Congratulations to Coach Tim Wise and Yale’s men’s swim team for earning the highest team GPA in NCAA Division 1 Men’s Swimming and Divivng. After every semester, the College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA) releases their list of the Scholar All-America Team Awards. In order to receive the award, the team had to carry a GPA of 3.0 or higher. During the spring semester of 2014, 70 men’s swim teams had a team GPA of 3.0 or better.
The two teams with the best overall performances, in the pool and in the classroom, were Stanford and Michigan. Stanford finished 9th at the NCAA championships and finished with the second highest team GPA of 3.48. Michigan finished 4th at NCAA championships and they had the 12th highest GPA in the country with a 3.32. Several schools scored at the NCAA Championships and also had a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. Our list is of those teams is below along with where they finished at the NCAA Championships.
- Stanford, 9th
- Harvard, 42nd
- Dartmouth, 42nd
- Denver, 40th
- Duke, 21st
- Michigan, 4th
- Utah, 35th
- Notre Dame, 30th
- Alabama, 12th
- Arizona State, 23rd
- Minnesota, 22nd
- Wyoming, 44th
- Indiana, 10th
- Virginia, 26th
- Ohio State, 18th
- Northwestern, 29th
- Southern Cal, 8th
- West Virginia, 23rd
- Georgia, 5th
- Auburn, 6th
- North Carolina, 38th
- NC State, 13th
- Virginia Tech, 20th
- Florida, 3rd
- UNLV, 19th
Below is a complete list of the CSCAA Scholar All America Team Award winners.
| Divison | Gender | GPA | Institution | Coach | |
| 1 | 1 | Men | 3.50 | Yale | Tim Wise |
| 2 | 1 | Men | 3.48 | Stanford | Ted Knapp |
| 3 | 1 | Men | 3.45 | Missouri State | Dave Collins |
| 4 | 1 | Men | 3.44 | American | Mark Davin |
| 4 | 1 | Men | 3.44 | Harvard | Kevin Tyrrell |
| 6 | 1 | Men | 3.40 | Dartmouth | Jim Wilson |
| 7 | 1 | Men | 3.38 | Denver | Brian Schrader |
| 7 | 1 | Men | 3.38 | Duke | Dan Colella |
| 9 | 1 | Men | 3.35 | Gardner-Webb | Mike Simpson |
| 10 | 1 | Men | 3.34 | South Dakota State | Brad Erickson |
| 11 | 1 | Men | 3.33 | Brown | Peter Brown |
| 12 | 1 | Men | 3.32 | Michigan | Mike Bottom |
| 13 | 1 | Men | 3.31 | Drexel | Adam Braun |
| 13 | 1 | Men | 3.31 | Southern Illinois | Rick Walker |
| 13 | 1 | Men | 3.31 | Utah | Joe Dykstra |
| 16 | 1 | Men | 3.28 | Michigan State | Matt Gianiodis |
| 17 | 1 | Men | 3.26 | Seton Hall | Ron Farina |
| 18 | 1 | Men | 3.25 | Fairfield | William Farley |
| 18 | 1 | Men | 3.25 | Notre Dame | Tim Welsh |
| 18 | 1 | Men | 3.25 | Southern Methodist | Eddie Sinnott |
| 21 | 1 | Men | 3.24 | Fordham | Stephen Potsklan |
| 21 | 1 | Men | 3.24 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Courtney Hart |
| 21 | 1 | Men | 3.24 | Seattle | Craig Nisgor |
| 21 | 1 | Men | 3.24 | Xavier | Brent MacDonald |
| 25 | 1 | Men | 3.23 | Alabama | Dennis Pursley |
| 25 | 1 | Men | 3.23 | Arizona State | Dorsey Tierney-Walker |
| 25 | 1 | Men | 3.23 | Georgetown | James Holder |
| 28 | 1 | Men | 3.22 | Eastern Michigan | Peter Linn |
