GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan University diver Bryan Carlisle was named the Philadelphia Inquirer Men\’s Swimming and Diving Academic All-Area Performer of the Year for the second straight season. Kevin Wallace joins Carlisle on the third annual Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area team while Samantha King was named to the women\’s team.
The Academic All-Area team is determined by votes from sports information offices of 28 area institutions in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Ten student-athletes are named to the team, with one selected as the Performer of the Year. Eligible student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher and be in at least their sophomore year.
Carlisle (jr. Somers Point, NJ/Mainland Reg.) is an advertising major with a 3.66 GPA. He earned All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships in the one meter and three meter diving. Carlisle was third in one-meter with 451.20 points and fifth in the three meter with 458.45 points.
Carlisle was Rowan\’s top diver this season in both the one meter (457.85 points) and three meter (515.00 points). He placed first in the one meter against William Paterson University (264.68), New York University (288.45) and The College of New Jersey (264.25). Carlisle also won the three meter diving against William Paterson (319.95), NYU (304.88) and at the Rowan Cup Races (515.00).
This is Wallace\’s (jr. Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) first selection to the Academic All-Area Team. He is majoring in geography with a 3.32 GPA. Wallace posted the Profs\’ best times in the 100 (51.40) and 200 (1:57.57) butterflies. Wallace was also a member of the first place 200 medley (1:36.80) and 400 (3:12.28) and 800 (7:06.12) freestyle relay teams at the Franklin and Marshall Invitational.
King (so. Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) is making her first appearance on the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team. She has a 3.532 GPA and is majoring in elementary education and math. She was Rowan\’s top swimmer in the 200 IM (2:16.21), which she won against Swarthmore College (2:17.08), Johns Hopkins University (2:22.51) and TCNJ (2:18.15). King also placed first in the 100 breaststroke against Swarthmore (1:10.85) and Montclair State University (1:12.98).
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