AUBURN, Ala. – The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) named 28 Auburn swimmers and divers to its Scholar All-American Team for the 2021-22 season, the organization announced Wednesday.
Fourteen of the 28 Auburn representatives were First-Team Scholar All-American selections, up from five a year ago. The Tigers had 19 in all on last year's team.
To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 and participated in their national championship. Second-Team selections also earned a 3.50 GPA or higher and achieved a "B" time standard for the national championship or participated at a diving zone qualification meet.
This year's group from Auburn was made up of 15 women and 13 men. The women's team had nine First-Team selections with Avery Bargeron, Carly Cummings, Rebekah Hamilton, Meghan Lee, Mykenzie Leehy, Payton Marvin, Hannah Ownbey, Averee Preble and Emma Steckiel while the men had five earn First-Team honors with Michael Bonson, Conner Pruitt, Jacques Rathle, Aidan Stoffle and Nate Stoffle.
On Monday, the CSCAA selected Auburn's men's and women's teams to the Scholar All-America Team for the Spring 2022 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring grade point averages. The women finished with a 3.52 GPA while the men had a 3.3 GPA – second highest in the SEC among the 10 men's teams.
Here's a look at all 28 of Auburn's CSCAA Scholar All-America selections.
WOMEN
Avery Bargeron
Carly Cummings
Brynn Curtis (2nd Team)
Rebekah Hamilton
Colby Hurt (2nd Team)
Meghan Lee
Mykenzie Leehy
Payton Marvin
Kensley Merritt (2nd Team)
Hanna Newby (2nd Team)
Hannah Ownbey
Averee Preble
Emma Steckiel
Devan Sweeney (2nd Team)
Valerie Tarazi (2nd Team)
MEN
Whit Andrus (2nd Team)
Michael Bonson
Grant Davis (2nd Team)
Hunter Kebler (2nd Team)
Aryan Makhija (2nd Team)
Seth Maschmeier (2nd Team)
Mason Mathias (2nd Team)
Evan McInerny (2nd Team)
Conner Pruitt
Jacques Rathle
Andrew Simmons (2nd Team)
Aidan Stoffle
Nate Stoffle