Stevenson, Klausen And Murphy Headline CAA Women's Swimming & Diving Postseason Awards
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (April 6, 2023) – William & Mary senior
Katie Stevenson was chosen as the 2023 CAA Women's Swimmer of the Year, while UNCW senior
Courtney Klausen and Northeastern sophomore
Erin Murphy shared CAA Women's Diver of the Year honors in a vote by the league's head coaches.
Joining Stevenson, Klausen and Murphy as major award winners in women's swimming and diving were William & Mary freshman
Sophia Heilen as Rookie Swimmer of the Year and Towson freshman
Shannon Parrau as Rookie Diver of the Year. UNCW's
Bobby Guntoro was selected as the CAA Women's Swimming Coach of the Year and Northeastern’s
Lauren Colby was chosen as the Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.
Stevenson competed in the 50, 100 and 200 free events at the NCAA Championship and broke her own school record in the 200 free with a time of 1:45.73. She was the CAA champion in the 100 free with a league record time of 48.37 and also claimed a silver medal in the 200 free (1:46.40) and bronze in the 50 free (22.67). She was a member of the Tribe’s CAA champion 200 (1:38.53) and 400 (3:36.15) medley relay teams that both broke conference records. Stevenson added a second-place effort in the 400 free relay and a third-place outing in the 800 free relay at the championship. She is the second straight CAA Women’s Swimmer of the Year from W&M, joining Missy Cundiff.
Klausen was honored as the Diver of the Year for the third time after being named the Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the 2023 CAA Championship. She captured the 3-meter competition with a score of 302.10 and was the runner-up on the 1-meter board with a score of 292.85.
Murphy made the podium twice at the 2023 CAA Championship, earning silver on the 3-meter board with a score of 289.25 and bronze on the 1-meter board with a score of 280.60. Murphy, who was the CAA Rookie Diver of the Year in 2022, is the Huskies’ first CAA Diver of the Year.
Heilen was the CAA champion in the 100 fly with a league record time of 52.96 and also set a new CAA record while winning the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.36. The freshman placed second in the 200 IM (1:59.30) and took home gold medals as part of the Tribe’s 200 medley (1:38.53) and 400 medley (3:36.15) relay teams that both set new conference records. Heilen, who is the Tribe’s first Rookie Swimmer of the Year since 2018, finished 11
th in the 100 fly at the Toyota US Open earlier this season.
Paarau posted a fourth-place finish on the 1-meter board at the CAA Championship with a score of 266.45 and finished ninth in the 3-meter competition with a score of 262.65. The freshman went to compete at the NCAA Zone A Championships. She is Towson’s first Rookie Diver of the Year since 2016.
Guntoro received CAA Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year honors for the first time after guiding UNCW to its first conference title since 2006. The Seahawks accumulated 803 points, which set a new program record at the championship.
Colby was voted as the CAA Diving Coach of the Year for the first time. Along with Murphy recording two podium finishes, Lauren O’Sullivan placed third in the 3-meter competition. She is first Northeastern diving coach to receive the honor.
In addition to the 2023 major award winners in women's swimming and diving, the following individuals and relay teams received All-CAA accolades based on their performances at the CAA Championship.
50-Freestyle: Jamie Koo, Northeastern; Sarah Olson, UNCW; Katie Stevenson, William & Mary
100-Freestyle: Katie Stevenson, William & Mary; Mira Selling, Delaware; Emily Waite, UNCW
200-Freestyle: Mira Selling, Delaware; Katie Stevenson, William & Mary; Chelsea Gravereaux, Drexel
500-Freestyle: Brooke Knisely, UNCW; Georgia Watkins, UNCW; Elizabeth Intihar, William & Mary
1650-Freestyle: Brooke Knisely, UNCW; Elizabeth Intihar, William & Mary; Georgia Watkins, UNCW
100-Butterfly: Sophia Heilen, William & Mary; Jamie Koo, Northeastern; Hannah Seward, Northeastern
200-Butterfly: Sophia Heilen, William & Mary; Victoria Cunningham, UNCW; Aislinn Mitchell, Delaware
100-Breaststroke: Ellie Scherer, William & Mary; Gil Shaw, UNCW; Annie Tuttle, William & Mary
200-Breaststroke: Annie Tuttle, William & Mary; Gil Shaw, UNCW; Megan Sicinski, Drexel
100-Backstroke: Ally Frame, Towson; Kat Vanbourgondien, William & Mary; Anna Verlander, Northeastern
200-Backstroke: Anna Verlander, Northeastern; Federica Nocera, Drexel; Ally Frame, Towson
200-Individual Medley: Mira Selling, Delaware; Sophia Heilen, William & Mary; Erin Shema, Delaware
400-Individual Medley: Katie Knorr, UNCW; Kennedy Grotjohn, UNCW; Devon Muldoon, Northeastern
200-Freestyle Relay: Northeastern (Jamie Koo, Kotoko Blair, Nikita Pelletier, Kira Parker)
Drexel (Lera Nasedkina, Megan Ehrnfeldt, Victoria Palochik, Chelsea Gravereaux)
Towson (Katie Nunez, Claire Ryland, Hailey Ritter, Maddie Mince)
400-Freestyle Relay: Delaware (Mira Selling, Anthi Lyra, Natalie Dobrzykowski, Erin Shema)
William & Mary (Katie Stevenson, Sophia Heilen, Caroline Burgeson, Sydney Querner)
UNCW (Emily Waite, Tink Niebel, Maura Schoppa, Sarah Olson
)
800-Freestyle Relay: Delaware (Erin Shema, Anthi Lyra, Natalie Dobrzykowski, Mira Selling)
UNCW (Maura Schoppa, Brooke Knisely, Sarah Rogillio, Emily Waite)
William & Mary (Katie Stevenson, Devin Genderson, Grace Tramack, Elizabeth Intihar)
200-Medley Relay: William & Mary (Kat Vanbourgondien, Ellie Scherer, Sophia Heilen, Katie Stevenson)
Delaware (Erin Shema, Mania Tasakou, Aislinn Mitchell, Mira Selling)
Towson (Ally Frame, Tiffany Matulis, Hailey Ritter, Maddie Mince)
400-Medley Relay: William & Mary (Kat Vanbourgondien, Ellie Scherer, Sophia Heilen, Katie Stevenson)
Delaware (Crissy Earley, Mania Tasakou, Aislinn Mitchell, Mira Selling)
Northeastern (Anna Verlander, Marcela Scaramuzza, Jamie Koo, Kira Parker)
One-Meter Dive: Julia Servas, Delaware; Courtney Klausen, UNCW; Erin Murphy, Northeastern
Three-Meter Dive: Courtney Klausen, UNCW; Erin Murphy, Northeastern; Lauren O’Sullivan, Northeastern