BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Patriot League announced it 2024 All-Academic Team on Thursday and the Navy women's rowing team was at the forefront of the release as the Mids tied for the league-lead with a pair of honorees. The duo of
Maeve Swick (Sr., Annapolis, Md.) and
Tenlea Radack (Jr., Washington, D.C.) led the Navy squad as integral parts of the first varsity eight crew, as well as in the classroom as studious members of the brigade. Swick and Radck are now two-time honorees after both earning this accolade in 2023.
Swick picks up her second honor from the Patriot League this week as she was recognized on Tuesday for her work as the first varsity eight's coxswain with a spot on the All-PL Second Team. Swick and Radack worked in direct tandem at last Friday's Patriot League Championship as Swick called out orders for the V8, while Radack was in charge of setting the pace from the stroke seat. Along with the rest of the first varsity crew, Navy finished runner-up to Boston University in the grand final on Friday afternoon by 3.446 seconds, 6:42.028 to 6:45.474.
In the classroom, Radack is an honors mathematics major with a 3.98 GPA. Currently, ranked top-20 in the Naval Academy's Overall Order of Merit for the Class of 2025, Radack was recently selected as a 2024-25 USNA Trident Scholar and will study "Terao's Conjecture: Vector Fields vs. Matroids" during the upcoming academic year. Swick is also a high achiever in her studies as a quantitative economics major. Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in 2023, Swick will graduate from the academy with a 3.82 GPA and will commission as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy.
Eight of the nine Patriot League women's rowing member institutions were represented on this year's Academic All-Patriot League team. Boston University, Bucknell and Navy each had two student-athletes represented, while Georgetown, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Loyola Maryland and MIT had one honoree apiece.
Boston University senior Anna Dechantsreiter (Philosophy & Neuroscience | 3.96 GPA) was named the Patriot League Women's Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor.
2024 Academic All-Patriot League Women's Rowing
Anna Dechantsreiter, Boston University, Sr., – Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Haley Beardsley, Bucknell, Sr.
Tenlea Radack, Navy, Jr.
Kennedy Watson, Georgetown, Sr.
Maeve Swick, Navy, Sr.
Lulu November, Boston University, Sr.
Isabella Bokan, Holy Cross, Sr.
Juliette Gaggini, Bucknell, Sr.
Daniella Niedermeyer, Loyola Maryland, Sr.
Claire Johnson, MIT, Sr.
Gabriella Pontoriero, Lehigh, Jr.
The selection process was conducted by the League's women's rowing sports information directors, who could not vote for their student-athletes.
