Women’s swim team earns academic honor

10-9-08

Lady WarriorsPHOENIX, Ariz. – The Lycoming College women’s swimming team earned 2007-08 Division III All-Academic honors from the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America after boasting the ninth-highest cumulative GPA in the country.

In order to be eligible for the All-Academic team honor, the cumulative GPA of all the women on the roster must be above 3.0. The Lady Warriors posted a cumulative mark of 3.47, just 0.12 points off the national leader, Mount Holyoke (3.59).

Ninth is the highest the team has ranked in the standings since first submitting for the recognition in 2004.

Lycoming led all Middle Atlantic Conference schools on the rankings. Misericordia was the only other school in the league to make the list, finishing with a mark of 3.30.

The team was led by three seniors with 4.0 GPAs.

The Lycoming men’s and women’s swimming teams will open the season with the Blue/Gold Intersquad meet on Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The teams will officially open the season on Oct. 28, hosting Messiah at 7 p.m.

 

Complete List of Division III All-Academic Teams

GPA

School

Coach

3.59

Mount Holyoke College

David Allen

3.57

Olivet College

Jake Taber

3.54

New York University

Lauren Beam

3.51

Brandeis University

Jim Zotz

3.51

Chatham University

Michael Meyers

3.50

Luther College

Lance Huber

3.49

Kalamazoo College

Kathy Milliken

3.48

Gustavus Adolphus College

Jon Carlson

3.47

Lycoming College

Jerry Hammaker

3.47

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Charlie Griffiths

3.47

Grinnell College

Erin Hurley

3.46

Trinity College

Kristen Noone

3.45

Clark University

Paul Phillips

3.44

Stevens Institute of Technology

Trevor Miele

3.44

Alfred University

Brian Striker

3.44

Colorado College

Anne Goodman-James

3.44

Washington University

Brad Shively

3.42

Case Western Reserve University

Chris Conlon

3.42

Macalester College

Robert Pearson

3.42

University of Rochester

Pete Thompson

3.41

Occidental College

Peggy Carl

3.40

Washington and Lee University

Kami Gardner

3.40

Carleton College

Brooke Larsen

3.39

Saint Mary's University (MN)

Eric Lundquist

3.39

Nazareth College

Martie Staser

3.39

Carnegie Mellon University

Matthew Kinney

3.39

Goucher College

Thomas Till

3.39

Catholic University of America

Paul Waas

3.39

Transylvania University

George Villarreal

3.39

Ohio Wesleyan University

Richard Hawes

3.37

Oberlin College

Mark Fino

3.37

Wesleyan University

Mary Bolich

3.37

Hendrix College

Jim Kelly

3.36

Kenyon College

Jim Steen

3.36

Ithaca College

Paula Miller

3.35

University of Chicago

Jason Weber

3.35

Wheaton College

JP Gowdy

3.34

Whitman College

Jennifer Blomme

3.33

DePauw University

Mary Bretscher

3.32

Bates College

Peter Casares

3.32

Colby College

Tom Burton

3.32

Hiram College

Jack Groselle

3.30

Misericordia University

Jason Morini

3.30

Tufts University

Nancy Bigelow

3.29

Grove City College

Cathy Jacobs

3.27

Allegheny College

Danielle Lindner

3.27

Rowan University

Miki Lambert

3.25

Principia College

Carl Erikson

3.23

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Paul Bennett

3.22

College of St. Catherine

Nicole Hempler

3.22

SUNY Geneseo

Paul Dotterweich

3.22

Wellesley College

Bonnie Dix

3.22

Wittenberg University

Natalie Koukis

3.21

Randolph-Macon College

Ben Delia

3.21

SUNY New Paltz

Brian Williams

3.19

Washington College

Kim Lessard

3.18

Westminster

Rob Klamut

3.17

Dickinson College

Paul Richards

3.15

Notre Dame (MD)

Curt Jordan

3.14

SUNY Oswego

Michael Holman

3.14

Monmouth College

Keith Crawford

3.13

William Paterson University

Ed Gurka

3.12

The College of Wooster

Rob Harrington

3.11

Mount Union College

Eric Mojock

3.10

Bethany College

John McGowan

3.06

Salisbury University

Jill Stephenson

3.06

Johns Hopkins

George Kennedy

3.05

SUNY Fredonia

Arthur Wang

3.04

University of New England

Kate Roy

3.03

Westfield State

David Laing

3.00

Washington & Jefferson College

Michael H. Orstein