Sixteen Alabama Gymnasts Earn WCGA Scholastic All-America Honors
8/17/2023 11:29:00 AM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide posted a 3.66 team grade point average in 2022-23, marking the 18th straight year Alabama has posted a 3.4 or better GPA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama gymnastics was named a 2023 Scholastic All-America team and saw 16 gymnasts earn individual Scholastic All-America honors, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) revealed Thursday.
The Crimson Tide, who finished 10th in the nation last season and second in the Southeastern Conference, earned a 3.66 team grade point average. The announcement marked the 18th year in a row that the Crimson Tide gymnasts have posted a team GPA of 3.4 or higher.
The Tide's 2023 Scholastic All-Americans included NCAA champion and All-American Luisa Blanco, and two-time Olympian and All-American Shallon Olsen, as well as Corinne Bunagan, Ella Burgess, Karis German, SEC champion Gabby Gladieux, Zoe Gravier, All-American Lilly Hudson, Lillian Lewis, Lauren Little, Cameron Machado, Isabella Martin, Sania Mitchell, Jordyn Paradise, Rachel Rybicki and Mati Waligora.
With its 16 Scholastic All-Americans in 2023, Alabama has now posted double digit honors the last 13 consecutive years and 17 times since 1999. Overall, 143 Tide gymnasts have earned Scholastic All-America recognition 331 times since the award's inception in 1991. Over the last decade, a total of 74 Tide gymnasts have earned 172 Scholastic All-America honors.
Alabama's 16 honorees were the second highest within the Southeastern Conference, trailing only Kentucky who picked up 18 total All-Americans.
To be a Scholastic All-American, a gymnast must either have a 3.5 overall GPA, or a 3.5 GPA for the previous academic year. The team GPA and the individual awards factor in any gymnast on Alabama's eligibility roster as of Jan. 1 of that season, including medical redshirts.
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