CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR JUNE 7, 2016
Brett Stoughton Named CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Calvin College junior Brett Stoughton has been named a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
A native of Centerville, Indiana, Stoughton has been named to the Division III Men's At-Large CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.
The men's at-large division includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
A graduate of Centerville High School, Stoughton recently completed another standout season on the Calvin men's swimming and diving team.
At the MIAA Championships, Stoughton repeated as league champion in the 200 butterfly with a school record time of 1:51.28. He also placed third in the 100 butterfly with a personal-best time of 49.60 and third in the 200 IM with a school record time of 1:52.55. He also swam on Calvin's MIAA champion 400 medley relay team.
In addition, he was part of Calvin's 400 medley relay team that qualified for the NCAA III Championships and placed 10th to earn honorable mention NCAA III All-America status with a school record time of 3:18.29.
A three-time national qualifier, he was part of an honorable mention All-America 400 medley relay in 2015 that placed 16th. In 2014, he was part of Calvin's 400 medley relay team that placed 12th at the NCAA III Championships and also garnered honorable mention NCAA III All-America status.
Stoughton is a three-time All-MIAA selection. During the 2015-16 season, he was selected MIAA Swimmer of the Week once.
At the 2015 NCAA III Championships, Stoughton was named the men's swimming and diving recipient of the NCAA's Elite 89 Award for maintaining the highest cumulative grade point average of any male competitor at the national meet.
A business finance major at Calvin, Stoughton carries a 4.0 grade point average.
Calvin student-athletes have now received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors 117 times including five times during the 2015-16 academic year with Jordan Daley (men's basketball, 1st team), Taylor Ten Harmsel (women's soccer, 2nd team), Jenna Lodewyk (women's volleyball, 3rd team) and Maggie Kamp (women's volleyball, 1st team) having previously been so honored.
The Division II and III Academic All-America(r) program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 DII and DIII Academic All-America(r) teams program.
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