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Utah Gymnastics Team Finishes Second Nationally In Team GPA

Theresa Kulikowski's 4.0 cumulative GPA helped her team's academic standing.

Theresa Kulikowski's 4.0 cumulative GPA helped her team's academic standing.

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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