FORT MYERS, Fla. – For the 21^st consecutive semester, the FGCU swimming and diving program has received Scholar All-America Team accolades from the CSCAA after posting a 3.6 spring semester grade-point-average. That ranked as the second-best team semester GPA in program history just behind the fall semester's 3.66 GPA.
 
"We are very excited and happy for our program to be named a Scholar All-America Team once again," said head coach Dave Rollins. "After a year where nothing was consistent, our student-athletes were able to perform at a record-setting level in the classroom. Thank you to all of our amazing academic staff in the HARC and throughout the department who helped make this season possible. Their combined support helped make it possible for our student-athletes to achieve this incredible success."
 
All told, the Green and Blue had 10 student-athletes post a perfect 4.0 GPA while 21 achieved a 3.5-or-higher mark for the spring. That came off a fall semester where seven had perfect 4.0 GPAs and 24 achieved Dean's List honors (3.5-or-higher).
 
The Eagles finished the 2020-21 campaign as co-CCSA champions alongside Liberty marking the 10^th time in program history that FGCU has won outright or shared the league title. Rising fifth-year senior Petra Halmai (Dombovar, Hungary/Lanczos Kornel Secondari Grammar School) was named the CCSA Swimmer of the Year, earned Honorable Mention All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, and was selected to the Hungarian National Team that will compete at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
 
"Coach Rollins didn't let a difficult season stand in the way of success," noted CSCAA Executive Director Greg Earhart. "These are some of the best ambassadors of Florida Gulf Coast and Athletic Director Kavanagh, President Martin, and Dr. Thomas Roberts (Faculty Athletic Representative) can and should be proud of these 31 women."
 
All told, 175 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving programs nationally earned the honor among 426 overall institutions between men's and women's teams at each division.
 
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.

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HEAD COACH DAVE ROLLINS
Head coach Dave Rollins is only the second coach in program history. He was hired Sept. 1, 2016 and owns a 34-22-1 (.609) dual meet record, which includes a 13-2 (.857) mark against CCSA opponents, in his fourth season. Rollins guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles (2017, 2018), as well as the program's fourth-straight title in 2018, marking the ninth championship in 10 years. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in two of his seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes helping to develop Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.

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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 23 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, and 2020 Fall semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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