Razorbacks Earn Scholar All-America Honor

Fayetteville, Ark.- The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) announced Tuesday evening that Arkansas was named a Scholar All-America Team for grades posted in the fall of 2020.

The Razorback swimmers and divers posted a 3.51 GPA. There were 32 participants and 95% of those made the SEC Fall Honor Roll. Eleven student-athletes earned a 4.0 GPA, and 21 students earned a 3.5 GPA or better. The 3.51 GPA was good enough for a sixth-place finish in the SEC.

The teams represent 480 institutions from across all NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions. The CSCAA recognizes teams with the Scholar All-America Award for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America – the oldest organization of college coaches in America – is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming and diving at the collegiate level.

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 Head Coach Neil Harper: “The high standards that this team displays continue to make me proud. With so many of our ladies earning above a 3.5 and 11 of them achieving a 4.0 it is obvious that their dedication is creating great results. We continue our program’s goals and traditions of being one of the best scholar-athlete teams by being ranked in the top 20 coaches poll and achieving again above a 3.5 GPA.”