April 2, 2002

The University of Notre Dame women's swimming and diving team, fresh off a highly successful 2001-02 season in which the Irish won their sixth consecutive BIG EAST Conference title and qualified nine swimmers and divers for the NCAA Championship, has received more good news from the College Swimming Coaches Association (CSCAA).

The Notre Dame team earned a spot on the CSCAA all-academic list for the first time in the program's history for the 2001-02 winter/spring semester with a 3.184 grade point average. To qualify for this honor, the grade point average of the entire swimming and diving team, including all team members on the eligibility list, must average at least a 2.8 on a 4.0 scale. In all, 53 women's swimming and diving teams met the criteria for the 2001-02 winter/spring semester.

The Irish finished the 2001-02 dual meet season with a perfect 10-0 record, giving the squad a 30-1 dual meet mark over the last three seasons. Notre Dame was also ranked as high as 13th in the CSCAA Top 25.