Gymnastics Brief
Daily Bruin File Photo Junior Onnie Willis holds a pose on the balance beam in a meet in February. She earned Scholastic All-America honors last season.
Gymnasts also champions in classroom
Even in the offseason the honors keep rolling in for the UCLA national championship gymnastics team.
Last week, seven Bruins were awarded National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women Scholastic All-America honors for achieving at least a 3.5 grade point average during the school year.
Junior co-captain Stephanie Johnson had the highest GPA at 3.83 while studying psychobiology. It was her third consecutive Scholastic All-America honor.
Six other Bruins – Lindsey Dong, Kristin Parker, Carly Raab, Onnie Willis, Jamie Williams and Alyssa Beckerman – were also recognized.
“I think it has a lot to do with what we do inside the gym,” said Willis, who earned a 3.64 for her first Scholastic All-America award. “It helps keep everyone more focused in general. (The team) takes a lot of pride in its academics.”
Dong earned honors for the third straight year, while Raab and Parker did so for a second time. Williams and Beckerman joined Willis as first-time honorees.
“Our gymnastics team is a classic example of what student athletes are all about,” UCLA chancellor Albert Carnesale said. “There’s probably no better example of accomplishment in both athletics and academics at the Division I level than the UCLA’s gymnastics team.”
Brief compiled by Adam Karon, Daily Bruin Staff.
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