Team Academic National Champions
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Team Academic National Champions

Stanford boasts the best GPA in the nation with a 3.706.

STANFORD, Calif. -  Stanford men's gymnastics was named Team Academic National Champions, as the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) revealed its annual academic awards on Tuesday morning. 

The Cardinal led the nation with a 3.7064 Team GPA. The CGA's top ten academic programs are listed as follows:

  1. Stanford: 3.7064
    2. Illinois: 3.6775
    3. Springfield: 3.6276
    4. Simpson: 3.5825
    5. Penn State: 3.4825
    6. William & Mary: 3.4303
    7. Michigan: 3.3455
    8. Greenville: 3.3984
    9. Nebraska: 3.3369
    10. Oklahoma: 3.3263

Stanford also had 18 student-athletes earn individual Academic All-America honors, fifteen of which earned first team accolades with a GPA of 3.50 or higher. 

First team honorees include Mark Berlaga, Jeremy Bischoff, Kai Uemura, Cooper Kim, Marcus Kushner, David Shamah, Zach Green, Arun Chhetri, Xander Hong, Kaien J-Spencer, Ian Lasic-Ellis, Wade Nelson, Luke McFarland, Marcus Pietarinen, and Brandon Nguyen.

Taylor Burkhart, Asher Hong, and Colt Walker each earned second team All-America selections, awarded for attaining a GPA between 3.499 and 3.2.