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Women's Gymnastics

Denver Gymnastics Lands 12 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans

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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Players Mentioned

Jessica Hutchinson

Jessica Hutchinson

All-Around
5' 6"
Senior
Silvia's Gymnastics
Mila Brusch

Mila Brusch

All-Around
5' 2"
Junior
Cincinnati Gymnastics
Cecilia Cooley

Cecilia Cooley

Bars/Beam/Floor
5' 5"
Junior
Gotham Gymnastics
Ashley Gallen

Ashley Gallen

Beam/Floor
5' 2"
Sophomore
Capital Gymnastics
Mia Hebinck

Mia Hebinck

Bars/Beam
5' 4"
Senior
Colorado Aerials
Momoko Iwai

Momoko Iwai

All-Around
4' 10"
Senior
Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Ava Mabanta

Ava Mabanta

Beam/Floor
5' 1"
Junior
Twin City Twisters
Bella Mabanta

Bella Mabanta

Vault/Beam/Floor
5' 2"
Graduate Student
Denton Gymnastics
Rylie Mundell

Rylie Mundell

All-Around
5' 5"
Graduate Student
Colorado Gymnastics Institute
Kiley Rorich

Kiley Rorich

All-Around
5' 4"
Junior
Southeastern Gymnastics

Players Mentioned

Jessica Hutchinson

Jessica Hutchinson

5' 6"
Senior
Silvia's Gymnastics
All-Around
Mila Brusch

Mila Brusch

5' 2"
Junior
Cincinnati Gymnastics
All-Around
Cecilia Cooley

Cecilia Cooley

5' 5"
Junior
Gotham Gymnastics
Bars/Beam/Floor
Ashley Gallen

Ashley Gallen

5' 2"
Sophomore
Capital Gymnastics
Beam/Floor
Mia Hebinck

Mia Hebinck

5' 4"
Senior
Colorado Aerials
Bars/Beam
Momoko Iwai

Momoko Iwai

4' 10"
Senior
Texas Dreams Gymnastics
All-Around
Ava Mabanta

Ava Mabanta

5' 1"
Junior
Twin City Twisters
Beam/Floor
Bella Mabanta

Bella Mabanta

5' 2"
Graduate Student
Denton Gymnastics
Vault/Beam/Floor
Rylie Mundell

Rylie Mundell

5' 5"
Graduate Student
Colorado Gymnastics Institute
All-Around
Kiley Rorich

Kiley Rorich

5' 4"
Junior
Southeastern Gymnastics
All-Around