| 28 | 1 | Men | 3.22 | Grand Canyon | Steve Schaffer |
| 28 | 1 | Men | 3.22 | Minnesota | Kelly Kremer |
| 31 | 1 | Men | 3.20 | Boston | Thomas Groden |
| 31 | 1 | Men | 3.20 | Wyoming | Tom Johnson |
| 33 | 1 | Men | 3.19 | Ball State | Bob Thomas |
| 34 | 1 | Men | 3.18 | Cornell | Joe Lucia |
| 34 | 1 | Men | 3.18 | Indiana | Ray Looze |
| 34 | 1 | Men | 3.18 | Miami (OH) | Peter Lindsay |
| 34 | 1 | Men | 3.18 | Princeton | Rob Orr |
| 38 | 1 | Men | 3.17 | Niagara | Ben Nigro |
| 39 | 1 | Men | 3.16 | Lafayette | James Dailey |
| 39 | 1 | Men | 3.16 | Oakland | Pete Hovland |
| 39 | 1 | Men | 3.16 | Univ. of Pennsylvania | Michael Schnur |
| 39 | 1 | Men | 3.16 | Virginia | Augie Busch |
| 43 | 1 | Men | 3.15 | Bucknell | Dan Schinnerer |
| 43 | 1 | Men | 3.15 | Pittsburgh | Chuck Knoles |
| 45 | 1 | Men | 3.14 | Canisius | Scott Vanderzell |
| 45 | 1 | Men | 3.14 | Loyola (MD) | Brian Loeffler |
| 45 | 1 | Men | 3.14 | North Dakota | Christopher Maiello |
| 45 | 1 | Men | 3.14 | Ohio State | Bill Wadley |
| 49 | 1 | Men | 3.13 | Davidson | John Young |
| 50 | 1 | Men | 3.13 | Northwestern | Jarod Schroeder |
| 51 | 1 | Men | 3.12 | IUPUI | Matt Bos |
| 51 | 1 | Men | 3.12 | Rider | Stephen Fletcher |
| 51 | 1 | Men | 3.12 | Southern California | Dave Salo |
| 54 | 1 | Men | 3.11 | West Virginia | Victor Riggs |
| 54 | 1 | Men | 3.11 | William and Mary | Matt Crispino |
| 56 | 1 | Men | 3.10 | East Carolina | Rick Kobe |
| 57 | 1 | Men | 3.09 | Georgia | Harvey Humphries |
| 58 | 1 | Men | 3.08 | Manhattan | Walter Olsewski |
| 59 | 1 | Men | 3.07 | Iona | Nick Cavataro |
| 60 | 1 | Men | 3.05 | Auburn | Brett Hawke |
| 60 | 1 | Men | 3.05 | George Washington | Dan Rhinehart |
| 60 | 1 | Men | 3.05 | North Carolina | Rich DeSelm |
| 63 | 1 | Men | 3.04 | Providence | John O’Neill |
| 64 | 1 | Men | 3.02 | Connecticut | Bob Goldberg |
| 64 | 1 | Men | 3.02 | NJIT | Michael Lawson |
| 64 | 1 | Men | 3.02 | North Carolina State | Braden Holloway |
| 64 | 1 | Men | 3.02 | Virginia Tech | Ned Skinner |
| 68 | 1 | Men | 3.01 | Florida | Gregg Troy |
| 68 | 1 | Men | 3.01 | La Salle | Matthew Nunnally |
| 70 | 1 | Men | 3.00 | UNLV | Jim Reitz |
Stanford has a rising junior class of
4 Computer Science
1 Biomechanical Engineering
1 Chemical Engineering
1 Mechanical Engineering
1 Energy Resources Engineering
I’d love to see the breakdown of the majors of these students. Getting a 3.5 GPA in something like computer science or engineering at Stanford is rarely done while swimming competitively for ~20 hours a week.
Looking at their rising senior class: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-swim/2013-14/roster
2 Chemistry Majors
2 Economics Majors
2 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Majors
1 History Major
Damn these kids must be so stupid
I stand corrected. Thank you.
Or the graduating class of Stanford..
2 Economics
1 Biomechanical Engineering
1 Computer Science
1 Double Major: Economics & Mathematical and Computational Science