Winter Academic All-Ivy League Selections Announced
4/10/2018 2:55:00โฏPM | General, Men's Squash, Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball, Women's Swimming and Diving, Men's Wrestling, Fencing, Track and Field
Ten Columbia University student-athletes were named to the 2018 Winter Academic All-Ivy League Team, league officials announced on Tuesday afternoon.
PRINCETON, N.J.โTen Columbia University student-athletes were named to the 2018 Winter Academic All-Ivy League Team, league officials announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Earning Winter Academic All-Ivy League honors for Columbia were Osama Khalifa (Men's Squash), Sam Moelis (Men's Fencing), Jayden Pantel (Men's Diving), Garrett Ryan (Wrestling), Alex Sauer (Men's Track & Field), Mary Ashby (Women's Swimming & Diving), Iman Blow (Women's Fencing), Sarah Hardie (Women's Track and Field), Akua Obeng-Akrofi (Women's Track and Field) and Camille Zimmerman (Women's Basketball).
Four student-athletesโKhalifa, Pantel, Sauer and Zimmermanโearned the honor for a third consecutive occasion, while two other student-athletesโHardie and Ryanโearned Academic All-Ivy League honors for the second time.
In order to be eligible for the Academic All-Ivy League squad, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key reserve on his or her team. The conference announces 10 Academic All-Ivy League selections (five men and five women) after each of its three athletic seasons: fall, winter and spring.
Following is a breakdown of each Columbia Winter Academic All-Ivy League selections:
COLUMBIA'S WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-IVY LEAGUE SELECTIONS (10)
WOMEN (5)
MARY ASHBY, Swimming & Diving, Junior, Moraga, Calif., Major: Psychology
Set three Columbia Uris Pool records in two relays and the 100-meter freestyle event with the first sub-50.00 time in program history in Uris NatatoriumโฆPlaced fourth at the Ivy League championships in the 100-meter freestyle.
IMAN BLOW, Fencing, Junior, Brooklyn, N.Y., Major: Biological Studies
Captured 2018 NCAA Championship in the individual women's foil, becoming the first Columbia fencer to win an NCAA title since 2010โฆWon the 2018 NCAA Northeast Regional titleโฆEarned First Team All-Ivy League honors with a 13-2 record at the conference championshipsโฆHelped guide Lions to the 2018 Ivy League fencing titleโฆFinished with a 20-3 record at the NCAA Championships after entering competition as the No. 1 seedโฆFinished 44-7 overall during the regular season.
SARAH HARDIE, Track & Field, Senior, Eastport, N.Y., Major: Political Science
Two-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2016 and 2018)โฆClaimed All-American honors in the Mile Run, advancing to the final at the 2018 NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsโฆWon Ivy League title in the 1K with a meet-record 2:44.85 timeโฆWon Ivy League championship in the Distance Medley Relay as she anchored the Lions to a win after trailing by 50 metersโฆSet school-records in both the 1K (2:44.85) and Mile Run (4:39.11)โฆHelped Columbia set another school-record in the 4x800-meter relay.
AKUA OBENG-AKROFI, Track & Field, Senior, Lawrenceville, Ga., Major: Psychology
Won the 400-meter title at the 2018 Indoor HepsโฆWon the 400-meter title at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, running the second-best time in school history (53.39)โฆClaimed third place in the 200-meter dash at Indoor HepsโฆHelped Columbia to a third place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at Indoor HepsโฆFinished first in the 500-meter run at the Metropolitan Championships in 1:11.48, which was the second fastest time in school history.
CAMILLE ZIMMERMAN, Basketball, Senior, Tempe, Ariz., Major: Economics
Three-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2016, 2017, 2018)โฆEarned CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honorsโฆNamed a top-10 finalist for the 2018 Katrina McClain Awardโฆ.Two-time First-Team All-Ivy League selectionโฆSet program's career records for points (1,973), rebounds (940), field goals (728), field goal attempts (1,707), free throw percentage (.826), games played (113) and games started (112)โฆFinished fourth in Ivy League history in scoring, ninth in scoring average (17.5), eighth in field goals made, third in attempts, ninth in free throws made and 14th in free throw percentageโฆFinished the 2018 season with 565 points (19.5 average), 295 rebounds (10.2 average), 106 assists (3.7 average), 30 steals and 22 blocked shotsโฆShot .445 from the field and .866 from the free throw lineโฆLed the Ivy League in points, points per game, rebounds, rebounds per game, field goals made (204), free throws made (142) and double-doubles (17)โฆThree-time Ivy League Player of the Week.
MEN (5)
OSAMA KHALIFA, Squash, Senior, Cairo, Egypt, Major: Statistics
Three-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2016, 2017, 2018)โฆ2018 Skillman Award winnerโฆ2018 Ivy League Player of the YearโฆLed the Lions to the 2018 Ivy League men's squash team titleโฆFinished 12-2 in the regular season (6-1 in Ivy League play)โฆ2017 College Squash National Champion, Columbia's first-ever national champion in squashโฆFour-time First Team All-America selectionโฆThree-time Ivy League Player of the YearโฆTwo-time team captain.
SAM MOELIS, Fencing, Sophomore, Hewlett, N.Y., Major: Biological Sciences
Claimed runner-up honors at the 2018 NCAA Individual men's foil championshipsโฆFinished with an 18-4 record at the NCAA Championships and ranked second heading into semifinal competitionโฆQualified and fenced at his second straight NCAA Championships with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Northeast RegionalsโฆCompleted regular season with a 36-12 record.
JAYDEN PANTEL, Diving, Senior, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Major: Economics
Three-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2016, 2017, 2018)โฆNamed the Ivy League's Ron Keenhold Career High Point DiverโฆNCAA Championship qualifier in the 3-meter and platform diving eventsโฆIn 2017, swept the 1 and 3-meter titles at the Ivy League Championships for the second consecutive yearโฆPlaced 38th in the 3-meter diving and 30th in the platform diving at 2017 NCAA ChampionshipsโฆFour-time NCAA Championship competitor in diving.
GARRETT RYAN, Wrestling, Senior, Scottsdale, Ariz., Major: History
Two-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2017 and 2018)โฆFour-time NCAA Championship qualifier, one of only four in school historyโฆPosted a 31-8 record at heavyweight position in 2018โฆLed the team in major decisions with eight, with five pins and two tech fallsโฆDid not allow an opponent to score bonus points against him during the 2018 seasonโฆ2017 EIWA Heavyweight Champion, becoming Columbia's first EIWA champion since 2013 when Steve Santos won a title at 149 poundsโฆFour-time First Team All-Ivy League heavyweight.
ALEK SAUER, Track & Field, Junior, Yardley, Pa., Major: Biological Studies
Three-time Academic All-Ivy League selection (2016, 2017, and 2018)โฆWon second straight Indoor Heps championship in the 1,000m run in 2018...Helped Columbia to earn an All-Ivy League performance in the 4x800m relay with a second place finish...Won the 1K at the Villanova Invitational in 2:22.09, which ranks as the fifth fastest time in school history...Two-time Indoor Heps Champ in the 1K...Won Indoor Heps title in the 4x800m relay and became one of just two men at the 2017 Indoor Heps to win a relay title and an individual titleโฆEarned All-Ivy League honors in the indoor 800-meter runโฆNamed a 2016 USTFCCCA Academic All-American.
