DIVISION III WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

A total of 54 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III 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 octet of Carthage College, Connecticut College, Grove City College, Macalester College, Monmouth College, Penn State Behrend, Utica College and Washington & Jefferson College combined for 17 Outstanding, 24 Superior and 13 Excellent awards.

2018 CWPA Division III Championship runner-up Connecticut College leads the way as the Camels netted 12 accolades (three Outstanding, six Superior, three Excellent) to outdistance 2018 CWPA Division III Champion Macalester (four Outstanding, four Superior, one Excellent).  The trio of Carthage (two Outstanding, four Superior, one Excellent), Grove City (one Outstanding, two Superior, four Excellent) and Utica (two Outstanding, four Superior, one Excellent) each netted seven accolades, while Monmouth (two Outstanding, one Superior, two Excellent), Washington & Jefferson (one Outstanding, two Superior, one Excellent) and Penn State Behrend (two Outstanding, one Superior) notched five, four and three accolades, respectively.

A total of 155 CWPA student-athletes were recognized by the ACWPC as 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 101 awards (18 Outstanding, 49 Superior 34 Excellent).  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.

2018 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic Team (CWPA Division III)
Athlete	School	Team
Mackenzie Ryan	Carthage College	Outstanding
Jane Eckles	Carthage College	Outstanding
Jessica Graziano	Carthage College	Superior
Emma Jeronimus	Carthage College	Superior
Morgan Levy	Carthage College	Superior
Arianna Dakuras	Carthage College	Superior
Elyssa Hawkins	Carthage College	Excellent
Sarah Nappo	Connecticut College	Outstanding
Brooklynn Hayes	Connecticut College	Outstanding
Stephania Lopez	Connecticut College	Outstanding
Shanon Cry	Connecticut College	Superior
Kaitlin Reagan	Connecticut College	Superior
April Anderson	Connecticut College	Superior
Sophia Soriano	Connecticut College	Superior
Peri Hummel	Connecticut College	Superior
Paige Cacovic	Connecticut College	Superior
Hannah Rogers	Connecticut College	Excellent
Ashly Fitch	Connecticut College	Excellent
Ashley Aignatowski	Connecticut College	Excellent
Sonja Kiefer	Grove City College	Outstanding
Megan Crutcher	Grove City College	Superior
Heidi Schmidt	Grove City College	Superior
Elizabeth Andrews	Grove City College	Excellent
Abigail Spicher	Grove City College	Excellent
Tessa Leatherwood	Grove City College	Excellent
Rachel Blasdell	Grove City College	Excellent
Marie Crane	Macalester College	Outstanding
Abby Hinds	Macalester College	Outstanding
Lucy Moran	Macalester College	Outstanding
Hannah Gray	Macalester College	Outstanding
Naomi Strait	Macalester College	Superior
Zoe Schopick	Macalester College	Superior
Courtney Overland	Macalester College	Superior
Oriana Galasso	Macalester College	Superior
Natalie Hoffman	Macalester College	Excellent
Natalie Curtis	Monmouth College	Outstanding
Miranda Pasky	Monmouth College	Outstanding
Esther Hubbard	Monmouth College	Superior
Carlyn Clarke	Monmouth College	Excellent
Rebecca Dabrowski	Monmouth College	Excellent
Angela Laier	Penn State Behrend	Outstanding
Jenessa Islas-Parker	Penn State Behrend	Outstanding
Daniella Rios	Penn State Behrend	Superior
Rebecca Merrill	Utica College	Outstanding
Meagan Stanton	Utica College	Outstanding
Krystiana Rehrig	Utica College	Superior
Courtney Kennedy	Utica College	Superior
Daniela Hannah	Utica College	Superior
Michalyn Winkler	Utica College	Superior
Ashley Flint	Utica College	Excellent
Macel Reising	Washington & Jefferson College	Outstanding
Alexandra Gartner	Washington & Jefferson College	Superior
Kiera MacWhinnie	Washington & Jefferson College	Superior
Paige Adams	Washington & Jefferson College	Excellent