2007-08 Team Brochure (.pdf, 376 KB)

2008 NCAA Championships: Six All-Americans, 19th place

Four members of the Oswego State men's swimming and diving team made prominently represented the Lakers on the All-American podium throughout the competition at the recently-completed NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships held in Oxford, Ohio on the campus of Miami University.

The Laker quartet combined for six All-American finishes, including three First Team honors in their respective events. Oswego State accumulated enough points to finish 19th overall in the team standings at the national meet.

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LAKER SWIMMING & DIVING NAMED NCAA
DIVISION III SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

The Oswego State men's and women's swimming and diving team were recognized as NCAA Division III Scholar All-America teams by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for the 2007-08 season. The Lakers were the lone SUNYAC school to have both its men's and women's teams honored by the CSCAA, which awards Scholar All-America recognition to teams that carry a 3.00 cumulative grade point average.

The Laker men were the lone SUNYAC team represented among 35 NCAA Division III teams, posting a 3.100 GPA for the 2007-08 season. Oswego also had two individuals garner Scholar All-America accolades.  Diver Kevin Morgan, a spring 2008 graduate, ranked 21st among 42 awardees with a 3.76 GPA, while classmate and fellow diver Carleton Dotson ranked 35th with a 3.61 GPA.

The Oswego women were one of three SUNYAC teams honored among 71 Division III Institutions with a combined 3.14 grade point average.  SUNY Geneseo (3.22) and SUNY Fredonia (3.05) were the other conference representatives.

Click to view 2007-08 Scholar All-America listing 

The Oswego State men’s and women swimming and diving team completed the fall portion of its dual meet schedule with double victories at the College at Brockport on Friday, November 21.

Sophomore Shawn Merlin (Palmyra) of the Oswego State swimming and diving team has been named the SUNYAC Men’s Diver of the Week, announced by the conference office late Thursday evening. 

The Oswego State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams registered its third consecutive double sweep of the season in facing Upstate New York junior college powerhouse Monroe Community College on Saturday, November 15 in Laker Pool.

The Oswego State swimming and diving team registered its second men’s and women’s sweep of the season , defeating visiting Clarkson University in dual-meet action at Laker Pool on Saturday, Nov. 8.

On Thursday, November 6, The Oswego State swimming and diving team will join 77 NCAA varsity swim teams, and 14 high school and club teams around the country and Australia in the third annual Ted Mullin “Leave it in the Pool - Hour of Power” Practice Relay Swim to benefit the Ted Mullin Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Chicago.