Discuss how UMBC (W) > Cal...(well at least the men were ranked #1! )

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SWIMULATOR NCAA PROGRAM RANKINGS REVISED

TOP 10 NCAA DI WOMEN'S PROGRAMS

RANK | TEAM | COMBINED SCORE | STRENGTH RANK | TEAM STRENGTH | ATTRITION RANK | ATTRITION RATE | IMPROVEMENT RANK | IMPROVEMENT %
1 | Georgia | 3.8 | 1 | 680.379 | 26 | -0.131 | 96 | 0.189
2 | Stanford | 3.79 | 3 | 676.389 | 3 | -0.1 | 129 | 0.067
3 | Texas A&M | 3.58 | 4 | 646.919 | 78 | -0.173 | 41 | 0.365
4 | UMBC (W) | 3.44 | 74 | 322.0 | 1 | -0.074 | 3 | 0.878
5 | California | 3.38 | 2 | 676.716 | 33 | -0.135 | 139 | 0.037
6 | NC State | 3.13 | 22 | 482.302 | 30 | -0.133 | 24 | 0.505
7 | Virginia | 3.08 | 6 | 608.827 | 32 | -0.134 | 119 | 0.104
8 | UNC | 3.06 | 12 | 558.234 | 27 | -0.132 | 79 | 0.239
9 | LSU | 3.05 | 24 | 461.24 | 9 | -0.104 | 33 | 0.411
10 | Missouri | 3.02 | 21 | 499.27 | 19 | -0.122 | 44 | 0.357


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10 GOLDEN BEARS ELECTED TO CAL HALL OF FAME





Teri McKeever (women's swimming & diving head coach, 1992-present) Head coach of the Golden Bear women's swimming & diving program for the past 26 seasons, McKeever has guided Cal to four NCAA championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) and four Pac-12 titles (2009, 2012, 2014, 2015).

Perhaps as impressive, the Bears have finished among the top 3 in the country each of the last 10 years. McKeever is a seven-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and has coached seven Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and six National Swimmers of the Year.

In addition, her swimmers have won 36 Olympic medals. At the 2012 Games in London, McKeever became the first woman to serve as head coach of the U.S. Olympic women's swim team, while she was an assistant U.S. coach in both 2004 and 2008. She has twice been head U.S. coach at the Pan Pacific Championships and is a six-time assistant at the World Championships.

McKeever is a member of the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame.


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TERI MCKEEVER, DUJE DRAGANJA INDUCTED INTO CAL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME




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Golden Bear forever! Go Nono! {insert appropriate crying face emojis here}

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Congratulations to our graduates. I thought graduating from Cal as a regular student was tough. I can't imagine doing it as a student athlete. Amazing accomplishment. Go Bears!

Congrats Billy!


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37 DIVISION I SWIMMERS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS



The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large teams last week and 20 Division I men's swimmers and 17 women's swimmers were among those honored.

Honorees are eligible for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced in June.

At-large teams include all sports outside of the eight sports with their own Academic All-America programs (men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball.) The awards recognize the top student-athletes nationally for their combined performances on the field of play and in the classroom.


WOMEN'S AT-LARGE HONOREES

District 8

• Amy Bilquist, Cal (3.77 GPA, Media Studies)
• Ella Eastin, Stanford
• Katie Ledecky, Stanford

http://academicallamerica.com/documents/2018/5/17//Acad_AtLargeW_2018.pdf?id=2854


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133 Swimmers, 4 Water Polo Players Named to 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team



The women's list of honorees hosts 17 NCAA Division I swimmers, 21 NCAA Division II swimmers, 27 NCAA Division III swimmers, and 3 College Division swimmers.

Katie Ledecky (Stanford), Ella Eastin (Stanford), Asia Seidt (Kentucky), Hannah Moore (NC State), and Amy Bilquist (Cal) are among the top honorees for the women.


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Three cheers for the Bears - named a CSCAA Scholar All-American team for the 17th straight semester with a combined 3.49 GPA this spring

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COMBINED 3.49. Crazy impressive.

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Three cheers for the Bears - named a CSCAA Scholar All-American team for the 17th straight semester with a combined 3.49 GPA this spring

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19 BEARS NAMED SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS

6/27/2018 8:53 AM | By: Cal Athletics


With her selection this year, Noemie Thomas becomes a four-time CSCAA Scholar All-American.


Cal continued to add to its list of academic honors Wednesday with the announcement that 19 Golden Bears have been chosen as Scholar All-Americans by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America.

To qualify for the first team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.50 GPA or higher and compete at the NCAA Championships. Honorable mention awards are presented to those who have at least a 3.50 GPA and achieve at least an NCAA "B" qualifying standard or participate at the NCAA diving zone qualifying meet.

As a unit, the Bears earned a combined 3.49 GPA for the spring term and were named a Scholar All-American team for the 17th consecutive semester every time the award has been presented.

Among individuals, seven Cal student-athletes were selected to the Scholar All-American first team Kathleen Baker, Amy Bilquist, Keaton Blovad, Sarah Darcel, Ali Harrison, Robin Neumann and Noemie Thomas.

Joining them as honorable mention choices were Alexa Buckley, Alexa Cacao, Jenna Campbell, Chenoa Devine, Dannie Dilsaver, Jackie Im, Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou, Jasmine Mau, Courtney Mykkanen, Kathleen Navas and Maija Roses.

Roses and Thomas, both graduating seniors, received recognition for the fourth time in their careers, while Bilquist, a rising senior, became a three-time pick.

Earlier this year, 16 members of the squad were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic team, including first-team selection Bilquist and second-team choices Roses, Campbell, Thomas and Cacao, with 11 others honorable mention.


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CSCAA Names Record 1,069 Swimmers to Scholar All-America Team


CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams Named

California

• Kathleen Baker
• Amy Bilquist
• Keaton Blovad
• Alexa Buckley (HM)
• Alexa Cacao (HM)
• Jennifer Campbell (HM)
• Sarah Darcel
• Chenoa Devine (HM)
• Danielle Dilsaver (HM)
• Dannie Dilsaver (HM)
• Alicia Harrison
• Jackie Im (HM)
• Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou (HM)
• Jasmine Mau (HM)
• Courtney Mykkanen (HM)
• Kathleen Navas (HM)
• Robin Neumann
• Maija Roses (HM)
• Noemie Thomas

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19 BEARS NAMED SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS

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25 Bears named Scholar All-Americans on Cal women's, men's swim

• {Excerpt below - for full text, please visit the above link, cheers!}

As impressive seasons for both teams come to a close, the Cal men's and women's swim teams continue to push forward in both academic and athletic excellence. The teams combined 25 Scholar All-Americans 19 from the women's team and six from the men's.

"We do not only encourage quality work in the classroom, but we expect it," said Cal women's swim assistant coach Sarah Dunleavy in an email. "Our women work very hard in and out of the pool to do well."

The women's team finished the spring 2018 semester with a combined GPA of 3.49, and the Bears were named a Scholar All-America team for the 17th consecutive eligible semester.

"Our women push each other and hold each other accountable," Dunleavy said in an email. "If someone isn't doing what they need to be in order to be successful, everyone rallies to support and uplift that person academically, athletically and socially."

Both teams are looking forward to exciting 2018-19 seasons as the Bears prepare to continue their ongoing trend of both academic and athletic excellence.


Contact Deana at dkajmakovic@dailycal.org. Follow her on Twitter @DeanaKajmakovic


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Congrats, and Go Bears! #EarnIt

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