KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Led by 15 student-athletes who earned Scholastic All-America Awards for 2019-20 from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA), the Western Michigan gymnastics team ranked fourth in the country in the WCGA's team grade-point average (GPA) rankings, released by the organization Tuesday.
 
WMU was the only squad in the country to have 100 percent of its student-athletes selected as Scholastic All-America recipients. To be a Scholastic All-America, a gymnast had to have a 3.5 or higher GPA. A record number of gymnasts nationally, 193 (14.23%), recorded a 4.0 GPA.

As a team, WMU combined for a 3.8737 GPA, which trailed only Texas Woman's (3.8881), Eastern Michigan (3.8875) and Northern Illinois (3.8768).  
 
The 15 Bronco student-athletes honored with Scholastic All-America Awards are Tess Abbott, Ronni Binstock, Taylor Buis, Emily Carless, Amanda Gruber, Stacie Harrison, Carissa Ludwig, Arianna Mamelka, Amelia Mohler, Payton Murphy, Alexis Olivier, Sarah Shirley, Morgan Spence, Josephine Thomas and Charlotte Tishkoff. 
 
The latest recognition rounds out a stellar list of athletic and academic accomplishments for the Bronco gymnastics program, which had seven gymnasts named to the Academic All-MAC Team and Mohler tabbed as WMU's Mid-American Conference Medal of Excellence Award winner. To be honored with the Medal of Excellence Award, student-athletes had to participate on the varsity level in a conference-sponsored sport and have a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA, exhibit athletics excellence, demonstrate leadership and possess a commitment to service. Each institution selected its recipients.
 
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