Emory Swimming & Diving Earns CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors

The Emory University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams as a whole, in addition to 26 individual members of the teams, were recognized as Scholar All-Americans by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for their performances both in the pool and the classroom last year.

The Emory women’s team finished the season with a 3.64 team grade point average, the second highest among all recognized Division III teams, trailing only King’s College’s 3.74 GPA.  In addition, the Emory women led all Division III programs with 16 Scholar All-Americans in 2010, including Jennifer Aronoff, Natty Chalermpalanupap, Lillian Ciardelli, Anne Culpepper, Theresa Gallagher, Leslie Hackler, Liz Horvat, Morgan Klinzing, Mia Michalak, Amy Minowitz, Katie Mroz, Claire Pavlak, Jacqueline Schneider, Whitley Taylor, Ruth Westby, and Ann Wolber.  Meanwhile, Marie Kim, Stephanie Molchan, Samantha Neumann, and Emily Reynolds were named Scholar All-America Honorable Mentions.  The Emory women finished first at the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships.

The Emory University men recorded a GPA of 3.36, the 13^th-best among all Division III men’s swimming and diving squads recognized.  Emory’s Ken Minturn, Peter O’Brien, Mackenzie Perry and Paul Weinstein earned Scholar All-America honors, while Jared Dubnow and Richard Upton both were named Scholar All-America honorable mentions.  The Emory men finished third at the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships.

In order to qualify as a Scholar all-American, a student-athlete must be academically eligible under the NCAA rules and must have completed at least the equivalent of 12 semester hours per term enrolled at the current institution, qualify to participate at the NCAA Championships, and have either a cumulative, semester, or school-year GPA of 3.50 or better.

Honorable Mention Scholar All-Americans must meet the same criteria, except instead of recording a qualifying time for the NCAA Championships, must meet the ‘B' time standard for the NCAA Championship.