The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps swimming and diving teams received
recognition from the College Swimming Coaches Association of
America (CSCAA) for outstanding academic achievement during the
Spring 2013 semester. The CMS Stags achieved a team GPA of 3.30 and
the Athenas posted a cumulative 3.44 GPA. Each semester the CSCAA
honors teams with its Team Scholar All-American award based on the
squad's GPA for the term. To be eligible for consideration,
the team must exceed 3.0 for the overall GPA.
Individually, 10 CMS swimmers and divers were named to the CSCAA
Scholar All-American team. Student-athletes must achieve a 3.50 or
better semester GPA. To qualify for the first team, the
student-athlete must qualify for and participate in the NCAA D-III
Swimming and Diving Championships. To qualify for Honorable Mention
Scholar All-American, the student-athlete must have achieved an
NCAA “B” (provisional) cut during the season.
First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
Devin Bowers
Jordan Lieberman
Brad Perfect
Patrick Shultz
James Stevick
Cameron Whiting
Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar
All-American
Louisa Dunwiddie
Kristie Howard
Mackenzie Leake
Helen Liu
Complete
CSCAA Scholar All-Americans and All-America teams
Beyond the CSCAA Scholar All-American accolades, CMS swimming
and diving earned several other postseason academic honors:
Kristie Howard won the CMS Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and
was named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District At-Large
team for District 8.
The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(SCIAC) recognized 15 Athenas and nine Stags on the SCIAC
All-Academic team for posting a greater than 3.40 GPA, completing
more than two full semesters at CMC, HMC or Scripps College, and
competing in the 2013 SCIAC Championships.
Athenas: Sloan Caldwell, Louisa Dunwiddie, Ali Fisher, Alex
Forsyth, Sierra Gibson, Kristie Howard, Laura Jeddeloh, Annika
Jessen, Mackenzie Leake, Helen Liu, Nicole Lotte, Carmen Lundell,
Kaela Nurmi, Jackie Olmos-Silverman, Dana Shaker
Stags: Brett Berger, Brian Key, Joey Klonowski, Robert
MacGregor, Brad Perfect, Jake Roth, Patrick Shultz, James Stevick,
Cameron Whiting
Four CMS swim/dive team members etched their names on the CMS
“Wall of Fame” for earning First Team All-SCIAC honors
and during their careers and graduating with a better than 3.0
GPA: Jordan Lieberman, Carmen Lundell, Emily Ott and Blake
Weber.
The academic honors help celebrate an excellent year in the pool
for the CMS Stags and Athenas. Both squads earned SCIAC
Championships with matching 8-0 conference dual meet records and
SCIAC championship meet titles. After the championship meet, senior
Blake Weber was named the 2013 SCIAC Men's Swim/Dive Athlete
of the Year. The swim/dive team wins helped CMS earn the
2012-13 SCIAC men's, women's and combined All-Sports
trophy.
At the national level, the Stags placed 10th at the
2013 NCAA D-III Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah,
Texas, assisting CMS's 13th place finish in the
Learfield Director's Cup. All told, CMS set varsity records
in 12 events during the 2012-13 season.
Head coach Charlie Griffiths was awarded the American Swimming
Coaches Association “Certificate of Excellence” for the
11th time in his 12 years at the helm of the CMS
program.
At the CMS swimming and diving team's awards banquet, the
following student-athletes were honored:
Athenas
Outstanding Swimmer—Michele Kee
Outstanding Diver—Carmen Lundell
Rookie of the Year—Maddy Gebhard/Maya Kale
Quantum Leap—Louisa Dunwiddie
Critchell (Most Inspirational)—Kristie Howard
Stags
Outstanding Swimming—Blake Weber
Outstanding Diver—James Stevick
Rookie of the Year—Joey Hinton
Quantum Leap—Cameron Whiting
Shoenfeld (Most Inspirational)—Jordan Lieberman
