The NCAA News - News and Features

April 14, 1997

Men's, women's swimming teams receive all-academic honors

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has announced the teams that achieved all-academic honors for the 1996 fall semester.

To qualify for honors, a team must have a combined grade-point average of at least 2.800 (4.000 scale) during the fall semester. The CSCAA recognizes a grade-point average of 2.800 or higher as commendable, 3.000 or higher as excellent and 3.250 or higher as superior.

In all, 189 teams were honored. Emory's men's team posted the highest GPA (3.430) of any team in any division. Twenty-six additional teams achieved the CSCAA's superior rating.

The following teams received all-academic honors and posted the listed overall GPAs, according to the CSCAA:

Division I men

Rice, 3.260; Dartmouth, 3.200; South Carolina, 3.169; Yale, 3.133; Bradley, 3.130; California, 3.100; Bowling Green, 3.080; Villanova, 3.080; Miami (Florida), 3.050; UNLV, 3.050; Michigan State, 3.038; Niagara, 3.020; Duquesne, 3.010; Minnesota, 3.010; Georgetown, 3.009; Brigham Young, 3.000; Southern Illinois, 3.000; Iowa, 2.990; Buffalo, 2.980; Northeastern Illinois, 2.980; Davidson, 2.970; William and Mary, 2.950; Arizona State, 2.940; Richmond, 2.930; Texas Christian, 2.930; Notre Dame, 2.921; Air Force, 2.910; Ohio State, 2.910; Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2.900; Texas A&M, 2.895; Bucknell, 2.890; Alabama, 2.887; North Carolina State, 2.875; North Carolina-Wilmington, 2.870; Valparaiso, 2.868; North Carolina, 2.860; Eastern Michigan, 2.830; Hawaii, 2.810; Penn State, 2.810; Providence, 2.810.

Division I women

Penn State, 3.340; Duquesne, 3.330; Georgetown, 3.327; Wisconsin-Green Bay, 3.300; UNLV, 3.280; Yale, 3.255; Villanova, 3.230; Valparaiso, 3.209; Bradley, 3.200; Northern Illinois, 3.180; Washington State, 3.180; Buffalo, 3.170; Southern Illinois, 3.158; California, 3.150; La Salle, 3.150; Alabama, 3.145; Charleston (South Carolina), 3.144; Fresno State, 3.140; Iowa State, 3.140; Ball State, 3.131; Ohio State, 3.130; Rice, 3.120; Rider, 3.115; Southern Methodist, 3.110; Cal State Northridge, 3.107; Davidson, 3.106; Maryland, 3.106; Niagara, 3.090; Pittsburgh, 3.090; Northern Iowa, 3.070; Bucknell, 3.060; Miami (Florida), 3.060; Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3.057; Notre Dame, 3.048; Colorado State, 3.047; Texas Christian, 3.043; St. John's (New York), 3.038; Iowa, 3.034; Brigham Young, 3.030; Michigan, 3.030; North Carolina, 3.028; Ohio, 3.028; Bowling Green, 3.020; North Carolina State, 3.016; Lafayette, 2.990; Texas A&M, 2.989; North Carolina-Wilmington, 2.980; Iona, 2.970; Providence, 2.960; Air Force, 2.950; William and Mary, 2.946; Richmond, 2.940; Hawaii, 2.880; Virginia, 2.880; Northeastern Illinois, 2.840; Wyoming, 2.824; UC Santa Barbara, 2.805.

Division II men

Missouri-Rolla, 3.140; Drury, 3.068; Henderson State, 3.050; Wayne State (Michigan), 3.050; Metropolitan State, 2.912; Denver, 2.910; Wheeling Jesuit, 2.900; Grand Valley State, 2.849; Southern Connecticut State, 2.822.

Division II women

Denver, 3.279; Ashland, 3.159; Wayne State (Michigan), 3.120; Grand Valley State, 3.106; Henderson State, 3.100; Northern Colorado, 3.052; Drury, 3.044; Metropolitan State, 3.030; Hillsdale, 3.013; Mankato State, 2.930.

Division III men

Emory, 3.430; Rochester, 3.420; Macalester, 3.360; Grinnell, 3.310; Misericordia, 3.310; Augustana (Illinois), 3.270; Bethany (West Virginia), 3.270; New York University, 3.240; Vassar, 3.240; Chicago, 3.233; Albion, 3.123; Carnegie Mellon, 3.100; Carleton, 3.070; Grove City, 3.070; Brandeis, 3.045; St. Thomas (Minnesota), 3.043; Wabash, 3.020; Alma, 3.000; Bates, 2.990; Middlebury, 2.977; Dickinson, 2.960; Franklin & Marshall, 2.960; Trinity (Connecticut), 2.955; Illinois Wesleyan, 2.925; Washington (Maryland), 2.920; Principia, 2.892; Buffalo State, 2.870; Salisbury State, 2.870; Albright, 2.808.

Division III women

Vassar, 3.420; Wellesley, 3.380; Chicago, 3.326; New York University, 3.315; Macalester, 3.300; Pomona-Pitzer, 3.290; Tufts, 3.290; Mount Union, 3.289; Regis (Massachusetts), 3.259; North Central, 3.254; Albion, 3.251; Emory, 3.250; Springfield, 3.212; Illinois Wesleyan, 3.209; Grinnell, 3.200; Rochester, 3.190; Carthage, 3.188; Augustana (Illinois), 3.180; Bates, 3.180; Franklin & Marshall, 3.180; Ohio Wesleyan, 3.180; Scranton, 3.180; Brandeis, 3.178; Rockford, 3.177; St. Olaf, 3.170; Salisbury State, 3.170; Albright, 3.163; Carleton, 3.150; Middlebury, 3.119; Dickinson, 3.110; Washington and Lee, 3.096; Trinity (Connecticut), 3.089; DePauw, 3.080; St. Thomas (Minnesota), 3.048; Principia, 3.041; Buffalo State, 3.020; Misericordia, 3.020; Bethany (West Virginia), 3.011; Clark (Massachusetts), 3.005; Alfred, 3.000; Marymount (Virginia), 2.998; Carnegie Mellon, 2.930; Washington and Jefferson, 2.910; Luther, 2.900.