INDIANAPOLIS – Findlay, Hillsdale and Tiffin, represented the Great Midwest Athletic Conference as The College Swimming And Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) revealed its Scholar All-America Team for the Fall 2019 semester.
 
A record number of 762 programs from 480 institutions were reported by the CSCAA for Scholar All-America Team awards.
 
The teams were selected on the basis of their Fall grade point averages and represent 17,685 student-athletes.
 
Both Findlay’s men’s and women’s programs made the list while Hillsdale and Tiffin’s women’s programs also qualified.
 
The Oilers’ men checked with a 3.31 GPA and the women featured a 3.51 GPA; both programs are coached by Andrew Makepeace. Tiffin, coached by Lukas Jachno, sported a 3.29 fall GPA, and the Chargers of Hillsdale guided by reigning Coach of the Year Kurt Kirner, posted a 3.38 GPA.
 
The top teams in the classroom were also some of the best in the water. Ninety percent of the Division I and III’s top Twenty Five are represented while eighty percent of Division II schools posted a 3.0 or higher. Those teams included the top-ranked men’s teams of Texas (3.08), Indianapolis (3.24) and Denison (3.40). Also earning the honor were the top-ranked women’s programs of Michigan (3.43), and Denison (3.54). 

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.

For more information on the Scholar All-America program and see a list of award recipients from all divisions, click here for the official release.
 
Great Midwest Athletic Conference programs will be competing next week at the G-MAC/MEC Championships starting on Wednesday. The combined meet will be hosted by Malone again at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio.
 
Findlay is chasing its third consecutive team title after having swept both men’s and women’s team scoring honors in 2018 and 2019.