Sixteen Sooners Earn Scholastic All-America Status

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's gymnastics team excelled not only on the competition floor during the 2022 season but also in the classroom, as 16 student-athletes were named Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America Award winners, the WCGA announced Wednesday.

OU led the Big 12 Conference with its 16 selections and posted a 3.535 team GPA for the 2021-22 academic year. Ten of the WCGA academic honorees also earned Academic All-Big 12 honors in March.

This is the 16th straight year that at least five Sooners earned Scholastic All-America honors – all under head coach K.J. Kindler. Since Kindler arrived prior to the 2007 season, Oklahoma gymnasts have collected a total of 147 academic awards from the WCGA.

Thirteen gymnasts posted GPAs of 3.7 or higher and five Sooners registered a perfect 4.0 GPA during the 2021-22 academic year: Caitin Kirkpatrick, Emma LaPinta, Madison Snook, Meilin Sullivan and Carly Woodard.

LaPinta, Woodard and Karrie Thomas finished their careers as four-time Scholastic All-America honorees and OU graduates. Seniors Allie Stern and Olivia Trautman garnered their fourth honor and will compete for the Sooners in 2022-23.

Jenna Dunn was recognized for the third time while Sullivan, Bell Johnson, Katherine LeVasseur and Quinn Smith earned spots on the list for the second straight season. Audrey Davis and freshmen Kirkpatrick, Snook, Danielle Sievers and Amy Wier all received Scholastic All-America honors for the first time.

To earn WCGA Scholastic All-America honors, a gymnast must attain a cumulative or yearly grade point average of 3.5 or better.

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