abstract
| - BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- A record total of 220 National Collegiate Club student-athletes garnered recognition on the 2010 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Men's Scholar Athlete Team. Previously named the All-Academic Team, the program honors both varsity and club student-athletes who have achieved grade point averages of 3.2 or higher and competed during the 2010 men's season. Overall, 73 athletes were honored with Outstanding (3.71-4.0) recognition, while 89 earned Superior (3.41-3.7) and 58 were recognized with Excellent (3.2-3.4) accolades. The total obliterates the previous record of 193 honored collegiate club student-athletes set last year. Cornell University topped the team grade point average race with a 3.82 cumulative GPA, 0.24 better than runner-up the University of Miami (3.58). The University of Maryland (3.54), University of California-Los Angeles (3.53), St. Louis University (3.51), University of Virginia (3.51), Grinnell College (3.50), Macalester College (3.44), Dartmouth College (3.36), University of California-San Diego (3.31), Clemson University (3.30), University of Delaware (3.20) and United States Military Academy (3.03) also cracked the 3.0 mark to lead 16 programs which exceeded the 2.75 team GPA necessary for inclusion as a Scholar-Athlete Team. Among varsity selections, 110 student-athletes garnered recognition as the total number of recognized CWPA student-athletes comes to 330, a 27 player increase over the previous conference record of 303 athletes achieved with the 2009 CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team, and 29 teams.
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