CGA Press Release: Scholar Athletes
2021 National Academic Team Champions And All-America Scholar-Athletes in Men's Gymnastics
AUGUST 26, 2021: Stanford has been declared the 2021 College Gymnastics Association’s national academic team champion, earning their ninth national academic title since the inception of the team award in 1991. Michigan finished second with Minnesota taking third place. William & Mary and California- Berkeley were fourth and fifth respectively with Springfield, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State and Nebraska rounding out the top 10. The College Gymnastics Association’s top 10 academic teams for men’s gymnastics are:
Stanford - 3.846 6.
Michigan - 3.681
Minnesota - 3.638
William & Mary - 3.607
California-Berkeley - 3.474
Springfield - 3.425
Penn State - 3.338
Illinois - 3.317
Ohio State - 3.248
Nebraska - 3.221
Honorable Mention: Navy, Oklahoma, Army, Iowa, Air Force.
The College Gymnastics Association has also honored 133 individual gymnasts as 2021 First Team All-America Scholar-Athletes for attaining a 3.5 grade point average or higher and 56 Second Team All-America Scholar-Athletes for attaining a grade point average between 3.499 and 3.2.
The 133 first team All-America Scholar-Athletes for men’s gymnastics are:
4.0 grade point averages: Jack Baldwin, Penn State; Tyler Davis, Minnesota; Colton Dee, Minnesota; Ian Dinmore, Navy; Noah Giordano, Oklahoma; Ian Gunther, Stanford; Peyton Hobson, Iowa; Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk, William & Mary; Brody Malone, Stanford; Henry Meeker, Minnesota; Chris Osgood, Stanford; David Sandro, Oklahoma; Spencer Schrandt, William & Mary; Noah Scigliano, Iowa; Blake Sun, Stanford; Matt Szot, Stanford; Anthony Tawfik, Michigan; Brian Waschak, Air Force; Matt Wenske, Oklahoma
3.999-3.90 grade point averages: Michael Artlip, Penn State; Malcolm Baytop, William & Mary; Brandon Briones, Stanford; Andrew Brower, Ohio State; Alan Camilus, Oklahoma; Casey Cummings, Michigan; Collin Cunane, California-Berkeley; Trevor DiGerolamo, Stanford; Michael Fletcher, Illinois; Kyle Lukaesko, Springfield; Collin Maberry, Springfield; Connor McCool, Illinois; Mitchell McHugh, Army; Brandon Nguyen, Stanford; Thomas Paul, Michigan; David Rauchwerger, California-Berkeley; John Rowbotham, Springfield; Alexander Walther, Iowa; David Willett, Michigan; Shane Wiskus, Minnesota; Daniel Yoon, Minnesota
3.899-3.80 grade point averages: Andrew Bitner, Stanford; Crew Bold, Minnesota; Paul Burney, Ohio State; Ian Creelman, William & Mary; Aidan Cuy, William & Mary; Evan Davis, Iowa; Adam Elahmadi, Army; Cutter Fugett, William & Mary; Henry Greene, Navy; Donovan Hewitt, Ohio State; Garrett Kasiski, Minnesota; Charlie Kramer, Springfield; Jordan Kula, William & Mary; Collin Lillie, William & Mary; Riley Loos, Stanford; Andrew Lyubovsky, William & Mary; Evan Manivong, Illinois; Mason Menser, Oklahoma; Moritz Mueller, Nebraska; Justin Murphy, Michigan; Zach Peters, Nebraska; Zane Petras, William & Mary; Dominic Ramalho, Springfield; James Read, Michigan; Tyler Rockwood, Ohio State; Tyler Schmidt, Illinois; Jelani Sweet, California-Berkeley; Nate Warren, Penn State; Virgil Watkins, Michigan
3.799-3.70 grade point averages: Kyle Abe, California-Berkeley; Corban Barstow, Army; Cameron Bock, Michigan; Jake Bonnay, Nebraska; Syam Buradagunta, Navy; JR Chou, Stanford; Taylor Christopulos, Nebraska; Dylan Colangelo, Springfield; Andrew Helberg, Iowa; Andrew Hyde, Minnesota; Evan Hymanson, Nebraska; Paul Juda, Michigan; Thomas Mistretta, Illinois; Emanuele Muelhauser, Illinois; Sean Neighbarger, Ohio State; Kameron Nelson, Ohio State; Brennan Pantazis, Penn State; Jackson Pophal, Army; Dexter Roettker, Ohio State; Daniel Simmons, Oklahoma; David Toussaint, Navy; Jesse Tyndall, Ohio State; Connor Van Loo, Navy; Dylan Young, Nebraska
