Catawba Women’s Swim Team Has the Highest GPA in the Country for the 5th-Straight Season

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has announced its list of Scholar All-America Teams for the fall 2024 semester.

781 teams from 459 institutions, representing 19,209 student-athletes, made the list. To qualify, teams must have achieved an average GPA above 3.0 for the fall 2024 semester.

That number is almost identical to the 783 teams from 461 institutions that made the cut last season. These counts are typically higher in the fall semester than in the spring semester where championship season is a big time commitment.

The four schools that won the NCAA Division II and Division III titles all qualified both their men’s and women’s teams for this list: Tampa, Nova Southeastern, Emory, and Kenyon.

The top-earning schools were Division 3 WashU in St. Louis with a men’s team GPA of 3.83 and Division 2 Catawba College with a women’s team GPA of 3.89. This is the fifth straight semester in which the Catawba Women’s team has had the highest GPA in the country.

Catawba is getting it done in the pool too – they had a 10-1 dual meet record last season and are 5-1 against D2 teams this season.

The Missouri women (3.86) and Harvard men (3.78) led Division I.

In addition to the team achievements, 19 conferences demonstrated their commitment to academic excellence by placing 100% of their active men’s or women’s teams on the Scholar All-America Team list.

Atlantic 10 (Women)
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Sun (Women)
Big Ten
Centennial (Men)
Coastal Athletic Association
Ivy League
Liberal Arts
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Men)
Mountain West (Women)
New England Small College Athletic Conference
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
Patriot League (Women)
Southeastern Conference (Men)
Sun Belt Conference (Women)
Sunshine State Conference
University Athletic Association
Western Athletic Conference (Men)

