Panther swimming and dive honored with CSCAA Scholar All-America Team recognition
2/3/2023 10:14:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The UNI swimming & diving team has been selected by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as an Scholar All-America Team. Â
The Panthers have earned this honor for six consecutive seasons and continue to have one of the top GPA's in the country. The Panthers posted a GPA of 3.60 to earn the honor.Â
UNI joins the other 9 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) women's swimming and diving programs as one of 16 Division I conferences to have all member schools be recognized with the honor.
This season, the Panthers have posted a 12-4 record in dual meets, tying a single-season school record, including an 11-1 mark at the Coyote Extravaganza. UNI also saw its first-ever Para-Swimming national champion be crowned in Olivia Chambers, as well as its first-ever swimmer compete at the U.S. Open Championships in Faith Larsen.
On the boards, senior diver Taylor Hogan qualified for the NCAA Diving Zones for a second consecutive season, punching her ticket to March's high profile meet with a score of 270.70 against Iowa State and West Virginia on the one-meter springboard.
UNI will compete at the Coyote Invite and Omaha Diving Invite this weekend before hosting the MVC Championships at the Campus Recreation-Wellness Center in Iowa City, Feb. 15-18.
CSCAA selected 803 teams from 479 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the fall 2022 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their fall 2022 grade point averages and represent 19,426 student-athletes both male and female.Â
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.
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