The College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA) has announced their list of Scholar All-America swimming teams in women’s division 1. An unprecedented 173 women’s teams were honored, as opposed to only 95 division 1 men’s programs that made the list.
In order to receive the honor, the team had to carry a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The South Carolina women had the highest overall GPA, coming in with a 3.73.
Here is a look at how the teams that scored in the top 10 at NCAAs performed in the classroom, in order of their standings at NCAAs. Many of the teams who performed the best at NCAAs also had some of the highest GPAs on the entire list, such as California (3.57) and Indiana (3.61).
- Georgia (414), 3.15 GPA
- Stanford (395), 3.44 GPA
- California (357), 3.57 GPA
- Texas A&M (308), 3.44 GPA
- Virginia (264), 3.34 GPA
- Southern California (244), 3.25 GPA
- Indiana (228), 3.61 GPA
- Louisville (220), 3.33 GPA
- NC State(155), 3.26 GPA
- Michigan (150), 3.44 GPA
Below is the complete list of the women’s division 1 teams that were honored:
| GPA | School | Coach |
| 3.08 | Air Force | Casey Converse |
| 3.3 | Akron | Brian Peresie |
| 3.65 | Alabama | Dennis Pursely |
| 3.58 | American | Mark Davin |
| 3.43 | Arizona | Rick DeMont |
| 3.29 | Arizona State | Bob Bowman |
| 3.56 | Arkansas | Neil Harper |
| 3.31 | Auburn | Brett Hawke |
| 3.44 | Ball State | Kristy Castillo |
| 3.28 | Binghamton | Bradley Smith |
| 3.6 | Boise State | Jeremy Kipp |
| 3.32 | Boston College | Tom Groden |
| 3.72 | Bowling Green | Matt Ense |
| 3.24 | Brigham Young | John Brooks |
| 3.55 | Brown | Kate Kovenock |
| 3.08 | Bryant | Katie Cameron |
| 3.44 | Bucknell | Dan Schinnerer |
| 3.53 | Butler | Maurice Stewart |
| 3.2 | Cal State Bakersfield | Chris Hansen |
| 3.57 | California | Teri McKeever |
| 3.55 | Canisius | Scott Vanderzell |
| 3.54 | Cincinnati | Mandy DiSalle |
| 3.41 | Clemson | Leslie Hasselbach Adams |
| 3.29 | Cleveland State | Paul Graham |
| 3.43 | Colgate | Andy Waeger |
| 3.18 | Colorado State | Christopher Woodard |
| 3.34 | Columbia | Diana Caskey |
| 3.32 | Connecticut | Bob Goldberg |
| 3.55 | Cornell | Patrick Gallagher |
| 3.53 | Dartmouth | Jim Wilson |
| 3.38 | Davidson | John Young |
| 3.58 | Denver | Brian Schrader |
| 3.57 | Drexel | Adam Braun |
| 3.38 | Duke | Dan Colella |
| 3.49 | Duquesne | David Sheets |
| 3.38 | East Carolina | Rick Kobe |
| 3.48 | Eastern Illinois | Jacqueline Michalski |
| 3.36 | Eastern Michigan | Peter Linn |
| 3.37 | Evansville | Rickey Perkins |
| 3.4 | Fairfield | Janelle Atkinson-Wignall |
| 3.32 | Florida | Gregg Troy |
| 3.32 | Florida Atlantic | Lara Preacco |
| 3.27 | Florida Gulf Coast | Neal Studd |
| 3.42 | Florida International | Randy Horner |
| 3.25 | Florida State | John Proctor |
| 3.42 | Fordham | Steve Potsklan |
| 3.46 | Fresno State | Jeanne Fleck |
| 3.56 | Gardner-Webb | Mike Simpson |
| 3.38 | George Mason | Peter Ward |
| 3.42 | George Washington | James Winchester |
| 3.15 | Georgia | Jack Bauerle |
| 3.34 | Georgia Southern | Nate Kellogg |
| 3.27 | Georgia Tech | Courtney Hart |
| 3.65 | Grand Canyon | Steve Schaffer |
| 3.47 | Harvard | Stephanie Wriede Morawski |
| 3.55 | Hawaii | Victor Wales |
| 3.28 | Houston | Ryan Wochomurka |
| 3.37 | Idaho | Mark Sowa |
| 3.37 | Illinois | Sue Novitsky |
| 3.46 | Illinois State | Scott Cameron |
| 3.13 | Illinois-Chicago | Tim Loeffler |
| 3.61 | Indiana | Ray Looze |
| 3.69 | Iona | Nick Cavataro |
| 3.27 | Iowa | Marc Long |
| 3.29 | Iowa State | Duane Sorenson |
| 3.4 | IUPUI | Matt Bos |
| 3.26 | James Madison | Dane Pedersen |
| 3.27 | Kansas | Clark Campbell |
| 3.5 | Kentucky | Lars Jorgensen |
| 3.29 | La Salle | Jamie Platt |
| 3.33 | Lafayette | Jim Dailey |
