[HMSD] Academic Honors

* * * Pat Quinn * ** * * *Four Swimmers, Team Honored for Academics Crimson owns nation's No. 7 GPA; Cromwell named all-academic* *July 14, 2006* *CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - * The Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America has once again recognized the Harvard men's team with a team academic award, while four Crimson swimmers, led by all-academic selection David Cromwell <http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/cromwell_david00.html>, have earned individual honors. Mark Knepley <http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/knepley_mark00.html>, Pat Quinn <http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/quinn_pat00.html> and Sam Wollner <http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/wollner_sam00.html> have received CSCAA all-academic honorable mention. Harvard had the nation's seventh-highest grade-point average among NCAA Division I men's teams in the spring semester, earning the CSCAA's team academic award, an honor the Crimson also received for its classwork during the fall. Harvard was one of just eight schools to achieve the rating of Superior with a GPA of 3.25 or better in the spring. Rising juniors Quinn and Wollner and 2006 graduate Knepley earned all-academic honorable mention for hitting NCAA "B" cuts during the 2005-06 season and posting GPAs of 3.5 or better for the year, spring semester or cumulatively. Cromwell earned the national honor by meeting the GPA requirements and qualifying for the NCAA Championships, where he placed fourth in both the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes, leading the Crimson to a 20th-place team finish. He finished his career as a seven-time All-American and 17-time EISL champion. The awards wrap up another season full of honors for the Crimson, which shared the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League dual meet championship with a 7-1 EISL record and an 8-1 overall mark. Harvard finished the season ranked 22nd in the CSCAA national poll.