Hartnell College Returns to Pool
Hartnell College in Salinas, California will reinstate men’s and women’s swimming and diving. The decision will bring the CCCAA up to fifty men’s and fifty-seven women’s programs and follows a years worth of research by the college.
For Swimming & Diving, Early Recruiting Reform Has Opposite Effect
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), on behalf of Division I swimming & diving, is calling on the NCAA Council to exempt swimming and diving from Proposal 2018-93 when it comes up for a vote this week.
Cal Leads CSCAA Post-Season Honors
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America has selected 274 swimmers and divers to its Division I All-America team. Four teams each had twelve first-team selections. They included the Stanford women along with the men’s teams of Indiana, Texas and California.
CSCAA Names 266 to Division III All-America Team
Brad Shively of Washington University in Saint Louis and Jess Book of Kenyon College have been named CSCAA Division III Swimming Coaches-of-the-Year for men and women respectively. The duo were selected by their peers following the 2019 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro, NC. Chicago’s Becky Benson was named women’s Diving Coach-of-the-Year while Lake Forest’s Nathan Lightman took home the men’s honor.
Salem to Add Women’s Team
Salem College will add a women’s swimming program, with Tim Hillen being named head coach. In doing so, Salem becomes the fourteenth institution to add the sport in time for the 2019-20 season. At present, twenty-one new teams (twelve men, nine women) will dive into competition next Fall.
Six Selected for Freeman Class of 2019
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) have selected Kristin Walker, Daniel Dozier, Mona Groteguth, Alice McCall, Nathan Hardingand Daniel Burke.to receive the Jean Freeman Scholarship. The scholarships are given annually to six assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude and personal graciousness epitomize those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, longtime women’s swimming coach at the University of Minnesota.
Lapshina, Kusch, Haasan, Persall Lead Division II All-America Teams
Queens University of Charlotte’s Polina Lapshina and Marius Kusch lead the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA)’s Division II All-America team. The pair were named women’s and men’s swimmers of the year and join 259 other swimmers and divers from forty institutions on the list. The CSCAA also selected an additional 133 student-athletes from an additional ten schools to its honorable mention team.
Getting to Know Sean Tedesco
The 2019 CSCAA Convention and Banquet will mark the end of USMMA Head Coach Sean Tedesco’s tenure on the CSCAA Board of Directors. Before he leaves, we sat down with Sean to talk swimming and diving, his favorite convention talks and what he does off deck.
NAIA All-America Selections Named
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected their NAIA All-America team.. In total, 67 men and 70 women were selected.
Davenport Adds Men’s Team
Davenport Adds Men Vasquez Will Lead Both Teams Davenport University announced today that it is adding men’s swimming and diving to its growing athletic department. The program will compete at the NCAA Division II level and join the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The move comes a year after Eastern Michigan University dropped their men’s […]