Division I – Women

GPA	Team	Head Coach	Participants
3.74	American University	Garland Bartlett	30
3.63	Auburn University	Ryan Wochomurka	45
3.59	Ball State University	Jeremy Agnew	34
3.64	Bellarmine University	Gord Veldman	17
3.61	Binghamton University	Jerry Cummiskey	35
3.52	Boston College	Dara Torres	21
3.57	Boston University	James Sica	29
3.77	Bowling Green State University	Tanner Barton	34
3.48	Brigham Young University	Tamber McAllister	33
3.74	Brown University	Kate Kovenock	33
3.76	Bucknell University	Dan Schinnerer	31
3.1	Cal State Bakersfield	Chris Hansen	19
3.52	California Baptist University	Jim Bossert	28
3.76	Campbell University	Zachary Bagby	17
3.55	Canisius University	Scott Vanderzell	27
3.26	Central Connecticut State University	William Ball	28
3.5	Cleveland State University	Trent Richardson	31
3.62	College of the Holy Cross	Kristy Jones	27
3.5	College of William & Mary	Nate Kellogg	34
3.52	Colorado State University	Chris Woodard	24
3.65	Columbia University	Diana Caskey	31
3.57	Cornell University	Patrick Gallagher	33
3.71	Dartmouth College	Milana Socha	28
3.82	Davidson College	John Young	25
3.71	Drexel University	Nathan Lavery	21
3.58	Duke University	Brian Barnes	27
3.64	Duquesne University	David Sheets	26
3.64	East Carolina University	Matthew Jabs	26
3.66	Eastern Illinois University	Scott Teeters	16
3.6	Eastern Michigan University	Derek Perkins	32
3.71	Fairfield University	Jake Lichter	25
3.58	Florida Atlantic University	Lara Preacco	31
3.63	Florida Gulf Coast University	Dave Rollins	29
3.68	Florida International University	Randy Horner	26
3.59	Florida State University	Neal Studd	45
3.65	Fordham University	Tom Wilkens	29
3.65	Fresno State University	Jeanne Fleck	28
3.64	Gardner-Webb University	Mike Blum	23
3.54	George Mason University	Jamie Greenwood	31
3.64	George Washington	Chico Rego	22
3.62	Georgetown University	Jack Leavitt	29
3.39	Georgia Institute of Technology	John Ames	36
3.45	Georgia Southern University	Morgan McCafferty	28
3.71	Grand Canyon University	Steve Schaffer	28
3.79	Harvard University	Amanda Kulik	32
3.62	Howard University	Nic Askew	28
3.63	Illinois State University	Riley Hilbrandt	27
3.67	Indiana State University	Josh Christensen	30
3.56	Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis	Damion Dennis	19
3.34	Iona University	Nick Cavataro	25
3.7	Iowa State University	Matthew Leach	25
3.58	James Madison University	Dane Pedersen	27
3.39	La Salle University	Kerry Smith	24
3.57	Lafayette College	Jim Dailey	46
3.41	Lehigh University	Rob Herb	21
3.76	Liberty University	Jake Shellenberger	35
3.48	Louisiana State University	Rick Bishop	29
3.77	Loyola University Maryland	Brian Loeffler	44
3.36	Manhattan University	Brian Hansbury	14
3.44	Marist College	Anthony Randall	27
3.77	Marshall University	Ian Walsh	26
3.58	Miami University	Samantha Pitter	39
3.51	Missouri State University	Dave Collins	25
3.62	Monmouth University	Matthew Nunnally	20
3.52	New Mexico State University	Rick Pratt	31
3.57	Niagara University	Eric Bugby	28
3.61	North Carolina State University	Braden Holloway	29
3.62	Northeastern University	Roy Coates	29
3.67	Northern Arizona University	Andy Johns	26
3.43	Northwestern University	Rachel Stratton-Mills	31
3.38	Oakland University	Mitch Alters	34
3.58	Ohio State University	Bill Dorenkott	33
3.65	Ohio University	Mason Norman	34
3.59	Old Dominion University	Jessica Miller Livsey	25
3.59	Pennsylvania State University	Hollie Bonewit-Cron	27
3.56	Pepperdine University	Ellie Monobe	34
3.32	Princeton University	Abby Brethauer	29
3.5	Providence College	John O’Neill	33
3.49	Purdue University	John Klinge	44
3.72	Queens University of Charlotte	Jeff Dugdale	28
3.85	Rice University	Seth Huston	26
3.35	Rider University	Stephen Fletcher	16
3.47	Rutgers University	Jon Maccoll	34
3.62	Sacred Heart University	John Spadafina	30
3.59	Saint Francis University	Phil Hurley	29
3.69	Saint Louis University	Mary Woods	24
3.54	Saint Peter’s University	Jose Cruz	13
3.64	San Diego State University	Mike Shrader	28
3.54	San Jose State University	Sage Hopkins	20
3.41	Seattle University	Joe Dykstra	21
3.49	Seton Hall University	Derek Sapp	19
3.69	Siena College	Maggie Davenport	23
3.69	Southern Illinois University	Geoff Hanson	41
3.3	Southern Methodist University	Ozzie Quevedo	19
