547 Teams Named CSCAA Scholar All-America for Fall Semester

Boise State Swimming vs Denver, Photo by Allison Corona
Photo Courtesy: Allison Corona/Boise State Athletics

Five hundred and forty-seven swimming and diving teams representing 354 colleges and universities have been named College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Teams.  The awards are in recognition of teams’ that achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the 2015 Fall Semester. That is up 40 teams from the previous Fall Semester.

The announcement comes on the heels of last week’s NCAA Convention.  There, the topic of time demands on student-athletes was at the forefront.  In an era where many are calling for more limitations on athletic commitments how do swimmers and divers do it?

CSCAA Executive Director Joel Shinofield was effusive in his praise, “We really are fortunate to work with the best of the best.  In reality, some would argue that swimmers and divers have some of the most demanding practice schedules, but we find that in most cases their athletic drive and academic goals simply reinforce one another.”

“College swimming is a complete preparation for life, where our athletes see the results of goal-setting, perseverance and personal accountability,” said USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch. “These values that make swimmers successful in the pool are also what make them stand out in the classroom and become high achievers in their careers after college.” This is evident in that over 70% of collegiate swimming and diving teams reported that they have at least one alumnus working in the c-suite.

Over 70% of all Division I swimming and diving teams achieved GPA’s of 3.00 or higher including 21 Women’s and 19 Men’s teams in the current CSCAA/TYR Top 25.  Leading the way among Division I programs was Boise State University.

The Broncos collectively earned a 3.64, and that’s partially a reflection of the department.  Head Coach Jeremy Kipp explained, “The entire environment around the Boise State University athletic program has been about pushing every metric of student athlete performance.  From the beginning of the year, our captains – Karli Kriewall, Blake Balough and Sam Wicks – committed the team to a 3.5 GPA.  This Academic goal was set on day one, along with our swimming performance and community service goals.

Shinofield noted that the teams’ GPAs were especially impressive given the rigorous course load taken by most swimmers.   A recent survey of Division I programs showed that nearly one third of all male and over 40% of female swimmers and divers pursued degrees in the STEM fields.

At Boise State, that number is closer to 54% with eight engineering majors, eight biology majors, two more in nursing and one in geology.  When do these young women have time to be “normal” students?  Kipp explains, “Based on the goals that they set, our women were never interested in being normal.  Our women take pride in being ambitious and extraordinary because that is what it takes to be relevant on a national level.”

To be selected as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team, programs must have achieved a grade point average of 3.00 or higher over the fall semester.

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.

The CSCAA contributed this report.

 

