2010-11: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Received his second consecutive NCAA Elite 88 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 88 championships … earned three All-America honors (one First Team, two Honorable Mention) … swam the third leg of the sixth-place 400 medley relay (3:18.19) … finished 14th in the 200 butterfly (1:50.85) and 16th in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.13) … placed 18th in the 100 breaststroke (56.71) and 21st in the 100 butterfly (49.78).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Swam the butterfly portion of the second-place 400 medley relay (3:20.21) … finished sixth in both the 100 butterfly (50.11) and the 100 breaststroke (57.63) … came in seventh in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.37).
SEASON: Received a Winter 2011 Meijer Commissioner’s Award ... voted to the CoSIDA/
Capital One Academic All-America At-Large First Team … voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-Distrct Men's At-Large First Team ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... voted GLIAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (for all sports) ... 2010-11 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ... selected WSU Deans' Award winner for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
2009-10: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Collected four individual Honorable Mention All-America accolades and was part of two First Team relays … finished 10th in the 200 butterfly (1:51.22), 14th in both the 100 fly (50.47) and 200 breaststroke (2:05.25), and 15th in the 100 breaststroke (57.67) … swam the third leg of the 800 free relay, which tied for fourth (6:43.89), and the 400 medley relay, which placed seventh (3:20.36) … received the NCAA Elite 88 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 88 championships.
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Came in second in the 200 butterfly (1:50.52), third in the 100 breaststroke (57.41) and sixth in the 100 fly (50.91) … swam the third leg of the first-place 800 free relay which broke the pool record (6:45.77).
SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team … voted to the CoSIDA/
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Second Team … selected to the CoSIDA/
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV At-Large First Team … posted top times in the 400 individual medley (4:25.61) Oct. 23 at the Indianapolis four-way meet and in the 200 IM (1:54.60) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational.
2008-09: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned two First Team All-America honors after finishing fourth in the 200 butterfly (1:49.27) and sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:02.56) ... took Honorable Mention accolades with a 16th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (57.09) ... placed 28th in the 200 individual medley (1:53.05).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Won the conference title in the 200 breaststroke (2:05.22) ... swam the second leg of the first-place 400 medley relay, which set school and GLIAC records ... finished second in the 100 breaststroke (57.24) and sixth in the 200 IM (1:54.09).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Academie Ste. Cecile ... was on the honor roll all four years and received awards for excellence in calculus, geography, biology, chemistry, physical education, and philosophy ... was a member of the Windsor Essex Swim Team ... set over 42 WEST records since 2003 ... helped the club finish ninth at the 2008 Ontario Provisional Division I Championships, its best performance in history ... competed at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal, swimming the 100 breaststroke (36th; 1:07.38), 200 breaststroke (42nd; 2:29.41), 200 IM (43rd; 2:13.68), and 100 fly (76th; 59.32).
Personal: Full name--Matthew J. Laschuk ... born in Windsor, Ontario ... son of Bodhan and Maria Laschuk ... has two brothers, Michael and Mark ... is a chemistry/pre-med major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2008 (4.00), Winter 2009 (4.00), Fall 2009, Winter 2010 (4.00), Fall 2010 (4.00) and Winter 2011 (4.00).
