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A total of 627 titles. That is the number of individual NCAA and NAIA championships of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association's (CSCAA) 100 Greatest Men's Swimmers & Divers of the past century. The selections were made as a part of the CSCAA's 100th year.

Nearly three thousand athletes were nominated, with a blue-ribbon panel of current and former college swimmers, coaches, and members of the media making selections from a list of 973 finalists. Eighty-six swimmers and fourteen divers were selected. They hail from twenty-eight states and thirteen countries. Highlights of the selections include 12 members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and 59 Olympians.

Among the list of 100 men's swimmers recognized was former EIU All-American and National Champion swimmer Bob Thomas.   Thomas was a seven-time NCAA National Champion at the NCAA Division II level helping the Panthers place fourth at the national meet in 1973 and third at the NCAA Championships in 1974.  Thomas won NCAA Individual Championships in the 100 backstroke (1973), 200 backstroke (1973 and 1974) and 400 IM (1973 and 1974).  He swam the opening leg on the national champion 400 medley teams in 1973 and 1974.    Thomas began his swim career winning seven National Championships at the NAIA level during the 1971 and 72 seasons.   He won NAIA Individual National Championships in the 100 backstroke (1971 and 1972), 200 backstroke (1971 and 1972) and 200 IM (1972).  He added two relay national championships swimming the opening leg on the 1971 400 medley relay team and the third leg on the 1971 800 free relay team.

At one time in his career Thomas held the NCAA Division II record for the 200 backstroke and 400 individual medley.  He reached the AAU Nationals in 1971 and swam at the US Olympic Trials in 1972.   Thomas enjoyed a long coaching career following his time as a swimmer at EIU recently retiring from Ball State in 2018 after leading the program for 39 years.  He was inducted into the Eastern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.

The CSCAA's 100th birthday celebration will continue with upcoming announcements recognizing Centennial MVP's for each team along with a listing of the 100 Greatest Coaches, 100 Alumni of Impact. The anniversary will culminate with the Association's convention and awards banquet, May 2-4, 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois.

The CSCAA100 list of Greatest College Swimmers and Divers is listed below in alphabetical order. For profiles on each selection visit www.cscaa.org/cscaa100
 

Nathan Adrian, California Ernie Alix, North Central Miller Anderson, Ohio State Joel Ax, SCAD Savannah Matt Biondi, California Charles Bittick, USC Richard Blick, North Central Gustavo Borges, Michigan James Born, Kenyon Joshua Boss, Hope Joe Bottom, USC David Boudia, Purdue Fred Bousquet, Auburn Ralph Breyer, Northwestern Skippy Browning, Texas Ondrej Bures, Cal St. Bakersfield Simon Burnett, Arizona Mike Burton, UCLA Rick Carey, Texas Cesar Cielo, Auburn Steve Clark, Yale Tyler Clary, Michigan Kevin Cordes, Arizona Alan Corrigan, North Central Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon Ian Crocker, Texas Dario DiFazio, Oakland Gary Dilley, Michigan State Tom Dolan, Michigan Caeleb Dressel, Florida Andrejs Duda, Kenyon Troy Dumais, Texas Graham Duthie, Simon Fraser David Edgar, Tennessee Anthony Ervin, California Alan Ford, Yale Lars Frolander, SMU Rowdy Gaines, Auburn Brian Goodell, UCLA Jeff Gorton, Kalamazoo Townley Haas, Texas Gary Hall, Indiana Brendan Hansen, Texas Bruce Harlan, Ohio State Robert Hauck, St. Olaf Tom Haynie, Michigan Jim Henry, Indiana Charlie Hickcox, Indiana Richard Howell, Northwestern Tracy Huth, Oakland   Steven Jackman, Minnesota Robert Jackson, Puget Sound Steele Johnson, Purdue Matthew Josa, Queens (NC) John Kinsella, Indiana George Kojac, Rutgers Ford Konno, Ohio State Jeff Kostoff, Stanford Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Will Licon, Texas Ryan Lochte, Florida Steve Lundquist, SMU Mike Martin, UC Irvine Nick McCrory, Duke Jack Medica, Washington Ben Michaelson, SCSU Travis Miller, UC San Diego Bill Milne, Johns Hopkins Tim Moore, Ohio State Pablo Morales, Stanford Dennis Mulvihill, Kenyon Ryan Murphy, California John Naber, USC Keo Nakama, Ohio State Ryk Neethling, Arizona Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State Al Patnik, Ohio State Daniel Ramirez, Okla  Baptist Carl Robie, Michigan Murray Rose, USC Jeff Rouse, Stanford Arthur Rule, Navy Roy Saari, USC Joseph Schooling, Texas Al Schwartz, Northwestern Bud Shields, Brigham Young Tom Shields, California Ken Sitzberger, Indiana William Smiddy, JHU Bill Smith, Ohio State Graham Smith, California Mark Spitz, Indiana Bob Thomas, Eastern Illinois Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan Mark VanderMey, Oakland Lou Vitucci, Ohio State Allen Weik, Denison David Wharton, USC Andrew Wilson, Emory Artur Wojdat, Iowa