BERKELEY – Nine members of Cal's women's swimming & diving team have earned Scholar All-America honors for their work in the classroom for the 2018-19 academic year, all with grade-point averages of at least 3.50.
 
The news comes shortly after the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) also named Cal a Scholar All-America team for the 19th semester in a row.
 
Receiving individual first-team recognition, which also requires qualifying for and competing at the NCAA Championships, are Amy Bilquist, Ali Harrison, Katie McLaughlin, Robin Neumann and Alicia Wilson.
 
Honorable mention honorees need to have met the GPA standard and attained an NCAA "B" qualifying time or competed at an NCAA zone diving meet. Those named honorable mention are Elizabeth Bailey, Alexa Buckley, Jenna Campbell and Courtney Mykkanen.
 
Bilquist was tabbed a Scholar All-American for the fourth time in her career, while Campbell and Mykkanen are three-time honorees. Harrison, Neumann and Buckley received the award for the second time.
 
As a program, Cal earned the Golden Bear Team Award presented in May for having the highest GPA among all 30 Golden Bear teams for the 2018-19 academic year – the second year in a row it has earned the honor. Bilquist also received the Neufeld Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest GPA among all graduating female student-athletes at Cal.