15 Huskers Earn CGA Academic Honors

A record 15 members of the 2016 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team earned All-America Scholar Athlete awards from the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) for their success in the classroom during the 2015-16 academic year.

Ryan Irick, Anton Stephenson, Joshua Everitt, Chris Stephenson, Ethan Lottman, Alex Magsam, Sanjaya Roy, Brenon Sommers, Andrew Zymball and Jordan King earned first-team honors for achieving a grade point average of at least 3.50. Antonio Castro, Austin Epperson, Coleman Tokar, Daniel Leal and Connor Adamsick were named to the second team for finishing with a grade point average between 3.2 and 3.4999. Irick and A. Stephenson were two of only eight gymnasts nation-wide to finish the 2015-16 academic year with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Irick and Lottman were two of 10 gymnasts that were designated First-Team Academic All-America Scholar-Athletes all four years of their eligibility.

The College Gymnastics Association honored a total of 81 individual gymnasts as 2016 first team All-America Scholar-Athletes in men’s gymnastics and 53 second team All-America Scholar-Athletes.

In the team rankings, Nebraska placed third nationally in GPA, with an average of 3.392. William and Mary received its third straight national academic team championship with a combined team grade point average of 3.512, giving the team a record eight national academic team titles since the inception of the College Gymnastics Association team award in 1991. Stanford finished second with a 3.427.

2016 CGA Top 10 Academic Teams:

1.  William and Mary--3.512                                             

2.  Stanford--3.427                                                                             

3.  Nebraska--3.392                                                           

4.  Springfield--3.391                                                                         

5.  Navy—3.355

6.  Ohio State—3.274

7.  Minnesota—3.167

8.  Oklahoma—3.131

9.  Iowa—3.126

10. Penn State—3.123

Honorable Mention: California, Illinois-Champaign, Michigan, Air Force and Army.

2016 CGA First Team All-America Scholar-Athletes: 

4.0 GPA:

Christian Correale, Navy

Jacopo Gliozzi, William and Mary

Ryan Irick, Nebraska

Andrew Jones, Navy

Ryan Kearns, Springfield

Noah Roberson, Penn State

Anton Stephenson, Nebraska

Connor Westrick, Navy

 

3.999-3.90 GPA:

Cyrus Dobre-Mofid, Iowa

Joshua Everitt, Nebraska

Timothy Lebbossiere, Springfield

Emeric Quade, Ohio State

David Allen, William and Mary

Mitchell Campbell, William and Mary

Dennis Zaremski, Stanford

Mat Turnansky, William and Mary

Chris Stephenson, Nebraska

Joshua Gong, Navy

Ethan Lottman, Nebraska

Jannik Haas, Springfield

Joey Bonanno, Ohio State

 

3.899-3.80 GPA:

Conor Galvin, Springfield

Christopher Krystek, Michigan

Yaroslav Pochinka, Minnesota

Joshua Yee, Oklahoma

Alexander Wittenberg, Minnesota

Peter Makey, William and Mary

Wyatt LaPointe, Navy

Alex Magsam, Nebraska

Jonathan Zirna, Springfield

Brian Knott, Stanford

Jacob Barrus, Stanford

Robert Neff, Stanford

Michael Dorsey, Navy

Maximilian Mayr, Illinois

Justin Karstadt, Minnesota

Sam DeWitt, Ohio State

Rob Meyer, William and Mary

 

3.799-3.70 GPA:

Tucker McClure, Springfield

Aria Sabbagh, William and Mary

Jake Dastrup, Ohio State

Drew Willoughby, Stanford

David Frick, Navy

Thomas Gibbs, Illinois

Derek Taranto, Springfield

Adam Avant, William and Mary

Cody Teaney, Ohio State

Michael Burns, Penn State

Andrew Rickly, Ohio State

Luke Aldrich, Minnesota

Ryan Metzger, William and Mary

Austin Hodges, Iowa

Denis Aurelius, Air Force

Luke Sturm, Stanford

Sanjaya Roy, Nebraska

Nolan Novak, Michigan

 

3.699-3.60 GPA:

Ryan Bergman, Minnesota

Gregory Tamargo, Penn State

Keaton Ackerman, William and Mary

Colin Mahar, Michigan

Evan Eigner, Ohio State

Wyatt Tyndall, Penn State

Philip Ordonez, Springfield

Taylor Seaton, Stanford

Jacob Stanley, Air Force

Jack Hasenkopf, William and Mary

 

3.599-3.50 GPA:

Blake Martin, Illinois

Brenon Sommers, Nebraska

Tanner Dowell, California

Andrew Zymball, Nebraska

John Boyle, Iowa

Drew Burton, Stanford

Jordan King, Nebraska

Reese Rickett, Oklahoma

Joel Gagnon, Minnesota

Chandler Eggleston, Illinois

Jake Martin, Ohio State

Griffin Antle, William and Mary

Zach Ceroli, Navy

Christopher Sands, Penn State

Allan Bower, Oklahoma

2016 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athletes:

3.499-3.40 GPA:

Eric Politti, Navy

Cory Patterson, Iowa

Antonio Castro, Nebraska

Joe Pritts, Army

Jeremiah McReynolds, William and Mary

Austin Epperson, Nebraska

Nick Van Dyke, William and Mary

Zachary Liebler, Minnesota

Jesse Glenn, Army

Seth Delbridge, Ohio State

Brandon Shively, Army

Michael Rauchwerger, California

Genki Suzuki, Oklahoma

Kevin Tran, California

Logan Bradley, Illinois

Ryan Wilson, Army

Ryan Sheppard, Stanford

Eric Morrison, Navy

Meyer Williams, Ohio State

Andrew Botto, Iowa

3.399-3.30 GPA:

Franz Card, Penn State

Coleman Tokar, Nebraska

Hunter Justus, Oklahoma

Sergey Resnick, Oklahoma

Jake Feldmann, William and Mary

Benjamin Cooperman, Penn State

Dominic Difulvio, Penn State

Donal Yeager, Ohio State

Evan Bluemel, Ohio State

Yordan Aleksandrov, California

Christopher Graff, Springfield

Nicholas Del Junco, California

Taylor Smith, Illinois

Kevin Johnson, Iowa

Daniel Leal, Nebraska

Kyle Zemeir, California

Lukas Texeria, Air Force

3.299-3.20 GPA:

Joshua Dieker, Springfield

Akash Modi, Stanford

Connor Adamsick, Nebraska

Grant Breckenridge, Stanford

Alex Powarzynski, Oklahoma

John Kramer, Minnesota

Andrew Misiolek, Stanford

Eric Klein, Air Force

Jacob Moses, Navy

Gabe Flores, Stanford

Mark Springett, Iowa

Jake Honsberger, William and Mary

Todd Beyer, Iowa

Chase Cannon Air Force

Dmitri Belanovski, Michigan

Harry McLellan, Illinois.

Four-Time CGA First-Team Academic All-American Scholar-Athletes:

Keaton Ackerman, William and Mary

David Frick, Navy

Ryan Irick, Nebraska

Brian Knott, Stanford

Timothy Lebbossiere, Springfield

Ethan Lottman, Nebraska

Derek Taranto, Springfield

Connor Westrick, Navy

Dennis Zaremski, Stanford

Jonathan Zirna, Springfield