CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A day away from looking to claim its seventh CCSA Championship in a span of eight years, the FGCU swimming and diving team had 26 student-athletes represented among the conference's all-academic honorees, it was announced Tuesday morning.
 
The list includes all student-athletes who maintained a 3.0 GPA throughout the 2015-16 academic calendar. FGCU's 26 representatives was the third-most among CCSA members and trailed only Incarnate Word (43) and Gardner-Webb (39), who sport both men's and women's programs.
 
"I'm very proud of the girls as they continue to excel both in the pool and in the classroom," said FGCU head coach Neal Studd. "The girls take pride in their work ethic in both aspects of their lives and it continues to show year in and year out."
 
In January, the Eagles were named a Scholar All-American Team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for the 10th-straight semester after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.34 during the fall.
 
2015-16 CCSA ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES

Katie Armitage	Katie Latham
Taylor Ballard	Marcella Marinheiro
Mikaila Buening	Melissa Marinheiro
Hannah Burdge	Nicole Oppel
Lani Cabrera	Samantha Rahael
Barbara Caraballo	Vanessa Rivas
Rebecca DeRogatis	Linda Shaw
Christina Kaas Elmgreen	Alexis Simpson
Georgiana Gardner	Hannah Soutar
Sarah Hamilton	Ellen Vann
Sommer Harris	Sandra Wilk
Christina Herfurth	Yee Ching Wong
Kirsten Jamison	Ashley Wright

 
 
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HEAD COACH NEAL STUDD
Neal Studd has garnered five CCSA Coach of the Year awards, won six CCSA Championships (2009-13, 2015) and guided the Eagles to a 32-1 (.970) CCSA all-time record since FGCU started its program in 2007. In just four years of postseason eligibility, Studd has coached NCAA Championship Meet qualifiers and competitors each of the four years, with 2015 yielding the best results to date as the Eagles finished a mid-major best 26th and produced four CSCAA All-America honorees.
 
SUPPORT THE CAUSE
FGCU Athletics sponsors events throughout the year to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness.