CSCAA Release

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 789 programs from 461 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the Spring 2020 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring grade point averages and represent 17,982 student-athletes.

CSCAA Executive Director, Greg Earhart, mentioned the efforts of coach head coach, Justin Vasquez, noting that "No team was unaffected by this Spring's pandemic but Athletic Director, Paul Lowden, and Dr. Walter O'Neill, the Executive Vice President for Enrollment, can and should be proud of their team as well as the work by Justin and his coaching staff."

To earn the honor, teams were required to post a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the Spring semester and the Panthers were at 3.35 in their second year as a program.

Founded in 1922 the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy and professional development.