18 Student-Athletes from Women's Gymnastics Earn WCGA All-America Scholar Athlete Honors

9/3/2025 11:00:00 AM | By: Shawn Gillen, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

ITHACA, N.Y. – Eighteen members of the Big Red gymnastics team were named to the WCGA All-America Scholar Athlete honors for the 2024-25 academic year, the WCGA announced last month. Cornell achieved a cumulative team grade point average of 3.65 with nine gymnasts posting a perfect 4.0 GPA: Emily Joyce, Anne MacKenzie, Laura MacKenzie, Victoria McMillian, Madison Sakalosky, Morgen Shambo, Anthea Spirko, Cami Whitaker, and Madison Wolf.

The WCGA Board of Directors noted that women's collegiate gymnasts embody the student-athlete ideal, demonstrating discipline, resilience and commitment to excellence both academically and athletically.

Head coach Melanie Hall's squad represents diverse academic disciplines across Cornell's colleges, from biological sciences and engineering to government studies and landscape architecture.

The Big Red's 18 honorees were:

Macy Armstrong – Physics/Astrophysics
Avery Byun – Biology & Society
Michaela DeFrancisco – ILR
Emily Joyce – Government
Savannah Kokaly – Biological Engineering
Anne MacKenzie – Civil Engineering
Laura MacKenzie – Landscape Architecture
Victoria McMillian – Government/Gender & Women's Studies
Katherine Michelini – AEM (Applied Economics & Management)
Josie Moylan – Civil Engineering
Addy Rothstein – ILR
Madison Sakalosky – Psychology
Morgen Shambo – Psychology
Nora Sherman – Undeclared
Anthea Spirko – Biomedical Engineering
Natalia Tehrani – Psychology
Cami Whitaker – Electrical & Computer Engineering
Madison Wolf – Biological Sciences

The Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association represents intercollegiate women's gymnastics coaches within Division I, II and III of the NCAA and the NAIA, working to promote and elevate the sport at all levels of collegiate competition.

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