Spartans Well Represented on Scholar All-American List
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) named 1,206 swimmers and divers to its Scholar All-American Team for the 2021-22 season, which included a total of 21 swimmers from the University of Tampa men's and women's teams. The award recognizes students who achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and were invited to compete at their respective national championships.
UT had six men, and 15 women on the list. The male Spartans include Kenan Dean, Nick Fauteux, Connor Kazmi, Jared Mindek, Grant Ruster and Marvin Slanschek. The women awarded are Megan Arnold, Emma Chestang, Sierra Gillan, Katie Horan, Paige Hunt, Johanna Koether, Madi Lauger, Alli McFarland, Emma Panaroni, Courtney Sherwood, Jessie Tobin, Alexa Turco, Roma Vrijhof, Holly Wessel and Lara Wiedemann.
Nine of the athletes were also recognized as swimmers or divers-of-the-year: Crile Hart and Bryan Fitzgerald (Kenyon), Alex Kunert and Danielle Melilli (Queens University of Charlotte), Madison Brinkman (St. Cloud State), Leon Marchand (Arizona State), Kate Douglass (Virginia), Elizabeth Cron (Chicago), and Tarrin Gilliland (Indiana). NIC Swimmer-of-the-Championship, Claire Nguyen (Tennessee) also made the list.
Stanford women had 17 First Team selections, the most of any program. Chicago was second on the women's list with 16 recognitions. NYU and Queens (NC) each had 14 athletes honored. On the men's side, Johns Hopkins led with 16 First Team Scholar All-Americans. Emory men had 15 while Texas and Williams each had 13 First Team recognitions.
To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 and participated in their national championship. Second-Team selections also earned a 3.50 GPA or higher and achieved a "B" time standard for the national championship or participated at a diving zone qualification meet. All criteria can be found on the CSCAA website.
The award-winners studied a multitude of subjects ranging from A (Accounting) to Z (Zoology). More than a third (35%) of all award-winners are pursuing a major in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) field. Business majors were the second-most represented with 23% of recipients followed by the social sciences (13%). The most popular majors were biology, exercise science, psychology, business administration, mechanical engineering, and finance.