Seven Bears Receive At-Large Academic All-Ivy Recognition

PRINCETON, N.J. – Seven Brown University student-athletes appeared on the At-Large Academic All-Ivy League Team, released by the league office Friday. The At-Large Academic All-Ivy honors recognize top student-athletes in non-Ivy League-sponsored sports - equestrian, gymnastics, men's and women's water polo, sailing and co-ed sailing and women's rugby.

Our amazing At-Large Academic All-Ivy honorees ⤵️

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Below are the seven student-athletes, including season highlights.

Mei Li Costa, women's gymnastics (Sr., Education and East Asian Studies – Lawrenceville, N.J.)
Competed on bars at NCAA Regionals at Auburn … Qualified for the individual finals on bars at the USAG National Championships, scoring 9.800 to finish seventh overall and earn First Team All-America honors … Earned two First Team All-Ivy honors after earning co-champion on bars and finishing runner-up on vault … Earned Second Team All-GEC honors after tying for fifth overall on vault … Earned First Team All-Ivy honors on both vault (co-champion) and bars (second place) for her performances at the Ivy Classic (2/27) … Set a new school and Ivy League record on bars with a score of 9.975, including earning the program's first-ever 10.0 from one of the judges (3/6) … Earned the GEC's Performance of the Year award for her school and Ivy record on bars … Took first place on bars at six meets, and finished runner-up at four meets during the season … Posted a season-best 9.825 on beam in the home-opening tri-meet ... Presented with the University's prestigious Joukowsky Scholar-Athlete Award.
Daphne Maniatis, women's equestrian (Jr., Mathematical Physics – Chevy Chase, Md.)
Competed primarily in the Limit Fences and Limit Flat as a junior rider … Placed second in the Novice Flat in the season-opening Regional Show (Oct. 16) to point out of the division … Finished third in the Limit Fences at the Roger Williams Show (Oct. 30) … Named Reserve High Point Rider after taking first in the Limit Flat and third in the Limit Fences at the URI Show (Nov. 13) … Began the spring season with a fourth-place finish in the Limit Flat at the URI Show (Feb. 19) … Finished second in the Limit Flat to point out of the division at the Johnson & Wales Show (Mar. 6).
Emma Montgomery, co-ed sailing (Sr., Economics and Psychology – Winthrop, Mass.)
A Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection … Crew of the Championship … Honorable Mention All-America.
Olivia Belda, women's sailing (Sr., Biology and Computer Science - San Paulo, Brazil)
All-America skipper, First Team All-Ivy, placed fifth at Open Fleet National Championship
Ugo Piovan, men's water polo (Sr., Engineering – Vouliagmeni, Greece)
Named ACWPA Division I All-American Honorable Mention ... Earned Second Team All-NWPC honors ... Posted 223 saves and a .497 save percentage on the season ... Helped Brown to its first win over Harvard (Nov. 21) since 2018, earning Brown a third-place finish in the NWPC Tournament with nine saves and two steals ... Posted 10 games with double-digit saves ... Stopped a season-high 17 shots against Harvard (Oct. 9) ... Added 16 saves against Wagner (Oct. 17) ... Finished with 15 saves against both Air Force (Oct. 23) and Iona (Oct. 30) ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic Honors.
Claire Pisani, women's water polo (Sr., Undecided - Redwoods City, Calif.)
Named ACWPA All-American Honorable Mention ... Named to the CWPA All-Tournament Second Team ... Appeared in 39 games for the Bears ... Led the team with 116 exclusions drawn and finished second on the team with 60 goals ... Added 32 steals, 10 field blocks and five assists ... Started the season with three goals, two steals and two exclusions drawn against Ottawa (Ariz.) (Jan. 22) ... Scored three goals with a steal and field block against Siena (Feb. 5) ... Tallied three goals and four exclusions drawn against Long Island (Feb. 6) ... Had two goals with two steals and four drawn exclusions vs. Bucknell (Feb. 26) ... Had two goals and drew four exclusions against Mount St. Mary's (March 20).
Emmajane Rhodenhiser, women's rugby (Sr., Neuroscience – Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Named to the 2022 NIRA All-Academic team … Helped the Bears reach the NIRA 15s Semifinals in the Fall … Tallied four tries in Brown's 114-0 win over LIU (Oct. 2).

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