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Scholastic All-America team boasts
1500 members this year
(9/30/2009)
USA Swimming is proud to announce that 1500 women and men have been
named to the
2008-09 Scholastic All-America Team. This is an increase of over 50
percent from the 2007-
08 team.
The 2008-09 team is composed of 905 women and 595 men. Two-thirds
of the team members
achieved a 4.0 GPA. There was one perfect score this year –
Dagny Knutson of G.S.K. Swim
in North Dakota achieved a 4.0 GPA and won a national championship
title at Short Course
Nationals in December 2008. Over 13 percent of the athletes
achieved SAA status for three
years. The Western Zone led the way with the most swimmers name to
the team, and the
Pacific and Southern California LSCs tied for most members by
LSC.
Complete List of
Sierra Nevada Swimming’s Scholastic All-American
Women
Emily KaneArden Hills 11th 1st year as a
Scholastic All-American
W. ShakyaArden Hills 11th 1st year as a
Scholastic All-American
Elana FariaBear River Swimming 12th 1st
year as a Scholastic All-American
Kayla Nakamoto-California Capital
Aquatics 10th 1st year as a Scholastic
All-American
Stephanie Young Central Valley Aquatics
11th 1st year as a Scholastic All-American
Darcie Anderson Chico Aqua Jets 11th 1st
year as a Scholastic All-American
Allison West Chico Aqua Jets 12th 2nd
year as a Scholastic All-American
Kayla Buck Sierra Marlins Swim Team 12th
1st year as a Scholastic All-American
Quincy Christian Sierra Marlins Swim Team 11th 2nd
year as a Scholastic All-American
Mallory McGowanWoodland Swim Team 12th
1st year as a Scholastic All-American
Complete List of Sierra Nevada Swimming’s Scholastic
All-American Men
Nicholaus Johnson Arden Hills 11th 1st
year as a Scholastic All-American
Adam Jorgensen California Capital
Aquatics 10th 1st year as a Scholastic
All-American
Gregory Tyler Redding Swim Team 12th 3rd
year as a Scholastic All-American
Joseph Wasko Redding Swim Team 12th 2nd
year as a Scholastic All-American
Jordan Caines Sierra Marlins Swim Team
11th 1st year as a Scholastic All-American
Ryan Studebaker Sierra Marlins Swim Team
11th 1st year as a Scholastic All-American
Bradley Louie Solano Aquatic Sea Otters
10th 1st year as a Scholastic All-American
About the Scholastic All-America Pogram
The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade
USA Swimming members
who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus
Time Standard or swim in
a selected disability championship meet or the Open Water National
Championships. The
program begins each July 1st and continues through June 30th of the
following year.
Applications, including a copy of the official year-end school
transcript and a copy of the
swimmer’s times, are due on August 1st of each year.
Applications for the 2009-2010 year
will be available in March 2010.
SAA members receive three certificates, a pin for those earning a
4.0 GPA and three-time
recipients receive a travel alarm clock. The program began in 1986
and has recognized 12,368
USA Swimming members since its inception.
The SAA program is administrated by the SAA sub-committee, part of
the Times and
Recognition Committee. Longtime USA Swimming volunteers Marvin and
Joyce Lanphere
head up this program and are assisted by volunteers from across the
country. These volunteers
receive the applications, review the school transcripts and times
submitted. Special thanks to
Louise Limerick, Betty Kooy, Dianne Limerick, Isabelle Fraser,
Chuck Swanson, Ron Johns
and Susan Huckeby for their time and efforts to recognize USA
Swimming’s scholar athletes.
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