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Award Criteria

Team Awards (Spring & Fall Semesters)

The CSCAA recognizes Scholar All-America Teams for both the Fall and Winter Semesters.  In order to be recognized, teams must:

  • Be current CSCAA members;

  • Have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher;

  • Be nominated by a current CSCAA member or their designee by the entry deadline.

Calculating Team GPA

  • Team GPA calculations must include any student-athlete who competed at any time during the current season.

  • Team GPA calculations shall not include redshirts.

  • Use each student-athlete's semester/quarter GPA (do not use cumulative GPAs).

  • Add each student-athlete's GPA and divide by the number of student-athletes

Individual Awards (Spring Semester Only)

Individual Scholar All-America is only awarded in the Spring and presented to college and university swimmers and divers, who have achieved both academic and athletic excellence over the semester/quarter coinciding with the year of their respective national championships.

Academic Criteria

  • Student must have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.50 or higher during the academic year or semester coinciding with their national championship. Cumulative GPAs ARE NOT accepted

  • Student must be in good standing with their team and institution throughout the entire season;

  • Student must be nominated by a current CSCAA member or their designee by the entry deadline.

Athletic Criteria

  • 1st Team must have participated at their respective national championship;

  • 2nd Team must have achieved an individual "B" time standard or an NCAA qualification score.

  • Individuals achieving "B" standards as a part of a relay are not eligible.

  • Divers must achieve a Zone qualifying score, but are not required to compete at their respective NCAA diving qualification meet.

Fall Nominations Due by January 19, 2024

Spring Nominations Due by June 12, 2024

Late Nominations are not accepted.

Member coaches are eligible for two free certificates for each individual award-winner. These can be ordered at http://shop.cscaa.org/.

Should circumstances prevent the CSCAA from using the above listed criteria, the Scholar All-America Committee will recommend alternate temporary criteria for the honoring Scholar All-America teams and/or student-athletes.

Questions regarding nominations or awards should be sent to Samantha Barany to be reviewed by the CSCAA Scholar All-America committee.

Committee Members: Brad Boswell, Clark Campbell, Teresa Fish, Eric Murray, Heidi Voigt.

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