FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU Swimming & Diving team has placed 18 student-athletes, including current member Petra Halmai (Dombovar, Hungary/Lanczos Kornel Secondari Grammar School), on the CCSA's All-Decade Team, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. That number stands out as the most selections by any other program in the conference. Liberty (12) was the only other team to receive more than two spots on the esteemed squad.

In addition to being highlighted by a pair of Olympians in Danielle Beabrun (Saint Lucia – 2008, 2012) and Lani Cabrerra (Barbados – 2016), members of the group have been a part of each of the team's nine CCSA Championships, from the first one in 2009 to its most recent crown in 2018. The All-Decade squad also features each individual member of 2015's historic 200 Medley Relay Team, which placed eighth overall at the NCAA Championship.

"This is a really exciting achievement for our program," head coach Dave Rollins said. "To see our rich history on display is quite impressive. These student-athletes (both current and former) should be deeply proud of their accomplishments, as well as the large number of their teammates that were named to this exclusive list. Congratulations to all of our Eagles that received All-Decade Team honors." 

In order to earn a selection to the All-Decade Team, individuals must have competed for at least two years within the decade as a CCSA student-athlete, with exceptions made for All-Americans. Individuals that obtained one of the following criteria were named to the team: three first team all-conference selections in a single event, five total first team all-conference selections (including relays), multiple superlative awards, or an NCAA Championship individual participant.
 
Katie Armitage | 2014-16 | Breast | Bushey, United Kingdom
Member of the 200 medley relay team that placed eighth overall at the 2015 NCAA Championship, earning First Team All-American status… Part of the 2016 400 medley relay team that still holds the school record (3:33.92)… Qualified for the 2015 NCAA Championship individually in the 200 Breast… Nine-time First Team All-CCSA honoree… Took home individual medals in the 200 Breast (2015, 2016) and the 100 Breast (2015).
 
Dani Beaubrun | 2009-12 | Breast | Vieuz Fort, St. Lucia
Represented St. Lucia in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics… Six-time First Team All-CCSA honoree… Won her first individual event at the CCSA Championship in 2011 when she took home the 100 Breast… Earned a silver medal in the 200 Breast during that same meet… Collected a trio of Third Team All-CCSA selections over the course of her career.
 
Hannah Burdge | 2015-19 | Free | Stuart, Fla.
2017 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American… 2017 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Free Relay)… 2018 CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American… A member of each of the program's freestyle relay records (200 Free – 2017, 400 Free – 2017, 800 Free – 2018)… Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championship as part of the 200 Free Relay team and the 200 Medley Relay team… Back-to-back champion in the 200 Free (2017, 2018)… Collected seven First Team All-CCSA honors throughout her career… Also finished with a pair of Second Team All-CCSA selections and one Third Team All-CCSA honor.
 
Danielle Butler | 2009-12 | Fly | Orangeburg, N.Y.
Transferred to FGCU from St. Bonaventure University as a sophomore… Captured the 200 Fly at her first-ever CCSA Championship (2010)… Won the event once again in 2012… Racked up five First Team All-CCSA selections throughout her time as an Eagle… Landed on the All-CCSA Second Team in both 2011 and 2012 in the 100 Fly… Finished third in the same event in 2010, which earned her a Third Team All-CCSA selection… Sister of fellow All-Decade honoree Maegan Butler.
 
Maegan Butler | 2011-13 | Diving | Orangeburg, N.Y.
Transferred to FGCU after spending two seasons at FAU… 2013 CCSA Diver of the Year… Swept both the 1M and 3M boards in 2012 and 2013, therefore earning four First Team All-CCSA selections… Two-time NCAA Zone 'B' Championship qualifier… Sister of fellow All-Decade honoree Danielle Butler.
 
Lani Cabrera | 2012-16 | Free | Bridgetown, Barbados
Represented Barbados in the 2016 Olympics… 2016 CCSA Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year… 2016 CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American… Holds the FGCU program records in the 500 Free (4:47.43 – 2015), 1000 Free (9:59.27 - 2015) and the 1650 Free (16:35.50 - 2015)… Four-time individual CCSA champion (1650 Free – 2014; 500 Free – 2015, 2016; 200 Free – 2015)… Was part of the winning 800 Free Relay team in both 2015 and 2016… Earned Second Team All-CCSA honors in 2016 (1650 Free) and a spot on the Third Team in 2014 (500 Free).
 
