The Grand Valley State men's swimming & diving team captured its eighth consecutive GLIAC Championship with a four-day team total of 973 points at the 2022 GLIAC Championships. The Lakers outdistanced second-place Wayne State (577) by 396 points. The Laker women finished third with 765 points, 81.5 points behind first-place finishing Northern Michigan (846.5). Grand Valley State dominated the individual awards following the championship. Andy Boyce was named the GLIAC Men's Coach of the Year, marking the ninth time he has earned the honor. Senior Keegan Hawkins was named the GLIAC Men's Swimmer of the Year, while senior Samantha Laurich was named the GLIAC Women's Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive year. Freshman Jon Kantzenbach was named the GLIAC Men's Freshman of the Year. GVSU won a combined  16 GLIAC event titles and hit 38 NCAA B cuts in event finals. 

The Lakers will next compete at the 2022 NCAA DII Swimming & Diving Championships March 9-12 in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
 
Sophomore Eric Hieber continued his dominance at the GLIAC Championships with his first-place finish in the 1650 free (15:26.31). In addition to hitting the NCAA B cut, the win marked the second consecutive year that Hieber swept the distance free events (500, 1000, 1650). Freshman Jon Kantzenbach hit the NCAA B cut and touched third (15:42.26), while sophomore Matthew Lane touched fourth (15:49.29) and hit the NCAA B cut. Senior Daniel Mullen finished 11^th (16:26.61). 
 
Freshman Matt Bosch hit the NCAA B cut and touched second in the 100 free (44.50), while freshman Austin Millard finished seventh (46.48) and fellow freshman Travis Black eighth (46.77). Freshman Aaron Dies hit the wall 10^th (45.96) and senior Cade Vruggink 14^th (46.53). 
 
Junior Roger Miret Sala tallied a third-place finish and hit the NCAA B cut in the 200 back (1:47.09), followed by freshmen Thomas Zoldowski in seventh (1:50.47) and Will Herwig in eighth (1:51.52O. 
 
Senior Keegan Hawkins finished second and hit the NCAA B cut in the 200 breast (1:59.99), while Lane was seventh (2:05.28), junior Evan Dies eighth (2:09.78) and junior Austin Cabel 14^th (2:08.20). 
 
The Lakers put the finishing touches on their eighth consecutive GLIAC title with an impressive NCAA B cut and the GLIAC title in the 400 free relay as Roger Miret Sala, Matt Bosch, Austin Millard and Oscar Saura-Armengol hit the wall in 2:57.11. 
 
Senior Samantha Laurich touched the wall first in the 200 breast (2:15.82), hitting the NCAA B cut and claiming her third individual GLIAC title in 2022. Junior Delaney Wihebrink also hit the NCAA B cut and finished second (2:16.34). Junior Dayna Borregard finished ninth (2:2629) and sophomore Veronica Lantz 16^th (2:34.75). 
 
Sophomore Sarah Puscas led an incredible contingent in the 1650 free when she touched first (17:19.23) and hit the NCAA B cut. Junior Bianca Licari finished second (17:25.23), senior Charlotte Brereton touched third (17:33.54) and freshman Kayley Gallagher touched fourth (17:41.49) to round out the 1-2-3-4 finish. Junior Erin Jacob added a ninth-place finish (17:56.69) as GVSU scored 77 team point in the event. 
 
Junior Rebecca Farber finished seventh in the 100 free (52.42), followed by Tina Winter in 13^th (53.15) and junior Claire Meeuwsen in 16^th (54.10). Samantha Weigel finished 6^th in the 200 back (2:06.42). 
 
Junior Gracyn Segard finished third on the 1-meter board with a score of 416.50, while freshman Maddie Kooistra finished sixth (384.05) and sophomore Jess McEachern finished eighth (374.65). Senior Nicole Carlson added a 10^th-place finish (367.25) and sophomore Carissa Wooley finished 11^th (355.05). 
 
The Lakers' 400 free relay team of Tina Winter, Bianca Licari, Kelly Peasley and Claire Meeuwsen finished 4^th in a time of 3:31.74.