Alumni Update - Laura Gorinski (Navy)

Navy women's swimmer Laura Gorinski, a Hempfield High School graduate, garnered Capital One Academic All-District II honors for at-large sports from the College Sports Information Directors of America.

To be eligible for the initial district ballot, student-athletes must have attained a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.30, be at a minimum a sophomore academically and a starter or key reserve on their respective team. The at-large sports program consists of women's bowling, women's crew, fencing, women's field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, men's volleyball, water polo and men's wrestling. CoSIDA's District II consists of schools located in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.

All first-team recipients from each of CoSIDA's eight districts are now placed onto a national ballot to determine the Academic All-America team for at-large sports.

Gorinski, a junior, was selected as this year's Patriot League Swimmer of the Year as well as the league's scholar-athlete of the year for her sport. It marked the second-consecutive season in which she earned the top academic honor for her sport from the Patriot League.

A physics major with a 3.64 GPA, Gorinski won both breaststroke events and the 200 individual medley while helping the Mids win four relay events and the overall team title at the 2012 Patriot League Championship. She became the first female swimmer in Navy and Patriot League history to compete in a trio of events at the NCAA Championship when she did so in the 200 IM and both breaststroke events at this year's national championship.

Gorinski will compete in the 100 and 200 breaststroke races at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

(photo courtesy of the United States Naval Academy)