Swim Squads Earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors

East Lansing, Mich. -- The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected the Michigan State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams for Scholar All-American honors. Michigan State was one of 461 schools to receive the award for the Spring semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring grade point averages and represent 17,982 student-athletes.

CSCAA Executive Director Greg Earhart mentioned the efforts of Coach Gianiodis noting that "No team was unaffected by this Spring's pandemic but Athletic Director Bill Beekman and President Dr. Samuel Stanley can and should be proud of their team and the work of head coach Matt Gianiodis and his staff."

Additional institutional adjustments to grading systems resulted in GPAs nearly one-quarter letter grade higher than previously. As a result, the CSCAA will not be publishing team GPAs for this round of distinction nor releasing a team ranking. In the fall, both the mens and women's teams earned Scholar All-American Top-10 distinction: the men ranked fourth, while the Spartan women tied for seventh for the fall semester.

Gianiodis has seen his team earn multiple team and individual honors throughout the spring, "Of course, I'm very proud of my team and the overall culture in our program," noted the mentor, who has been on the Spartan pool deck for 22 seasons, 17 as the head coach. "Our student-athletes have been exceptional, and our academic coordinator, Jeremy Flynn, also deserves an exceptional amount of credit."

Individual CSCAA Scholar All-America selections will be announced next week.

Division I Men's Scholar All-America Teams : Air Force (Rob Clayton); Alabama (Coley Stickels); American (Mark Davin); Arizona (Augie Busch); Arizona State (Bob Bowman); Army / West Point (Brandt Nigro); Auburn (Gary Taylor); Ball State (J Agnew); Binghamton (Jerry Cummiskey); Boston College (Mike Stephens); Boston University (Bill Smyth); Brigham Young (John Brooks); Brown (Kevin Norman); Bucknell (Dan Schinnerer); Cal Baptist (Rick Rowland); California (Dave Durden); Canisius (Scott Vanderzell); Cincinnati (Mandy Commons-DiSalle); Colgate (Ed Pretre); Columbia (Jim Bolster); Connecticut (Chris Maiello); Cornell (Wes Newman); CSU Bakersfield (Chris Hansen); Dartmouth (Jamie Holder); Davidson (John Young); Delaware (Pablo Marmolejo); Denver (Alicia Hicken-Franklin); Drexel (Adam Braun); Duke (Dan Colella); East Carolina (Matthew Jabs); Eastern Illinois (Evan Sholudko); Evansville (Stuart Wilson); Fairfield (Anthony Bruno); Florida (Anthony Nesty); Florida Atlantic (Lara Preacco); Florida State (Neal Studd); Fordham (Steve Potsklan); Gardner-Webb (Michael Blum); George Mason (Peter Ward); George Washington (Brian Thomas); Georgetown (Jack Leavitt); Georgia (Jack Bauerle); Grand Canyon (Steve Schaffer); Green Bay (Eddie Gillie); Hawaii (Elliot Ptasnik); Howard (Nic Askew); Illinois-Chicago (Tim Loeffler); Incarnate Word (Phillip Davis); Iona (Nick Cavataro); Iowa (Marc Long); IUPUI (Damion Dennis); Kentucky (Lars Jorgensen); La Salle (Jamie Platt); Lafayette (Jim Dailey); Lehigh (Rob Herb); Louisiana State (David Geyer); Louisville (Arthur Albiero); Loyola (MD) (Brian Loeffler); Maine (Susan Lizzotte); Manhattan (Patrick Malone); Marist (Larry VanWagner); Massachusetts (Russ Yarworth); Miami (OH) (Hollie Bonewit-Cron); Michigan (Michael Bottom); Michigan State (Matt Gianiodis); Missouri (Andrew Grevers); Missouri State (Dave Collins); Monmouth (NJ) (Matthew Nunnally); Mount St. Mary's (Neil Yost); Navy (William Roberts); NC State (Braden Holloway); Niagara (Eric Bugby); NJIT (Ron Farina); North Carolina (Mark Gangloff); Northwestern (Katie Robinson); Notre Dame (Michael Litzinger); Oakland (Pete Hovland); Ohio State (Bill Dorenkott); Old Dominion (Jessica Miller Livsey); Pacific (Katelyne Herrington); Penn (Mike Schnur); Penn State (Tim Murphy); Pittsburgh (John Hargis); Princeton (Matt Crispino); Providence (John O'Neill); Purdue (Dan Ross); Rider (Stephen Fletcher); Saint Francis Brooklyn (Brian Guidera); Seattle (Craig Nisgor); Seton Hall (Derek Sapp); South Carolina (McGee Moody); South Dakota (Jason Mahowald); South Dakota State (Douglas Humphrey); Southern California (Jeremy Kipp); Southern Illinois (Geoff Hanson); Southern Methodist (greg rhodenbaugh); Stanford (Dan Schemmel); Tennessee (Matt Kredich); Texas (Eddie Reese); Texas A&M (Jay Holmes); Texas Christian (James Winchester); Towson (Jake Shrum); UC Santa Barbara (Matt Macedo); UMBC (Chad Cradock); UNLV (Ben Loorz); Utah (Joe Dykstra); Valparaiso (Maggie Kroemer); Villanova (Rick Simpson); Virginia (Todd DeSorbo); Virginia Tech (Sergio Lopez Miro); West Virginia (Victor Riggs); William & Mary (Nate Kellogg); Wisconsin (Yuri Suguiyama); Wyoming (David Denniston); Xavier (Brent MacDonald); Yale (Jim Henry); Youngstown State (Brad Smith);

