NORFOLK, Va. – For the fourth straight year, the University of Sioux Falls Women' Swimming Team has had student-athletes named Scholar All Americans, according to an announcement today by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).

Last week, USF earned a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Award for a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The USF Women's Team, which placed third at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships, registered a GPA of 3.71. Today, USF had three student-athletes named Scholar-All Americans and six named honorable mention Scholar All-Americans.

 

The three student-athletes named first team Scholar All-America athletes included three-time honoree Chantal Kasch (junior, Stade, Germany, psychology and criminal justice); second-time honoree Elizabeth Spaans (sophomore, Brandon, S.D.,

psychology and social work); and first-time honoree Jenna Krahn (junior, Johnston, Iowa, exercise science).

Honorable mention (second team) selections included Ursula Demarquet (freshman, Guayaquil, Ecuador, art); Leah Eagleton (senior, Auckland, New Zealand, exercise science); Nina Groene (junior, Mannheim, Germany, mathematics); Giulia Fazza Marcon (junior, Juiz De Fora, Brazil, psychology); Evelyn Van De Mark (junior, Alma, Mich., psychology and exercise science); and Kyjana Webber (senior, Gulfport, Miss., psychology). Marcon earned her second academic honor after being named Scholar All-America a year ago.

 

In four seasons, USF Swimming, now under the direction of second-year Head Coach Chris Hamstra, has had 17 Scholar All-America athletes and nine other student-athletes named honorable mention Scholar All-America honors.

The CSCAA named 1,479 swimmers and divers from 209 colleges/universities to the Scholar All-American Team for the 2019-20 season. The award recognizes students who achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and were invited to compete at their respective national championships. In addition, 97 programs had honorable mention Scholar All-Americans (second team) after achieving a GPA of 3.50, a "B" time standard or competed at an NCAA Regional or Zone Diving qualifier.  

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.