Three Hamilton College women's swimmers earned College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team honors for the 2024-25 season on Thursday, July 10 when the organization released its list.
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Ashlyn Blessey '26 (Fairfield, Conn./Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall), Jade Matthias '26 (Reading, Pa./Mercersburg Academy) and
Carolyn Miner '27 (Manchester, Conn./Manchester HS) collected first team awards. To qualify for first team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better and participated in their national championship.
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Blessey, Matthias and Miner qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships as part of a 200-yard freestyle relay. They also competed in the 400 free relay at the championships. Matthias has been a scholar all-American all three years and Blessey previously was honored in 2023.
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The Continentals were recognized as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for the 2025 spring semester. Teams were required to achieve a grade point average of 3.00 or better during the semester in order to earn the prestigious honor. The Hamilton women posted a 3.70 GPA and picked up the award for the eighth straight semester under Head Coach
John Geissinger.
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