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7/21/2003 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
July 21, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
The University of Utah gymnastics team placed third in the nation in academics in 2002-03 by posting a 3.6357 GPA. It marked the fourth straight year that Utah has finished in the top three in the academic rankings, which are conducted by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches for Women (NACGC/W).
Utah had the best team GPA of any program that advanced to the 2003 NCAA Championships. The only other teams to make the top 12 both on the competitive floor and in the classroom were Nebraska and UCLA, who finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the academic standings.
All 12 of Utah's team members were named NACGC/W Scholastics All-Americans. Leading the way was senior 14-time All-American and 4.0 student Theresa Kulikowski, who recently became the first gymnast in history to be named the Verizon CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for all NCAA sports.
Institution Team GPA # of Individual Awards1. Southern Utah 3.7600 132. Cornell 3.6741 143. Utah 3.6357 124. Eastern Michigan 3.5765 125. Gustavus Adolphus 3.5650 96. M.I.T. 3.5533 97. Nebraska 3.5058 98. UCLA 3.4967 119. Texas Woman's 3.4728 1110. Michigan State 3.4694 711. Brigham Young 3.4600 612. North Carolina 3.4480 613. Pittsburgh 3.4467 814. Arkansas 3.4318 815. George Washington 3.4192 716. Springfield College 3.3900 817. Washington 3.3870 918. Wisconsin-Stout 3.3747 819. Penn State 3.3736 820. Pennsylvania 3.3700 621. Northern Illinois 3.3625 722. Bridgeport 3.3600 423. Alaska Anchorage 3.3333 624. Illinois 3.3100 825. Western Michigan 3.2935 726. Boise State 3.2888 627. Illinois State 3.2865 728. Stanford 3.2858 629. Alabama 3.2843 730. Denver 3.2792 431. Yale 3.2681 632. Brown 3.2647 633. Maryland 3.2588 734. Florida 3.2317 835. Michigan 3.2273 536. Rhode Island 3.2273 737. Central Michigan 3.2207 238. Seattle Pacific 3.2136 639. James Madison 3.2037 740. California 3.1929 241. Bowling Green State 3.1871 442. Hamline 3.1820 543. San Jose State 3.1788 644. Minnesota 3.1785 345. Oregon State 3.1706 546. Towson 3.1677 247. New Hampshire 3.1512 448. Air Force 3.1444 149. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3.1407 350. Ohio State 3.1256 351. Oklahoma 3.1040 552. William & Mary 3.0989 553. Louisiana State 3.0945 654. Iowa State 3.0877 355. SE Missouri State 3.0794 556. Wilson College 3.0775 257. Temple 3.0650 858. UC Davis 3.0457 659. Rutgers 3.0445 960. North Carolina State 3.0426 461. So. Connecticut St. 3.0406 562. Utah State 2.9988 363. Cal State Sacramento 2.9876 364. Georgia 2.9361 465. Missouri 2.9068 468. Wisconsin-Whitewater 2.8967 269. Arizona State 2.8946 170. Kentucky 2.8629 471. Illinois-Chicago 2.6370 3