Swimming and Diving was Named an Academic All-American Team

Phoenix, Ariz. - The Georgia Southern swimming and diving team was named an Academic All-American team by the College Swim Coaches Association of America.

Head coach Nathan Kellogg and his staff have stressed academics and the results are evident. The swimming and diving team also had 12 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll members.

"Our team knows why they are here, and that's to get a degree,” said coach Kellogg. “We stress that they work hard to achieve academic success and this is recognition of their outstanding focus and hard work."   

The Lady Eagles had a combined 3.220 GPA last season and return to action November 14^th at Gardner-Webb.

Top 10 Combined NCAA Div. I Academic All-American Teams

   1. 3.580 Dartmouth College
   2. 3.552 Yale University
   3. 3.440 Lafayette College
   4. 3.416 Georgetown University
   5. 3.350 Southern Illinois University
   6. 3.330 George Washington University
   7. 3320 Bucknell University
   8. 3.319 Harvard College
   9. 3.294 South Dakota State Universit
 10. 3.290 Southern Methodist University

Category: Swimming & Diving

Published on Monday, 27 October 2008 00:07