Goucher Bestows Highest Athletic Honor of LaGue
TOWSON, Md. - A swimsuit worn by Stephanie LaGue, one of the most decorated student-athletes in the history of Goucher's intercollegiate athletics program, was retired during a formal ceremony at halftime of tonight's men's basketball game against Juniata in the Sports & Recreation Center.
Goucher Bestows Highest Athletic Honor on LaGue
Decorated Swimmer's Suit Joins Nine Retired Jerseys on DisplayJan. 26, 2008
TOWSON, Md. - A swimsuit worn by Stephanie LaGue, one of the most decorated student-athletes in the history of Goucher's intercollegiate athletics program, was retired during a formal ceremony at halftime of tonight's men's basketball game against Juniata in the Sports & Recreation Center.
The retirement of a jersey is the highest athletic honor Goucher can bestow on an individual.
LaGue was a four-time letterwinner (2002-05) on the women's swimming team who was selected as her sport's Rookie of the Year in the Capital Athletic Conference in 2002. The following year - and again in 2005 - she was chosen as the CAC Female Swimmer of the Year in balloting by head coaches through the conference.
LaGue was a four-time conference champion in the 200-yard individual medley and captured a total of seven CAC titles during her four seasons with the Gophers. She became the Goucher women's swimming program's first Division III All-American in more than a decade when she placed sixth overall in the 100-yard backstroke at the 2005 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming & Diving Championships in Holland, Mich.
To this day, LaGue still holds the school records in the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM - and her name is still associated with the fastest times in program history in four relay events.
Just before she graduated from Goucher in May 2005, LaGue was named the recipient of a post-graduate scholarship awarded by the Maryland Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. In August of that year, it was announced that she was Maryland's representative for 2005 NCAA Woman of the Year, which recognizes outstanding female student-athletes from each of the 50 states who have excelled in academics, athletics and community leadership. She was one of only six state winners to come from a Division III institution.
LaGue's retired swimsuit will be added to the nine jerseys that were previously retired and are permanently displayed in the SRC lobby.