Jun 13 | Women's Swimming & Diving
June 13, 2011
IRVING, Texas (SMU) - SMU diver Audra Egenolf is one of 12 Conference USA athletes to earn the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Award the league announced today. Last month, Egenolf, along with swimmer Sascha Van den Branden, earned the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Egenolf is a four-time All-American, earning honors in both three-meter and platform diving. She was named the Conference USA Diver of the Meet at this year's conference championships, winning the one-meter event, and taking runner-up honors in three-meter and platform diving. The seven-time C-USA Diver of the Week was also a member of the USA Diving National Team, competing in 2009 World University Games where the team won a bronze medal.
Egenolf graduated last month with a degree in accounting while holding a 3.982 GPA. With her scholarship, the Indianapolis native will pursue a Master's of Science in Accounting from the University of Indiana. Egenolf was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Women's At-Large District VI First Team last month. In April, Egenolf was one of three SMU students to receive the Presidential Award of Excellence. She was also selected as the Cox School of Business's Outstanding Accounting Major for 2011 and was honored with the Meyer Brothers' Award in 2010. She is a four-time C-USA Academic Medalist as well as a four-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.
