Gymnastics Brief
By Daily Bruin Staff
Aug. 26, 2001 9:00 p.m.
Daily Bruin File Photo Junior Onnie Willis
holds a pose on the balance beam in a meet in February. She earned
Scholastic All-America honors last season.
Gymnasts also champions in classroom
Even in the offseason the honors keep rolling in for the UCLA
national championship gymnastics team.
Last week, seven Bruins were awarded National Association of
Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women Scholastic All-America honors
for achieving at least a 3.5 grade point average during the school
year.
Junior co-captain Stephanie Johnson had the highest GPA at 3.83
while studying psychobiology. It was her third consecutive
Scholastic All-America honor.
Six other Bruins ““ Lindsey Dong, Kristin Parker, Carly
Raab, Onnie Willis, Jamie Williams and Alyssa Beckerman ““
were also recognized.
“I think it has a lot to do with what we do inside the
gym,” said Willis, who earned a 3.64 for her first Scholastic
All-America award. “It helps keep everyone more focused in
general. (The team) takes a lot of pride in its
academics.”
Dong earned honors for the third straight year, while Raab and
Parker did so for a second time. Williams and Beckerman joined
Willis as first-time honorees.
“Our gymnastics team is a classic example of what student
athletes are all about,” UCLA chancellor Albert Carnesale
said. “There’s probably no better example of
accomplishment in both athletics and academics at the Division I
level than the UCLA’s gymnastics team.”
Brief compiled by Adam Karon, Daily Bruin Staff.
