Courtesy: USA Swimming
USA Swimming today announced the full list of 2022-2023 Scholastic All-America recipients. The lists consist of 1,135 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and meet any of the competition criteria* during the qualifying period of September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023.
Two Sandpipers of Nevada, Claire Weinstein (White Plains, N.Y.) and Katie Grimes (Las Vegas, Nev.), are the only two athletes who earned perfect scores due to being an event champion and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. These National Team athletes highlight the list of 514 girls and 621 boys. Weinstein, a high school sophomore, won the women’s 200m freestyle, and Grimes, a high school junior, won the women’s 400m individual medley at this year’s Phillips 66 National Championships. Grimes also won the women’s 5k and 10k at the 2023 Open Water National Championships.
Twelve athletes met the 2022-2023 Para Scholastic All-American Standards, marking the third year athletes with disabilities can qualify for this program. This year’s honorees also include four open water athletes.
North Carolina Swimming once again leads all Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) in Scholastic All-America selections this year with 112 athletes. The top club with individual athletes receiving this honor, SwimMAC Carolina (30 athletes), is also from North Carolina. Find a full breakdown of selections below.
Athlete Numbers
- Successful applications: 1,135
- Girls: 514
- Boys: 621
- Seniors with three or four years of elections: 125
- Open water athletes: 4
- Athletes with disabilities: 12
Athletes by Zone
- Southern: 370
- Eastern: 279
- Western: 279
- Central: 207
Athletes by Grade
- 9th: 130
- 10th: 304
- 11th: 438
- 12th: 263
TOP LSCs
- North Carolina Swimming: 112
- Southern California Swimming: 87
- Pacific Swimming: 68
- Florida Swimming: 53
- Virginia Swimming: 49
Top Clubs
- SwimMAC Carolina: 30
- NOVA of Virginia Aquatics: 22
- Lakeside Aquatic Club: 20
- Rose Bowl Aquatics: 19
- Nation’s Capital Swim Club: 19
All athletes will receive a certificate and a bag tag. Three- and four-time senior class honorees will receive a special gift. All awards will be shipped this fall.
Congratulations to all these scholar-athletes on their achievements, as well as the coaches and parents who help support our athletes every day.
For additional information and the complete list of athletes, click here.
If u would have told me a year ago I’d be on this list I would not believe you. Congratulations to everyone, this is not an easy feat; as balancing a successful academic life and swimming life is obtainable, however requires lots of effort and focus. Thank you to USA swimming!
Would be interesting to see their high schools included as well. I would venture to guess a lot would be listed as Homeschool or a generous private school. Certainly the flexibility to train and travel to meets is much easier in those environments. Congratulations to the entire list.
spoken like someone who never put in the work to achieve accolades like these
Sandpipers have school around their training. Makes sense. Not saying they don’t work hard. They do! Congrats to all.
There are swimmers on this list from all academic environments – public school, private school, homeschool. Every single one of them have put in the time and had the dedication to excel in the pool and the classroom. Our homeschooled swimmer is a on this list, but because we homeschool we are a one income family – my swimmer has not been able to travel to many meets, generally only a few per year outside of high school season. Despite qualifying for summer nationals we could not afford for them to travel there. They are blessed to have an absolutely amazing coach, and they put in the effort – generally training alone- to see what they can accomplish. Academically, while… Read more »
congratulations on this fantastic achievement and thank you for sharing this information on your child’s & family’s commitment to excellence
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“They generally have more homework” – ha all school work is homework when you are homeschooled? Not trying to say anything negative, but just found that funny. I have seen homeschooling be done really well, but also have seen it done poorly. Same for public/private schools. One potential negative of homeschool is the socialization aspect, but the socially awkward association to homeschooling is more attributed to the parents than the route of education. It’d likely be there regardless, but more socially awkward or protective parents tend to choose homeschool at a higher rate.
Claire and Katie are amazing. Congrats to all 1,135!