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Nine Denver Gymnasts Earn Academic All-Big 12 Status
4/26/2023 9:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
All but two eligible DU gymnasts land academic conference honors
DENVER – Nine University of Denver gymnasts earned a place on the 2023 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Team, the conference announced on Wednesday.
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This is the second-consecutive year that a program-record nine DU gymnasts earned Academic All-Big 12 Team honors – eight of whom earned first-team nods, also for the second-straight year.
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2023 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
First Team
Graduate student Lynnzee Brown – Communication management graduate program
Senior Victoria Fitts – Biochemistry major
Junior Jessica Hutchinson – Physiology in health & disease major
Sophomore Momoko Iwai – International business major
Junior Rylie Mundell – Physics major
Graduate student Alexandria Ruiz – Healthcare management graduate program
Senior Callie Schlottman – Biological sciences major
Junior Abbie Thompson – Business analytics major
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Second Team
Junior Bella Mabanta – Finance major
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Graduate students Ruiz and Brown lead Denver with their fourth and fifth career Academic All-Big 12 honors, respectively. Schlottman has now collected three Academic All-Big 12 awards while Hutchinson, Mabanta, Mundell and Thompson have all landed on the team in each of the last two seasons. These are the first Academic All-Big 12 selections for Fitts and Iwai.
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The Academic All-Big 12 Team recognizes student-athletes who have maintained a GPA of at least 3.00, either cumulative or over the previous two semesters, while participating in at least 20 percent of the team's competitions. First-team honors consist of student-athletes with GPAs of at least 3.20 while second-team members hold GPAs between 3.00-3.19.
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Seniors who have participated for at least two years and meet all criteria except the participation rate are also eligible. Freshmen and transfer students are not eligible.
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In total, 60 percent of DU's roster was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team, just one percentage point from being tied with Oklahoma for the conference lead. Four of DU's 15 student-athletes are freshmen and therefore not eligible. Overall, nine of DU's 11 eligible student-athletes earned recognition.
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Denver finished its record-setting 2023 campaign with its sixth team appearance at the NCAA National Championships, finishing eighth overall, the second-highest NCAA Nationals placement in program history.
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This is the second-consecutive year that a program-record nine DU gymnasts earned Academic All-Big 12 Team honors – eight of whom earned first-team nods, also for the second-straight year.
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2023 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
First Team
Graduate student Lynnzee Brown – Communication management graduate program
Senior Victoria Fitts – Biochemistry major
Junior Jessica Hutchinson – Physiology in health & disease major
Sophomore Momoko Iwai – International business major
Junior Rylie Mundell – Physics major
Graduate student Alexandria Ruiz – Healthcare management graduate program
Senior Callie Schlottman – Biological sciences major
Junior Abbie Thompson – Business analytics major
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Second Team
Junior Bella Mabanta – Finance major
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Graduate students Ruiz and Brown lead Denver with their fourth and fifth career Academic All-Big 12 honors, respectively. Schlottman has now collected three Academic All-Big 12 awards while Hutchinson, Mabanta, Mundell and Thompson have all landed on the team in each of the last two seasons. These are the first Academic All-Big 12 selections for Fitts and Iwai.
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The Academic All-Big 12 Team recognizes student-athletes who have maintained a GPA of at least 3.00, either cumulative or over the previous two semesters, while participating in at least 20 percent of the team's competitions. First-team honors consist of student-athletes with GPAs of at least 3.20 while second-team members hold GPAs between 3.00-3.19.
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Seniors who have participated for at least two years and meet all criteria except the participation rate are also eligible. Freshmen and transfer students are not eligible.
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In total, 60 percent of DU's roster was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team, just one percentage point from being tied with Oklahoma for the conference lead. Four of DU's 15 student-athletes are freshmen and therefore not eligible. Overall, nine of DU's 11 eligible student-athletes earned recognition.
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Denver finished its record-setting 2023 campaign with its sixth team appearance at the NCAA National Championships, finishing eighth overall, the second-highest NCAA Nationals placement in program history.
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Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_Gymnastics on Twitter.
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