GLASSBORO, NJ -- For the second year in a row, Ella Pennington was chosen to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Women's Swimming & Diving Team.

Pennington is coming off three All-American honors in last month's Division III Championships, earning honors in the 200 back (third place), 100 back (seventh place), and 100 fly (ninth place). The Biomedical Engineering major was also named the 2024-25 New Jersey Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year as she captured six all-conference nods (with three first-team accolades). Out of the pool, the junior earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-District team for the second time in her career.

Student-athletes are nominated and voted on by the sports information offices of 30 colleges and universities in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area representing Divisions I, II, and III. Nominees must meet the 3.30 GPA requirement in order to be eligible.

The 2024-25 team also features Genine Collins, Ava Craig, Erin Szuromi, and Quinn Weygandt all of Swarthmore, Sydney Bergstrom and Anna Moehn of Penn, Ursinus' Katie Barlow, Villanova's Anna Farley, and West Chester's Maddy Koehle. Weygandt repeated as the Philly-SIDA Performer of the Year.