generals' women’s swimmer Tabbed For ODAC/Farm Bureau Honor

FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee women’s swimmer, Delaney Rolfe, is one of five student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools to earn a 2011 ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award during the winter athletic schedule.  Rolfe was tabbed from a pool of nominees by a vote of each of the conference's sports information directors.

The ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar Athlete Award is given to a student-athlete in each of the conference's 22 sponsored sports.  Farm Bureau Insurance of Virginia is the presenter of each of the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, forming a partnership with the ODAC to emphasize the NCAA Division III philosophy of the complete student-athlete experience.  To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore standing and have spent at least one full academic year at the nominating institution, must maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and must have participated in at least 50-percent of the team's events as a starter or key contributor. 

Rolfe, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas, has yet to declare a major, but boasts a 3.841 grade point average.  She has been recognized as both a W&L and ODAC scholar-athlete. 

In the pool, Rolfe competed in five events during the 2011 ODAC Championship, placing second each time. Individually, she was the runner-up in the 200 and 500-yard freestyles and the 200-yard butterfly, and was a part of the second place 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays.

"We are proud of the accomplishments of every one of our student-athletes," says ODAC commissioner Brad Bankston. "It is especially gratifying to be able to recognize those who personify the definition of ‘student-athlete' through these awards, and we are proud to be affiliated with Farm Bureau Insurance in this program."

For more information about the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, visit the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.