Hartwick College Athletics

2019-2020: Selected to Empire 8 Spring 2020 President’s List … True Blue Award winner ... Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction ... had 101.5 dual-meet and 187.5 total points this season … picked up 92 points at Allegheny Empire Championship … at conference championships, was 12^th in 50 and 100 free, 14^th in 200 free … part of Second Team All-Conference efforts in 200 free and 800 free relays ...had two first-place, two second-place, and 15 third-place finishes throughout the season … was part of eight relay wins and eight second-place relay finishes this season. 

2018-2019: Had 77.5 dual meet points and 114.5 total points this season ...added 14.5 points at the Empire 8 Championships, where he was part of a third-place finish in the 200 free relay and also competed in the 50 free, 200 free, and 400 medley relay … had one individual second-place finish, a team-high-tying 12 relay wins, and six more second-place relay finishes … entered the program’s all-time top ten in the 200 medley relay as the anchor of a 3:30.25 effort, good for ninth-best ever … winner of Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction.  

2017-2018: Received Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction ... registered 109.25 points on the season … recorded 74.25 points in dual meets … another 24 points the Empire 8 Conference Championships … finished second in three individual races … combined for five relay wins … combined to finish third in the 200 free relay at the E8 Championships.

2016-2017: Selected to Empire 8 Spring 2017 President's List ... competed in the 50 free (23.45) at the Sixth Annual Ithaca College Bomber Invite … competed in the 200 free earning the time of 1:58.85.

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Honeoye Halls-Lima … lettered two years for the Cougars … lettered in tennis for one year … a member of the National Honor Society … received a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation … 2015 Monroe All-County Second Team … 2016 Monroe All-County First Team … set school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:15.80 … team won section title in 2016 … State Consolation Finalist (12^th place) … played club soccer for seven years … a member of the Venture Crew Outing Group for four years … a member of the Wind Ensemble/Select Band for two years … a member of the Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougar Brother/Sister program for four years … a band member for two years … played ultimate frisbee for a year.
 
Personal: Likes biking, hiking, running, skiing, ultimate frisbee, backpacking, canoeing, and rock climbing … favorite athlete is Michael Phelps … favorite sports team is Barcelona Futbol … favorite movie is Gladiator … favorite musical band is The Who … performed community service with the University of Rochester Medical Center, First Presbyterian Church of Honeoye Falls, Tour de Cure for Diabetes and Rock Ventures … son of Cynthia Doane and Keith Skelton … Biology major at Hartwick College.
 
Why Hartwick? “Because of its size, reputation, and educational opportunities.”