FLUSHING, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College sophomore Nayelly Rojas has been recognized by the CUNYAC as the 2022-23 Women's Swimming Sportsmanship Award selection, announced Tuesday by league officials.  

Rojas is the program's first-ever CUNYAC Sportsmanship Award winner as York has now placed six members on the Sportsmanship Team since 2014-15.  

As a resident of Brooklyn, Rojas swam in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races at the CUNYAC Championship meet, combining for an improvement of 6.58 between the two events. 

During a rebuilding year in which the program competed with a small roster, including at times, being York's lone competitor at the women's meet, Rojas swam in all four meets, and continued to lead by example while showing the utmost respect for her teammates, opponents, coaches, officials and staff.

"Nayelly is deserving of the Sportsmanship Award due to her dedication to the York swim team and her commitment to improvement," said co-head coach Stephanie Taibe.

Rojas, who is also a member of York's cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and track & field programs, was previously selected to the 2022 CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Team.

2022-23 CUNYAC Women's Swimming All-Star Awards

• Performer of the Year: Anatasia Kutuzov (Brooklyn)
• Rookie of the Year: Kira Chen (Baruch)
• Coach of the Year: Kaitlin and Tyrone Hutchinson (Hunter)
• Sportsmanship Award: Nayelly Rojas (York)
• Sportsmanship Team: Imani Gonzalez (Baruch), Julia Huang (Brooklyn), Sarah Decker (Hunter), Anika Amdahl (John Jay), Marlene Alvarez (Lehman)

 
2022-23 CUNYAC Women's Swimming All-Stars (Event)

• Katelyn Chavez (Baruch) - 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 100-yard Free, 400-yard Free Relay
• Joyce Wong (Baruch) - 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 400-yard Free Relay
• Kira Chen (Baruch) - 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 100-yard Fly, 200 Fly, 400-yard Free Relay
• Scarlet Astudillo (Baruch) - 400-yard Medley Relay, 1650-yard Free, 400-yard Free Relay
• Tercia Dobrzynski (Baruch) - 200-yard Medley Relay 
• Anastasia Kutuzova (Brooklyn) - 100-yard Breast, 200-yard Breast
• Germayne Chau (Hunter) - 200-yard Free Relay, 200-yard IM, 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 100-yard Back, 800-yard Free Relay
• Che'Rel Haywood (Hunter) - 200-yard Free Relay, 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 100-yard Fly, 100-yard Breast, 200-yard Breast, 400-yard Free Relay
• Kinsella Reis (Hunter) -200-yard Free relay
• Cara Chang (Hunter) - 200-yard Free Relay, 50-yard Free, 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay, 100-yard Free, 400-yard Free Relay
• Mia Chang (Hunter) - 500-yard Free, 200-yard Free, 800-yard Free Relay, 1650-yard Free, 400-yard Free Relay
• Sarah Decker (Hunter) - 500-yard Free, 400-yard IM, 800-yard Free Relay
• Kiana Guarino (Hunter) - 200-yard IM, 100-yard Back, 800-yard Free Relay, 200-yard Back, 400-yard Free Relay
• Vanesa Betancur (Hunter) - 400-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Medley Relay
•  Arlene Suzana (Lehman) - 200-yard Free
•  Miranda Perez (John Jay) - 50-yard Free

Read more for the CUNYAC release.

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