3.699-3.60 grade point averages: Jeremy Bischoff, Stanford; Curtis Chang, Ohio State; Joshua Cook, Illinois; Ethan Dick, Penn State; Benjamin Eyles, Minnesota; Ron Israel, California-Berkeley; Kalvin Kingshill, Army; Trevor Lamberton, Springfield; Samuel Lee, William & Mary; Dhiren Lutchman, Navy; Joseph Minus, Army; Michael Moran, Minnesota; Curran Phillips, Stanford; Matthew Rosendahl, Navy; Alex Schechtman, Air Force; Morgan Seyler, Oklahoma; Mitch Tyndall, Nebraska; Christian Wilkey Jr., Springfield; Blake Wilson, Stanford
3.599-3.50 grade point averages: Javier Alfonso, Michigan; Stewart Brown, Iowa; Brandon Bzoskie, Air Force; Max Gerber, Navy; Aidan Giusti, California-Berkeley; Daniel Graham, Illinois; Nicholas Guy, Michigan; Dylan Kolak, Illinois; Will Lavanakul, California-Berkeley; Eric Lung, Penn State; Christian Marsh, William & Mary; Clay Mason-Stephens, Illinois; Scott McMurray, Air Force; Colton O'Brien, Springfield; David Pochinka, Minnesota; Kevin Portofee, William & Mary; Joshua Seltzer, Ohio State; Frankie Valentin, Air Force; Colt Walker, Stanford; Joshua Williams, Navy; Adam Wooten, Michigan
The 56 second team All-America Scholar-Athletes for men’s gymnastics are:
3.499-3.40 grade point averages: Patrick Armstrong, Army; Noah Candocia, Springfield; Rudolph Churchill, Army; Parker Clayton, Penn State; Chase Clingman, Penn State; Colin Douglas, Air Force; Alex Fitzgerald, Springfield; Alexander Frack, Penn State; Juan Gomez, Springfield; David Handron, Springfield; Bennet Huang, Iowa; Jordan Kovach, Illinois; Dylan LeClair, Nebraska; Aidan Li, California-Berkeley; Steven Lukasik, Michigan; Zach Martin, Stanford; Logan Myers, Illinois; Savion Perea, California-Berkeley; Victor Perez, Minnesota; Andres Perez Gines, Penn State; Sam Phillips, Nebraska; Kiernan Reagan, Army; Evgeny Siminiuc, Michigan; Ian Skirkey, Illinois; Matthew Sullivan, Minnesota; Tim Templeton, Springfield
3.399-3.30 grade point averages: Casimir Buske, Navy; Jacob Carlson, Navy; Noah Duran, Minnesota; Erik Engelke, Navy; Noah Everett, Air Force; Will Hauke, Illinois; Khalil Jackson, Nebraska; Evan Kriley, Nebraska; Ryan McVay, Navy; Miles Miller, Michigan; Nick Mock, Penn State; Mitchell Monahan, Army; Jacob Moore, Michigan; Noah Newfeld, California-Berkeley; Seth Ornelas, California- Berkeley; Robbie Shamp, Penn State; Leo Valentin, Illinois
3.299-3.20 grade point averages: Garrett Braunton, Air Force; Dane Cramer, Springfield; Declan Henriques, Army; Miles Lee, California-Berkeley; Logan Omer, Air Force; Jalen Peterson, Penn State; Zach Polen, Air Force; Chris Scales, California-Berkeley; Allen Shaden, Air Force; Markus Shears, Michigan; Luke Smigliani, Ohio State; Zachary Tiderman, Iowa; John Vollo, Springfield
Eleven gymnasts have been designated First Team Academic All-America Scholar-Athletes by the College Gymnastics Association for all four years of their eligibility: Jack Baldwin, Penn State; Andrew Brower, Ohio State; Ian Creelman, William & Mary; Colton Dee, Minnesota; Cutter Fugett, William & Mary; Evan Hymanson, Nebraska; Henry Meeker, Minnesota; Sean Neighbarger, Ohio State; Thomas Paul, Michigan; Spencer Schrandt, William & Mary; Anthony Tawfik, Michigan
Evan Eigner
CGA Academic All-America Scholar-Athlete Committee