Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell's Freeman Claims Patriot League Men's Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year Award
4/17/2003 8:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
April 17, 2003
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell's sophomore diver, Adam Freeman (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) was named 2003 Patriot League Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year, the league office announced on Wednesday. He is the fourth-straight sophomore to receive this award.
The sophomore mechanical engineering major is the first Bucknell student-athlete to win the swimming and diving academic award since Alex Johnson in 1999. Freeman, who owns a 3.467 grade point average, appeared on the Dean's List each of his first three semesters. As a rookie, he was a member of the PL Academic Honor Roll. Within the community, the diver participates in the Adopt-A-Highway program and helps run bingo at the local Lewisburg Senior Center.
On the diving platform, Freeman placed his name in the Bucknell record books and helped the Orange and Blue to a Patriot League swimming and diving title. Freeman holds BU records in the one- and three-meter 11 optional dives, and in the one-meter six optional event. The All-League recipient picked up 13 first-place finishes during the 2003 season, including a gold medal performance in the one-meter event at the 2003 Patriot League Championships, held in Kinney Natatorium. His 299.72 points at the PL meet broke the school and pool records. Freeman also garnered a third-place finish at the PL Championship in the three-meter dive with 417.0 points.
Freeman was selected by the League office as the PL Men's Diver of the Week five times and was the ECAC Men's Diving honoree three times. The sophomore diver swept the diving events in five of his eight meets.
A scholar-athlete nominee must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. The winners are selected in a vote of the League's Sports Information Directors.
