KINGS POINT, NY – Maritime College's Matt Klimek (Malverne, NY) is the 2026 recipient of the Skyline Conference's Elite 19 Award for men's swimming & diving.  Modeled off the NCAA's Elite Scholar-Athlete Award, the Elite 19 Award is the conference's premier academic honor.  It goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average competing at the Skyline Championships in each of the conference's 19 sports.

A sophomore Electrical Engineering major, Klimek boasts a GPA of 3.9589.  At the Skyline Championships, he was named Second Team All-Skyline in four different events (200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay) while helping the Privateers finish second in the team standings.

On Saturday, Maritime returns to Merchant Marine's Sue Petersen Lubow Pool for the USMMA Memorial Invitational.  The first event gets underway at 11 a.m.