The Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving teams has 31 athletes selected to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) 2019-20 All-America teams, the publication announced on Wednesday.
Due to the cancelation of the 2020 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria for each Division. The result was an unprecedented number of selections in what is largely acknowledged as unprecedented circumstances.
For a Division I competitor to be selected, he/she had to hit the following criteria: all relays achieving “A†standards, individuals selected to the NCAA Championships, and divers entered in uncontested events from the Zone C Diving Qualification meet are named All-American. Additionally, the school represented by the athlete must be a current CSCAA member.
After claiming a third-place finish in both the 2020 Men’s and Women’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, the Hoosiers were primed to send 11 men’s swimmers and 10 women’s swimmers to the NCAA Championships prior to the cancelation of the event.
The men’s and women’s diving team sent seven divers to the NCAA Zone C Championships before the abrupt end to the season.
2019-20 Men’s CSCAA All-Americans
Zane Backes
Bruno Blaskovic
Brendan Burns
Mikey Calvillo
Gabriel Fantoni
Jack Franzman
Will Gallant
Mory Gould
Brandon Hamblin
Spencer Lehman
Van Mathias
Mohamed Samy
Seamus Scotty
Jacob Steele
Cole VanDevender
2019-20 Women’s CSCAA All-Americans
Taylor Carter
Cora Dupre
Laurel Eiber
Carla Gildersleeve
Grace Haskett
Maria Paula Heitmann
Cassy Jernberg
Abby Kirkpatrick
Mackenzie Looze
Kayla Luarde
Noelle Peplowski
Zain Smith
Ashley Turak
Maggie Wallace
Alyssa Wang
Emily Weiss
The 31 selections obtained by the Hoosiers rank tied for fifth nationally, and Indiana is one of only eight school in the NCAA to garner at least 30 All-America nods. IU ranks tied for second in the Big Ten, trailing only Michigan’s nation-leading 41 selections.
Michigan Wolverines – 38 selections (21 men, 17 women)
- Texas Longhorns – 34 selections (23 men, 11 women)
- Louisville Cardinals – 33 selections (16 men, 17 women)
- Stanford Cardinal – 32 selections (13 men, 19 women)
t-5. Indiana Hoosiers – 31 selections (15 men, 16 women)
t-5. Ohio State Buckeyes – 31 selections (13 men, 18 women)
t-5. Virginia Cavaliers – 31 selections (13 men, 18 women)
- Cal Golden Bears – 30 selections (14 men, 16 women)
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first organization of college coaches in America – is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.
