[HMSD] Ten Winter Student-Athletes Named To Academic All-Ivy League Team

<http://www.gocrimson.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000> Ten Winter Student-Athletes Named To Academic All-Ivy League Team Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications Release: 03/31/2008 View larger <javascript:ViewPhoto('419340','300','400','400','419340');> Courtesy: DSPics.com *Cambridge**, Mass.** --* The Ivy League has announced the names of the 80 student-athletes -- including 10 from Harvard -- who have been named to the winter 2007-08 Academic All-Ivy League team. The honorees are starters or key reserves on officially recognized varsity teams who have cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.0. Each of the eight Ivy League schools nominates five men and five women from its eligible student-athletes. Harvard's swimming and diving programs led the way this year with a total of three selections - two from the men's team and one from the women's. Senior swimmers Pat Quinn and Geoff Rathgeber helped the Crimson to the Eastern championship this season. Quinn was a four-time EISL champion in 2008, winning the 200 freestyle relay, setting a pool record; the 400 medley relay, setting pool, meet and EISL records; the 200 medley relay, setting a pool record; and the 400 freestyle relay, setting a meet record. He also placed third in 100 freestyle at the EISL Championships. Rathgeber, a seven-time EISL champion this season alone, helped set four pool records during EISL Championships (200 IM, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay). He tied for the Moriarty Trophy (high point scorer) and claimed the Ulen Trophy for career high scoring. Competing at the NCAA Championships March 27-29 in Federal Way, Wash., Rathgeber earned All-America honors in the 200 IM and honorable mention All-America in the 400 IM. This is Rathgeber's second Academic All-Ivy selection (2006-07). Women's swimming and diving's Samantha Papadakis, the Ivy League champion in one-meter diving, shared honors as the Ivy League Championships Diver of the Meet and was one of nine members of the Harvard women's swimming and diving team to earn All-Ivy League recognition two weeks ago. Papadakis also placed third in the three-meter diving. She finished her Ivy career with two championships and eight top-four finishes--including three runner-up honors--in her eight events at the meet. She is a five-time All-Ivy selection.