Swimming and Diving Names Team Captains

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers swimming and diving has introduced its 4 group captains. Katerina Hoffman, Ellie Schinsky, Chiara Alberti and Ana Hazlehurst would be the squad’s captains heading into subsequent season.

Schinsky returns for her second straight season as a group captain as a fifth-year senior. Competing within the backstroke and butterfly, the Windham, Maine native, two instances on Rutgers’ all-time prime ten listing. She posted a 1:59:69 within the 200 fly on the 2024 Minnesota Invite (seventh all-time), and swam a 54.19 within the 100 fly, the ninth quickest time in program historical past. A Communication and Public Health main, she was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National Honor Society for student-athletes, and was named Academic All-Big Ten.

Hoffman was named the group’s Diver of the Year and Galbraith Award winner final season after excelling on the boards for the Scarlet Knights as a sophomore. She was a Second Team All-American on 3-Meter, the place she positioned 14th on the NCAA Championships. She additionally gained the 1M and 3M on the NCAA Zone A Championships to earn her place at NCAAs. At the Big Ten Championships, Hoffman reached the rostrum with finals appearances in 3M (seventh) and 1M (eighth) whereas reaching comfort finals on the Platform and holds top-10 marks in program historical past on all three boards.

Hazlehurst was the group’s Newcomer of the Year after making an instantaneous affect on the group after becoming a member of RU for her sophomore season in 2025-26 following a switch from Indiana University. Named a Big Ten Preseason Swimmer to Watch, the native of Lutherville Timonium in Maryland excelled within the pool. Hazlehurst made three finals appearances on the Big Ten Championships, reaching the B Finals within the 400 IM and the C Final within the 200 IM and the 200 Butterfly. Her time of 1:59:33 within the 200 IM was the second quickest swim within the occasion in program historical past, whereas she additionally touched the wall with a time of 4:13:88 within the 400 IM that was the third quickest time in program historical past. 

Alberti enters her fourth collegiate swimming season and her second as a Scarlet Knight after competing for Georgia Southern in her first two seasons, the place she was a All-Sun Belt choice. Majoring in Physics, the Italian competed for RU final season in Freestyle and the medley relays.