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Tyler Shimizu earned First-Team All-America honors for the third consecutive year.
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10 Bears Named CGA Academic All-Americans
8/19/2025 3:08 PM | Men's Gymnastics
Tyler Shimizu Earns Third-Straight First-Team Honor
10 members of the 2025 California men's gymnastics team were recognized as Academic All-America honors by the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) on Tuesday for their successes in the classroom.
Graduates Tyler Shimizu and Aidan Li, both First-Team members, each received their fourth career Academic All-America nods. Shimizu was named to the First Team for the third year in a row, while Li earned his way onto the squad for the second straight season.
The rest of Cal's First-Team selections were rising sophomore Matteo Bardana, rising junior Tucker Yasunaga and rising seniors Theodor Roald Gadderud, Jasper Smith-Gordon. Smith-Gordon earned First-Team honors for the second consecutive year, while both Roald Gadderud and Yasunaga improved upon their 2024 Second-Team standings.
Rising senior Khalen Curry earned Second-Team Academic All-America honors for the second time in his career, leading a group that also includes rising junior Carter Kim and rising sophomores Trigg Dudley and Troy Nuesca.
First-Team Academic All-Americans
Matteo Bardana
Aidan Li
Theodor Roald Gadderud
Tyler Shimizu
Jasper Smith-Gordon
Tucker Yasunaga
Second-Team Academic All-Americans
Khalen Curry
Trigg Dudley
Carter Kim
Troy Nuesca
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Graduates Tyler Shimizu and Aidan Li, both First-Team members, each received their fourth career Academic All-America nods. Shimizu was named to the First Team for the third year in a row, while Li earned his way onto the squad for the second straight season.
The rest of Cal's First-Team selections were rising sophomore Matteo Bardana, rising junior Tucker Yasunaga and rising seniors Theodor Roald Gadderud, Jasper Smith-Gordon. Smith-Gordon earned First-Team honors for the second consecutive year, while both Roald Gadderud and Yasunaga improved upon their 2024 Second-Team standings.
Rising senior Khalen Curry earned Second-Team Academic All-America honors for the second time in his career, leading a group that also includes rising junior Carter Kim and rising sophomores Trigg Dudley and Troy Nuesca.
First-Team Academic All-Americans
Matteo Bardana
Aidan Li
Theodor Roald Gadderud
Tyler Shimizu
Jasper Smith-Gordon
Tucker Yasunaga
Second-Team Academic All-Americans
Khalen Curry
Trigg Dudley
Carter Kim
Troy Nuesca
STAY POSTED
For complete coverage of Cal men's gymnastics, please follow the Bears on X (@CalMGym), Instagram (@CalMGym), Facebook (@Cal Men's Gymnastics) and TikTok (@CalMGym).
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