{"id":19132,"date":"2008-10-08T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T17:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/colorado-college-mount-holyoke-top-div-iii-cscaa-academic-success-rankings\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:10:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:10:22","slug":"colorado-college-mount-holyoke-top-div-iii-cscaa-academic-success-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/colorado-college-mount-holyoke-top-div-iii-cscaa-academic-success-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado College, Mount Holyoke Top Div. III CSCAA Academic Success Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, October 8. SOME 115 Division III college swimming and diving teams \u2013 70 women&#39;s teams and 45 men&#39;s &#8212; were honored for academic success for the Spring 2008 semester, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced today.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are absolutely delighted with the performance of our Division III student-athletes,&quot; commented Coach Sean Tedesco of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy. &quot;It is especially gratifying when you consider that we raised the minimum academic performance threshold this year from 2.80 to 3.00.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Mount Holyoke College, an all-women&#39;s school in Massachusetts, coached by David Allen, topped the women&#39;s rankings with a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.590. Close behind were Olivet (3.574) and NYU (3.540).  In all, six women&#39;s teams posted GPA&#39;s over 3.500.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado College, coached by former CSCAA president Ann Goodman James, topped the men&#39;s ranking with a 3.508 GPA, just edging Washington &#038; Lee, coached by present CSCAA secretary, Joel Shinofield, at 3.480.  Ohio Wesleyan was third at 3.400.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado College also led the combined women&#39;s and men&#39;s rankings with a score of 3.474, just ahead of NYU (3.450) and Washington &#038; Lee (3.444).  The top ten combined teams are listed immediately below.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 85 Division III student-athletes \u2013 43 women and 42 men \u2013 met the stringent academic and athletic requirements \u2013 a GPA of 3.500 or better and qualifying for the NCAA championships \u2013 to earn individual honors.  Eight women and six men had perfect 4.00 grade point averages.<\/p>\n<p><i>Special thanks to the CSCAA for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=http:\/\/65.110.72.225\/SPIPDF\/100808cscaadiiiacad.pdf target=_blank>here<\/a> for complete listing of Division III teams and individual honored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, October 8. 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