Leah Daniel | 2008-11 | Free | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nine-time individual CCSA Champion… Won the 1650 Free in each of her four years competing for the Green & Blue… Collected a career-best five gold medals at the 2011 CCSA Championship (500 Free, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 800 Free Relay, 1650 Free)… Earned 13 total spots on the All-CCSA First Team throughout her career… Also landed spots on the All-CCSA Second Team in 2009 (200/500 Free) and the All-CCSA Third Team in both 2010 (200 Free) and 2012 (500 Free).
 
Christina Kaas Elmgreen | 2015-19 | Fly | Charlottenlund, Denmark
2017 CCSA Swimmer of the Year… 2017 CCSA Swimmer of the Meet… School record-holder in the 200 Fly (1:55.55 - 2018)… Two-time individual NCAA qualifier (2017 – 100/200 Fly, 200 IM; 2018 – 100/200 Fly, 200 IM)… Two-time CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2017-18)… Two-time CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American (2016, 2019)… Three-time CCSA Champion (100 Fly – 2017-18, 200 Fly – 2016)… Collected five First Team All-CCSA selections overall… Received five Second Team All-CCSA honors… Earned three Third Team All-CCSA nods.
 
Elise Haan | 2015-16 | Free/Back | Naples, Fla.
2016 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (100 Back)… 2016 CCSA Swimmer of the Year… 2016 CCSA Co-Swimmer of the Meet… 2016 CCSA Co-Freshman of the Meet… Holds the program's 200 Free (1:46.40 – 2016) and 100 Back (51.65 – 2016) records… Part of the 2016 400 medley relay team that still holds the school record (3:33.92)… 2016 NCAA Qualifier (100/200 Back, 200 Free)… Did not finish below first place in any of the seven events that she swam in at the 2016 CCSA Championship… Won individual gold medals in the 200 Free, the 100 Back and the 200 Back… Also took home the 200 Medley Relay, the 800 Free Relay, the 400 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay.  
 
Petra Halmai | 2017-Present | IM/Fly/Breast | Dombovar, Hungary
2020 CSCAA First Team All-American (200 Breast)… 2020 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American… CCSA Swimmer of the Year… 2020 NCAA qualifier (200 Breast)… Holds the program's records in both the 100 Breast (1:00.01 – 2020) and the 200 Breast (2:07.38 – 2020)… Back-to-back CCSA Champion in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events (2019-20)… Has collected five total First Team All-CCSA selections… Picked up Second Team All-CCSA honors in both 2018 (200 Breast) and 2019 (200 IM)… Finished third in the 100 Breast in 2018.
 
Viktoria Hyddmark | 2007-11 | Back | Lund, Sweden
2008 CCSA Swimmer of the Meet… 2008 CCSA Freshman of the Meet… Won a quartet of gold medals at the 2008 CCSA Championship as a freshman (400 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 100/200 Back)… Racked up six total First Team All-CCSA selections throughout her career… Received three Second Team All-CCSA honors (2009 – 100 Back; 2010 – 100/200 Back).
 
Kristen Julien | 2014-16 | Free | San Fernand, Trinidad and Tobago
Member of the 200 Medley relay team that placed eighth overall at the 2015 NCAA Championship, earning First Team All-American status… Also represented FGCU at the 2015 NCAA Championship in the 200 Free Relay.
 
Katie Latham | 2015-17 | Free/Back | Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
Two-time CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2016-17)… 2017 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Free Relay)… Part of the 2016 400 medley relay team that still holds the school record (3:33.92)… Also a member of the 2017 400 Free quartet that holds the program's record (3:17.83)… 2016 NCAA qualifier (50/100 Free, 100 Back)… 2017 NCAA qualifier (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)… Nine-time First Team All-CCSA honoree… Throughout the course of her career, picked up a pair of individual gold medals in the 50 Free (2016-17)… Earned Second Team All-CCSA honors in 2016 in both the 100 Back and the 100 Free… Received a Third Team All-CCSA nod in 2017 for her effort in the 100 Free.
 
