EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Evansville swimming and diving program announced its annual end-of-the-year awards on Sunday at the team’s season-ending banquet inside the Carson Center on the UE campus.

Taking home the team’s Most Improved Awards were sophomore diver Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) and sophomore swimmer Alon Baer (Gesher Haziv, Israel).  Senior diver Maggie Franz (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) garnered the program’s Geoff Keller Award, given to UE’s Outstanding Diver of the Year.  Junior Riccardo Di Domenico (Johannesburg, South Africa) was presented with the Mike Radomski #RockThePlanet Award for most inspirational and team spirit.  Di Domenico and senior Jessie Steele (Houston, Texas/Klein) also were named UE’s Most Valuable Student-Athletes on both the men’s and women’s sides.

UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson also named the team captains for the 2022-23 season.  Di Domenico and sophomore Grant Kay (Ellicott City, Md./Hebron) will be co-captains for the men’s team next season.  Meanwhile, junior Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) and junior Sage Moore (Lexington, Ohio/Lexington) will co-captain the women’s squad.

Evansville recently concluded a record-breaking year in the pool this year, as the Purple Aces broke school records 25 different times during the course of the season.  UE produced 11 all-conference performers, with 16 Purple Aces earning academic all-conference honors.  Evansville also sent 15 individuals to the CSCAA National Invitational Championship for the first time in school history.