Three Albion College swimmers – Len Ciemniecki, Rileigh Eding and Tyler Kimbrell – have achieved Scholar All-America status from the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America.
The award recognizes student-athletes who achieved a 3.5 or higher grade point average and competed at their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA championships, or in Eding's case as an honorable mention award winner, achieved a 'B'; qualifying standard.
Ciemniecki, a sophomore who prepped at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, achieved All-America status in the 400-yard medley relay at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championship in March. Kimbrell, a sophomore from Milan, Mich., who is a member of Albion's Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management, achieved honorable mention All-America awards in the 200-yard breaststroke and with the 400 medley relay team.
Eding, a sophomore from Hamilton, Mich., was the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association runner up in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
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