Scholar Athlete for the month of January
Twinsburg, OH -- Baldwin-Wallace junior swimmer Kristen Showalter (Bowling Green) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month for the month of January.
In its sixth year of existence, the OAC Scholar-Athlete of the Month honors an exceptional student-athlete on a monthly basis. Criteria for the award consist of the student-athlete being of junior or senior status, competition in a sport that is in-season, sportsmanlike conduct and carrying at least a cumulative grade-point average (gpa) of 3.0.
Showalter is an early childhood education major who carries a 3.4 grade point average in the classroom. In the pool, she is a seven-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion, including three times individually, and was a key member of a B-W women's team that won the 2002 OAC Championship the school's first-ever. She also serves as a team co-captain as a junior.
Showalter’s best events are the 100, 200 and 500-yard freestyle events and the 200-yard butterfly. As a freshman, she captured OAC individual titles in 200 and 500 free and swam on three winning relay teams, including the OAC record-setting 400-yard medley relay team. As a sophomore, she won an individual crown in the 200-yard butterfly and swam on the winning 440-yard medley relay team. Showalter has also earned All-OAC 10 times overall, including four times on relay teams.
In addition to being an outstanding student and swimmer, Showalter is involved on campus as a Resident Assistant, as a Student Ambassador in the Alumni House, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and voluteered during the B-W Student-Athlete Day of Service in the Community. She also volunteered time to raise money for the 2003 B-W Dance Marathon which benefits the pediatric aids foundation and helped the swim team to collect 410 pounds of food for the Cleveland Food Bank for the holiday season in 2003-2004. She also served as a student assistant in the B-W sports information office in 2002-2003."
Kristen is an outstanding young woman and a leader on our swimming team in every way," said Yellow Jacket Head Swim Coach Mike Gallagher. "She has been a key swimmer for us the past three years and was a large factor when we won the OAC title two years ago."
"Kristen is an outstanding student and student leader," said Gallagher. "That extends into the pool where she is a role model for our younger swimmers and divers. She represents Baldwin-Wallace College in the true sense of the term student-athlete."
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Baldwin-Wallace College Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Mike Gallagher please call him at (440) 826-3322, FAX him at (440) 826-2192 or e-mail him at mgallagh@bw.edu. |
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