CSCAA Presents Scholar All-American Sward to 11 Spartans

NORFOLK, Va. - The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has announced the 2014 CSCAA Individual Scholar All-Americans, supported by Nike Swim. Among the honorees are a total of 11 University of Tampa student-athletes.

Tampa's men's team had five first-team Scholar All-Americans, including Jordan Augier, Karl Burdis, Philip Nordenberg, Jeremy Parker and Damen Pfeiffer. Scott Nocco was also named to the honorable mention team.

UT's women's squad included Alex Hipolito and Erin Plachy as first team Scholar All-Americans. Lisa Bero, Emily Grams and Allison Noe were honorable mention choices.

The Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers who have achieved a cumulative, or term grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the academic term coinciding with their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA/CCCAA Swimming and Diving Championships and have qualified for and competed at the Championship.

The Honorable Mention Scholar All-America Award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester, or cumulative average, and have achieved a "B" time standard but did not qualify or compete in their respective national championship. Divers qualify by competing at their respective championship qualifying meets, zones or NCAA preliminary rounds.

Full lists for each division may be found on our home page at www.cscaa.org.