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.  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.  Transylvania's women's team (3.79) and Caltech's men (3.63) led Division III programs with twelve or more participants.  

Among teams with a dozen or more student-athletes, on the women's side Saint Francis (PA) led the nation with a 3.81 GPA.  Grand Canyon University posted a 3.66 for the highest GPA among men's programs with a dozen or more participants.  It is the third time the Antelope men have led Division I.  The Sioux Falls women and Adelphi Men led all Division II programs with GPAs of 3.80 and 3.64 respectively.  

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:

• 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
• 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

At the conference level, four leagues were perfect.  The Pac-12, Big XII, UAA and Big East had each men's and women's program selected.  Eight other leagues saw each of their women's programs chosen.  These included the ACC, Atlantic 10, NEWMAC, Ivy League, WAC, American Athletic Conference, Conference-USA, and Southern Athletic Association.

The CSCAA will announce its individual Scholar All-Americans next week.

Division III Men 3.46    Alfred State 3.08    Allegheny 3.05    Arcadia 3.20    Augustana 3.02    Austin College 3.60    Babson 3.23    Baruch 3.14    Berry 3.32    Birmingham Southern 3.53    Brandeis 3.24    Buffalo State 3.63    Caltech 3.28    Calvin 3.31    Carleton 3.45    Carnegie Mellon 3.28    Carthage 3.44    Case Western 3.18    Catholic 3.21    Centre 3.32    Chapman 3.35    Chicago 3.28    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3.05    Clark 3.18    Coast Guard 3.33    Colby 3.47    Colorado College 3.36    Conn College 3.21    Denison 3.14    DePauw 3.23    Dickinson 3.30    Drew 3.45    Elms 3.36    Emory 3.05    Franklin 3.10    Franklin & Marshall 3.31    Goucher 3.40    Grinnell 3.42    Gustavus 3.44    Hamilton 3.06    Hartwick 3.32    Hendrix 3.32    Hiram 3.12    Hood 3.51    Hope 3.39    Illinois Wesleyan 3.21    Ithaca 3.09    John Carroll 3.38    Johns Hopkins 3.48    Kalamazoo 3.47    Kenyon 3.11    King's  (PA) 3.10    Knox 3.19    Lake Forest 3.36    Lewis & Clark 3.38    Luther 3.51    Macalester 3.29    Mary Washington 3.10    Marywood 3.22    McDaniel 3.07    Merchant Marine 3.53    MIT 3.05    Nazareth 3.41    Nebraska Wesleyan 3.33    New York University 3.04    Norwich 3.29    Oberlin 3.26    Occidental 3.06    Ohio Northern 3.51    Olivet 3.15    Pacific Lutheran 3.56    Pomona-Pitzer 3.33    Principia 3.18    Redlands 3.20    Regis 3.08    RPI 3.54    Rochester 3.14    Roger Williams 3.06    Rose-Hulman 3.00    Rowan University 3.49    Saint Mary's (MD) 3.16    Saint Vincent 3.41    Sarah Lawrence 3.20    Scranton 3.33    Sewanee 3.05    Simpson 3.22    Skidmore 3.03    Springfield 3.16    St. Lawrence 3.02    Staten Island 3.24    SUNY Geneseo 3.16    Susquehanna 3.62    Swarthmore 3.11    TCNJ 3.19    Trinity (CT) 3.09    Trinity (TX) 3.49    Tufts 3.29    Union (NY) 3.18    Ursinus 3.08    UW-Whitewater 3.52    Vassar 3.36    Wabash 3.22    Washington & Jefferson 3.39    Washington & Lee 3.42    Washington (Mo.) 3.07    Washington (MD) 3.39    Wesleyan 3.11    Westminster 3.37    Wheaton (IL) 3.41    Whitman 3.23    Whitworth 3.06    Widener 3.35    Willamette 3.28    William Paterson 3.38    Williams 3.30    Wittenberg 3.38    WPI 3.05    York College (PA)

