Fontbonne senior earns swim scholarship to Iona
After receiving congratulations from Fontbonne’s athletic director, senior Meeya Yan also received unexpected well wishes from 2016 Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps on a Nov. 5 Twitter posting which read, “Congrats to Meeya Yan on committing to Iona and making the swim team. Good luck in the MACC Conference.”
Swimming since the age of four and competitively since the fourth grade, last month Yan finally got the news thatshe had long hoped for – an offer to swim on scholarship for a Division I College. A week after visiting the New Rochelle campus in October to attend a weekend competition and to meet the Gaels’ coach, Yan received anoffer to join the team on scholarship.
“Iona is going to be the perfect place for me,” said the 17-year-old Bay Ridge resident. “It’s far enough away where I can dorm and still be close enough to home. Plus I get to join my good travel team friend Molly Finn from Xaverian,who’s a freshman on the swim team.”