performances were NCAA ‘B’ cuts, and she was an
alternate on the NCAA Championships invite list.
The 2013 SCAC Women’s Swimmer-of-the-Meet, Beauchamp's
conference meet 400 IM time was faster than the times recorded by
several of the NCAA 400 consolation finalists. She is just the
second Trinity female student-athlete to earn SCAC
Swimmer-of-the-Year honors and the first since Lindsay Weigley
earned the distinction in 2006.
Hahn was a double event winner at the 2013 SCAC Championships,
sweeping both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards while earning female
Diver-of-the-Meet honors for the third consecutive year. Her
1-meter score of 512.15 points set a new SCAC meet and SCAC open
record, as did her score on the 3-meter board of 533.90 points.
Hahn advanced to the 2013 NCAA Championships and placed fourth in
both the 1-meter and the 3-meter competition, earning her
All-America honors for the third consecutive year. The Knoxville,
Tenn., native finished her career with six total All-America
honors, making her one of the most decorated divers in NCAA
history.
In exclusive voting of the league’s head coaches that took
place at the 2013 SCAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the
staffs of Colorado College (head coach Anne Goodman James) and
Trinity University (head coach John Ryan) shared SCAC Women's Staff
of the Year honors.