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Swimming and diving squads recognized for academic success

UGA’s swimming and diving squads have earned Scholar All-America Team status for the fall 2018 semester from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.

The CSCAA selected a record 713 teams from 460 institutions for the status. The teams, which were picked by the CSCAA’s Scholar All-America Committee on the basis of fall GPAs, are represented by 16,502 student-athletes. To earn the designation, teams were required to post a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fall and maintain a roster of 12 or more student-athletes.

The Bulldogs posted a team GPA of 3.35, while the Lady Bulldogs recorded a 3.05.

Eighty-nine percent of the teams in the CSCAA TYR Top 25 earned the honor.  The Georgia women are ranked 11th, and the men are 12th.