Division III Women

3.34    Albion
3.02    Albright
3.24    Alfred
3.28    Allegheny
3.27    Anderson
3.41    Arcadia
3.65    Augustana
3.14    Austin College
3.38    Babson
3.34    Baruch
3.36    Bates
3.45    Beloit
3.52    Berry
3.20    Birmingham Southern
3.40    Brandeis
3.34    Bridgewater
3.03    Buffalo State
3.27    Cabrini
3.33    Caltech
3.51    Calvin
3.65    Carleton
3.57    Carnegie Mellon
3.57    Carthage
3.34    Case Western
3.28    Catholic
3.34    Centre
3.42    Chapman
3.60    Chatham
3.48    Chicago
3.41    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3.43    Clark
3.36    Coast Guard
3.54    Colby
3.67    Colorado College
3.77    Conn College
3.47    Denison
3.16    DePauw
3.39    Dickinson
3.21    Dixie State
3.44    Drew
3.60    Elms
3.65    Emory
3.39    Emory & Henry
3.44    Franklin
3.43    Franklin & Marshall
3.17    Frostburg State
3.18    Gettysburg
3.55    Goucher
3.59    Grinnell
3.35    Grove City
3.32    Gustavus
3.41    Hamilton
3.26    Hendrix
3.52    Hollins
3.27    Hood
3.67    Hope
3.11    Illinois Tech
3.25    Illinois Wesleyan
3.60    Ithaca
3.35    John Carroll
3.60    Johns Hopkins
3.37    Kalamazoo
3.57    Kean University
3.20    Keene State
3.47    Kenyon
3.18    King's  (PA)
3.66    Knox
3.32    Lake Forest
3.37    Lawrence
3.20    Lewis & Clark
3.34    Linfield
3.14    Loras
3.27    Luther
3.43    Lycoming
3.75    Macalester
3.13    Manchester
3.34    Mary Washington
3.34    Marywood
3.46    McDaniel
3.06    McMurry
3.39    Millikin
3.57    Mills
3.72    MIT
3.66    Mount Holyoke
3.54    Mount Union
3.40    Nazareth
3.48    Nebraska Wesleyan
3.53    New England
3.53    New York University
3.25    Norwich
3.42    Oberlin
3.42    Occidental
3.02    Ohio Northern
3.70    Ohio Wesleyan
3.42    Olivet
3.58    Pacific Lutheran
3.23    Penn State-Behrend
3.28    Pittsburgh-Bradford
3.67    Pomona-Pitzer
3.44    Principia
3.41    Randolph-Macon
3.41    Redlands
3.29    Regis
3.46    RPI
3.40    Rhodes
3.06    Ripon
3.33    Rochester
3.25    Roger Williams
3.42    Rose-Hulman
3.22    Rowan University
3.43    Saint Benedict
3.74    Saint Catherine's (MN)
3.41    Saint Joseph [CT]
3.32    Saint Joseph's (ME)
3.62    Saint Mary's (MD)
3.49    Saint Olaf
3.44    Saint Olaf
3.56    Saint Vincent
3.43    Salisbury
3.56    Sarah Lawrence
3.52    Scranton
3.47    Sewanee
3.61    Simmons
3.43    Simpson
3.40    Skidmore
3.65    Smith
3.53    Southwestern
3.53    Springfield
3.75    St. Joseph's Long Island
3.28    St. Lawrence
3.17    Staten Island
3.62    SUNY Brockport
3.55    SUNY Fredonia
3.37    SUNY Geneseo
3.11    SUNY Oneonta
3.43    SUNY Oswego
3.48    Susquehanna
3.63    Swarthmore
3.46    Sweet Briar
3.64    TCNJ
3.79    Transylvania
3.38    Trinity (CT)
3.41    Trinity (TX)
3.63    Tufts
3.48    UMass Dartmouth
3.22    Union (NY)
3.31    Ursinus
3.29    UW-Whitewater
3.60    Vassar
3.11    Virginia Wesleyan
3.35    Washington & Jefferson
3.39    Washington & Lee
3.51    Washington (Mo.)
3.55    Washington (MD)
3.25    Wellesley
3.56    Wesleyan
3.27    Western Connecticut
3.33    Western New England
3.36    Westfield State
3.49    Westminster
3.57    Wheaton (IL)
3.35    Wheaton (MA)
3.42    Whitman
3.27    Whittier
3.45    Whitworth
3.52    Widener
3.44    Willamette
3.23    William Paterson
3.90    William Peace
3.55    Williams
3.00    Wittenberg
3.47    Wooster
3.51    WPI
3.51    York College