By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam
COVID-related changes to college academic programs have added wrinkles to the CSCAA’s Scholar All-America program, which removed team GPAs from this year’s lists.
The CSCAA (College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America) tracks scholar All-America teams each semester. Typically, teams must have a team GPA of 3.0 or higher to earn the award. The CSCAA notes that “institutional adjustments to grading systems resulted in GPAs nearly one-quarter letter grade higher than previously.” Because of that, the CSCAA lists will only include teams, and not their overall GPAs. It appears that the benchmark for making the list remains at 3.0.
The CSCAA is also not including any schools that switched their grading system to pass/fail when the pandemic forced classes online and closed campuses.
789 programs earned CSCAA Scholar All-America status this season, a record number for the award. Nine teams earned the honor for the first time in program history: men’s teams from Anderson University, Eastern Connecticut, Lynchburg, Montevallo and Saint Joseph’s (CT), and women’s teams from Bethel University (IN) and George Fox.
The CSCAA lists currently do not show the men’s Junior College winners.
The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the NCAA Championships in Division I, but the CSCAA lists do include all 10 team champs in the Power-5 conferences: the Florida men (SEC), Tennessee women (SEC), Ohio State women (Big Ten), Michigan men (Big Ten), Virginia women (ACC), NC State men (ACC), Stanford women (Pac-12), Cal men (Pac-12), Texas women (Big 12) and Texas men (Big 12).
We should also get individual scholar All-America lists for the spring semester. Those usually honor athletes with a 3.5 GPA or higher (cumulative for their career or for the spring 2020 semester) who either compete at their national championship meet (first team), or hit an individual B cut or compete at diving Zones (second team).
Division I
Women
| Women’s Teams | Head Coach |
|---|---|
| Air Force | Colleen Murphy |
| Akron | Brian Peresie |
| Alabama | Coley Stickels |
| American | Mark Davin |
| Arizona | Augie Busch |
| Arizona State | Bob Bowman |
| Arkansas | Neil Harper |
| Army / West Point | Brandt Nigro |
| Auburn | Gary Taylor |
| Ball State | J Agnew |
| Binghamton | Jerry Cummiskey |
| Boise State | Christine Mabile |
| Boston College | Mike Stephens |
| Boston University | Bill Smyth |
| Bowling Green | Rickey Perkins |
| Brigham Young | John Brooks |
| Brown | Kate Kovenock |
| Bucknell | Dan Schinnerer |
| Buffalo | Andy Bashor |
| Cal Baptist | Rick Rowland |
| California | Teri McKeever |
| Campbell | Pascal Molinard |
| Canisius | Scott Vanderzell |
| Central Connecticut | Bill Ball |
| Cincinnati | Mandy Commons-DiSalle |
| Colorado State | Woody Woodard |
| Colgate | Ed Petrie |
| Columbia | Diana Caskey |
| Connecticut | Chris Maiello |
| Cornell | Patrick Gallagher |
| CSU Bakersfield | Chris Hansen |
| Dartmouth | Jamie Holder |
| Davidson | John Young |
