By: Urbana Athletic Communications
The National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) today announced its 2020 All-Academic Team and the 2020 Academic Honor Roll.
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Members of the NCATA All-Academic Team must have a 3.30 grade-point average and provide significant contributions to the team's success during regular season competition.
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This year, eight different programs were represented on the 2020 NCATA All-Academic Team, including a trio of repeat selections from 2019 – Alexis Forbes from Converse College, Beth Magee from Azusa Pacific University, and Jocelyn Scott from Gannon University. Morgan Celum (Baylor), Payton Coon (Oregon), Karen DeFilippo (Quinnipiac), Makayla Garland (Hawaii Pacific), and Olivia Kincaid (King) were also named to the eight-person All-Academic Team for 2020.
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Each member of the 2020 All-Academic Team had at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average or higher.
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In addition, the NCATA also announced its 2020 Academic Honor Roll, which includes all active Acrobatics & Tumbling student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.
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In all, 279 Acrobatics & Tumbling student-athletes were named to the NCATA Academic Honor Roll in 2020.
Click here to view the 2020 NCATA Academic Honor Roll
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2020 NCATA Academic Honor Roll
Christina Bapple
Sarah Calk
Elizabeth Farester
Hannah Froce
Kenzie Kocher
Courtney Macdonald
Brooke Markin
Kaitlynn Pence
Kate-Lynn Sidenstecker
Abigail Swinderman
Makayla Thiry
Kayla Walder
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