By Coach Smithers (Smitty), assistant Swim & Dive coach
Every year, NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association) honors athletes and teams with two academic awards: Individual Academic All-America and Team Scholar.
Academic All-American
This year, we have seven Academic All-Americans.
- Payton Farley (Diving)
- Maya Superfon (Diving)
- Allie Weiland (Swimming)
- Genevieve George (Swimming)
- Ginger Mago (Swimming)
- Malena Lebedeff (Swimming)
- Noelle Elrod (Swimming)
To be an Academic All-American, student athletes must have a 3.75 GPA as of her 7th semester transcript along with a recommendation of the coach and be in high standing on the team. As noted by NISCA, only 10%-15% of all swimmers, divers and water polo players in high school achieve this award yearly.
Letters were sent to each Academic All-American as well as a letter to their parents.
The Swim & Dive Team, along with the coaches, are so proud of these ladies!
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Team Scholar
There are three levels for Team Scholar:
- Bronze Level 3.200 – 3.499
- Silver Level 3.500 – 3.749
- Gold Level 3.750 – 4.000
Team GPA is determined by the cumulative grade by all varsity team members for that season. And, all GPAs over 4.0 are rounded down to a 4.000
This is the 4th year we have applied for this honor.
- 2021-2022: the Lady Gators were awarded SLIVER LEVEL with a 3.713 GPA.
- 2022-2023: the Lady Gators were GOLD LEVEL with a GPA of 3.751
- 2023-2024: the Lady Gators were GOLD LEVEL again with a GPA of 3.783
- This year: 2024-2025 the Lady Gators are GOLD LEVEL again with a GPA of 3.834
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We keep improving!