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The Bears posted improvements in team GPA, total number of honorees and number of Academic All-America First Team honorees.
MGYM9/24/2024 4:24 PM | By: Cal Athletics
14 Bears Named CGA Academic All-Americans
Cal Surpasses 2023 Total; 10 Named To Academic All-America First Team
The 2024 California men's gymnastics squad landed 14 men on the College Gymnastics Association's (CGA) Academic All-America list Tuesday, surpassing the previous year's total by one. As a team, the Golden Bears posted an average GPA of 3.28, also an improvement on the 2023 season.
Then-seniors
Noah Newfeld and
Chris Scales each earned CGA Academic All-America honors in all four years of their collegiate careers, while graduates
Yu-Chen Lee and
Noah Sano picked up their fifth and fourth such recognitions, respectively. All four were named to the Academic All-America First Team along with six additional teammates who recorded GPAs of 3.5 or above, while the second-team honorees finished the year with GPAs in the 3.2-3.499 range.
FIRST TEAM
Collin Cunane – Molecular & Cell Biology
Yu-Chen Lee – UCBX Concurrent Enrollment
Aidan Li – Mechanical Engineering
Noah Newfeld – Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science
Seth Ornelas – Data Science
David Rauchwerger – Molecular & Cell Biology
Noah Sano – Computer Science
Chris Scales – Media Studies
Tyler Shimizu – Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Jasper Smith-Gordon - Economics
SECOND TEAM
Harry Kim - Undeclared
Theodor Roald Gadderud – Political Economy
Jelani Sweet – Cognitive Science
Tucker Yasunaga - Undeclared
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