101 Collegiate Water Polo Association Division I Student-Athletes Named to 2018 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Women’s All-Academic Team

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — A total of 101 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division I student-athletes garnered recognition on the 2018 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Women’s All-Academic Team released last week by the coaches’ organization.

Divided into three teams (Outstanding: 4.0-3.71; Superior: 3.70-3.41; Excellent: 3.40-3.20), the ennead of Brown University, Bucknell University, George Washington University, Hartwick College, Harvard University, Indiana University, Princeton University, Saint Francis University and the University of Michigan combined for 18 Outstanding, 49 Superior and 34 Excellent awards.

Hartwick leads the way with 17 laurels (four Outstanding, six Superior, seven Excellent) with the trio of Harvard (three Outstanding, seven Superior, two Excellent), Princeton (one Outstanding, six Superior, five Excellent) and Saint Francis (two Outstanding, six Superior, four Excellent) follow as each notched 12 awards.  Brown (five Outstanding, five Superior, one Excellent) posted 11 nods, while Michigan (five Superior, five Excellent), Bucknell (one Outstanding, seven Superior, two Excellent) and George Washington (three Superior, seven Excellent) also notched double-digit totals as the Wolverines, Bison and Colonials each racked up 10 selections.  Indiana (two Outstanding, four Superior, one Excellent) rounds out the league’s honorees with seven.

A total of 155 CWPA student-athletes were recognized by the ACWPC as Division III institutions Carthage College, Connecticut College, Grove City College, Macalester College, Monmouth College, Penn State Behrend, Utica College and Washington & Jefferson College combined for 54 awards (17 Outstanding, 24 Superior and 13 Excellent awards).  The total of 155 erases the CWPA’s previous high of 144 established in 2017 after tallying 130 (2016), 112 (2015), 123 (2014), 114 (2013), 124 (2012), 134 (2011) and 97 (2010) honors over the past nine seasons.

Nationally, the women’s collegiate water polo group combined for 573 awards (153 Outstanding, 243 Superior and 177 Excellent) to eradicate the previous all-time high of 548 set in 2017.

Further, 55 schools garnered Team All-Academic recognition for recording grade point averages at or above a 3.0 – including 17 CWPA institutions and eight CWPA Division III programs.

Led by national leader Harvard (3.63), five of the Top 10 academic programs based on team grade point average competed in the CWPA with Brown (3.58, third), Macalester (3.48, seventh), Carthage (3.45, eighth) and Connecticut (3.42, 10th (T)) rounding out the list.  Connecticut’s tied for the 10th position as the Camels are the academic equals of the Stanford University Cardinal (3.42).

Hartwick (3.34, 15th), Saint Francis (3.30, 21st (T)), Princeton (3.30, 21st (T)), Bucknell (3.24, 27th (T)), Grove City (3.24, 27th (T)), George Washington (3.20, 32nd (T)), Monmouth (3.20, 32nd (T)), Utica (3.18, 38th), Michigan (3.13, 43rd (T)), Washington & Jefferson (3.12, 46th) and Penn State Behrend (3.07, 48th (T)) also earned recognition for exceeding the 3.0 threshold.

To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete’s head coach must be a member of the ACWPC, while the athlete must attain a grade point average (GPA) in excess of 3.20. Teams must achieve a 3.0 GPA to garner honors.

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