| Delaware | Pablo Marmolejo |
| Denver | Alicia Hicken-Franklin |
| Drexel | Adam Braun |
| Duke | Dan Colella |
| Duquesne | David Sheets |
| East Carolina | Matthew Jabs |
| Eastern Illinois | Evan Sholudko |
| Eastern Michigan | Derek Perkins |
| Evansville | Stuart Wilson |
| Fairfield | Anthony Bruno |
| Florida | Jeff Poppell |
| Florida Atlantic | Lara Preacco |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Dave Rollins |
| Florida International | Randy Horner |
| Florida State | Neal Studd |
| Fordham | Steve Potsklan |
| Fresno State | Jeanne Fleck |
| Gardner-Webb | Michael Blum |
| George Mason | Peter Ward |
| George Washington | Brian Thomas |
| Georgetown | Jack Leavitt |
| Georgia | Jack Bauerle |
| Georgia Southern | Amanda Caldwell |
| Grand Canyon | Steve Schaffer |
| Green Bay | Eddie Gillie |
| Harvard | Stephanie Morawski |
| Hawaii | Elliot Ptasnik |
| Houston | Ryan Wochomurka |
| Howard | Nic Askew |
| Idaho | Mark Sowa |
| Illinois | Susan Novitsky |
| Illinois State | Caitlin Hamilton |
| Illinois-Chicago | Tim Loeffler |
| Incarnate Word | Phillip Davis |
| Indiana State | Josh Christensen |
| Iona | Nick Cavataro |
| Iowa | Marc Long |
| Iowa State | Duane Sorenson |
| IUPUI | Damion Dennis |
| James Madison | Dane Pedersen |
| Kansas | Clark Campbell |
| Kentucky | Lars Jorgensen |
| La Salle | Jamie Platt |
| Lafayette | Jim Dailey |
| Lehigh | Rob Herb |
| Liberty | Jake Shellenberger |
| Little Rock | Amy Burgess |
| Long Island | Matt Donovan |
| Louisiana State | David Geyer |
| Louisville | Arthur Albiero |
| Loyola (MD) | Brian Loeffler |
| Loyola Marymount | Bonnie Adair |
| Maine | Susan Lizzotte |
| Manhattan | Patrick Malone |
| Marist | Larry VanWagner |
| Marshall | Ian Walsh |
| Massachusetts | Bob Newcomb |
| Miami (FL) | Andrew Kershaw |
| Miami (OH) | Hollie Bonewit-Cron |
| Michigan | Michael Bottom |
| Michigan State | Matt Gianiodis |
| Missouri | Andrew Grevers |
| Missouri State | Dave Collins |
| Monmouth (NJ) | Matthew Nunnally |
| Mount St. Mary’s | Neil Yost |
| Navy | John Morrison |
| NC State | Braden Holloway |
| Nebraska | Pablo Morales |
| Nebraska-Omaha | Todd Samland |
| Nevada | Brendon Bray |
| New Hampshire | Joshua Willman |
| New Mexico | Keegan Ingelido |
| New Mexico State | Rick Pratt |
| Niagara | Eric Bugby |
| North Carolina | Mark Gangloff |
| North Florida | Ian Coffey |
| North Texas | Brittany Roth |
| Northeastern | Roy Coates |
| Northern Arizona | Andy Johns |
| Northern Colorado | Lisa Ebeling |
| Northern Iowa | Nick Lakin |
| Northwestern | Katie Robinson |
| Notre Dame | Michael Litzinger |
| Oakland | Pete Hovland |
| Ohio | Mason Norman |
| Ohio State | Bill Dorenkott |
| Old Dominion | Jessica Miller Livsey |
| Pacific | Katelyne Herrington |
| Penn | Mike Schnur |
| Penn State | Tim Murphy |
| Pepperdine | Jana Vincent |
| Pittsburgh | John Hargis |
| Princeton | Bret Lundgaard |
| Providence | John O’Neill |
| Purdue | John Klinge |
| Rhode Island | Mick Westkott |
| Rice | Seth Huston |
| Richmond | Matthew Barany |
| Rider | Stephen Fletcher |
