Scholar All-America Honors Awarded to Swimming & Diving Team
7/22/2011 6:12:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
STATESBORO, Ga. - The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its Scholar All-America teams for the spring 2011 semester and the Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving team has been honored for the seventh-straight semester. The CSCAA ranks all NCAA Division I teams twice a year, once after each academic term, and teams with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher are named to this distinguished CSCAA Scholar All-America list. With the current Scholar All-America program in place since 2008, the Eagles have been included each and every semester.
The Georgia Southern swimmers and divers posted an impressive 3.32 grade point average and finished ahead of Duke, UCLA and Texas. Three members of the Swimming and Diving team earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average last semester and seven made the Dean's List with GPAs above 3.5. As a whole, Georgia Southern's Athletics teams posted their highest composite grade point average in department history with a 2.93 GPA for the Spring 2011 semester and a 2.88 for the 2010-2011 academic year.
"I am very proud of our team for achieving CSCAA Scholastic All-America team status," said Georgia Southern Head Coach Nate Kellogg. "Our women have proven that they have a great deal of focus and commitment to their performances in the pool and their academics."
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