California Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

California Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Feb. 29, 2012


BERKELEY -Junior Caitlin Leverenz captured two individual events, swam on a winning relay and broke five school records to garner the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet award and lead California to the inaugural Pac-12 championship in Federal Way Wash. On Feb. 25, the final night of the meet, Leverenz broke her own school record and swam an automatic NCAA qualifying time of 2:05.49 in the 200-yard breaststroke.

She also triumphed in the 400-yard individual medley on Feb. 24, breaking her school record with an automatic NCAA qualifying time of 3:58.46, which was just. 23 seconds from tying the NCAA and American record.

Later on Feb. 24, the Tucson, Ariz., product swam the breaststroke leg of the Golden Bears' winning 400-yard medley relay, which clocked a U.S. Open, NCAA, Pac-12, Pac-12 meet and school-record time of 3:28.26.

Leverenz broke Natalie Coughlin's school record in the 200-IM prelim with a time of 1:54.35 and then broke her own record in the final (1:52.43) to claim that crown on Feb. 23. Both of her 200-IM times were automatic NCAA qualifying times.

2011-12 California Muscle Milk Student-Athletes of the Week

Date Student-Athlete Sport
Feb. 28 Caitlin Leverenz Women's Swimming
Feb. 21 Layshia Clarendon Women's Basketball
Feb. 13 Valerie Arioto Softball
Feb. 6 Brittany Boyd Women's Basketball
Jan. 30 Annie Goransson Women's Tennis
Jan. 23 Linda Oseso Women's Track & Field
Jan. 17 Donothan Bailey Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 9 Gennifer Brandon Women's Basketball
Jan. 2 Jorge Gutierrez Men's Basketball
Dec. 12 Allen Crabbe Men's Basketball
Dec. 5 Caitlin Leverenz Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 28 Deborah Maier Cross Country
Nov. 21 Caitlin Leverenz Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 14 Kathleen Messinger Women's Soccer
Nov. 7 Erin Magill Field Hockey
Nov. 2 Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick Women's Soccer
Oct. 24 Megan Shimojima Field Hockey
Oct. 17 Tarah Murrey Volleyball
Oct. 10 Emily Kruger Women's Soccer
Oct. 3 Jordan O'Reilly Field Hockey
Sept. 26 Men's Tennis
Sept. 19 Tarah Murrey Volleyball
Sept. 12 Football
Sept. 5 Adrienne Gehan Volleyball
Aug. 29 Correy Johnson Volleyball
Aug. 22 Lauren Battung Women's Soccer