Milestones In Motion:
From The Paint To The Pool

Kaitlyn Boggs ’26: Shooting to Greatness

Entering the 2025-26 season, Washington’s women’s basketball program, begun in 1993, had seen only nine players reach the 1,000-career-point mark, something only around 3% of Division III Women’s Basketball players have achieved.

There was one Shorewoman this year who just might join the illustrious few. Kaitlyn Boggs ’26 had ended her junior season with 715 total points, averaging 9.05 points per game during her first three seasons. Could she make 1,000 by the end of her final season?

“After my junior season, I realized 1,000 points was something that was more obtainable, although it was never a main goal of mine,” says Boggs. “Coming into my senior year, I just wanted to do my best to help my team succeed and make the playoffs!”

The Shorewomen had 25 games scheduled for the season, meaning Boggs would have to average 11.4 points per game to reach the 1,000-point mark. She averaged 13.81 points in the first 11 games of the season and was on track, but then there was a two-week break for the holiday period. Could Boggs keep up her scoring pace into the new year?

The answer came on January 7 in the first game of 2026. The Shorewomen were back in action against conference rival Gettysburg. Boggs scored 18 points and moved closer to her 1,000-point milestone. 

Although she could have reached the milestone in any gym, everyone following her wanted Boggs to earn it at home. Before the home game against Bryn Mawr, Boggs had accumulated 973 total career points, meaning she would have to score 27 points to reach her target. This was not impossible; her record points in a single game sat at 33 from the previous year, but it was a higher total than she’d achieved in any other game this season. 

On January 31, against Bryn Mawr, history was made. Boggs scored exactly the magical 27 points in the Shorewomen’s win in front of her home crowd to take her to 1,000 career points!

“I would not be able to do any of this without my teammates. They are always looking for me in the paint, and it would have been impossible without their support,” she said. “They all really wanted it to happen at home, and it was really nice to have my friends and family there.”

Boggs notched her name in the history books of Washington College Women’s Basketball, not only becoming the 10th player in program history to earn 1,000 points but also sliding into third place on the all-time scoring list with 1,138 career points. 

“I want to thank all of my teammates, from freshman year to now. My teammates expect a lot from me and are always very supportive,” Boggs said. “I want to thank my family for always supporting me. I also want to thank my coaches for pushing me to be the best player I can be. I am so lucky to have them as coaches and role models.”

Nathan Rawa ’27: Making a Splash

Nathan Rawa ’27 has had an impressive time in the pool since arriving at Washington College. At his first Centennial Conference Championships in 2024, Rawa was part of the 400-medley relay team that set a school record and earned a fourth-place finish against conference teams with a time of 3:22.96. Rawa was also the team’s fastest swimmer in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke that year.

Rawa’s second year was no different. He was the team’s fastest swimmer in the 50 freestyle; 100 freestyle, setting a school record of 46.36; 100 backstroke, setting a school record of 50.34; 100 butterfly, setting a school record of 49.67; and 200 backstroke. Not only did he set three school records, but Rawa also won bronze in the 100 backstroke at the Conference Championships and came in fifth in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 200 backstroke. 

In the second meet of the 2025-26 season at Dickinson College, Rawa captured his first program record of the year. He set the new program time for the 100 individual medley at 52.93. Three weeks later, he added two more program records at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational. He broke a nine-year-old record set by Cody Weiler ’18 in the 50 free with a time of 20.81, which he swam in the preliminary heats. In the finals, Rawa broke that record, setting a new program mark of 20.80. At the same meet, he set the new program record for the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.14, beating his own record set the year prior. 

“It’s cool to break a record because that means you’re improving and that the work you’re putting in is effective,” Rawa said.

The swimming program’s season officially starts in October, but preparations for the new season begin almost immediately after the last season ends.

“I try to attack every meet the same way, regardless of the opponent, location, and even how ‘important’ people view it,” Rawa said. “I train all offseason and throughout the season for [the Centennial Conference Championship Meet] specifically. I wake up at 5 a.m. four days a week over the summer to lift and swim, and then five days a week at 5:30 during the season for practice. For a championship competition, though, it’s just as important to be prepared mentally as it is physically.”

Rawa ended the year setting three school records at the Championship Meet, first in the 50 free with a time of 20.44, which earned him a co-bronze medal. The second was in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.08, and the third in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.90, which he would break later in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 45.68.

Rawa is not done yet and has his sights set on making the NCAA Championships next year.

“We return a strong group of guys next year, and I believe we are set up to have a successful season,” Rawa said. “I’m looking forward to a strong finish to my swimming career.”

—Courtney Hardy