Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Elise Knoche awarded Freeman Scholarship from the CSCAA
03/08/2018 | 7:43:00 | Swimming & Diving
Saluki assistant swimming and diving assistant coach Elise Knoche was awarded a Freeman Scholarship by the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America today. The scholarships are given annually to six assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude and personal graciousness epitomize those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, longtime women's swimming coach at the University of Minnesota.
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Knoche was one of six coaches selected for this year's scholarship. The five other assistant coaches to earn the scholarship were Hannah Burandt from Houston, Amanda Caldwell from Rice, Jordan Lieberman from Cornell, Jeanmarie Madison from William Jewell College and Juliet Suess from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
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Knoche is near the completion of her fourth season at SIU. In her time as a Saluki, she helped the women's team to the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Championships and has helped individual swimmers or relay teams to 26 individual Conference titles. She was also the meet director for the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships and the 2017 Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.
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The scholarship will provide each of the six selected assistant coaches with the convention fee, transportation and lodging to the annual CSCAA Convention and Clinic as well as the CSCAA Coach Academy.Â
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Recipients were selected by a committee comprised of members of The Summit, The Summit for Empowering Women in Swimming, of which Jean was a founding member. The members of the selection committee are Carol Capitani, University of Texas; Anne Goodman James, Colorado College; Stefanie Kerska, Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI); Susan Teeter, Princeton University and Jill Sterkel of the University of Texas.
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Knoche was one of six coaches selected for this year's scholarship. The five other assistant coaches to earn the scholarship were Hannah Burandt from Houston, Amanda Caldwell from Rice, Jordan Lieberman from Cornell, Jeanmarie Madison from William Jewell College and Juliet Suess from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
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Knoche is near the completion of her fourth season at SIU. In her time as a Saluki, she helped the women's team to the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Championships and has helped individual swimmers or relay teams to 26 individual Conference titles. She was also the meet director for the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships and the 2017 Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.
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The scholarship will provide each of the six selected assistant coaches with the convention fee, transportation and lodging to the annual CSCAA Convention and Clinic as well as the CSCAA Coach Academy.Â
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Recipients were selected by a committee comprised of members of The Summit, The Summit for Empowering Women in Swimming, of which Jean was a founding member. The members of the selection committee are Carol Capitani, University of Texas; Anne Goodman James, Colorado College; Stefanie Kerska, Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI); Susan Teeter, Princeton University and Jill Sterkel of the University of Texas.
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