| 3.31 | Lehigh | Rob Herb |
| 3.33 | Liberty | Jake Shellenberger |
| 3.48 | Little Rock | Amy Burgess |
| 3.39 | LIU-Brooklyn | Tiffany Clay |
| 3.09 | Louisiana State | Dave Geyer |
| 3.33 | Louisville | Arthur Albiero |
| 3.58 | Loyola (MD) | Brian Loeffler |
| 3.34 | Loyola Marymount | Bonnie Adair |
| 3.11 | Manhattan | Joseph Murtha |
| 3.23 | Marist | Larry VanWagner |
| 3.68 | Marshall | Bill Tramel |
| 3.38 | Miami (FL) | Andy Kershaw |
| 3.38 | Miami (OH) | Mark Davis |
| 3.44 | Michigan | Michael Bottom |
| 3.44 | Michigan State | Matt Gianiodis |
| 3.36 | Minnesota | Kelly Kremer |
| 3.54 | Missouri | Greg Rhodenbaugh |
| 3.4 | Missouri State | Dave Collins |
| 3.33 | Monmouth (NJ) | Matthew Nunnally |
| 3.18 | Mount St. Mary’s | Neil Yost |
| 3 | Navy | John Morrison |
| 3.26 | NC State | Braden Holloway |
| 3.59 | Nebraska | Pablo Morales |
| 3.46 | Nevada | Jian Li You |
| 3.06 | New Hampshire | Josh Willman |
| 3.66 | New Mexico | Kunio Kono |
| 3.22 | New Mexico State | Rick Pratt |
| 3.5 | Niagara | Ben Nigro |
| 3.33 | North Carolina | Rich DeSelm |
| 3.49 | North Dakota | Chris Maiello |
| 3.5 | North Texas | Brendon Bray |
| 3.21 | Northeastern | Roy Coates |
| 3.44 | Northern Arizona | Andy Johns |
| 3.34 | Northern Colorado | Kelly McClanahan |
| 3.53 | Northern Iowa | Doug Humphrey |
| 3.36 | Northwestern | Abby Steketee |
| 3.18 | Notre Dame | Michael Litzinger |
| 3.59 | Oakland | Pete Hovland |
| 3.3 | Ohio | Rachel Komisarz-Baugh |
| 3.27 | Ohio State | Bill Dorenkott |
| 3.44 | Old Dominion | Carol Withus |
| 3.12 | Oregon State | Larry Liebowitz |
| 3.44 | Penn | Mike Schnur |
| 3.33 | Penn State | Tim Murphy |
| 3.1 | Pepperdine | Nick Rodionoff |
| 3.39 | Pittsburgh | John Hargis |
| 3.35 | Princeton | Susan Teeter |
| 3.4 | Providence | John O’Neill |
| 3.44 | Purdue | John Klinge |
| 3.26 | Rhode Island | Mick Westkott |
| 3.5 | Rice | Seth Huston |
| 3.32 | Richmond | Matt Barany |
| 3.36 | Rider | Steve Fletcher |
| 3.47 | Rutgers | Petra Martin |
| 3.32 | Sacred Heart | John Spadafina |
| 3.26 | Saint Francis (PA) | Rory Coleman |
| 3.52 | Saint Louis | Jim Halliburton |
| 3.41 | San Diego | Mike Keeler |
| 3.13 | San Diego State | Mike Shrader |
| 3.24 | San Jose State | Sage Hopkins |
| 3.44 | Seattle | Craig Nisgor |
| 3.57 | Seton Hall | Ron Farina |
| 3.58 | Siena | Paul Kueterman |
| 3.73 | South Carolina | McGee Moody |
| 3.35 | South Dakota | Jason Mahowald |
| 3.23 | South Dakota State | Brad Erickson |
| 3.25 | Southern Cal | David Salo |
| 3.6 | Southern Illinois | Rick Walker |
| 3.49 | Southern Methodist | Steve Collins |
| 3.44 | St. Bonaventure | Brian Thomas |
| 3.44 | Stanford | Greg Meehan |
| 3.3 | SUNY Buffalo | Andy Bashor |
| 3.51 | Tennessee | Matt Kredich |
| 3.3 | Texas | Carol Capitani |
| 3.44 | Texas A&M | Steve Bultman |
| 3.42 | Texas Christian | Richard Sybesma |
| 3.63 | Toledo | Jonas Persson |
| 3.51 | Towson | Jake Shrum |
| 3.5 | Tulane | Katie Robinson |
| 3.26 | UC-Davis | Barbara Jahn |
| 3.25 | UCLA | Cyndi Gallagher |
| 3.18 | UC-Santa Barbara | Gregg Wilson |
| 3.39 | UMBC | Chad Cradock |
| 3.4 | UNC Asheville | Elizabeth Lykins |
| 3.32 | UNLV | Bobby Folan |
| 3.36 | Utah | Joe Dykstra |
| 3.25 | Vanderbilt | Jeremy Organ |
| 3.41 | Vermont | Gerry Courmoyer |
| 3.36 | Villanova | Rick Simpson |
| 3.34 | Virginia | Augie Busch |
| 3.37 | Virginia Tech | Ned Skinner |
| 3.52 | Wagner | Colin Shannahan |
| 3.35 | Washington State | Tom Jager |
| 3.34 | West Virginia | Victor Riggs |
| 3.49 | William & Mary | Matthew Crispino |
| 3.31 | Wisconsin | Whitney Hite |
| 3.21 | Wright State | Kyle Oaks |
| 3.37 | Wyoming | TJ Johnson |
| 3.5 | Xavier | Brent MacDonald |
| 3.62 | Yale | Jim Henry |
| 3.52 | Youngstown State | Matt Anderson |
Sooo…how many didn’t it?