USA Swimming Scholastic All American- Apply Now!

By: Reach for the Wall Staff

The application deadline for the 2018 Scholastic All American is Wednesday, August 15. As stated on the USA Swimming website, here are the qualification standards:

• Grade completion requirement – applicant must have completed 9^th, 10^th 11^th or 12^th grade
• GPA Requirement – minimum 3.5 GPA for the current academic year
  • A=4, B=3, C=2. If numerical grades are used, the following scale will be used unless the school’s letter grade conversion is given on the transcript: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79. In calculating the GPA no rounding will be used – one decimal place only.
  • Honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual credit college level academic courses will earn one half (.5) extra Grade Point. Grades for academic subjects only are calculated – history/social studies, English, mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, computer sciences, visual and performing arts if indicated as academic. A grade lower than a C in an academic subject will mean automatic rejection of the applicant. Grades for non-academic courses will NOT be calculated – art, band, choir, orchestra, health, driver education, physical education, and any other class marked non-academic on a transcript.
  • There will be no special status designation for a 4.0 GPA other than for a national champion who also has a 4.0 GPA.

• Pool Requirements
  • Applicants must have swum an individual pool time equal to a 2017 Winter Junior qualifying time in any individual event during the SAA qualifying period (August 16, 2017 – August 15, 2018) with qualifying times in SWIMS – list of times are posted on the USA Swimming website. A qualifying time will be available for selection from the SWIMS database during the application process. Only ONE time is necessary and only ONE application is necessary.
• Disability or Open Water Requirements (for athletes without pool requirements)
  • Applicants must have competed in one of the following meets:
    2017 Can-Am Open – December 15-17, 2017, Charlotte, NC
    2018 World Para – April 19-21, 2018, Indianapolis, IN
    2018 Open Water National Championships – May 11-13, 2018, Tempe, AZ

Check out USA Swimming’s website for more information & the link to apply.

Remember you cannot obtain this designation without applying!