Celestine Mercer became the first female swimmer in school history to earn All-America honors, achieving the feat in both the 100-yard backstroke and 50-yard free.
 
A two-year team captain, Mercer also received the Honda Scholar-Athlete Award and Moulton Award. She currently holds the school record in the 50-yard free (24.53) and the 100-yard backstroke (58.29).
 
A four-year NCAA Academic All-American, Mercer graduated from Oberlin in 2002 with high honors in geology. She went on to win a number of research awards, such as the University of Oregon Staples Research Award and the Geology Society of America Lipman Research Award.
 
In 2009, Mercer was a visiting assistant professor of geology at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas.