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June 7, 2006

SMU Swimmer Named Scholar Athlete of the Year

Flavia Rigamonti See her greeting to her parents.

SMU swimmer Flavia Rigamonti, a senior advertising and finance major from Switzerland, received the 2005-06 Scholar Athlete of the Year Award in the women’s swimming category today from Conference USA.

The conference annually recognizes the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport based on their academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service.

A four-year All-American in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle and a five-time NCAA champion, Rigamonti finished her college athletics eligibility this spring but will continue to compete for Switzerland.

Rigamonti also recently received the SMU Presidential Award of Excellence Scholar/Athlete Award. It is the highest honor SMU bestows on a student athlete and is given to a student athlete with a 3.5 grade point average or higher who has contributed unselfishly to the SMU athletic program. She has a 3.92 GPA.

Rigamonti’s great success as a member of the Mustang Women's Swimming & Diving Team has included recently being named Conference USA Swimmer of the Year. She broke two meet and pool records en route to capturing the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle crowns at the 2006 Conference USA Championship.

The senior, who was named Co-Swimmer of the C-USA Meet on Feb. 25, 2006, notched over 10 first-place finishes and over 15 top three finishes this season. Rigamonti garnered Swimmer of the Week honors a league-record four times this season.

In February, the Switzerland native topped the C-USA Meet record in the 1,650-yard freestyle event with a time of 15:59.96 and earned the gold in the 500 free with a time of 4:40.55. That mark beat the previous championship record of 4:45.90, which was set by Maria Oberg of Cincinnati in 2002.

Rigamonti concluded her collegiate career in Federal Way, Wash., at the 2006 Spring Championships, competing among 700 elite athletes. Seeded for a seventh place finish in the 400-meter freestyle event, the veteran pulled a silver medal and a time of 4:16.44 and posted a time of 16:24.56 for first-place in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

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