Twenty Water Rats Make the Connecticut Top 16 and Eight Are Named Scholar Athletes

Team Administrator Williams

Twenty Water Rats Make the Connecticut Top 16 and Eight Are Named Scholar Athletes

Twenty swimmers who swam for the Water Rats during all or part of the 2024-2025 Swim Year were named as Top 16 Connecticut Swimmers.  Five of these same swimmers along with three others were recgnized as CT Scholar Athletes. 

The team's 2024-25 Top 16 and Scholar Athletes include

TOP 16
Elizabeth Akolzina
Ethan Arnett
Jordan Benaderet
Lilly Bromberg
John Drummey
Grant Ferrari
Emma Giafardino
Maegan Grisanti
Ella Gussen
Henry Hart
Michael Ivanov
Thomas Lake
Luke McGuinn
Miles Pearson
Ava Piscioniere
Danielle Schwartz
Adrianna Spellman
Raunak Subedi
Riley Twiss
Lillian White-Charles

SCHOLAR ATHLETES
Abigail Bonoff
Maegan Grisanti
Ella Gussen
Michael Ivanov
Ava Piscioniere
Lena Sakovic
Phoebe Setten
Lillian White-Charles

 

Each of the above listed swimmers has been invited to the Connecticut Swimming Awards Banquet which will be held November 2nd at the Aqua Turf Club.  

The Awards Banquet is held to recognize swimmers for achieving a Top 16 time in an individual event for each age group compiled from all the meets during the 2024-2025 Short Course season and the 2025 Long Course season. To be eligible to receive scholar athlete recognition for the 2024-2025 time period, a swimmer must be in 10th, 11th or 12th grade, have a minimum GPA of 3.5, and have swum in one regular season meet in the 2024-2025 Short Course season or 2025 Long Course Season.

Congratulations to all the Water Rats for receiving these honors.  GO WRATs!