{"id":314889,"date":"2018-06-19T06:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=314889"},"modified":"2018-06-19T06:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:54:05","slug":"710-teams-earn-cscaa-scholar-all-america-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/710-teams-earn-cscaa-scholar-all-america-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"710 Teams Earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 15, 2018 – Norfolk, VA –<\/strong> The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named 710 teams to its Scholar All-America list for the Spring 2018 Semester. \u00a0The teams represent 476 institutions from across all NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions. The CSCAA recognizes teams with the Scholar All-America Award for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.<\/p>\n

Among teams with a dozen or more student-athletes, on the women’s side Saint Francis (PA) led the nation with a 3.81 GPA. \u00a0Grand Canyon University posted a 3.66 for the highest GPA among men’s programs with a dozen or more participants.\u00a0 It is the third time the Antelope men have led Division I. The Sioux Falls women (3.80) and Adelphi Men (3.64) led all Division II programs. \u00a0Conn College’s women’s team (3.77) and Caltech’s men (3.63) led Division III programs with twelve or more participants.<\/p>\n

We are very proud of our student-athletes. From day one, we talk to our teams about how important it is for us to provide value in return for the university’s investment in us.\u00a0 That means performing well in the classroom, the pool, and in service to the campus and the community.\u00a0 All the credit goes to the hard work of both our student-athletes and our dedicated academic support staff. – Steve Schaffer<\/strong>, Head Coach, Grand Canyon University<\/p>\n

This is a great honor for our team. We have developed a culture at Saint Francis that allows our student-athletes to succeed. Our athletes are products of great parenting and have been instilled with strong values and work ethics. This award is the culmination of our athletes’ desire to succeed in the classroom and the support they receive from the Saint Francis faculty members and our Student-Athlete Development Staff led by our academic advisor, Jaime Lipski<\/strong>.” – Rory Coleman<\/strong>, Head Coach, Saint Francis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Success in the classroom and pool went hand-in-hand. \u00a0On average, twenty-three of the top twenty-five top finishers in each of the NCAA Championships earned the award, with every NCAA title-winning team in all three divisions posting a GPA of 3.17 or higher. \u00a0Nine teams finished among the top ten nationally in both team GPA and at their respective national championships.<\/p>\n

These included:<\/p>\n