Xavier Swim & Dive: Seven Academic All-Americans; Team Scholar Gold

March 20, 2025

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!

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

We keep improving!