Kenyon College senior swimmers Crile Hart and Emmie Mirus were named to the 2021-22 Academic All-District VII Women’s At-Large Team, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The award was a first for Hart. Mirus, however, previously won the award in the 2019-20 season and went on to be named an Academic All-American. The pair helped the Ladies swimming and diving team win the 2022 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championship and then capped off the year by steering the Ladies to victory at the NCAA Division III Championships.
In addition to swimming, the Academic All-District At-Large Team included nominees from the sports of fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, tennis and volleyball, as well as several others. To meet the eligibility requirements, a nominee had to be of at least sophomore standing and had to possess at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average.
The Academic All-District VII team included student-athletes from all NCAA Division III institutions in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Members of this year’s team now advance to the next round of voting for Academic All-America consideration.
This past season, Hart won six event titles and set four records at the NCAA Division III Championships, bringing her career total to 14. She’s also a 28-time College Swimming Coaches Association of American (CSCAA) All-American and a three-time NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year. Additionally, Hart’s career includes being a three-time finalist for the Honda Athlete of the Year award. She’s 19-time conference event champion, was twice named NCAC Swimmer of the Year and was voted Kenyon’s 2021-22 Senior Athlete of the Year.
An anthropology major, Hart has been included on the Kenyon Merit List, as well as the NCAC’s Academic Honor Roll.
Mirus, a double major in sociology and Spanish, also made Kenyon’s Merit List and the NCAC Academic Honor Roll. She’s a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has earned a Goldwater Scholarship, a Kenyon Honor Scholarship and the Chemical Rubber Company Chemistry Achievement Award. She was selected as Kenyon’s nominee for the NCAC Pam Smith Woman of the Year Award, as well as the winner of Kenyon’s Falkenstine Award, for leadership and integrity.
In the pool, Mirus won four NCAA Championship events this season and had six top-three finishes. That brought her career collection to five NCAA Championship titles and 22 CSCAA All-America certificates. She was a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2020, she’s a three-time CSCAA All-American Scholar and a nine-time NCAC title winner.
