CGA Awards All-America Scholar-Athletes 2020

CGA Awards All-America Scholar-Athletes 

The Stanford squad was atop the national rankings throughout the 2020 gymnastics season, and they find themselves in a familiar place on the College Gymnastics Association’s academic rankings for 2020. The Cardinal has been named the national academic team champion for 2020, notching a 3.625 cumulative GPA. It’s Stanford’s eighth time winning the award since its inception in 1991. 

Rounding out the top five are William & Mary, Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan. The top 10 team GPAs are as follows: 

  1. Stanford — 3.625

  2. William & Mary — 3.572

  3. Minnesota — 3.553

  4. Illinois — 3.420

  5. Michigan — 3.393

  6. Penn State — 3.377

  7. Cal — 3.289

  8. Springfield — 3.234

  9. Ohio State — 3.192

  10. Nebraska — 3.184

Honorable mentions: Iowa, Air Force, Oklahoma, Navy, Army

The CGA has also honored 114 individual gymnasts as First Team All-America Scholar-Athletes for attaining a 3.50 GPA or higher and 60 Second Team All-America Scholar-Athletes for earning a GPA of 3.2 to 3.499. 

First Team

4.0 grade point averages: Tyler Davis, Minnesota; Uche Eke, Michigan; Aidan Giusti, CalBerkeley; Spencer Schrandt, William & Mary; Aidan Cuy, William & Mary; David Sandro, Oklahoma; Matthew Wenske, Oklahoma; Alan Camillus, Oklahoma; Jack Baldwin, Penn State; Trevor DiGerolamo, Stanford; Brain Waschack, Air Force.

3.999-3.90 grade point averages: Colton Dee, Minnesota; Henry Meeker, Minnesota; Anthony Tawfik, Michigan; Moritz Mueller, Nebraska; Kenji Tamane, Nebraska; Matthew DeGrandpre, Springfield; William Welsby, Springfield; Peyton Hobson, Iowa; Ben Provost, Navy; Collyn Kellogg, Oklahoma; Brayden Borromeo, Penn State; Nathaniel Warren, Penn State; David Jessen, Stanford; Chris Osgood, Stanford; Bryan Perla, Stanford; Bailey Perez, Stanford; Michael Paradise, Illinois; Connor McCool, Illinois.

3.899-3.80 grade point averages: Alan Gerdov, Michigan; Thomas Paul, Michigan; David Willett, Michigan; Evan Hymanson, Nebraska; Collin Maberry, Springfield; Dominic Ramalho, Springfield; Andrew Brower, Ohio State; Sean Neighbarger, Ohio State; Dexter Roettker, Ohio State; Collin Lillie, William & Mary; Andrew Lyubovsky, William & Mary; Evan Davis, Iowa; William Kell, Oklahoma; Samuel Zakutney, Penn State; Brandon Briones, Stanford; Ben Swartout, Stanford; Thomas Mistretta, Illinois. 

3.799-3.70 grade point averages: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota; Daniel Yoon, Minnesota; James Read, Michigan; Adam Wooten, Michigan; Kyle Shuttle, Cal-Berkeley; Josh Martin, Nebraska; Dylan Young, Nebraska; Kalvin Kingshill, Army; Joseph Minus, Army; Jeremy Vera, Springfield; Lucas Wilcox, Springfield; Sean Turtle, Springfield; Kyle Lukaesko, Springfield; Christian Wilkey, Springfield; Chase Gaylada, Springfield; Curtis Chang, Ohio State; Michael Chan, Ohio State; Nathan Winneg, William & Mary; Jordan Kula, William & Mary; Malcom Baytop, William & Mary; Ian Creelman, William & Mary; Noah Scigliano, Iowa; Frank Bradley, Navy; Ryan Orca, Navy; Randy Scharnhorst, Oklahoma; Chase Clingman, Penn State; Michael Fletcher, Illinois; Jacob Light, Illinois; Clay Mason Stephens, Illinois; Alex Schechtman, Air Force. 