| Rutgers | Jon Maccoll |
| Sacred Heart | John Spadafina |
| Saint Francis (PA) | Phil Hurley |
| Saint Francis Brooklyn | Brian Guidera |
| San Diego | Michael Keeler |
| San Diego State | Mike Shrader |
| San Jose State | Sage Hopkins |
| Seattle | Craig Nisgor |
| Seton Hall | Derek Sapp |
| Siena | Margaret Fletcher |
| South Carolina | McGee Moody |
| South Dakota | Jason Mahowald |
| South Dakota State | Douglas Humphrey |
| Southern California | David Salo |
| Southern Illinois | Geoff Hanson |
| Stanford | Greg Meehan |
| Stony Brook | Kerry Smith |
| Tennessee | Matt Kredich |
| Texas | Carol Capitani |
| Texas A&M | Steve Bultman |
| Texas Christian | James Winchester |
| Towson | Jake Shrum |
| Tulane | Leah Stancil |
| UC Davis | Barbara Jahn |
| UC Santa Barbara | Matt Macedo |
| UCLA | Jordan Wolfrum |
| UMBC | Chad Cradock |
| UNC Asheville | Elizabeth Lykins |
| UNLV | Ben Loorz |
| Utah | Joe Dykstra |
| Valparaiso | Maggie Kroemer |
| Vermont | Gerry Courmoyer |
| Villanova | Rick Simpson |
| Virginia | Todd DeSorbo |
| Virginia Tech | Sergio Lopez Miro |
| Wagner | Colin Shannahan |
| Washington State | Matthew Leach |
| West Virginia | Victor Riggs |
| William & Mary | Nate Kellogg |
| Wisconsin | Yuri Suguiyama |
| Wyoming | David Denniston |
| Xavier | Brent MacDonald |
| Yale | Jim Henry |
| Youngstown State | Brad Smith |
Men
| Men’s Teams | Head Coach |
|---|---|
| Air Force | Rob Clayton |
| Alabama | Coley Stickels |
| American | Mark Davin |
| Arizona | Augie Busch |
| Arizona State | Bob Bowman |
| Army / West Point | Brandt Nigro |
| Auburn | Gary Taylor |
| Ball State | J Agnew |
| Binghamton | Jerry Cummiskey |
| Boston College | Mike Stephens |
| Boston University | Bill Smyth |
| Brigham Young | John Brooks |
| Brown | Kevin Norman |
| Bucknell | Dan Schinnerer |
| Cal Baptist | Rick Rowland |
| California | Dave Durden |
| Canisius | Scott Vanderzell |
| Cincinnati | Mandy Commons-DiSalle |
| Colgate | Ed Petrie |
| Columbia | Jim Bolster |
| Connecticut | Chris Maiello |
| Cornell | Wes Newman |
| CSU Bakersfield | Chris Hansen |
| Dartmouth | Jamie Holder |
| Davidson | John Young |
| Delaware | Pablo Marmolejo |
| Denver | Alicia Hicken-Franklin |
| Drexel | Adam Braun |
| Duke | Dan Colella |
| East Carolina | Matthew Jabs |
| Eastern Illinois | Evan Sholudko |
| Evansville | Stuart Wilson |
| Fairfield | Anthony Bruno |
| Florida | Anthony Nesty |
| Florida Atlantic | Lara Preacco |
| Florida State | Neal Studd |
| Fordham | Steve Potsklan |
| Gardner-Webb | Michael Blum |
| George Mason | Peter Ward |
| George Washington | Brian Thomas |
| Georgetown | Jack Leavitt |
| Georgia | Jack Bauerle |
| Grand Canyon | Steve Schaffer |
| Green Bay | Eddie Gillie |
| Hawaii | Elliot Ptasnik |
| Howard | Nic Askew |
| Illinois-Chicago | Tim Loeffler |
| Incarnate Word | Phillip Davis |
| Iona | Nick Cavataro |
| Iowa | Marc Long |
| IUPUI | Damion Dennis |
| Kentucky | Lars Jorgensen |
| La Salle | Jamie Platt |
| Lafayette | Jim Dailey |
| Lehigh | Rob Herb |
| Louisiana State | David Geyer |
| Louisville | Arthur Albiero |
