Aug. 15, 2016
NORFOLK, Va. - The Penn State women's swimming and diving team earned recognition as a College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America team after posting a 3.33 GPA last semester, while seven student-athletes were recognized as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans plus one as an honorable mention. The Nittany Lion men also had three individual honorable mentions.
For the Penn State women, Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec), Casey Francis (East Meadow, N.Y.), Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.), Niki Price (Manchester, Pa.), Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Haley Sinatro (West Hartford, Conn.) and Katelyn Sowinski (Severna Park, Md.) were named Scholar All-Americans by virtue of having grade point averages above 3.50 for the year and qualifying for the NCAA Championships. The total of seven tied with Michigan for the most in the Big Ten and tied for seventh most in Division I.
Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo and, on the men's side, Matt Grillo (Montreal, Quebec), Tim Maurer (Hershey, Pa.) and Andy Schuehler (Camden, N.J.), earned honorable mention accolades having similarly achieved a GPA of 3.50 and also achieving a "B" time standard.
A record 853 swimmers and divers were selected for the CSCAA Scholar All-America teams across the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA, while 928 were named honorable mention. The selections were drawn from 247 colleges and universities.
The CSCAA designated 658 swimming and diving teams, representing 388 colleges and universities as Scholar All-America teams. The recognition comes as a result of each team's classroom performance in the past semester. It is only the second time in the program's 30+ year history of the program that more than 600 teams.
To be selected as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team, programs must have achieved a grade point average of 3.00 or higher over the spring semester.
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) - the oldest 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.
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