The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected 718 teams to the Scholar All-America Team for the Spring 2023 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring 2023 team grade point averages and represent 17,497 student-athletes.

100% Conferences & Top 10 Team GPAs

Worth special mention are the conferences in which 100% of their teams achieved Scholar All-America Honors. In Division I, seven women’s conferences and seven men’s conferences achieved 100%. In Division II, one women’s conference and one men’s conference achieved 100%. In Division III, one conference produced 100% Scholar All-America Teams for both the men and women. Below you will find a document that highlights all of the conferences with 100% Scholar All-America Teams. NOTE: In order to qualify as a conference with 100% Scholar All-America Teams, all teams that have a swim & dive program must be current CSCAA Members; submit their team application(s) on-time; and, the students need to earn a team GPA of 3.00 or higher.

In the overall team rankings, the Pomona-Pitzer women retained their #1 ranking from the Fall with the highest team GPA (3.88) this spring. Rounding out the top five are the women from Marshall (3.87, #2), the men from Cal-Tech (3.86, #3), the men from Pomona-Pitzer (3.85, T-4), and the women from Catawba (3.85, T-4). Below you will find a document that highlights the Top 10 Scholar All-America Teams by Division & Gender. NOTE: in order to be recognized as a “Top 10 Scholar All-America Team” each team must have a roster of at least eleven student-athletes.

Division I Scholar All-America Teams

In Division I, the top two spots stayed the same from the fall semester with the Marshall women earning the highest team GPA (3.87) and Richmond (3.84) hanging onto the second spot. Brown (3.79) and Vermont (3.79) tied for third with Dartmouth (3.78) rounding out the top five. On the men’s side, Stanford (3.77) took over the top spot while Brown (3.73) and Harvard (3.72) rounded out the top three. Coming in at #4 was Massachusetts (3.70) while earning #5 was Duke (3.66).

Division II Scholar All-America Teams

In Division II, the Catawba women earned the highest team GPA (3.85) with Ouachita Baptist (3.78) coming in at #2. Tied for third were Cal-State East Bay (3.76) and Lenoir-Rhyne (3.76). Rounding out the top five was Lynn (3.75). On the men’s side, Lenoir-Rhyne (3.58) earned the top spot while the #1 team from the fall semester, Florida Southern (3.54), tied with Mines (3.54) for second. Rounding out the top 5 were Northern Michigan (3.50) and Rollins (3.50), who finished tied for fourth.

Division III Scholar All-America Teams

In Division III, the Pomona-Pitzer women again earned the highest team GPA (3.88) of any eligible teams across all divisions. Coming in second, third and fourth, respectively, were the women from New England (3.81), Hamline (3.79) and Pacific Lutheran (3.77). There was a four-way tie for fifth between Anderson (3.76), Case Western Reserve (3.76), Smith (3.76) and Washington College (MD) (3.76). On the men’s side, #1 Caltech (3.86) squeaked past #2 Pomona-Pitzer (3.85) while #3 Macalester (3.76) narrowly edged #4 WashU (3.75). Two teams finished tied for fifth: Case Western Reserve (3.74) and Colorado College (3.74).

NAIA & NJCAA Scholar All-America Teams

In the NAIA, the women from Keiser (3.75) maintained their top spot from the fall semester while St. Mary (KS) (3.61) ascended to second place in the spring semester. Rounding out the top five were #3 Saint Ambrose (3.54) and T-4 Campellsville (3.53) and T-4 Lindsey Wilson (3.53). On the men’s side, Saint Ambrose (3.63) led the way, once again, while #2 Cumberlands (3.58) made the jump into the top 5. Rounding out the top 5 were Keiser (3.54), Saint Mary (KS) (3.52) and Lindsey Wilson (3.51).

In the NJCAA, two institutions had both their men and women qualify as Scholar All-America Teams: Southwestern Oregon and Indian River. Southwestern Oregon earned the top spot for the women (3.54) and the men (3.26) while the Indian River women (3.08) and men (3.11) came in at #2.

About the CSCAA

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first organization of college coaches in America - is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.