IRVING, Texas (March 29, 2017) – Highlighting an historic season for the FIU swimming and diving program, the Panthers claimed this year's top two honors in Conference USA. Junior Letizia Bertelli was named the C-USA Swimmer of the Year, while junior Rebecca Quesnel was tabbed the C-USA Diver of the Year the conference announced on Wednesday.
This marks the third time in the past four seasons that FIU has garnered both the league swimmer and diver of the year. The Panthers are only the second school in C-USA history to have both the swimmer and diver of the year in the same season (Houston 2009) and is the only program in league history to accomplish this feat multiple times (2014, 2016, 2017).