Lycoming College

A two-time MAC Champion and four-time conference runner-up, Callan Jordan left a legacy as perhaps the best backstroker in the history of the men's swimming program.
 
The sixth Warrior to win a MAC Championship in multiple events, he was the MAC Champion in the 200-yard backstroke in 2019 (1:52.44) and 100-yard backstroke in 2018 (51.38).
 
A Hurley, N.Y., native that went to the Western Academy of Beijing for high school, Jordan was also a four-time MAC runner-up – twice in the 100-yard backstroke (2017, '19) and once in the 200-yard medley relay (2016) and 400-yard medley relay (2016).
 
It looked like he was going to be a five-time runner-up in 2018, as he made the turn in third place in the 100-yard backstroke, but overtook both the swimmer ahead of him in the final 25 yards thanks to a strong kick off the turn, as his 26.13 return split was more than a second better than anyone else in the field.
 
His 2019 title in the 200-yard backstroke came in the opposite fashion, as he held more than a second lead through 150 yards before an Albright swimmer mounted a comeback effort, coming within an arm's length of Jordan before Jordan pulled away in the final 15 yards to win by .54 seconds.
 
He set the school record in the 100-yard backstroke for the fourth and final time of his career in the prelims at the MAC Championships with a swim of 50.95 in 2019 and finished his career as the school's record-holder in three events - 100- and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.44) and as a member of the 2017 400-yard medley relay team (3:31.22).
 
He earned 13 All-MAC honors in career (Four-times in the 100-yard backstroke, 2^nd Team, 2019; 1^st Team, 2018; 1^st Team, 2017; 2^nd Team, 2016; two-times in 200-yard backstroke, 1^st Team, 2019; 2^nd Team, 2017; two-times in 200-yard medley relay, 1^st Team, 2016; HM, 2017; two-times in the 400-medley relay, First Team, 2016; HM, 2017; one time in the 400-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2017; one time in the 200-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2016; and one time in the 800-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2016). Jordan was also a two-time Academic All-MAC selection and a two-time MAC Academic Honor Roll selection as a history and political science major.
 
After graduating from Lycoming in 2019, he joined the US Navy as a diver. He is currently stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. In addition to swimming at the Portsmouth YMCA a few times a week, he has also become interested in trail running.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate Director of Athletics