Karmin McNamara | 2007-11 | Diving | Tampa, Fla.
2011 CCSA Diver of the Year… Three-time CCSA Diver of the Meet (2009-11)… Three-time individual CCSA champion (2009 – 1M dive; 2010 – 3M dive; 2011 – 1M dive)… Earned four All-CCSA Second Team honors, two of which came in 2008 (1M and 3M events)… Finished second on the 3M board in both 2009 and 2011.
 
Gracie Redding | 2016-19 | Free | Orlando, Fla.
2017 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Free Relay)… Two-time CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American (2018-19)… 2019 CCSA Swimmer of the Year… Two-time CCSA Swimmer of the Meet (2018-19)… Part of the school's 400 Free Relay record (3:17.83 – 2017)… Racked up 11 total First Team All-CCSA honors throughout the course of her career… Took home individual medals in the 50 Free (2018-19), 100 Free (2018-19) and the 100 Fly (2019)… Earned a pair of Third Team All-CCSA selections in the 50 Free (2017) and the 100 Fly (2018).
 
Emma Svensson | 2011-15 | Back/Free | Uppsala, Sweden
2012 NCAA Elite 89 Award Winner… Member of the 200 Medley relay team that placed eighth overall at the 2015 NCAA Championship, earning First Team All-American status… Became the program's first-ever CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American in 2012… Received the honor again in 2015… Two-time CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (50 Free, 2014-15)… 2012 CCSA Swimmer of the Year… Two-time CCSA Swimmer of the Meet (2013-15)… 2012 CCSA Freshman of the Meet… Holds FGCU's program records in both the 50 Free (21.98 – 2015) and the 100 Free (48.59 – 2015)… Four-time NCAA qualifier… Racked up 18 total All-CCSA First Team selections over the course of her career… Nine-time CCSA individual gold medalist (2012 – 100 Back; 2013 – 50 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free; 2014 – 50 free, 100 Free; 2015 – 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free)… Picked up a pair of Second Team All-CCSA honors in 2012 (50/100 Free).
 
Fanny Teijonsalo | 2015-17 | Fly/Free/IM | Espoo, Finland
2017 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American… 2017 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Free Relay)… Part of the 2016 400 medley relay team that still holds the school record (3:33.92)… Holds the school records in both the 100 IM (56.78 – 2016) and 200 IM (1:58.29 – 2016) events… Also a part of the 200 Free Relay record (1:28.76 – 2017)… 2016 NCAA qualifier (100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM)… 2016 CCSA Co-Swimmer of the Meet… 2016 CCSA Co-Freshman of the Meet… Collected 10 First Team All-CCSA selections over the course of her career… Individual CCSA champion in the 100 Fly (2016), 200 IM (2016) and the 100 Free (2016-17)… Landed on the All-CCSA Second Team for her effort in the 50 Free in 2017… Earned Third Team All-CCSA honors in 2017 (100 Fly).
 
Kira Toussaint | 2013-15 | Back/Free | Amstelveen, Netherlands
Two-time CSCAA First Team All-American (100 Back, 2014-15)… 2015 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American… 2014 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Back)… Member of the 200 Medley relay team that placed eighth overall at the 2015 NCAA Championship, earning First Team All-American status… Holds the GFCU record in the 200 Back (1:53.72 – 2014)… Two-time NCAA individual qualifier (2014-15, 100/200 Back)… 2014 CCSA Swimmer of the Year… 2014 CCSA Swimmer of the Meet… 2014 CCSA Freshman of the Meet… Racked up 12 First Team All-CCSA selections over the course of her career… Five-time individual CCSA champion (2014 – 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back; 2015 – 100 Back, 200 Back).

To view the CCSA All-Decade Team in completion, click HERE. To view the FGCU Swimming & Diving record book, click HERE. 

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