Swimmers to Compete in The American Next Season
5/4/2022 10:23:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Joining as an affiliate member
The Rice women's swimming team will join with Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, and UAB and compete in the American Athletic Conference as affiliate members for the 2022-23 season. American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco announced on Thursday the addition of affiliate member institutions to the conference in women's swimming and diving as well as men's soccer effective July 1, 2022.
"We are pleased to be able to welcome our affiliate members for the 2022-23 season," said Aresco. "The addition of these outstanding teams will immediately strengthen our conference in men's soccer and women's swimming and diving. This will allow us to have one of the most competitive men's soccer conferences in the nation, while providing a more competitive and memorable championship experience in women's swimming and diving. I would like to thank Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod for her collaboration on this process that has led to a positive outcome for these student-athletes."
"We look forward to beginning a new era for Rice University in the American Athletic Conference," Rice head coach Seth Huston said. "This will create one of the most competitive swimming and diving conferences in NCAA Division I."
Conference USA helped facilitate this movement when the number of conference members sponsoring men's soccer and women's swimming and diving decreased. C-USA worked collaboratively and proactively with the AAC with the primary goal of benefitting all student-athletes involved in order to maintain their high quality experiences.
The American sponsors women's swimming and diving as a championship-only sport, meaning that the conference does not administer a regular-season schedule. With the addition of the affiliate members, nine teams will compete for The American title at the 2023 Women's Swimming and Diving Championship.
"We are pleased to be able to welcome our affiliate members for the 2022-23 season," said Aresco. "The addition of these outstanding teams will immediately strengthen our conference in men's soccer and women's swimming and diving. This will allow us to have one of the most competitive men's soccer conferences in the nation, while providing a more competitive and memorable championship experience in women's swimming and diving. I would like to thank Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod for her collaboration on this process that has led to a positive outcome for these student-athletes."
"We look forward to beginning a new era for Rice University in the American Athletic Conference," Rice head coach Seth Huston said. "This will create one of the most competitive swimming and diving conferences in NCAA Division I."
Conference USA helped facilitate this movement when the number of conference members sponsoring men's soccer and women's swimming and diving decreased. C-USA worked collaboratively and proactively with the AAC with the primary goal of benefitting all student-athletes involved in order to maintain their high quality experiences.
The American sponsors women's swimming and diving as a championship-only sport, meaning that the conference does not administer a regular-season schedule. With the addition of the affiliate members, nine teams will compete for The American title at the 2023 Women's Swimming and Diving Championship.
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