BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - For the second straight year, the Union College women's swim team was named a Scholar Team by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics the organization announced on Tuesday.

The scholar team featured Eden Ellison (Tamms, Ill.), Dena Gonzalez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Kristina Kirk (Versailles, Ky.), Mollie Messmer (Scott City, Mo.) and Kelli Rogers (Elizabethtown, Ky.) Ellison, Gonzalez, Messmer and Rogers were on the team last year and Kirk joins the group as a freshman.

The Lady Bulldogs, under the direction of head coach Rafael Forti, posted a 21st place finish at the NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championship in March.

To be recognized, a team must hold at least a 3.0 team grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the 2007-2008 academic year. This past year, over 750 teams across the NAIA were named a scholar team. Only eight women's swimming and diving teams were awarded with the scholar team award.

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