Central Michigan University Athletics
17 Gymnasts Earn WCGA Scholastic All-America Honors
8/17/2023 12:08:00 PM | Gymnastics
CMU ranked 15th nationally with 3.68 team GPA
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Seventeen Central Michigan gymnasts have been named to the 2023 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-American team.
Earning WCGA Scholastic All-American honors are freshman Luciana Alvarado-Reid, sophomore Avah Bootz, junior Adriana Bustelo, junior Elizabeth Buttle, junior Elizabeth Cesarone, senior Hannah DeMers, freshman Madison Dukart, sophomore Alexis Garcia, senior Audriana Hammond, senior Brenna Hauser, sophomore Hallie Hornbacher, sophomore Lia Kmieciak, senior Aleysia Kolyvanova, senior Savana Kotas, junior Katie Kowalski, junior Amber Mueller and senior Ashley Veglucci.
To earn WCGA Scholastic All-American honors, a gymnast must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average either overall or during the 2022-23 academic year. The award includes any gymnast on roster as of Jan. 1 of the awarding season, including redshirts.
Out of 84 qualifying teams, CMU ranked 15th with a team GPA of 3.6852. Audriana Hammond, Lia Kmieciak and Ashley Veglucci maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA in the 2022-23 academic year.
DeMers, Hammond, Hauser, Kotas and Veglucci are now four-time honorees. Bustelo, Buttle, Cesarone, Kowalski and Mueller have been honored for the third consecutive year while it is the second year for Garcia, Kmieciak and Kolyvanova.
2022-23 GYMNASTICS WCGA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
Luciana Alvarado-Reid, Cartago, Costa Rica, freshman, 3.74, undeclared
Avah Bootz, Ludington, Mich., sophomore, 3.72, applied business communication
Adriana Bustelo, Mason, Ohio, junior, 3.85, kinesiology
Elizabeth Buttle, Shaftsbury, Vt., junior, 3.93, spanish
Elizabeth Cesarone, Lancaster, Pa., junior, 3.73, general management
Hannah DeMers, Canton, Mich., senior, 3.91, health administration
Madison Dukart, Fargo, N.D., freshman, 3.77, undeclared
Alexis Garcia, Houston, Texas, sophomore, 3.76, kinesiology
Audriana Hammond, Elk Rapids, Mich., senior, 4.00, kinesiology
Brenna Hauser, Westfield, Ind., senior, 3.95, speech and language pathology
Hallie Hornbacher, Caro, Mich., redshirt sophomore, 3.87, political science
Lia Kmieciak, Naperville, Ill., sophomore, 4.00, broadcasting and cinematic arts
Aleysia Kolyvanova, Iowa City, Iowa, senior, 3.52, general management
Savana Kotas, Evans, Ga., senior, 4.00, kinesiology
Katie Kowalski, Freeland, Mich., junior, 3.94, biomedical, cellular and molecular biology
Amber Mueller, Wheaton, Ill., junior, 3.94, kinesiology
Ashley Veglucci, Coram, N.Y., senior, 4.0, kinesiology
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