Women’s Teams

Division I

3.14 Akron
3.61 Alabama
3.52 American
3.42 Arizona
3.22 Arizona State
3.56 Arkansas
3.16 Auburn
3.62 Ball State
3.24 Binghamton
3.64 Boise State
3.23 Boston College
3.39 Boston University
3.63 Bowling Green
3.29 Brigham Young
3.50 Brown
3.00 Bryant
3.41 Bucknell
3.23 Buffalo
3.49 Butler
3.21 Cal State Bakersfield
3.38 California
3.47 Campbell
3.52 Cincinnati
3.21 Clemson
3.23 Cleveland State
3.37 Colgate
3.28 Colorado State
3.34 Columbia
3.38 Connecticut
3.39 Cornell
3.50 Dartmouth
3.25 Davidson
3.57 Denver
3.55 Drexel
3.41 Duke
3.42 Duquesne
3.33 East Carolina
3.52 Eastern Illinois
3.17 Eastern Michigan
3.50 Evansville
3.32 Florida
3.11 Florida Atlantic
3.34 Florida Gulf Coast
3.32 Florida International
3.38 Fordham
3.34 Fresno State
3.48 Gardner-Webb
3.33 George Washington
3.42 Georgetown
3.17 Georgia
3.38 Georgia Southern
3.13 Georgia Tech
3.63 Grand Canyon
3.48 Harvard
3.27 Hawaii
3.26 Houston
3.35 Idaho
3.36 Illinois
3.39 Illinois State
3.22 Illinois-Chicago
3.53 Incarnate Word
3.32 Indiana
3.58 Iona
3.20 Iowa State
3.17 James Madison
3.56 Kentucky
3.48 La Salle
3.29 Lafayette
3.12 Lehigh
3.47 Liberty
3.46 Little Rock
3.19 LIU-Brooklyn
3.21 Louisiana State
3.46 Louisville
3.52 Loyola (MD)
3.38 Loyola Marymount
3.02 Manhattan
3.25 Marist
3.56 Marshall
3.37 Miami (FL)
3.33 Miami (OH)
3.40 Michigan
3.38 Michigan State
3.28 Minnesota
3.61 Missouri
3.08 Monmouth (NJ)
3.13 Mount St. Mary’s
3.58 Nebraska
3.38 Nevada
3.06 New Hampshire
3.28 New Mexico State
3.37 Niagara
3.06 North Carolina
3.30 North Carolina State
3.51 North Dakota
3.55 North Texas
3.18 Northeastern
3.31 Northern Colorado
3.41 Northern Iowa
3.41 Northwestern
3.53 Oakland
3.44 Ohio
3.29 Ohio State
3.24 Old Dominion
3.37 Penn
3.40 Penn State
3.28 Pepperdine
3.17 Pittsburgh
Pending Princeton
3.35 Providence
3.36 Purdue
3.14 Rhode Island
3.49 Rice
3.39 Richmond
3.23 Rider
3.28 Rutgers
3.32 Sacred Heart
3.16 Saint Francis (PA)
3.35 San Diego
3.31 San Jose State
3.55 Seattle
3.45 Siena
3.33 South Dakota
3.19 South Dakota State
3.23 Southern Cal
3.42 Southern Illinois
3.43 Southern Methodist
3.48 Stanford
3.34 Tennessee
3.29 Texas
3.16 Texas A&M
3.18 Towson
3.49 Tulane
3.15 UC-Davis
3.32 UCLA
3.14 UC-Santa Barbara
3.41 UMBC
3.28 UNC-Asheville
3.37 UNLV
3.21 Utah
3.21 Vermont
3.38 Villanova
3.34 Virginia Tech
3.62 Wagner
3.27 West Virginia
3.24 William & Mary
3.25 Wisconsin
3.50 Xavier
3.58 Yale

Division II

3.15 Assumption
3.33 Bentley
3.23 Cal Baptist
3.37 Cal State East Bay
3.62 Carson-Newman
3.34 Catawba
3.47 Clarion
3.30 Colorado Mesa
3.18 Colorado- Mines
3.24 Converse
3.16 Davis & Elkins
3.15 Edinboro
3.32 Findlay
3.59 Florida Southern
3.42 Florida Tech
3.21 Grand Valley
3.02 Henderson State
3.22 Hillsdale
3.35 Indianapolis
3.16 Kutztown
3.39 Lenoir-Rhyne
3.33 Lewis
3.41 Limestone
3.43 Lindenwood
3.75 LIU-Post
3.71 Lynn
3.63 Maryville
3.29 Minnesota-Mankato
3.08 Nebraska at Kearney
3.62 Northern State
3.03 Notre Dame (Ohio)
3.24 Nova Southeastern
3.52 Ouachita Baptist
3.32 Pace
3.46 Queens (NC)
3.11 Saginaw Valley State
3.48 Saint Cloud
3.48 Saint Leo
3.21 Saint Michael’s
3.30 Saint Rose
3.07 Shippensburg
3.26 Tampa
3.46 Truman State
3.00 UC-San Diego
3.57 Urbana
3.31 Wayne State
3.37 West Florida
3.37 Western State
3.34 Wheeling Jesuit
3.33 William Jewell

NAIA

3.26 Azusa Pacific
3.25 Brenau
3.19 Columbia College
3.20 Concoridia-Irvine
3.33 Cumberlands
3.28 Emmanuel
3.24 Lindenwood-Belleville
3.46 Lindsey Wilson
3.41 Olivet Nazarene
3.24 SCAD
3.43 Tabor
3.66 Union (KY)

