Completed Event: Men's Gymnastics versus Ohio State on February 7, 2026 , Win , 328.650, to, 317.700
Final
Men's Gymnastics
328.650
vs Ohio State
317.700
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Yockers Named Elite Scholar-Athlete Award Winner
April 16, 2026 | Men's Gymnastics
NORMAN – Oklahoma senior Ignacio Yockers is the recipient of the Elite Scholar-Athlete award for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Gymnastics Championship.
Yockers, majoring in computer science and mathematics, currently carries a 4.0 GPA. Yockers was presented with the award at the NCAA Championships banquet Thursday night in Champaign, Ill.
A product of Tulsa, Okla., Yockers is a four-time MPSF All-Academic Team selection, a three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete, a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree. He was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team in 2025 and earned Academic All-District At-Large honors in 2024 and '25.
This season, Yockers ranks fifth nationally on pommel horse (14.238 NQA). He was a finalist for the 2026 Nissen-Emery Award and is a two-time MPSF Specialist of the Year, a pommel horse bronze medalist, a four-time All-American on pommel horse and an MPSF pommel horse champion. Over his four-year career, Yockers has accumulated 21 individual pommel horse titles and two parallel bars titles.
The Elite Scholar-Athlete award recognizes the true essence of student-athletes by honoring the individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in their sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers. The Elite Scholar-Athlete award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above academically who have participated in a sport for at least two years with their school. All ties are broken by the number of credits completed.
Yockers is the second straight OU men's gymnast to earn the Elite Scholar-Athlete award (Matthew Burgoyne won last season) and the seventh Oklahoma student-athlete to earn the Elite Scholar-Athlete award, formerly known as the Elite 90 award. This is the sixth straight year a Sooner has won an Elite Scholar-Athlete award. Previous OU winners are Kim Moldenhauer (rowing, 2012-13), C.J. Cole (men's basketball, 2015-16), Lily Miyazaki (women's tennis, 2017-18), Emma LaPinta (women's gymnastics, 2020-21 and 2021-22), Meillin Sullivan (women's gymnastics, 2022-23 and 2023-24) and Burgoyne.
For more information on the Elite Scholar-Athlete award winners, log on to https://www.ncaa.org/elitescholarathlete.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma men's gymnastics, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_MGymnastics) and like Oklahoma Men's Gymnastics on Facebook.
Yockers, majoring in computer science and mathematics, currently carries a 4.0 GPA. Yockers was presented with the award at the NCAA Championships banquet Thursday night in Champaign, Ill.
A product of Tulsa, Okla., Yockers is a four-time MPSF All-Academic Team selection, a three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete, a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree. He was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team in 2025 and earned Academic All-District At-Large honors in 2024 and '25.
This season, Yockers ranks fifth nationally on pommel horse (14.238 NQA). He was a finalist for the 2026 Nissen-Emery Award and is a two-time MPSF Specialist of the Year, a pommel horse bronze medalist, a four-time All-American on pommel horse and an MPSF pommel horse champion. Over his four-year career, Yockers has accumulated 21 individual pommel horse titles and two parallel bars titles.
The Elite Scholar-Athlete award recognizes the true essence of student-athletes by honoring the individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in their sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers. The Elite Scholar-Athlete award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above academically who have participated in a sport for at least two years with their school. All ties are broken by the number of credits completed.
Yockers is the second straight OU men's gymnast to earn the Elite Scholar-Athlete award (Matthew Burgoyne won last season) and the seventh Oklahoma student-athlete to earn the Elite Scholar-Athlete award, formerly known as the Elite 90 award. This is the sixth straight year a Sooner has won an Elite Scholar-Athlete award. Previous OU winners are Kim Moldenhauer (rowing, 2012-13), C.J. Cole (men's basketball, 2015-16), Lily Miyazaki (women's tennis, 2017-18), Emma LaPinta (women's gymnastics, 2020-21 and 2021-22), Meillin Sullivan (women's gymnastics, 2022-23 and 2023-24) and Burgoyne.
For more information on the Elite Scholar-Athlete award winners, log on to https://www.ncaa.org/elitescholarathlete.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma men's gymnastics, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_MGymnastics) and like Oklahoma Men's Gymnastics on Facebook.
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