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Theresa Kulikowski's 4.0 cumulative GPA helped her team's academic standing.
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Aug. 18, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY -
The University of Utah gymnastics team placed second in the nation in team grade point average in 2001-02, posting a 3.7258 combined GPA. The Utes, who have finished in the top-two academically for the last three years, were edged out by Southern Utah (3.78 GPA).
Utah, which placed fourth at the 2002 NCAA Championships, was the 2000 academic team champion and was second academically in 2001. Of the teams who qualified for the 2002 NCAA Championships, only Utah and Alabama made the top 12 in team GPA. Alabama was one place behind Utah in the academic rankings, placing third with a 3.5988 team GPA.
Individually, Utah's Kim Alan, Shannon Bowles, Deidra Graham, Gritt Hofmann, Theresa Kulikowski, Annie Medcalf, Lindsay Tanner and Kylee Wagner were named to the NACGC/W Scholastics All-America team. In addition, Bowles and Kulikowski made the prestigious Verizon Academic All-America at-large first-team. Kulikowski, who received her bachelor's degree after her junior year in 2002, has a 4.0 cumulative GPA and was named the NCAA Division I At-Large Team Member of the Year. Bowles received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.
2001-02 NACGCW Academic Standings
1. Southern Utah, 3.7800 2. Utah, 3.7258 3. Alabama, 3.5988 4. Gustavus Adolphus College, 3.5817 5. Eastern Michigan, 3.5632 6. Cornell, 3.5075 7. Yale, 3.4944 8. Stanford, 3.4670 9. M.I.T., 3.4625 10. Brown, 3.4593 11. Washington, 3.4471 12. Texas Woman's, 3.4024 13. Nebraska, 3.4015 14. Rhode Island, 3.3864 15. Western Michigan, 3.3795 16. Denver, 3.3757 17. Brigham Young, 3.3582 18. Northern Illinois, 3.3425 19. Bridgeport, 3.3360 20. Louisiana State, 3.3332 21. Springfield College, 3.3252 22. Wisconsin-Stout, 3.3214 23. San Jose State, 3.3213 24. North Carolina, 3.3080 25. Central Michigan, 3.3079 26. Illinois State, 3.2959 27. Maryland, 3.2927 28. UCLA, 3.2859 29. Seattle Pacific, 3.2808 30. Southeast Missouri State, 3.2806 31. Michigan, 3.2676 32. Illinois, 3.2563 33. William and Mary, 3.2332 34. Ohio State, 3.2295 35. Alaska-Anchorage, 3.2277 36. George Washington, 3.2169 37. James Madison, 3.2038 38. Kentucky, 3.1876 39. Penn State, 3.1854 40. Pennsylvania, 3.1747 41. Bowling Green State, 3.1733 42. Southern Connecticut State, 3.1639 43. Minnesota, 3.1620 44. Rutgers, 3.1561 45. Hamline, 3.1550 46. North Carolina State, 3.1535 47. Sacramento State, 3.1295 48. Pittsburgh, 3.1244 49. Michigan State, 3.1186 50. Arizona, 3.1160 51. Missouri, 3.1011 52. Florida, 3.0946 53. Oklahoma, 3.0727 54. Air Force, 2.9808 55. UC-Davis, 2.9290 56. New Hampshire, 2.9200 57. Georgia, 2.8907 58. Boise State, 2.8568 59. California State Fullerton, 2.8133 60. Illinois-Chicago, 2.7950 61. Utah State, 2.6106
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