NJCAA

3.41 Indian River
3.26 Southwestern Oregon

Division III

3.43 Albion
3.16 Alfred
3.10 Allegheny
3.24 Arcadia
3.10 Augsburg
3.27 Austin College
3.35 Baldwin-Wallace
3.47 Bard
3.46 Bates
3.69 Beloit
3.23 Berry
3.32 Brandeis
3.38 Calvin
3.34 Carleton
3.40 Carnegie Mellon
3.45 Carthage
3.49 Case Western
3.27 Catholic
3.54 Chapman
3.37 Chatham
3.51 Chicago
3.41 Clark University
3.38 C-M-S
3.62 Colorado College
3.66 Connecticut College
3.32 Denison
3.31 DePauw
3.29 Dickinson
3.32 Elms College
3.43 Emory & Henry
3.51 Emory University
3.22 Franklin
3.21 Franklin & Marshall
3.16 Gettysburg
3.24 Goucher
3.43 Grinnell
3.15 Grove City
3.44 Gustavus
3.45 Hamilton
3.05 Hartwick
3.23 Hendrix
3.43 Hiram
3.13 Hollins
3.32 Ithaca
3.07 John Carroll
3.34 Johns Hopkins
3.41 Kalamazoo
3.38 Keene State
3.56 Kenyon
3.50 Kings (PA)
3.53 Knox
3.27 La Verne
3.17 Lake Forest
3.42 Lawrence
3.36 Lewis and Clark
3.03 Loras
3.43 Luther
3.32 Lycoming
3.27 Macalester
3.10 Manchester
3.34 Mary Washington
3.45 MIT
3.61 McDaniel
3.53 Messiah
3.05 Minnesota-Morris
3.71 Mount Holyoke
3.55 Mount Union
3.41 Nazareth
3.58 Nebraska Wesleyan
3.48 New England
3.46 New York University
3.30 Oberlin
3.12 Oneonta State
3.55 Pacific Lutheran
3.20 Penn State-Behrend
3.38 Pomona-Pitzer
3.44 Principia
3.41 Redlands
3.28 Regis
3.27 Rhode Island College
3.67 Ripon
3.50 Rochester
3.34 Roger Williams
3.27 Rose-Hulman
3.34 RPI
3.37 Saint Benedict
3.05 Saint Joseph [CT]
3.30 Saint Olaf
3.40 Salisbury
3.49 Sarah Lawrence
3.46 Simmons
3.47 Simpson
3.64 Skidmore
3.61 Smith
3.24 Southwestern
3.52 Springfield
3.32 Staten Island
3.36 Stevens
3.23 SUNY-Geneseo
3.15 SUNY-New Paltz
3.25 SUNY-Oswego
3.41 Susquehanna
3.28 Swarthmore
3.51 Sweet Briar
3.03 Transylvania
3.40 Trinity (CT)
3.47 Trinity (TX)
3.43 Tufts
3.09 UMASS-Dartmouth
3.33 Union (NY)
3.36 Ursinus
3.51 UW-La Crosse
3.54 Vassar
3.42 Wash & Jefferson
3.42 Washington and Lee
3.40 Washington (MD)
3.49 WashU
3.44 Wellesley
3.47 Wesleyan
3.28 Western New England
3.21 Westfield State
3.21 Westminster
3.48 Whitman
3.35 Whittier
3.61 Widener
3.13 Willamette
3.24 William Paterson
3.02 Wittenberg
3.38 Wooster
3.17 York (Pa.)

 

Men’s Teams

Division I

3.38 Alabama
3.09 American
3.13 Arizona State
3.12 Auburn
3.17 Ball State
3.00 Binghamton
3.14 Boston College
3.27 Boston University
3.29 Brigham Young
3.39 Brown
3.14 Bryant
3.10 Buffalo
3.08 Cal State Bakersfield
3.14 Cincinnati
3.17 Colgate
3.32 Columbia
3.02 Cornell
3.25 Dartmouth
3.33 Davidson
3.38 Denver
3.17 Drexel
3.18 Duke
3.28 Eastern Illinois
3.23 Eastern Michigan
3.29 Evansville
3.00 Florida
3.11 Florida Atlantic
3.28 Fordham
3.38 Gardner-Webb
3.39 Georgetown
3.19 Georgia
3.15 Georgia Tech
3.34 Grand Canyon
3.47 Harvard
3.26 Hawaii
3.13 Illinois-Chicago
3.19 Incarnate Word
3.02 Indiana
3.07 Iowa
3.27 Kentucky
3.12 Lafayette
3.19 Lehigh
3.14 Louisiana State
3.07 Louisville
3.22 Loyola (MD)
3.04 Manhattan
3.07 Marist
3.30 Miami (OH)
3.23 Michigan
3.28 Michigan State
3.17 Minnesota
3.28 Missouri
3.41 Missouri State
3.02 Monmouth (NJ)
3.10 Niagara
3.15 North Carolina
3.18 North Carolina State
3.43 North Dakota
3.15 Northwestern
3.12 Notre Dame
3.36 Oakland
3.10 Ohio State
3.01 Old Dominion
3.36 Penn
3.00 Penn State
3.08 Pittsburgh
Pending Princeton
3.19 Providence
3.06 Purdue
3.25 Rider
3.12 Seattle
3.25 South Dakota State
3.04 Southern Cal
3.18 Southern Illinois
3.34 Southern Methodist
3.30 Stanford
3.10 Tennessee
3.04 Texas
3.10 UNLV
3.30 Villanova
3.08 Virginia Tech
3.03 Wisconsin
3.12 Xavier
3.43 Yale

