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Denver Gymnastics Lands 12 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans
8/14/2024 10:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
DU leads Big 12 Conference in team cumulative GPA for fifth-straight season
DENVER – Twelve University of Denver gymnasts collected Scholastic All-America honors for the 2023-24 academic year, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced on Wednesday.
Denver's 2023-24 WCGA Scholastic All-America Award Winners
First Team
Sophomore Mila Brusch – Finance major
Sophomore Cecilia Cooley – Political Science major
Freshman Ashley Gallen – Finance major
Junior Mia Hebinck – Biochemistry and Chemistry/Biochemistry double major
Senior Jessica Hutchinson – Physiology in Health & Disease major
Junior Momoko Iwai – International Business and Management doubles major
Sophomore Ava Mabanta – Business Analytics major
Senior Bella Mabanta – Finance major
Senior Rylie Mundell – Physics major
Sophomore Kiley Rorich – Psychology and Kinesiology double major
Senior Abbie Thompson – Business Analytics major
Freshman Madison Ulrich – Undeclared major
To be eligible for WCGA Scholastic All-America honors, student-athletes must achieve a GPA of 3.50 or higher for the 2023-24 academic year or cumulative for their collegiate career.
Hutchinson, Mundell and Thompson earned the fourth WCGA Scholastic All-America nods of their careers. Hebinck and Iwai are now three-time honorees while Brusch, Cooley and Ava Mabanta have now earned the award twice. Gallen, Bella Mabanta, Rorich and Ulrich captured their first Scholastic All-America awards.
For the fourth year in a row, Denver had 12 student-athletes receive WCGA Scholastic All-America honors, matching the second-most in a single season in program history (behind only 2007's 13 award winners).
DU placed at least 80 percent of its roster on the Scholastic All-America list for the fourth year in a row. For 2023-24, the team tied for No. 21 nationally for highest percentage of the roster earning WCGA academic recognition and once again led the Big 12 Conference.
Denver finished the year with a team cumulative GPA of 3.6748, the top GPA in the Big 12 Conference for 2023-24 for a fifth-straight year. Among teams in the Big 12 for the upcoming 2024-25 season, Denver ranked second and behind only conference newcomer Arizona (3.7724). Overall, DU finished No. 27 nationally.
DU will return 11 of its 12 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans to the roster for 2024-25, losing only Hutchinson.
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Denver's 2023-24 WCGA Scholastic All-America Award Winners
First Team
Sophomore Mila Brusch – Finance major
Sophomore Cecilia Cooley – Political Science major
Freshman Ashley Gallen – Finance major
Junior Mia Hebinck – Biochemistry and Chemistry/Biochemistry double major
Senior Jessica Hutchinson – Physiology in Health & Disease major
Junior Momoko Iwai – International Business and Management doubles major
Sophomore Ava Mabanta – Business Analytics major
Senior Bella Mabanta – Finance major
Senior Rylie Mundell – Physics major
Sophomore Kiley Rorich – Psychology and Kinesiology double major
Senior Abbie Thompson – Business Analytics major
Freshman Madison Ulrich – Undeclared major
To be eligible for WCGA Scholastic All-America honors, student-athletes must achieve a GPA of 3.50 or higher for the 2023-24 academic year or cumulative for their collegiate career.
Hutchinson, Mundell and Thompson earned the fourth WCGA Scholastic All-America nods of their careers. Hebinck and Iwai are now three-time honorees while Brusch, Cooley and Ava Mabanta have now earned the award twice. Gallen, Bella Mabanta, Rorich and Ulrich captured their first Scholastic All-America awards.
For the fourth year in a row, Denver had 12 student-athletes receive WCGA Scholastic All-America honors, matching the second-most in a single season in program history (behind only 2007's 13 award winners).
DU placed at least 80 percent of its roster on the Scholastic All-America list for the fourth year in a row. For 2023-24, the team tied for No. 21 nationally for highest percentage of the roster earning WCGA academic recognition and once again led the Big 12 Conference.
Denver finished the year with a team cumulative GPA of 3.6748, the top GPA in the Big 12 Conference for 2023-24 for a fifth-straight year. Among teams in the Big 12 for the upcoming 2024-25 season, Denver ranked second and behind only conference newcomer Arizona (3.7724). Overall, DU finished No. 27 nationally.
DU will return 11 of its 12 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans to the roster for 2024-25, losing only Hutchinson.
TICKETS:
Season tickets for the 2025 University of Denver gymnastics season are now on sale and can be purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.
Denver's Home for College Sports
Like Denver Pioneers and Denver Gymnastics on Facebook.
Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_Gymnastics on Twitter.
Follow @DenverPioneers and @Denver_Gymnastics on Instagram.
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