UNCW's Snowden, Northeastern's Murphy Receive Top CAA Women's Swimming & Diving Awards
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (April 10, 2025) – UNCW junior
Cameron Snowden was chosen as the 2024-25 CAA Women's Swimmer of the Year, while Northeastern senior
Erin Murphy was selected as the CAA Women's Diver of the Year for the third consecutive season in a vote by the league's head coaches.
Joining Snowden and Murphy as major award winners in women's swimming and diving were UNCW freshman
Maeren McGonigal as Rookie Swimmer of the Year and Delaware freshman
Peyton Sherrill and Northeastern freshman
Madeleine Wong as Co-Rookie Divers of the Year. William & Mary's
Nate Kellogg was honored as the CAA Women's Swimming Coach of the Year and Northeastern’s
Lauren Colby received Women’s Diving Coach of the Year accolades for the third straight season.
Snowden is only the second UNCW swimmer to earn CAA Women’s Swimmer of the Year honors and the first since 2000. At the CAA Championship, the junior captured the 100 fly in a CAA meet and all-time record time of 51.78 seconds. She claimed gold in the 50 free (22.26) and took second in the 100 free (49.78). Snowden was also a member of UNCW’s first-place 400 medley relay team that set a CAA all-time record (3:35.16) and was runner-up in the 200 free and 400 free relays. Snowden received an invitation to the NCAA Championship where she set a new CAA all-time mark (51.57) in the 100 fly with a 19th-place finish that was the best-ever for a UNCW swimmer at the NCAA’s.
Murphy was selected as the Diver of the Year for the third year in a row after sweeping both boards at the CAA Championship. The senior earned gold in the 1-meter competition with a score of 294.30 and was the conference champion on the 3-meter board with a score of 297.85. Those performances earned her Outstanding Diver of the Meet accolades for the second time. Murphy competed at the NCAA Zones, where she placed 22
nd on the 1-meter board and 31
st on the 3-meter board.
McGonigal was honored as the Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet at the CAA Championship after winning three individual events. The freshman claimed the conference title in the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.98, the 100 back with a time of 53.62 seconds and the 200 back with a time of 1:55.97. She earned a fourth gold as a member of UNCW’s 400 medley relay team that set a CAA all-time record (3:35.16) and was part of second-place teams in the 200 and 400 medley relays.
Sherrill finished 9
th overall on the 1-meter board at the CAA Championship with a score of 246.35, and placed 10
th in the 3-meter competition with a score of 249.95. Sherrill is Delaware’s third Rookie Diver of the Year in the past five seasons.
Wong placed 9
th overall in the 3-meter competition at the CAA Championship with a score of 253.20 and finished 11
th on the 1-meter board with a score of 243.60. Wong is the fifth Northeastern diver to be chosen as Rookie of the Year.
Kellogg received CAA Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year honors for the third time in the past five years. The Tribe placed second at the CAA Championship after capturing gold medals in five individual events and three relays.
Colby was chosen as the CAA Diving Coach of the Year for the third year in a row. Along with the first-place performances by Murphy, the Huskies got a pair of top-six efforts at the CAA Championship from Anelise Kim and an 8
th-place finish on the 1-meter board from Jodi Au.
In addition to the 2024-25 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: Cameron Snowden, UNCW; May Bradburn, Northeastern; Flynn Truskett, William & Mary
100-Freestyle: Flynn Truskett, William & Mary; Cameron Snowden, UNCW; Mariana Alencar, Drexel
200-Freestyle: Tess Lankford, William & Mary; Lauren Hartel, Delaware; Emily Waite, UNCW
500-Freestyle: Brittany Corbett, Drexel; Emily Gjertsen, Northeastern; Lauren Tucker, William & Mary
1650-Freestyle: Brittany Corbett, Drexel; Emily Gjertsen, Northeastern; Lauren Hartel, Delaware
100-Butterfly: Cameron Snowden, UNCW; Lindsay Juhlin, William & Mary; Victoria Novinskiy, Delaware
200-Butterfly: Victoria Novinskiy, Delaware; Megan Ehrnfeldt, Drexel; Jensen Ritter, Monmouth
100-Breaststroke: Ellie Scherer, William & Mary; Lindsay Juhlin, William & Mary; Mania Tasakou, Delaware
200-Breaststroke: Sophia Heilen, William & Mary; Mania Tasakou, Delaware; Gil Shaw, UNCW
100-Backstroke: Maeren McGonigal, UNCW; Angi Ragazzoni, Delaware; Fede Nocera, Drexel
200-Backstroke: Maeren McGonigal, UNCW; Fede Nocera, Drexel; Anna Verlander, Northeastern
200-Individual Medley: Maeren McGonigal, UNCW; Sophia Heilen, William & Mary; Victoria Novinskiy, Delaware
400-Individual Medley: Claire Neilly, William & Mary; Katie Knorr, UNCW; Lauren Sharp, UNCW
200-Freestyle Relay: William & Mary (Zoe Arakelian, Flynn Truskett, Sarah Dunham, Caroline Burgeson)
Towson (Bjartey Gudmundsottir, Marissa Kleckner, Riley Willett, Claire Ryland)
Northeastern (Caroline Mahoney, Kotoko Blair, Mary Nordmann, May Bradburn)
400-Freestyle Relay: William & Mary (Flynn Truskett, Ellie Hunt, Sarah Dunham, Caroline Burgeson)
UNCW (Cameron Snowden, Emily Waite, Cameron Smith, Maeren McGonigal)
Drexel (Fede Nocera, Jessie Rothrock, Megan Ehrnfeldt)
800-Freestyle Relay: Delaware (Lauren Hartel, Olivia Willemsen, Anthi Lyra, Judy Liu)
William & Mary (Tess Lankford, Meghan Benda, Erin Langenburg, Flynn Truskett)
UNCW (Maeren McGonigal, Emily Waite, Lauren Sharp, Caroline Kozubowski)
200-Medley Relay: William & Mary (Julie Addison, Ellie Scherer, Lindsay Juhlin, Caroline Burgeson)
UNCW (Maeren McGonigal, Gil Shaw, Cameron Snowden, Lauren Hinton)
Delaware (Angi Ragazzoni, Bri Cottingham, Victoria Novinskiy, Elishka Hajek)
400-Medley Relay: UNCW (Maeren McGonigal, Gil Shaw, Cameron Snowden, Emily Waite)
William & Mary (Julie Addison, Ellie Scherer, Lindsay Juhlin, Flynn Truskett)
Delaware (Angi Ragazzoni, Bri Cottingham, Victoria Novinskiy, Judy Liu)
One-Meter Dive: Erin Murphy, Northeastern; Shannon Parrau, Towson; Alex Pastris, Delaware
Three-Meter Dive: Erin Murphy, Northeastern; Shannon Parrau, Towson; MaKenna Sharpe, UNCW