3.699-3.60 grade point averages: Andrew Hyde, Minnesota; Valen Watrous, Minnesota; Jonathan Liu, Michigan; Justin Murphy, Michigan; Casey Wentland, Michigan; Kyte Crigger, Cal-Berkeley; Noah Urwiler, Nebraska; Corban Barstow, Army; Rudolph Churchill, Army; Mitchell McHugh, Army; Jacob Gricar, Ohio State; Reid Ross, William & Mary; Connor Bowman, William & Mary; Alex Walther, Iowa; Morgan Seyler, Oklahoma; Andres Perez Gines, Penn State; Andrew Bitner, Stanford; John Chou, Stanford; Riley Loos, Stanford; Joey Ringer, Stanford; Blake Sun, Stanford; Jordan Kovach, Illinois; Evan Manivong, Illinois. 

3.599-3.50 grade point averages: Crew Bold, Minnesota; Ben Eyles, Minnesota; Jacob Sawyer, Minnesota; Kyle Abe, Cal-Berkeley; Miles Lee, Cal-Berkeley; Sam Phillips, Nebraska; Cutter Fugett, William & Mary; Clan Singleton-McConnell, Navy; Mason Menser, Oklahoma; Cannon Johnson, Penn State; Eric Lung, Penn State; Stephen Nedoroscik, Penn State; Ian Gunther, Stanford; Blake Wilson, Stanford; Sebastian Quiana, Illinois. 

Second Team 

3.499-3.40 grade point averages: Russell Johnson, Minnesota; Michael Moran, Minnesota; Eric Nakamura, Minnesota; Victor Perez, Minnesota; David Pochinka, Minnesota; Cameron Bock, Michigan; Mitchell Brown, Michigan; Cooper Giles, Nebraska; Dylan LeClair, Nebraska; Zach Peters, Nebraska; Trevor Lamberton, Springfield; Justin Ah Chow, Ohio State; Jakob Murray, Ohio State; Zane Petras, William & Mary; Christian Marsh, William & Mary; Tomas Palma Alvarado, William & Mary; Brandon Wong, Iowa; Joshua Williams, Navy; Thomas Lee, Stanford; Connor Lewis, Stanford; Curran Phillips, Stanford; Matt Szot, Stanford; Frankie Valentin, Air Force; Brandon Bzoskie, Air Force; Beckett Andersen, Air Force.

3.399-3.30 grade point averages: Garrett Kasiski, Minnesota; Timothy Kutyla, Minnesota; Socrates Gavallas, Michigan; Mack Lasker, Michigan; Kiernan Reagan, Army; John Rowbotham, Springfield; Luke Smigliani, Ohio State; Max Andryushchenko, Ohio State; Robert Costea, Ohio State; Andrew Helberg, Iowa; Max Gerber, Navy; Connor Van Loo, Navy; Alex Frack, Penn State; Brennan Pantazis, Penn State; Max Diab, Illinois; Daniel Graham, Illinois.

3.299-3.20 grade point averages: Donte McKinney, Minnesota; Matthew Sullivan, Minnesota; Casey Cummings, Michigan; Nicholas Guy, Michigan; Noah Sano, Cal-Berkeley; Patrick Armstrong, Army; Jacob Nauman, Army; Liam O’Hara, Army; Giancarlo Lawrence, Springfield; Tim O’Neill, William & Mary; Jacob Carlson, Navy; Dhiren Lutchman, Navy; Nick Mock, Penn State; Zach Martin, Stanford; Emanuele Muehlhauser, Illinois; Dylan Kolak, Illinois; Allen Shadan, Air Force; Zach Polen, Air Force. 


The CGA also recognizes four gymnastics who have earned First Team Academic All-American Scholar-Athletes honors for all four years of eligibility: Benjamin Provost, Navy; David Jessen, Stanford; Jacob Light, Illinois-Champaign; Michael Paradise, Illinois-Champaign.

Alex Wittenberg