Tiger Swimming and Diving Teams Earn National Academic Awards

Springfield, Ohio – Wittenberg University's men's and women's swimming and diving teams have earned recognition from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as recipients of Scholar All-America Team awards for the spring 2015 semester. 

The Scholar All-America Team awards honor programs that display excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.0 cumulative team grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale. The Tiger women, who compiled a 3.11 GPA in the semester that concluded in May, have earned Scholar All-America status every year since Head Coach Natalie Koukis took the reins of the program in 2004. The Tiger men posted a cumulative mark of 3.12 to make the list as well in 2015. 

"I'm pleased that our student-athletes continue to take such pride in succeeding both in the classroom and in the pool," Koukis said. "It takes extraordinary dedication, commitment and organization to achieve both academically and athletically at the collegiate level, and I am thrilled that our student-athletes continue to do what it takes be successful in both areas." 

Both Tiger teams posted dual meet records of 6-3 in the 2014-15 season before finishing fifth in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship meet, which included four nationally ranked men's teams and three nationally ranked women's squads. Among numerous individual highlights during the season, freshman Kaitlyn Black (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) earned a pair of All-NCAC awards in the women's diving events and qualified for the NCAA Division III Regional competition at the University of Chicago. 

The 2015-16 season opens with the annual NCAC Relay Meet on Saturday, Oct. 17, hosted by Kenyon College. The dual meet campaign kicks off a week later with a home meet against the College of Wooster.

Written By: Ryan Maurer