"We could not have asked for a better exclamation mark on the end of an unforgettable season," head coach Dave Rollins said. "It takes a group of truly special and gifted people to do something that has never been done before, and that is what we are blessed with here at FGCU. These young women never wavered in their commitment, dedication, or belief in one another, and to be able to finish the season atop the DI-AAA rankings for the first time in program history is a testament to their grit and drive."
The Eagles finished the 2020-21 campaign as co-champions of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) alongside Liberty, which marks the 10th time in program history that FGCU has won outright or shared the league title. Senior Petra Halmai (Dombovar, Hungary/Lanczos Kornel Secondari Grammar School) was named the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Swimmer of the Year, earned Honorable Mention All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, and was selected to the Hungarian National Team that will compete at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
Earlier this week, junior swimmer Wiktoria Czarnecka (Lublin, Poland/Liceum NR 10 W Lublinie) was honored as a CSCAA Scholar All-American Second Team selection.
In the classroom, the Eagles received CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors for a 21st consecutive semester. The squad posted its second-best team semester GPA in the spring (3.6), just shy of the 2020 fall semester (3.66). FGCU had 10 student-athletes post a perfect 4.0 GPA while 21 achieved a 3.5-or-higher mark for the spring. That came off a fall semester where seven had perfect 4.0 GPAs and 24 achieved Dean's List honors (3.5-or-higher).
Denver took home the All-Sports trophy for an eighth consecutive year while Pepperdine and High Point rounded out the top 3.
| Cross Country - Men's | Iona College |
| Cross Country - Women's | University of Portland |
| Soccer – Men's | Seton Hall University |
| Soccer – Women's | Santa Clara University |
| Volleyball – Women's | High Point University Pepperdine University Wright State University |
| Basketball – Men's | Gonzaga University |
| Basketball - Women's | Belmont University Wright State University |
| Swimming – Men's | There were no I-AAA schools that scored in men's swimming this year. |
| Swimming – Women's | FGCU |
| Track - Men's Indoor | University of Texas Arlington |
| Track – Women's Indoor | High Point University |
| Baseball | Fairfield University University of California Irvine University of California Santa Barbara |
| Golf – Men's | Pepperdine University |
| Golf – Women's | Pepperdine University |
| Lacrosse – Men's | Loyola University Maryland |
| Lacrosse – Women's | University of Denver Loyola University Maryland |
| Softball | Wichita State University |
| Tennis – Men's | Pepperdine University |
| Tennis – Women's | Pepperdine University |
| Track – Men's Outdoor | Hofstra University Lipscomb University Long Beach State University Texas A&M University Corpus Christi |
| Track – Women's Outdoor | High Point University |
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HEAD COACH DAVE ROLLINS
Head coach Dave Rollins is only the second coach in program history. He was hired Sept. 1, 2016 and owns a 34-22-1 (.609) dual meet record, which includes a 13-2 (.857) mark against CCSA opponents, in his fourth season. Rollins guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles (2017, 2018), as well as the program's fourth-straight title in 2018, marking the ninth championship in 10 years. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in two of his seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes helping to develop Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.38 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2021 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2020 Fall, 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, and 2020 Fall semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
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