| Loyola (MD) | Brian Loeffler |
| Maine | Susan Lizzotte |
| Manhattan | Patrick Malone |
| Marist | Larry VanWagner |
| Massachusetts | Russ Yarworth |
| Miami (OH) | Hollie Bonewit-Cron |
| Michigan | Michael Bottom |
| Michigan State | Matt Gianiodis |
| Missouri | Andrew Grevers |
| Missouri State | Dave Collins |
| Monmouth (NJ) | Matthew Nunnally |
| Mount St. Mary’s | Neil Yost |
| Navy | William Roberts |
| NC State | Braden Holloway |
| Niagara | Eric Bugby |
| NJIT | Ron Farina |
| North Carolina | Mark Gangloff |
| Northwestern | Katie Robinson |
| Notre Dame | Michael Litzinger |
| Oakland | Pete Hovland |
| Ohio State | Bill Dorenkott |
| Old Dominion | Jessica Miller Livsey |
| Pacific | Katelyne Herrington |
| Penn | Mike Schnur |
| Penn State | Tim Murphy |
| Pittsburgh | John Hargis |
| Princeton | Matt Crispino |
| Providence | John O’Neill |
| Purdue | Dan Ross |
| Rider | Stephen Fletcher |
| Saint Francis Brooklyn | Brian Guidera |
| Seattle | Craig Nisgor |
| Seton Hall | Derek Sapp |
| South Carolina | McGee Moody |
| South Dakota | Jason Mahowald |
| South Dakota State | Douglas Humphrey |
| Southern California | David Salo |
| Southern Illinois | Geoff Hanson |
| Southern Methodist | greg rhodenbaugh |
| Stanford | Dan Schemmel |
| Tennessee | Matt Kredich |
| Texas | Eddie Reese |
| Texas A&M | Jay Holmes |
| Texas Christian | James Winchester |
| Towson | Jake Shrum |
| UC Santa Barbara | Matt Macedo |
| UMBC | Chad Cradock |
| UNLV | Ben Loorz |
| Utah | Joe Dykstra |
| Valparaiso | Maggie Kroemer |
| Villanova | Rick Simpson |
| Virginia | Todd DeSorbo |
| Virginia Tech | Sergio Lopez Miro |
| West Virginia | Victor Riggs |
| William & Mary | Nate Kellogg |
| Wisconsin | Yuri Suguiyama |
| Wyoming | David Denniston |
| Xavier | Brent MacDonald |
| Yale | Jim Henry |
| Youngstown State | Brad Smith |
Division II
Women
| Women’s Teams | Head Coach |
|---|---|
| Alaska-Fairbanks | Rebecca Weiland |
| Ashland | Kyle Walthall |
| Assumption | Richard Ludemann |
| Augustana (SD) | Lindsie Micko |
| Barton | Tyler Ziegler |
| Bellarmine | John Brucatto |
| Bentley | Mary Kay Samko |
| Cal State East Bay | Shane Pelton |
| California (PA) | April Gitzen |
| Carson-Newman | jordan taylor |
| Chowan | Nikki White |
| Clarion | Brehan Kelley |
| Colorado Mesa | Mickey Wender |
| Concordia-Irvine | Albert (Bert) Bergen |
| Converse | Morgan Rulevich |
| Davenport | Justin Vasquez |
| Davis & Elkins | Nikki Rose |
| Delta State | Dan’l Murray |
| Dixie State | Tamber McAllister |
| Drury | Brian Reynolds |
| East Stroudsburg | Fan Yang |
| Edinboro | Chrisopher Rhodes |
| Emmanuel | Allen Gilchrest |
| Fairmont State | Patrick Snively |
| Findlay | Andrew Makepeace |
| Florida Southern | Andy Robins |
| Florida Tech | David Dent |
| Gannon | Jacqueline Michalski |
| Grand Valley | Andrew Boyce |
| Henderson State | Coak Matthews |
| Hillsdale | Kurt Kirner |
| Indiana (PA) | Chris Villa |
| Indianapolis | Jason Hite |
| King (TN) | James Graves |
| Kutztown | Tim Flannery |
| Lees-McRae | Sean Weddell |