Three Tigers named to SCAC 15th Anniversary Team

February 9, 2006

February 9, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw alumni Evan Kennel, Nate Moch and Dan Garrison have been selected to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's 15th Anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving Team.

Kennel, the 2005 SCAC Swimmer-of-the-Year, earned an anniversary team nod for both the 200 backstroke and 200 individual medley. He won five individual conference titles in his career and was an honorable mention All-American in 2003 - the first of his three consecutive trips to the NCAA Championships.

Moch, the most decorated diver in SCAC history, was named the league's Diver-of-the-Year all four years at DePauw and finished first in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter events at every conference championship meet he attended. His eight individual conference titles ties for the fifth-most in league history and the former Tiger earned All-American honors in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Garrison, honored for his performance in the 100 freestyle, was the 2000 SCAC Swimmer-of-the-Year and won five individual titles between 1999-2001. He still owns conference championship meet records for the 100 freestyle and the 100 butterfly and was an All-American in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be announcing 15th Anniversary teams in all 18 sports during the 2005-06 academic year. The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.

The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.

The SCAC’s 15th Anniversary teams were selected in each sport through balloting by present coaches and administrators. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 1991 through the spring of 2004 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams were eligible for selection.

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