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Dozier Selected to Receive Prestigious Jean Freeman Scholarship
04.03.2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville swimming & diving assistant coach Daniel Dozier has been selected as one of just six to receive the prestigious Jean Freeman Scholarship.
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) officially announced the Freeman Class of 2019 on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
The scholarships are given annually to six assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude and personal graciousness epitomize those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, longtime women's swimming coach at the University of Minnesota.
This year's award winners in addition to Dozier are Kristin Walker of Georgia Southern University, Mona Groteguth from the University of Indianapolis, Alice McCall at Florida Atlantic University, Nathan Harding of Biola University and Wabash College's Daniel Burke.
The scholarship will provide each of the six selected assistant coaches with the free registration and lodging at the 60th annual CSCAA Convention and Awards Banquet and CSCAA Coach Academy. Airfare is generously provided by All Sports International.
In his three years as head coach Elizabeth Lykins' assistant, Dozier has helped UNC Asheville break 28 school records, while improving over 150 points at the CCSA Conference Championships. Dozier has primary responsibility for the Bulldogs' sprint and breaststroke groups.
"Having assistant coach Daniel Dozier selected is a true honor for UNC Asheville," Lykins, who was named the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Co-Coach of the year recently, told the CSCAA of Dozier's honor. "Coach Dozier is involved across campus as well as with athletic department initiatives and his commitment to the team, the program and the university is unwavering. Daniel regularly questions the norm and consistently encourages team members to be the best possible versions of themselves. We are very proud of Daniel's success and excited to see him continue influencing young lives through the sport that gave him so much."
UNC Asheville swimming & diving broke seven school records at the CCSA Championships this past February - three relays and four individual marks. Along with the school records, two individual freshman records were broken.
The Bulldogs earned two podiums in the four-day meet. The first podium was a second-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. That podium was the first-ever top-3 finish for the Bulldogs in a relay event at the CCSA Championships. The second podium was senior Morgan Rulevich's third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke.
Another Bulldog Breakthrough was the diving team participating in its first-ever CCSA Championship meet. Between Kerigan Martin, Megan Almond and Veronica Judson, the three Bulldogs combined for 18 team points.
As a team, UNC Asheville set a record for the most points scored at the CCSA Championships, as it finished with 820 points. Also, the sixth-place finish is the highest finish for the Bulldogs at the CCSA Championships.
The UNC Asheville swimming & diving team also earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors for the 13th straight semester in January.
Recipients for the Freeman Scholarship were selected by a committee comprised of members of The Summit for Empowering Women in Swimming, of which Jean was a founding member. Since its establishment in 2012, the Freeman Scholarship has enabled many of the nation's top rising assistants to rub elbows with the country's top coaches. Of the 48 selections, nearly a third have become head or associate head coaches, including three of the inaugural selections.
To learn more, please visit HERE.
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) officially announced the Freeman Class of 2019 on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
The scholarships are given annually to six assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude and personal graciousness epitomize those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, longtime women's swimming coach at the University of Minnesota.
This year's award winners in addition to Dozier are Kristin Walker of Georgia Southern University, Mona Groteguth from the University of Indianapolis, Alice McCall at Florida Atlantic University, Nathan Harding of Biola University and Wabash College's Daniel Burke.
The scholarship will provide each of the six selected assistant coaches with the free registration and lodging at the 60th annual CSCAA Convention and Awards Banquet and CSCAA Coach Academy. Airfare is generously provided by All Sports International.
In his three years as head coach Elizabeth Lykins' assistant, Dozier has helped UNC Asheville break 28 school records, while improving over 150 points at the CCSA Conference Championships. Dozier has primary responsibility for the Bulldogs' sprint and breaststroke groups.
"Having assistant coach Daniel Dozier selected is a true honor for UNC Asheville," Lykins, who was named the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Co-Coach of the year recently, told the CSCAA of Dozier's honor. "Coach Dozier is involved across campus as well as with athletic department initiatives and his commitment to the team, the program and the university is unwavering. Daniel regularly questions the norm and consistently encourages team members to be the best possible versions of themselves. We are very proud of Daniel's success and excited to see him continue influencing young lives through the sport that gave him so much."
UNC Asheville swimming & diving broke seven school records at the CCSA Championships this past February - three relays and four individual marks. Along with the school records, two individual freshman records were broken.
The Bulldogs earned two podiums in the four-day meet. The first podium was a second-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. That podium was the first-ever top-3 finish for the Bulldogs in a relay event at the CCSA Championships. The second podium was senior Morgan Rulevich's third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke.
Another Bulldog Breakthrough was the diving team participating in its first-ever CCSA Championship meet. Between Kerigan Martin, Megan Almond and Veronica Judson, the three Bulldogs combined for 18 team points.
As a team, UNC Asheville set a record for the most points scored at the CCSA Championships, as it finished with 820 points. Also, the sixth-place finish is the highest finish for the Bulldogs at the CCSA Championships.
The UNC Asheville swimming & diving team also earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors for the 13th straight semester in January.
Recipients for the Freeman Scholarship were selected by a committee comprised of members of The Summit for Empowering Women in Swimming, of which Jean was a founding member. Since its establishment in 2012, the Freeman Scholarship has enabled many of the nation's top rising assistants to rub elbows with the country's top coaches. Of the 48 selections, nearly a third have become head or associate head coaches, including three of the inaugural selections.
To learn more, please visit HERE.
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