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Ricketts Named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
6/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
PROVIDENCE, RI - Senior swimmer Dan Ricketts (Baltimore,
MD) has been named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America, becoming Brown's first-ever swimmer (men's or women's)
to earn Academic All-American recognition. After earning First Team
All-District honors in late may, Ricketts' nomination was forwarded
on to the national ballot, where he became one of five
student-athletes from District I to earn a spot on the First Team.
For the At-Large process, schools may nominate up to three
student-athletes for the men's team and three student-athletes for
the women's team.
A four-year letterwinner on the men's swimming and diving team,
Ricketts earned Second Team All-Ivy in the 100 free, placing second
with a Brown record time of 43.17. A 2009 Academic All-Ivy
selection as well, Ricketts broke three other Brown records in
2009, posting times of 19.77 in the 50 free, 1:37.19 in the 200
free, and 47.04 in the 100 fly. He was also a member of two
record-breaking relay teams this year, as his 200 free relay team
swam in 1:20.87 and his 400 medley relay team swam in 3:17.14. In
addition to the records, he has times that rank in Brown's all-time
top 10 in the 100 back (49.70 in 2008 is 2nd) and 200 fly (1:49.57
in 2007 is 5th). A Mathematics-Computer Science concentrator with a
4.0 GPA, he has also had success on the national level, qualifying
for and competing in the 2008 Olympic Trials in both the 100 free
(30th place finish) and 100 fly.
