Spiders Morning Jolt 6/5: Swim Staff Expands

The swim and dive program welcomes Freya Rayner.

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What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏊 Freya Rayner joins staff
⛳️ Baker earns honors
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Building the Support. The swim and dive program named Freya Rayner as the assistant swim coach. Rayner was previously an assistant coach at Dartmouth for the men’s and women’s programs. She also was an assistant coach and graduate assistant for the women's program at Akron from 2021-2023. 🏊 Read about Rayner’s swim experience.

🔼  Up to Par. The Atlantic 10 named Lou Baker to the All-Academic Men’s Golf Team. Baker earned his Master’s of Liberal Arts degree. This is his second All-Academic A-10 selection, previously being awarded in 2021. He is the third different Spider to earn the honor twice. ⛳️ Here’s more about Baker.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Calculating Greatness. The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate scores. Before you scroll down and see the results, get to know how they score.

Each scholarship student-athlete can earn # point(s) for remaining eligible and # point(s) for staying in school or graduating.

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Perfect APR. Five Richmond Athletics programs earned perfect scores of 1,000 in the NCAA four-year Academic Progress Rate scores. Coming in on top were field hockey, men’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf and women’s lacrosse. Fifteen teams received APR scores above the Division I average in their sport.

📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

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