Junior Catie Baker Repeats as All-American in Swimming

June 10, 2011

June 10, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "Junior swimmer Catie Baker of DePauw, a second team selection in 2010 ... earned a spot of the first team this year," notes Swimming World in a story detailing the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Women's At-Large Teams. Baker and the other honorees were selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

"A two-time All-American in the 100-breaststroke and the 200-breaststroke for the DePauw swimming and diving team, Baker is a computer science and mathematics major with a 3.98 GPA," notes the article. "Selected as the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference meet, she led the Tigers to a second place finish ... A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Baker has been named as the SCAC Swimmer of the Year twice and holds two school records." Her All-American selection marks the 44th time a DePauw student-athlete has earned the distinction.

Read more at the magazine's website.

For more comprehensive information, visit the official online home of the women's swimming and diving team.

Catherine “Catie” M. Baker is a recipient of a 2011 scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.  She also recently received DePauw’s Wiley Condit Computer Science Award for an outstanding junior in the department. This spring she was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa and was accepted into Mortar Board, an honor society based on scholarship, leadership and service. You'll learn more in this recent feature article.

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