Published On: Fri, Aug 22nd, 2014

Chambers Names D2CCA South Region Scholar-Athlete

BOCA RATON, FL – On Wednesday, the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association announced its CCA Regional Scholar-Athlete.  The Sunshine State Conference (SSC) swept the South Region awards with Lynn University women’s golfer Ellen Chambers taking top honors on the women’s side while Florida Southern College’s Robbie Swan earned men’s honors.  The SSC swept these awards for the second consecutive year.

Chambers was a member of the No. 1 Lynn women’s golf team, which won back-to-back national championships in 2013 and 2014. She also helped lead the Fighting Knights to their first-ever SSC Women’s Golf Championship in 2014.

The international relations major held a perfect 4.0 grade-point average and was name the 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award recipient at the Division II women’s golf championship in May. She was runner-up for the same award in 2013. Chambers was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team. Most recently, the senior was named the 2014 Lynn University Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Chambers earned the 2014 NCAA Division II South/Southeast Super Regional individual medalist after winning with a three-round score of 218 (+2). She was named 2014 WGCA All-America Honorable Mention and to the WGCA All-South Region team.

Lynn finished the season undefeated against all NCAA Division II opponents and won a Division II record 11 tournaments. The Fighting Knights tied a SSC record with seven consecutive tournament victories during 2014.

Swan is a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American, a four-time member of the SSC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll and a two-time NCAA Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award winner.   Having a 3.86 grade-point average in business, Swan was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team after earning a spot on the Academic All-District 5 At-Large First team in 2014. It is his second-straight Academic All-America At-Large accolade.

For the seventh-straight year the SSC has lead Division II conference in Academic Success Rate (ASR)—the NCAA’s measurement of academic success. Both Swan and Chambers were named the 2013-14 SSC Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Chambers was also picked as the conference’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.

A total of 16 student-athletes, a male and female from each of the eight regions, received the accolade. The commissioners from the regions that comprise the Division II basketball alignment selected the regional winners. To be nominated for consideration, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.0 career cumulative grade-point average and possess outstanding athletic credentials.

This award, sponsored by the Division II CCA, provides the opportunity for Division II to highlight the extraordinary achievements of its student-athletes. Division II CCA President and Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Steve Murray, noted that the award showcases the academic and athletic talent at the NCAA Division II level.

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