Men's Swimming Honored by CSCAA for Academic Success

(EVANSTON, Ill.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team was honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) with a Team Scholar All-America award as six individuals were also named.

The Team Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimming and diving teams who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The men's team earned a 3.29 for the spring semester.

Individually, freshman Kevin Steinhouse (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School) was named a Scholar All-American as he met the requirements of a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester or cumulative average and competed at the NCAA Championships. Steinhouse was part of the 200-yard medley relay team that achieved Honorable Mention All-America at the NCAA Championship and set a new school record.

Senior David Campbell (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional), juniors Philip Farr (Campbell, Calif./Bellarmine College), Steven Geier (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) and Matt Nielsen (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods), along with sophomore Brian Jay (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) met the requirements for Honorable Mention Scholar All-America. The Honorable Mention Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers, who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, for the semester or cumulative average, and have achieved a "B" time standard, but have not qualified to compete in their respective national championship. Nielsen achieved a 4.0 GPA for the spring semester.

Campbell achieved "B" cuts in the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard IM while Farr and Jay both made the times in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes. Geier swam to qualifying times in three individual events, the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke, as well as the 800-yard freestyle relay. Nielsen made the cut in the 400-yard IM and 800-yard freestyle relay.