Austin College's Thiele Earns SCAC Women's Swimming & Diving Elite 19 Award

Austin College's Thiele Earns SCAC Women's Swimming & Diving Elite 19 Award

GARLAND, Texas -- In a announcement made at Saturday's conference championship, Austin College's Sammi Thiele was named the 2023 SCAC Women's Swimming & Diving Elite 19 award winner. It is the second consecutive year that Thiele has taken home the league's top honor for women's swimming.

Thiele, a senior from Keller, Texas, currently holds a 3.93 GPA in English while minoring in Education. At this weekend's SCAC Championship, she earned all-SCAC honors in three individual events, including the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and the 200 IM. With her victory in the 200 backstroke on Saturday evening where she set new SCAC championship meet and open records, Thiele became the first swimmer to win both the 100-yard back and 200-yard back in the same championship since 2018.

The first female Austin College swimmer to earn the SCAC Elite 19 award, Thiele's selection marks the sixth time an AC student-athlete in any sport has received the honor.

Established prior to the 2018-19 academic year and meant to recognize the best of the best within each conference sponsored-sport as it relates to both academic and athletic achievement, the SCAC Elite 19 is awarded to the student-athlete who has completed the equivalent of at least 60 credit hours at his or her current institution and has at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA. The student-athlete must also have earned All-SCAC First, Second or Third Team honors in his/her sport for that particular season.

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