Girls’s Swim Team Posts Highest GPA in Nation for D3

The Monmouth College ladies’s swimming staff posted the very best GPA within the nation for any Division III swimming program within the fall with a 3.87 staff GPA. The Fighting Scots have been acknowledged as a Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). 

“We are proud of the high GPA attained by the members of the swim program,” stated Director of Athletics Roger Haynes. “It takes great communication and dedication by the coach and athletes to  achieve such a high mark.”

“This is a huge achievement for our women,” stated head coach Jake Dacus. “From early morning practices to late night weekend study sessions they truly embody what it means to be a student-athlete. They had an outstanding fall semester in the pool but this accomplishment puts a huge exclamation point on their semester and I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

The staff had 9 student-athletes who competed within the fall semester and contributed to the nation-leading GPA. Nora Collins (Hopedale, Illinois), Nicole Fitch (Marengo, Illinois), Claire LaBadie (Griffith, Indiana), Lea Schmitt (Rockford, Illinois), Addie Smith (Monmouth, Illinois), Caitlyn Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois), Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois), Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) and Addie Zamora (Arma, Kansas).

Tate and Fitch are seniors whereas Smith and LaBadie are juniors. Schmitt, Stewart and Warren are sophomores whereas Collins and Zamora are freshmen. 

The swim groups are again in motion at house on Friday with Senior Night at 5 p.m. towards Millikin.