Women's Swimming Honored by CSCAA
EVANSTON, Ill (July 12, 2010) The Drew University Women's Swimming Team was one of four Landmark Conference schools to earn Scholar All-American Team Honors by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
After each semester during the school year the CSCAA selects and honors teams as Scholar All-American Teams. To earn the All-American Team honor, a team must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA for the spring semester. The Rangers ended up with a 3.30 GPA at the end of the spring semester giving them the highest of any Landmark school that made the list.
"I'm so proud of this group,one of our goals at the beginning of the year was to make this elite list. Our team battled a lot of adversity this season, but the one thing we kept focused on was academics," said Head Coach Eric Scheingoltz.
This one of many academic honors the Drew Women's Swimming collected this year. After the season concluded the Rangers had four members make the Landmark Conference Honor Roll while sophomore
Kati Eggert (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) made the Landmark All-Academic team.
"This is a great reward for a group of kids who work really hard! I have always believed that these are special students here in this program. These student-athletes are wonderfully representing our university and athletic department. I couldn't be prouder," added Scheingoltz.
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 at the collegiate level.
In cooperation with our sister organizations – USA Swimming, the American Swimming Coaches Association, United States Masters Swimming and the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association – the CSCAA is dedicated to promoting the benefits of the sport of swimming at all levels and throughout the life cycle.
The CSCAA recognizes outstanding achievements by coaches and swimmers; promotes communication and cooperation both within the sport of swimming and with our fellow Olympic sports; protects, promotes and seeks to expand competitive intercollegiate swimming programs; recommends rules and regulations to the NCAA; sponsors events; certifies new coaches; provides ongoing educational and leadership training for coaches and athletes; and serves as a source of information to its membership and for the general public.