Division I Women's Scholar All-America Teams: Air Force (Colleen Murphy); Akron (Brian Peresie); Alabama (Coley Stickels); American (Mark Davin); Arizona (Augie Busch); Arizona State (Bob Bowman); Arkansas (Neil Harper); Army / West Point (Brandt Nigro); Auburn (Gary Taylor); Ball State (J Agnew); Binghamton (Jerry Cummiskey); Boise State (Christine Mabile); Boston College (Mike Stephens); Boston University (Bill Smyth); Bowling Green (Rickey Perkins); Brigham Young (John Brooks); Brown (Kate Kovenock); Bucknell (Dan Schinnerer); Buffalo (Andy Bashor); Cal Baptist (Rick Rowland); California (Teri McKeever); Campbell (Pascal Molinard); Canisius (Scott Vanderzell); Central Connecticut (Bill Ball); Cincinnati (Mandy Commons-DiSalle); Colgate (Ed Pretre); Colorado State (Woody Woodard); Columbia (Diana Caskey); Connecticut (Chris Maiello); Cornell (Patrick Gallagher); CSU Bakersfield (Chris Hansen); Dartmouth (Jamie Holder); Davidson (John Young); Delaware (Pablo Marmolejo); Denver (Alicia Hicken-Franklin); Drexel (Adam Braun); Duke (Dan Colella); Duquesne (David Sheets); East Carolina (Matthew Jabs); Eastern Illinois (Evan Sholudko); Eastern Michigan (Derek Perkins); Evansville (Stuart Wilson); Fairfield (Anthony Bruno); Florida (Jeff Poppell); Florida Atlantic (Lara Preacco); Florida Gulf Coast (Dave Rollins); Florida International (Randy Horner); Florida State (Neal Studd); Fordham (Steve Potsklan); Fresno State (Jeanne Fleck); Gardner-Webb (Michael Blum); George Mason (Peter Ward); George Washington (Brian Thomas); Georgetown (Jack Leavitt); Georgia (Jack Bauerle); Georgia Southern (Amanda Caldwell); Grand Canyon (Steve Schaffer); Green Bay (Eddie Gillie); Harvard (Stephanie Morawski); Hawaii (Elliot Ptasnik); Houston (Ryan Wochomurka); Howard (Nic Askew); Idaho (Mark Sowa); Illinois (Susan Novitsky); Illinois State (Caitlin Hamilton); Illinois-Chicago (Tim Loeffler); Incarnate Word (Phillip Davis); Indiana State (Josh Christensen); Iona (Nick Cavataro); Iowa (Marc Long); Iowa State (Duane Sorenson); IUPUI (Damion Dennis); James Madison (Dane Pedersen); Kansas (Clark Campbell); Kentucky (Lars Jorgensen); La Salle (Jamie Platt); Lafayette (Jim Dailey); Lehigh (Rob Herb); Liberty (Jake Shellenberger); Little Rock (Amy Burgess); LIU (Matt Donovan); Louisiana State (David Geyer); Louisville (Arthur Albiero); Loyola (MD) (Brian Loeffler); Loyola Marymount (Bonnie Adair); Maine (Susan Lizzotte); Manhattan (Patrick Malone); Marist (Larry VanWagner); Marshall (Ian