Feb. 26, 2008

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall swimmer Kayla Truswell was named to the 2007-08 Conference USA All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office today.

Truswell, a London, Ontario, Canada native, is making her first appearance on the C-USA All-Academic Team. The junior has a 3.84 GPA in psychology and is a five-time Marshall Dean's List Honoree and a two-time C-USA Academic Medalist and Academic Honor Roll member. She leads Marshall in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events, while ranking 10th in the 100 and fifth in the 200 on the C-USA season best lists.

Truswell and her teammates are in Houston for the 2008 C-USA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship and Invitational, which begins Wednesday, February 27 and continues until Saturday, March 1. The four-day event is hosted by the University of Houston and all five C-USA swimming and diving programs will participate in the event.