ITHACA, N.Y.- Nineteen members of the Big Red gymnastics team were named to the WCGA All-America Scholar Athlete honors, the WCGA announced Wednesday. Cornell was ranked 19th among 87 teams nationally that achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. The team earned a 3.69 with six gymnasts posting a perfect 4.0 GPA: Eva Phair, Macy Armstrong, Melanie Stone, Rachel Zun, Regina Walton and Victoria McMillan. 

"The Cornell Gymnastics team continues to pursue excellence in the gym as well as the classroom," head coach Melanie Hall said. Their hard work and excellent time management helped them to, once again, achieve an outstanding GPA.  It shows just how dedicated they are to making this team the best it can be.  College is challenging on the best of days, but to be a student-athlete at an elite institution, takes a special kind of grit and I'm beyond proud to lead this team and be a part of their journey."  

The Big Red's 19 honorees were: 

Macy Armstrong- Undeclared 

Calista Brady- Biomechanical Engineering 

Avery Byun- Biology and Society 

Michaela DeFrancisco- Undeclared 

Emily Joyce- Biological Engineering 

Laura MacKenzie- Landscape Architecture 

Victoria McMillan- Undeclared 

Kate Michelini- Applied Economics and Management 

Eva Phair- Biological Sciences 

Maddie Sakalosky- Psychology 

Anthea Spirko- Biomechanical Engineering 

Melanie Stone- Biological Sciences 

Natalia Tehrani- Undeclared 

Caitlyn Walsh- Statistics and Data Science 

Regina Walton- Nutritional Science 

Cami Whitaker- Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Maddie Wolf- Biological Science 

Adabelle Wright- Biological Science 

Rachel Zun- Human Development