NORFOLK, Va. - 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, as Carson-Newman collected honors on both the men's and women's sides.
The 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.
Success in the classroom and pool went hand-in-hand. On 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. Nine teams finished among the top ten nationally in both team GPA and at their respective national championships.
These included:
* Carson-Newman Women NCAA Finish: 9th place / GPA Ranking: 8th
* Stanford Women - NCAA Division I title and 4th-highest GPA
* Queens University of Charlotte Women - NCAA Division II title and 4th highest GPA
* Stanford Men - NCAA Finish: 7th / GPA Ranking: 4th
* Louisville Women - NCAA Finish: 5th place / GPA Ranking: 7th
* MIT Men NCAA Finish: 5th / GPA Ranking: 6th
* MIT Women NCAA Finish: 6th / GPA Ranking: 7th
* Pomona Pitzer Men NCAA Finish: 8th / GPA Ranking: 4th
* Pomona Pitzer Women NCAA Finish: 9th / GPA Ranking: 9th
The Carson-Newman men's team held the fourth-highest GPA among Division II teams with a 3.44 grade-point-average while the women's GPA ranking held the number nine spot with a 3.63 GPA. It marks the third-straight year each program has achieved the award from the CSCAA.
The Sioux Falls women (3.80) and Adelphi Men (3.64) led all Division II programs. Below is a full list of the teams named to CSCAA All-America.
Division II Men
3.64 Adelphi
3.26 Ashland
3.37 Bentley
3.41 Biola
3.18 Cal Baptist
3.54 Carson-Newman
3.20 Clarion
3.04 Colorado Mesa
3.12 Concordia-Irvine
3.15 Davis & Elkins
3.01 Delta State
3.08 Emmanuel
3.20 Findlay
3.35 Florida Southern
3.29 Florida Tech
3.24 Gannon
3.02 Grand Valley
3.35 Indianapolis
3.27 Lewis
3.44 Lindenwood
3.26 Mars Hill
3.49 Maryville
3.18 McKendree
3.40 Mines
3.28 Missouri S&T
3.30 Missouri-Saint Louis
3.35 Northern Michigan
3.12 Nova Southeastern
3.11 Ouachita Baptist
3.56 Pace
3.17 Queens Univ of Charlotte
3.41 Rollins
3.01 Saginaw Valley State
3.11 Saint Cloud State
3.57 Saint Michael's
3.26 Shippensburg
3.09 Simon Fraser
3.21 Tampa
3.14 Tiffin
3.21 Truman State
3.34 Wayne State
3.12 West Chester
3.45 WV Wesleyan
3.16 William Jewell
3.19 Wingate
Division II Women
3.60 Adelphi
3.32 Ashland
3.38 Assumption
3.34 Azusa Pacific
3.35 Barton
3.39 Bentley
3.42 Biola
3.25 Bridgeport
3.47 Cal Baptist
3.38 Cal State East Bay
3.20 Cal U (PA)
3.63 Carson-Newman
3.61 Chowan University
3.59 Clarion
3.35 Colorado Mesa
3.38 Concordia-Irvine
3.21 Converse
3.12 Davis & Elkins
3.52 Delta State
3.39 Drury
3.49 East Stroudsburg
3.71 Emmanuel
3.46 Fairmont State
3.60 Findlay
3.49 Florida Southern
3.60 Florida Tech
3.20 Fresno Pacific
3.54 Gannon
3.27 Grand Valley
3.16 Henderson State
3.37 Hillsdale
3.21 Indiana (PA)
3.46 Indianapolis
3.12 Kutztown
3.42 Lenoir-Rhyne
3.35 Lewis
3.60 Lindenwood
3.61 Lynn
3.17 Mars Hill
3.31 Mary
3.75 Maryville
3.65 McKendree
3.25 Mines
3.47 Minnesota State
3.56 Minnesota-Moorhead
3.45 Missouri-Saint Louis
3.36 Northern Michigan
3.56 Northern State
3.30 Nova Southeastern
3.55 Ouachita Baptist
3.77 Pace
3.74 Queens Univ of Charlotte
3.55 Rollins
3.49 Saginaw Valley State
3.58 Saint Cloud State
3.32 Saint Leo
3.58 Saint Michael's
3.38 Saint Rose
3.35 Shippensburg
3.23 Simon Fraser
3.80 Sioux Falls
3.25 Southern Connecticut
3.36 Tampa
3.12 Tiffin
3.71 Truman State
3.08 UC San Diego
3.41 Wayne State
3.57 West Chester
3.40 West Florida
3.48 WV Wesleyan
3.38 Western State
3.61 William Jewell
3.56 Wingate
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