Schillinger Leads 10 Rice CSCAA Honorees
6/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America selections
NORFOLK, Va. â€" Rice's Marie-Claire Schillinger leads a total of ten Owl swimmers named an individual Scholar All-America by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
The CSCAA selected individual Scholar All-America honorees from NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA institutions that maintained at least a 3.50 grade point average and participated in their respective national Swimming and Diving Championships. Schillinger represented Rice in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events at the NCAA Championships each of the past two seasons. The Orinda, Calif., native maintained a 3.77 grade point average pursuing a double-major in Kinesiology and Psychology.
Swimmers with a 3.50 GPA and achieved the provisional "B" standard in an event were designated as CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America. The coaches organization tabbed nine Owls as Honorable Mention selections: Kiley Beall, Nicole Limberg, Rylee Linhardt, Lindsay Mathys, Jaecey Parham, Ellery Parish, Cailey Renken, Lauren Rhodes, and Kaitlyn Swinney.
On June 19 the CSCAA selected Rice as a 2018 Scholar All-American Team with a 3.80 grade point average that is the second-highest in the nation's (including both women's and men's Division I programs). Not only did a total from 24 student-athletes on Rice's 2017-2018 roster combine to post a 3.80 GPA, the Owls finished second in both the Conference USA Championship meet and the CSCAA National Invitational (often called the `Swimming NIT'). Rice swimming is under the direction of head coach Seth Huston, who recently completed his 16th year at the helm of the program.
The CSCAA's full listing of Scholar All-America honorees is available at the above link.
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