Twelve MAAC Swimming and Diving Teams Earn Scholar All-American Honors

3/1/2013 5:51:00 PM

MAAC Sports

Edison, NJ - Twelve of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's and women's swimming and diving teams were honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for academic excellence during the fall semester. The teams that achieve a cumulative team grade point average of 3.0 or higher received Scholar All-American status.

Fairfield University's Women's Swimming and Diving team compiled a team grade point average of 3.53, which placed the Stags fifth in the nation among Division I institutions and first among teams from the MAAC. Five other MAAC women's swimming and diving programs were honored as well. Canisius College ranked 63^rd with a team average of 3.29, Marist College ranked 70^th with 3.27 average, close behind was 78^th ranked Iona College with a 3.27 average. Siena College ranked 100^th with a 3.20 team average and Rider University ranked 107^th with a 3.17.

On the men's side, Canisius ranked 10^th among the Division I institutions with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.30. Fairfield ranked 22nd with a 3.22 average, Rider ranked 28^th with a 3.17 average, Manhattan and Iona tied for 38^th with a 3.11 average, followed by Marist ranking 48^th with a 3.09 average.