AUSTIN, TX – Johns Hopkins women's swimming sophomore Mikayla Bisignani has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America At-Large First Team, selected by CoSIDA. She is the 10th women's swimmer in school history to earn the honor and the first to do so as a sophomore.
 
Bisignani is just the sixth sophomore in Johns Hopkins history to earn Academic All-America honors and is the first female to do so. In addition, she is just the second sophomore in school history to earn First Team Academic All-America honors.
 
To be nominated for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average and be a starter or significant reserve. The Women's At-Large Team consists of athletes from the following sports: beach volleyball, bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.
 
Bisignani is majoring in molecular and cellular biology and psychology and boasts a 4.00 cumulative GPA. A two-time qualifier for the NCAA Swimming Championships, she received the NCAA Elite 90 Award at this year's championship. She finished in fourth place in the 200 Free Relay in 2019 to earn First Team All-America honors. Bisignani is also a member of the Blue Jay outdoor track and field team. She is a two-time Centennial Conference Champion in the discus and qualified for the NCAAs in the event. She placed 13^th at the NCAA Championships and helped the Blue Jays to a program best third-place finish.
 
Bisignani is a research assistant in the Laboratory for Child Development at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Two summers ago, she was a technical intern at Latrobe Hospital and has spent the past 18 months conducting an independent project in the Protein Engineering and Biochemistry Lab at JHU. In addition, Bisignani is a volunteer caregiver for a patient with MS and volunteers in the ER at Mercy Medical Center.  She is also a Hop Help Tutor and Academic Support Tutor as well as a Student-Athlete Mentor. She is a member of the JHU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as well as the social media co-chair of the Pre-Health Student Advisory Board. Bisignani also works in the Athletic Center front office and is a member of the Game Operations staff.