Swimming & Diving

SJC Men & Women Claim CSCAA Scholar All-America Team Honors

SJC Men & Women Claim CSCAA Scholar All-America Team Honors
Posted: Jun 28, 2022

STANDISH, Maine - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named 731 teams from 441 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the spring 2022 semester and the Saint Joseph's College men's and women's swim teams have earned the high academic honor. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring 2022 grade point averages and represent 17,845 student-athletes.

The CSCAA recognizes teams with the Scholar All-America Award for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The SJC men posted a 3.48 grade point average while the St. Joe's women registered a 3.14 GPA during the spring semester.

The highest team GPA's come from Division III programs. Caltech women, for the second time in a row, lead the standings with a 3.97 GPA. Pacific Lutheran is the top men's program at 3.85.

Harvard's men and Stanford's women lead the Division I list with team GPA's of 3.78 and 3.83, respectively. Roberts Wesleyan's men (3.66) and Fairmont State's women (3.84) top the Division II category. SCAD-Savannah is best among all NAIA schools for both the men (3.56) and women's (3.80) rankings. NJCAA schools are led by Southwestern Oregon men (3.27) and women (3.54).

CSCAA Executive Director had this to say about Saint Joseph's, "Coach Felker understands the values of training the complete student-athlete and that is evident by the team's success in the classroom."

Under the leadership of third-year Head Coach Jared Felker, Saint Joseph's is one of 21 New England programs to have both men's and women's teams recognized. University of Saint Joseph and Husson University (an associate member) are the only other Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) institutions to have both teams earn the academic accolade.

 

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ABOUT THE CSCAA:

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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