STANFORD, Calif. – The College Gymnastics Association (CGA) announced their annual academic awards on Monday morning and Stanford was well represented once again, earning team and individual honors.
The Cardinal placed second nationally with a 3.541 team GPA, trailing only Illinois (3.657) in the team rankings. Penn State (3.454), Michigan (3.45), and Willian & Mary (3.438) rounded out the top five. The CGA's top-10 academic teams for men's gymnastics are:
- Illinois – 3.657
- Stanford – 3.541
- Penn State – 3.454
- Michigan – 3.450
- William & Mary – 3.438
- Springfield – 3.410
- Nebraska – 3.341
- California – 3.201
- Simpson – 3.187
- Navy – 3.181
Honorable Mention: Ohio State, Army West Point, Oklahoma
The CGA also recognized 15 Cardinal student-athletes with All-American Scholar-Athlete awards, thirteen of whom receiving first-team accolades with a GPA of 3.50 or higher. Second-team all-America selections were awarded for attaining a GPA between 3.499 and 3.2.
Seniors J.R. Chou and Riley Loos were also recognized for being designated First Team Academic All-America Scholar-Athletes for all four years of their eligibility.
First Team
4.0 grade point averages: Michael Artlip, Penn State; Major Bain, Greenville; Corban Barstow, Army West Point; Mark Berlaga, Stanford; Joseph Buselmeier, Army West Point; Asher Cohen, Nebraska; Ian Dinmore, Navy; Maksim Farkhadau, Illinois; William Fleck, Penn State; Michael Fletcher, Illinois; Aidan Giusti, California; Alek Kuzmenchuk, William & Mary; Yu-Chen Lee, California; Brody Malone, Stanford; Vishal Mandava, Navy; Connor McCool, Illinois; Noah Newfeld, California; Matthew Petros, Navy; Johnathan Pinc, Army West Point; Ethan Poole, Greenville; Dominic Ramalho, Springfield; Morgan Seyler, Oklahoma; Jake Sweeten, Simpson; Matthew Underhill, Penn State; Ignacio Yockers, Oklahoma
3.999-3.90 grade point averages: Ashton Anaya, Illinois; Tyler Beekman, Springfield; Brandon Briones, Stanford; Alan Camillus, Oklahoma; Elijah Cruz, Greenville; Will Lavanakul, California; Connor Micklos, Illinois; Moritz Mueller, Nebraska; Ian Raubal, Penn State; Connor Van Loo, Navy; William Welsby, Springfield; David Willett, Michigan
3.899-3.80 grade point averages: Malcolm Baytop, William & Mary; Syam Buradagunta, Navy; Andrae Butler, Springfield; Arun Chhetri, Stanford; Kelton Christiansen, Oklahoma; Josh Cook, Illinois; Aidan Cuy, William & Mary; Jacob Harmon, Ohio State; Sebastian Ingersoll, Illinois; Dylan Kolak, Illinois; Charlie Kramer, Greenville; Nicolas Kuebler, Stanford; Luke McFarland, Stanford; Kevin Laurino, Greenville; David Pochinka, Illinois; Tyler Rockwood, Ohio State; Matthew Rosendahl, Navy; Christopher Scales, California; Kyle Shuttle, Michigan; Jasper Sith-Gordon, California; Gustavin Suess, Springfield; Nate Warren, Penn State; Virgil Watkins, Michigan
3.799-3.70 grade point averages: Arthur Ashton, Ohio State; J.R. Chou, Stanford; Dylan Colangelo, Springfield; Tate Costa, Illinois; Casey Cummings, Michigan; Nicky Franz, Greenville; Kacper Garnczarek, Penn State; Luke James, Nebraska; Felix Kriedemann, Springfield; Ian Lasic-Ellis, Stanford; Toby Liang, Nebraska; Evan Manivong, Illinois; Rithik Puri, Michigan; Ethan Sipos, Simpson; Milo Stanley, Simpson; Matthew Szot, Stanford; Timothy Templeton, Springfield; Ryan Vanichtheeranont, Illinois; Adam Wooten, Michigan
3.699-3.60 grade point averages: Patrick Armstrong, Army West Point; Owen Carney, Springfield; Taylor Christopulos, Nebraska; Emre Dodanli, Oklahoma; Mark Fu, William & Mary; Zachary Grandados, Michigan; Will Hauke, Illinois; Chris Hiser, Nebraska; Thomas Hoagland, Greenville; Kalvin Kingshill, Army West Point; Riley Loos, Stanford; Karim Madkour, Simpson; Brandon Nguyen, Stanford; Jackson Pophal, Army West Point; Mclain Seyler, Oklahoma; Tyler Shimizu, California; Evan Sikra, William & Mary; Daniel Simmons, Oklahoma; Colin Stenger, Michigan; Thomas Thackston, Ohio State
3.599-3.50 grade point averages: Jeremy Bischoff, Stanford; Matthew Browne, Springfield; William Champagne, Navy; Carter Cochardo, Springfield; Noah Dhaliwal, Springfield; Liam Doherty-Herwitz, Nebraska; Jacob Foster, Greenville; James Friedman, Nebraska; Sabastian Gordon, Navy; Ian Gunther, Stanford; Donovan Hewitt, Ohio State; Yan Inhaber-Courchesne, Illinois; Denis Irimiea, Air Force; Samuel Kaplan, Springfield; Garrett Kasiski, William & Mary; Kameron Nelson, Ohio State; Jadon Roberson, Ohio State
Second Team
3.499-3.40 grade point averages: Javier Alfonso, Michigan; Crew Bold, Michigan; Caleb Churchill, Army West Point; Collin Cunane, California; Erik Engelke, Navy; Nikolai Kolesnikov, Oklahoma; Charlie Miles, Air Force; Robert Noll Jr., Michigan; Colton O'Brien, Springfield; Seth Ornelas, California; Zachary Patrick, William & Mary; Christopher Read, Michigan; Derek Schlagenhauf, Penn State; Charlie Schneider, Simpson; Luke Smigliani, Ohio State
3.399-3.30 grade point averages: Camden Bontempo, Simpson; Alex Catchpole, Simpson; Ethan Dick, Penn State; Donovan Diviney, Greenville; Christopher Duane, Simpson; Brigham Frentheway, Oklahoma; Juan Gomez, Springfield; Kazuki Hayashi, Ohio State; Caleb Hickey, Navy; Steven Lukasik, Michigan; Hunter Mamawal, Army West Point; Zach Martin, Stanford; Sam Metzler, Air Force; Noah Pace, Army West Point; Ricky Pizem, William & Mary; Frederick Richard, Michigan; Noah Sano, California
3.299-3.20 grade point averages: Michael Avery, Greenville; Connor Bowman, William & Mary; Garrett Braunton, Air Force; Taylor Burkhart, Stanford; Brandon Campbell, Penn State; Zach Connelly, Greenville; Khalen Curry, California; William Harrington, William & Mary; Connor Jenkins, Simpson; Aidan Li, California; Jelani Sweet, California; Oliver Zavel, Air Force
Fourteen gymnasts have been designated First Team Academic All-America Scholar-Athletes by the College Gymnastics Association for all four years of their eligibility: Malcolm Baytop, William & Mary; Alan Camillus, Oklahoma; J.R. Chou, Stanford; Aidan Cuy, William & Mary; Aidan Giusti, California; Kalvin Kingshill, Army West Point; Riley Loos, Stanford; Evan Manivong, Illinois; Connor McCool, Illinois; Moritz Mueller, Nebraska; Dominic Ramalho, Springfield; Morgan Seyler, Oklahoma; Nate Warren, Penn State; David Willett, Michigan