NCAA Championships News

The November NCAA Championship Newsletters are available now.  Each newsletter contains important links for the 2017-18 Championships.  Please take a moment to read and review the linked documents.

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NAIA Pre-Season Men's Top-10 Poll

By Katie Green, NAIA Manager of Athletics Communications and Media

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) moved its way up in the poll to No. 1 in the 2017 NAIA Women’s Swim and Dive Coaches’ Top 10 Preseason Poll, the national office announced on Thursday. The Seahawks swept the field with all five first place votes and 50 points.

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NAIA Pre-Season Women's Top-10

By Katie Green, Manager of NAIA Athletics Communications and Media

After closing the 2017 season with their first banner, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) claims the No. 1 ranking alongside the 2017 runner-up SCAD Savannah (Ga.) in the 2017 NAIA Women’s Swim & Dive Coaches’ Preseason Top 10 Poll, the national office announced on Thursday. The teams both tallied 46 points and two first place votes.

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Queens & Drury Top Preseason Polls

October 16, 2017 - The ballots are in and the votes counted for the CSCAA - TYR Top 25 preseason poll.  The Drury Women and Queens University of Charlotte Men top the first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America / TYR Top 25 Swimming & Diving Poll of the 2017-18 season. 

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When Cutting a Team Imperils a University

The lack of understanding of how a team contributes to the student experience, the institutional mission and the institution’s fiscal health really shows how shortsighted this decision is.  They don’t understand how additional cuts to programs and faculty will further undermine the University’s future

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What's it Take to Win?

What does it actually take to win?  How big a budget?  What  Salary level? How many scholarships? What type of facility? How many assistants?

We get asked for benchmarks on these and other metrics often.  The data we collect allows us to better advocate for our sport, your program and you, our members.  The more we know, the more we can help.

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The Real Competitor

When it comes to success in your professional life, you must compete! My observation after almost one full year of consulting, teaching, writing and speaking is that there is a severe lack of courage in leadership today in every walk of life. As a leader, you exist to solve problems and make decisions. If there were never any problems, your school wouldn’t need you! You also exist because someone has to make a decision. How do you find real competitors for your organization?

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997 Named Scholar All-American

The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 997 swimmers and divers for its Scholar All-America team.   The selections recognize students that have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have participated in their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

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Over 700 Teams Recognized for Grade

For the first time in the 95-year history of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) more than 700 teams have received Scholar All-America recognition.  In total, 720 teams, representing 443 institutions achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the Spring 2017 Semester.

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Lessons from Legends: George Kennedy

By George Kennedy

I retired from Johns Hopkins on June 30, 2017, and while I would love to say "and haven't looked back". That just is not true. It would be difficult just to leave after 31 years, go "cold turkey", and not look back (or continue to stay in the sport).  In fact, it would be nearly impossible.  So, it has been a thrill to work as a volunteer coach at Johns Hopkins and speak about some of the life skills learned in my decades as head coach.

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