The Colorado College swimming and diving teams once again demonstrated their excellence in the classroom by earning Team Scholar All-America honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for the 2015 fall semester.

The CC men posted the highest team grade-point average (3.63) nationally among NCAA Division III schools and the second-highest across all three NCAA divisions, just behind Division II Urbana University at 3.64. CC's men also topped the Division III field during the 2014 fall semester. The women, meanwhile, had the sixth-highest GPA in Division III at 3.62 and the teams' combined GPA of 3.625 is by far the highest in the country, regardless of division.
 
The Tigers were one of four women's teams recognized from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and one of two on the men's side.
 
"We put a high value on academic performance with our team and our athletes do a tremendous job of balancing their scholarly and athletic pursuits," Colorado College head coach Anne Goodman James said. "I am so proud of them for keeping the student in student-athlete."
 
The award is presented twice annually to intercollegiate swimming and diving squads that achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
 
Founded in 1922, the CSCAA is the nation's oldest professional organization of college coaches. Its mission is to serve and provide leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming and diving at the collegiate level.

   

Men –NCAA Division III		Women – NCAA Division III
1. Colorado College – 3.63		1. Mount Holyoke – 3.71
2. Principia – 3.60		2. Beloit – 3.69
2. MIT – 3.60		3. Ripon – 3.67
4. Emory – 3.56		4. Connecticut College – 3.66
5. Bard – 3.55		5. Skidmore – 3.64
6. Pomona-Pitzer – 3.45		6. Colorado College – 3.62
7. McDaniel – 3.43		7. McDaniel – 3.61
8. Vassar – 3.41		7. Smith – 3.61
		7. Widener – 3.61