Former WSU Student-Athlete to Swim Lake Michigan

Release courtesy of Jeff Weiss, Asstant Athletic Director for Media Relations, Wayne State University

DETROIT -- Former Wayne State University swimmer Ashley St. Andrew was featured in a recent television interview.

St. Andrew plans to embark on a swim from Two Rivers, Wisc. to Ludington (Mich.) State Park, a 50-mile stretch across the mid-section of Lake Michigan.

The event is scheduled for the second week of August.

If she is able to battle the elements of the beautiful, yet treacherous water, St. Andrew will become the first female to ever swim across the lake's mid-section and the first American female to swim the lake at any point.

"Ashley's Swim for Cancer" is raising money for the Saint Mary's Doran Foundation -- in connection with The Lacks Cancer Center at Saint Mary's Health Care in Grand Rapids.

St. Andrew is a Jenison High School graduate and currently attends Wayne State University.