New Jersey Atlantic Conference

GLASSBORO--Tony Lisa will return for his second stint as head coach of the Rowan University men’s and women’s swim teams. The appointment was announced on September 14 by associate athletic director Dan Gilmore. Lisa previously coached at the University for 30 years. He compiled a 228-78-1 record as the men’s coach (30 years) and a 169-51 mark (21 years) with the women. Lisa produced a .754 overall winning percentage during his first tenure.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ—Thirteen NJAC student-athletes have been named to the 2008-09 College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Academic All-American Team. Seven student-athletes were named Scholar All-Americans, while six student-athletes garnered honorable mention honors.

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INDIANAPOLIS--Rowan University swimmers Kyle Mongelluzzo and Steph McAllister have been selected to attend the NCAA Student-Athlete Development Coaches Forum at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL on May 28-29.

The NCAA student-athlete development staff within educational affairs in partnership with the championships group, will conduct the forum which is in its first year. The objective is to provide a three-phase coaching development opportunity to students interested in becoming coaches in the sports of bowling, soccer, swimming and diving or wrestling after graduating from college. The focus of the workshop is to educate attendees on the unique aspects of running a collegiate athletic sports program.

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MINEAPOLIS--Six All-American NJAC performers highlighted the 2008-09 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships which were hosted by Macalester College at the University of Minnesota.

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GLASSBORO--With a 173-113 NJAC road win at Rowan on January 31, TCNJ's men's swimming & diving team completed an undefeated (4-0) conference season to claim the 2008-09 New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championship.

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HYANNIS, MA--Rowan University senior Bryan Carlisle has been named the ECAC Men's Diver of the Week for the week ending December 14.

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PITMAN--The New Jersey Athletic Conference Board of Athletic Administrators has announced that it will reinstate men's swimming & diving as a conference championship sport for the 2008-09 academic year.

NJAC bylaws specify that a minimum of five member institutions must sponsor a sport on the varsity level for the conference to sponsor a championship in that sport. With the recent elevation of men's swimming & diving to varsity status at Ramapo College, the NJAC will now have five institutions which sponsor the sport on the varsity level - Kean, Montclair State, Ramapo, Rowan, TCNJ and William Paterson.

The conference will not sponsor a championship meet in the sport, but will determine a champion based on round robin meet results. The league all-conference selections will be based on performances at the Metropolitan Swimming Conference Championships.

The NJAC last crowned a champion in men's swimming & diving in 1994-95, when TCNJ captured its second consecutive conference title.

The championship was eliminated in the 1995-96 academic year when the membership fell below five institutions. Over the years, the conference has crowned 15 champions in men's swimming & diving dating back to 1972-73. Rowan University (formerly Glassboro State College) has captured 13-of-the-15 all-time championships in the sport.


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GLASSBORO--Rowan diver Bryan Carlisle was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team.

Carlisle advanced to the national ballot after being named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II first team. To be nominated for the Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA) and a starter or significant reserve. The District II College Division consists of all non-NCAA Division I colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Carlisle is majoring in advertising and has a 3.649 GPA. This season, he earned All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships in the one meter and three meter diving. Carlisle was third in the one-meter with 451.20 points and fifth in the three meter with 458.45 points. He was named the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year and to the Academic All-Area Team for the second consecutive season.

Carlisle was Rowan’s top diver this season in both the one meter (457.85 points) and three meter (515.00 points). He placed first in the one meter against William Paterson University (264.68 points), New York University (288.45 points) and The College of New Jersey (264.25 points). Carlisle also won the three meter diving against William Paterson (319.95 points), NYU (304.88 points) and at the Rowan Cup Races (515.00 points).

In 2007, Carlisle took fifth place in the three-meter diving (463.10 points) at the national championship for All-America honors. He received All-America honorable mention in the one-meter diving after coming in 13th place (397.55 points). Carlisle was 14th (401.50 points) and 15th (382.80 points) in the one and three-meter diving, respectively, at the 2006 NCAA Division III Championships, earning All-America honorable mention in both events.

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