Oct. 22, 2008
PHOENIX, Ariz. -
The LMU swimming team recorded a 3.460 GPA last year, placing 13th out of more than 170 Division I schools who participated last season in swimming and diving, it was announced on CollegeSwimming.com on Tuesday. Yale, coached by Frank Keefe, took the women’s crown with a 3.608 team grade point average, just edging Rick Pratt’s New Mexico State women at 3.566 and Jim Wilson’s Dartmouth women at 3.560.
Dartmouth’s Big Green men had a team GPA of 3.600 to claim the top men’s spot with Yale second at 3.500 and Georgetown, coached by Steve Cartwright, third at 3.376.
Dartmouth took the combined men’s and women’s title with a stunning 3.580 GPA. Yale followed closely with a 3.552 with Lafayette College, coached by Jim Dailey, third in 3.442.
East Coast teams dominated the team rankings, taking the top four spots and eight of the top ten in the combined listings. A total of 125 teams – 81 women’s and 44 men’s -- bettered the minimum team GPA requirement of 3.000.
The Division I women, fast in the water, excelled just as spectacularly in the classroom, with 91 women earning individual Academic All-American honors by achieving a GPA of 3.500 or higher and qualifying for the NCAA Championships. 31 men also earned AAA honors.
24 women and four men scored a perfect 4.000 grade point average. Moreover, Richard Quick’s Auburn Tigers had an amazing nine student-athletes – six women and three men – with perfect 4.0’s.
Texas A&M had three 4.0’s while George, Minnesota and SMU had two each, all women.
Top-10 Combined NCAA Div. I Academic All-American Teams
1. 3.580 Dartmouth College
2. 3.552 Yale University
3. 3.440 Lafayette College
4. 3.416 Georgetown University
5. 3.350 Southern Illinois University
6. 3.330 George Washington University
7. 3320 Bucknell University
8. 3.319 Harvard College
9. 3.294 South Dakota State Universit
10. 3.290 Southern Methodist University
Top-20 Division I Women’s Teams/Coach
1. 3.603 Yale University/Frank Keefe
2. 3.566 New Mexico State University/Rick Pratt
3. 3.560 Dartmouth College/Jim Wilson
4. 3.540 University of Arkansas – Fayetteville/Jeff Poppell
5. 3.535 Vanderbilt University/Jeremy Organ
6. 3.510 Lafayette College/James Dailey
7. 3.508 Gardner-Webb University/Michael Simpson
8. 3.500 University of Cincinnati/Monty Hopkins
9. 3.481 South Dakota State University/Brad Erickson
10. 3.476 Duke University/Dan Colella
11. 3.470 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign/Sue Novitsky
12. 3.469 Eastern Michigan University/Peter Linn
13. 3.460 Loyola Marymount University/Bonnie Adair
14. 3.455 Georgetown/Steven Cartwright
15. 3.452 University of Denver/Brian Schrader
16. 3.446 University of Alabama/Eric McIlquham
17. 3.424 Ohio University/Greg Werner
18. 3.400 George Washington University/Daniel Rhinehart
19. 3.400 Southern Illinois University/Rick Walker
20. 3.390 Bucknell University/Dan Schinnerer
