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Liscinsky Achieves CSCAA Scholar All-American Honors
Swimming & Diving Program Ranks Among Tops in Nation

Mark Liscinsky earned Scholar All-American honors.

July 29, 2003

WASHINGTON — American University graduated senior Mark Liscinsky (Olney, Md./Sherwood) was named a 2003 Scholar All-American by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. He provided a solid example for his team as both the men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs ranked among the top 15 in Division 1 programs for team grade-point average (GPA).

Liscinsky impressed in his final semester with a 3.54 GPA in visual media and earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. He closed out his career owning six AU records including the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 individual medley and the 200 individual medley. In his final year of competition, Liscinsky qualified for NCAA Nationals while repeating as the Patriot League Male Swimmer of the Meet at league championships.

"Mark is a perfect example of people who come to our program and who are truly ready to embrace everything that we do,” said Head Coach Mark Davin.

Also joining Liscinsky in receiving individual academic awards were senior Seth Bell (Jenkington, Pa./Abington) and junior Ethan Bassett (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill). Bell was a 2nd team Verizon Academic All-American while Bassett was a College Swimming Coaches Association Honorable Mention Scholar All-American.

Coached by Davin, both the men’s and women's swimming & diving programs have achieved incredible academic standards in the past decade. For the past eight years, both teams have earned CSACAA Team Academic Awards for their combined GPAs. In the spring of 2003, the men’s squad was third among Division 1 programs in the nation with a 3.36 GPA while the women were 12th with a 3.40 GPA.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, is in its second year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, women’s cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and a regular-season title in men’s basketball.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.