 

Division II

3.15 Bentley
3.03 Cal Baptist
3.11 Carson-Newman
3.25 Catawba
3.39 Colorado – Mines
3.19 Davis & Elkins
3.02 Findlay
3.46 Florida Southern
3.13 Florida Tech
3.13 Grand Valley
3.35 Indianapolis
3.09 Lenoir-Rhyne
3.09 Lewis
3.48 Limestone
3.32 Lindenwood
3.15 Missouri S&T
3.31 Pace
3.20 Queens (NC)
3.42 Rollins
3.39 Saint Leo
3.07 Saint Michael’s
3.14 Tampa
3.18 Truman State
3.64 Urbana
3.00 Wheeling Jesuit
3.19 William Jewell

 

NJCAA – Men

3.02 Concoridia-Irvine
3.02 Cumberlands
3.31 Emmanuel
3.21 Lindenwood-Belleville
3.50 Lindsey Wilson
3.06 Morningside
3.39 SCAD
3.11 Tabor
3.16 Union (KY)

NJCAA – Men

3.13 Indian River
3.39 Southwestern Oregon

 

Division III

3.36 Albion
3.28 Alfred
3.04 Allegheny
3.55 Bard
3.27 Bates
3.39 Beloit
3.16 Brandeis
3.26 Calvin
3.30 Carleton
3.39 Carnegie Mellon
3.30 Carthage
3.21 Case Western
3.13 Catholic
3.15 Chapman
3.15 Chatham
3.31 Chicago
3.19 Clark University
3.27 C-M-S
3.19 Clark
3.63 Colorado College
3.35 Connecticut College
3.07 Denison
3.04 DePauw
3.28 Dickinson
3.17 Elms College
3.56 Emory University
3.11 Gettysburg
3.24 Grinnell
3.24 Gustavus
3.31 Hamilton
3.18 Hendrix
3.36 Hiram
3.12 Illinois Tech
3.10 Ithaca
3.09 John Carroll
3.38 Johns Hopkins
3.10 Kalamazoo
3.07 Keene State
3.40 Kenyon
3.16 Knox
3.24 La Verne
3.27 Lewis and Clark
3.01 Luther
3.37 Macalester
3.60 MIT
3.43 McDaniel
3.37 Mount Union
3.10 Nazareth
3.33 Nebraska Wesleyan
3.24 New York University
3.02 Oberlin
3.13 Pacific Lutheran
3.45 Pomona & Pitzer
3.60 Principia
3.38 Regis
3.30 Rochester
3.37 Rose-Hulman
3.03 RPI
3.03 Saint Olaf
3.22 Sarah Lawrence
3.15 Simpson
3.12 Southwestern
3.27 Springfield
3.10 Staten Island
3.13 Stevens
3.17 SUNY-Geneseo
3.31 Swarthmore
3.13 Transylvania
3.09 Trinity (CT)
3.23 Tufts
3.11 Union (NY)
3.05 Ursinus
3.41 Vassar
3.17 Wabash
3.28 Washington & Lee
3.19 Washington (MD)
3.39 WashU
3.32 Wesleyan
3.06 Westminster
3.37 Whitman
3.00 Whittier
3.18 Whitworth
3.29 Wilkes
3.03 Willamette
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Lauren Elizabeth Wheeler

Proud to have my team on this list for the first time in my college career (I’m a senior now). So proud of my girls ❤️? #ROONATION

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