3.64	St. Bonaventure University	Mike Smiechowski	22
3.83	Stanford University	Greg Meehan	28
3.75	State University of New York at Buffalo	Andy Bashor	29
3.41	Stonehill College	Matthew Distler	19
3.48	Stony Brook University	Mark Anderson	15
3.29	Texas A&M University	Blaire Bachman-Anderson	43
3.58	Texas Christian University	James Winchester	34
3.43	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Elizabeth Graham	18
3.56	Towson University	Anthony Bruno	31
3.67	Tulane University	Amanda Caldwell	24
3.2	U.S. Air Force Academy	Colleen Murhpy	42
3.12	U.S. Military Academy	Brandt Nigro	30
3.22	U.S. Naval Academy	John Morrison	36
3.48	UC Santa Barbara	Jaclyn Rosen	27
3.53	UCLA	Jordan Cordry	38
3.57	UMBC	Matthew Donovan	31
3.76	UNC Asheville	Elizabeth Lykins	30
3.8	UNC-Wilmington	Bobby Guntoro	34
3.54	University of Akron	Brian Peresie	30
3.72	University of Alabama	Margo Geer	36
3.68	University of Arizona	Ben Loorz	31
3.74	University of Arkansas-Little Rock	Nathan Townsend	31
3.43	University of California San Diego	Marko Djordjevic	25
3.32	University of California-Davis	Matthew Macedo	38
3.66	University of Cincinnati	Mandy DiSalle	37
3.58	University of Connecticut	Chris Maiello	30
3.42	University of Delaware	Pablo Marmolejo	31
3.67	University of Denver	Alicia Franklin	31
3.48	University of Evansville	Toby Wilcox	14
3.67	University of Florida	Anthony Nesty	36
3.55	University of Georgia	Stefanie Moreno	29
3.39	University of Hawaii	Steve Allnutt	30
3.34	University of Houston	Tanica Jamison	33
3.68	University of Idaho	Mark Sowa	37
3.71	University of Illinois	Jeana Kempe	36
3.58	University of Illinois at Chicago	Ashley Dell	25
3.4	University of Iowa	Nathan Mundt	27
3.76	University of Kansas	Clark Campbell	34
3.55	University of Kentucky	Bret Lundgaard	37
3.5	University of Louisville	Arthur Albiero	30
3.61	University of Massachusetts	Maiya Otsuka	26
3.69	University of Miami (Florida)	Andrew Kershaw	23
3.24	University of Michigan	Matt Bowe	31
3.6	University of Minnesota	Stacy Busack-LaRose	32
3.86	University of Missouri	Andrew Grevers	34
3.63	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Pablo Morales	24
3.58	University of Nebraska-Omaha	Jessica Hessel	31
3.63	University of Nevada Las Vegas	Patrick Ota	31
3.6	University of Nevada Reno	Brendon Bray	23
3.68	University of New Hampshire	Josh Willman	27
3.65	University of New Mexico	Naya Higashijima	32
3.63	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Mark Gangloff	32
3.57	University of North Florida	Ian Coffey	27
3.68	University of North Texas	Brittany Roth	28
3.56	University of Northern Colorado	Lisa Ebeling	28
3.61	University of Notre Dame	Chris Lindauer	33
3.29	University of Pacific	Katelyne Herrington	20
3.64	University of Pennsylvania	Mike Schnur	30
3.49	University of Pittsburgh	Chase Kreitler	33
3.5	University of Rhode Island	Lillian Deering	29
3.72	University of Richmond	Matt Barany	23
3.68	University of South Carolina	Jeff Poppell	48
3.66	University of South Dakota	Jason Mahowald	35
3.52	University of Southern California	Lea Maurer	31
3.61	University of Southern Indiana	Cameron Kainer	23
3.69	University of Texas	Bob Bowman	34
3.57	University of Toledo	Jacy Dyer	32
3.44	University of Utah	Jonas Persson	36
3.67	University of Vermont	Gerry Cournoyer	43
3.68	University of Wisconsin	Yuri Suguiyama	29
3.51	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Alexander Lewis	35
3.49	University of Wyoming	David Denniston	36
3.47	Valparaiso University	Maggie Kroemer	24
3.71	Vanderbilt University	Jeremy Organ	34
3.7	Villanova University	Rick Simpson	31
3.03	Virginia Military Institute	Scott Thacker	22
3.44	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Sergio Lopez Miro	48
3.52	Washington State University	Russell Whitaker	25
3.48	West Virginia University	Brent MacDonald	26
3.58	Xavier University	Lindsey Niergarth	21
3.67	Yale University	Jim Henry	33
3.54	Youngstown State University	Bradley Smith	31

Division I – Men

GPA	Team	Head Coach	Participants
3.42	American University	Garland Bartlett	26
3.45	Auburn University	Ryan Wochomurka	44
3.29	Ball State University	Jeremy Agnew	29
3.51	Bellarmine University	Gord Veldman	21
3.52	Binghamton University	Jerry Cummiskey	25
3.37

Division I – Women

Division I – Men

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