Walsh); Massachusetts (Bob Newcomb); Miami (FL) (Andrew Kershaw); Miami (OH) (Hollie Bonewit-Cron); Michigan (Michael Bottom); Michigan State (Matt Gianiodis); Missouri (Andrew Grevers); Missouri State (Dave Collins); Monmouth (NJ) (Matthew Nunnally); Mount St. Mary's (Neil Yost); Navy (John Morrison); NC State (Braden Holloway); Nebraska (Pablo Morales); Nebraska-Omaha (Todd Samland); Nevada (Brendon Bray); New Hampshire (Joshua Willman); New Mexico (Keegan Ingelido); New Mexico State (Rick Pratt); Niagara (Eric Bugby); North Carolina (Mark Gangloff); North Florida (Ian Coffey); North Texas (Brittany Roth); Northeastern (Roy Coates); Northern Arizona (Andy Johns); Northern Colorado (Lisa Ebeling); Northern Iowa (Nick Lakin); Northwestern (Katie Robinson); Notre Dame (Michael Litzinger); Oakland (Pete Hovland); Ohio (Mason Norman); Ohio State (Bill Dorenkott); Old Dominion (Jessica Miller Livsey); Pacific (Katelyne Herrington); Penn (Mike Schnur); Penn State (Tim Murphy); Pepperdine (Jana Vincent); Pittsburgh (John Hargis); Princeton (Bret Lundgaard); Providence (John O'Neill); Purdue (John Klinge); Rhode Island (Mick Westkott); Rice (Seth Huston); Richmond (Matthew Barany); Rider (Stephen Fletcher); Rutgers (Jon Maccoll); Sacred Heart (John Spadafina); Saint Francis (PA) (Phil Hurley); Saint Francis Brooklyn (Brian Guidera); San Diego (Michael Keeler); San Diego State (Mike Shrader); San Jose State (Sage Hopkins); Seattle (Craig Nisgor); Seton Hall (Derek Sapp); Siena (Margaret Fletcher); South Carolina (McGee Moody); South Dakota (Jason Mahowald); South Dakota State (Douglas Humphrey); Southern California (Jeremy Kipp); Southern Illinois (Geoff Hanson); Stanford (Greg Meehan); Stony Brook (Kerry Smith); Tennessee (Matt Kredich); Texas (Carol Capitani); Texas A&M (Steve Bultman); Texas Christian (James Winchester); Towson (Jake Shrum); Tulane (Leah Stancil); UC Santa Barbara (Matt Macedo); UC-Davis (Barbara Jahn); UCLA (Jordan Wolfrum); UMBC (Chad Cradock); UNC Asheville (Elizabeth Lykins); UNLV (Ben Loorz); Utah (Joe Dykstra); Valparaiso (Maggie Kroemer); Vermont (Gerry Courmoyer); Villanova (Rick Simpson); Virginia (Todd DeSorbo); Virginia Tech (Sergio Lopez Miro); Wagner (Colin Shannahan); Washington State (Matthew Leach); West Virginia (Victor Riggs); William & Mary (Nate Kellogg); Wisconsin (Yuri Suguiyama); Wyoming (David Denniston); Xavier (Brent MacDonald); Yale (Jim Henry); Youngstown State (Brad Smith);

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