Liberty sophomore Maddie Freece has been voted CCSA Women’s Diver of the Year for the second year in a row.
Freece, a native of Lansdale, Pa., repeats as CCSA Women’s Diver of the Year after becoming the first conference freshman to receive the award last year. Freece is the first athlete to earn CCSA Women’s Diver of the Year in back-to-back years since Kali Lents of Incarnate Word in 2014 and 2015.
Freece was named the 2022 Co-Most Outstanding Diver of the CCSA Championship Meet, winning one-meter diving with a program-record score of 320.75 while finishing third in three-meter, scoring 305.90. Just two years into her career, she already has three conference individual titles and four CCSA podium finishes. In addition to her program record in one-meter diving, she ranks second in program history in three-meter diving.
The sophomore went on to compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, finishing 17th on three-meter and 25th on one-meter. Freece was the only CCSA women’s diver to earn a spot in finals at the NCAA Zone Championships this year. Her 248.50 prelims score in three-meter diving at the 2022 NCAA Zone Championships was the best three-meter prelim score for a Lady Flame all-time at Zone Championships.
Freece helped the Lady Flames earn their fourth straight CCSA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship title, as Liberty won by 302.5 points over second-place FGCU. Liberty has now won five conference championships in program history.
2022 CCSA Women’s Swimming & Diving Major Awards
Women’s Swimmer of the Year – Wiktoria Czarnecka, Sr., FGCU
Women’s Diver of the Year – Maddie Freece, So., Liberty
Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Delaney Carlton, Jr., UNC Asheville
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