BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — 136 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) student-athletes are among 644 players to garner Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Scholar-Athlete honors.
Divided into three teams (Outstanding: 4.0-3.71; Superior: 3.70-3.41; Excellent: 3.40-3.20), the ACWPC All-Academic team honors players (sophomores/juniors/seniors/graduate students) who competed for a varsity program during the 2019 season and recorded a grade point average above 3.20.
Princeton University (four Outstanding-six Superior-four Excellent) and Brown University (four Outstanding-seven Superior-three Excellent) lead the league with 14 honorees, while Harvard University (three Outstanding-seven Superior), Macalester College (two Outstanding-six Superior-two Excellent) and the University of Michigan (two Outstanding-five Superior-three Excellent) notched 10 accolades.
Utica College (one Outstanding-seven Superior-one Excellent) and Carthage College (three Outstanding-three Superior-three Excellent) both posted nine selections with Saint Francis University (four Outstanding-three Superior-one Excellent) earning eight nods.
The duo of Bucknell University (two Outstanding-four Superior-one Excellent) and George Washington University (two Outstanding-four Superior-one Excellent) both racked up seven picks with the trio of Austin College (three Outstanding-two Superior-one Excellent), Grove City College (two Superior-four Excellent) and Wittenberg University (one Outstanding-four Superior-one Excellent) posting six laurels.
Connecticut College (one Outstanding-three Superior-one Excellent), Monmouth College (three Outstanding-two Superior), Penn State Behrend (two Outstanding-two Superior-one Excellent) and Washington & Jefferson College (one Outstanding-one Superior-three Excellent) completed the recognized CWPA schools as the trio each tallied five notices.
In addition, 15 schools earned Team Academic honors for recording grade point averages above a 3.00 threshold.
Macalester (3.53 / Fifth), Brown (3.48 / Seventh) and Harvard (3.46 / Ninth) lead the way in the CWPA as the trio finished among the Top 10 schools in the country. Princeton (3.38), Wittenberg (3.35), Connecticut College (3.32), Carthage (3.30) and Saint Francis (3.30) also exceeded a 3.30 GPA, while Austin (3.26), Bucknell (3.23), Utica (3.23), George Washington (3.21), Michigan (3.21), Grove City (3.12) and Penn State Behrend (3.08) also topped a 3.0 GPA.
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