Gymnastics Posts Highest Team GPA in School History

[pmull]

The 2011 NCAA Champion Alabama gymnastics team posted a 3.71 team grade point average last season, setting a new school record to go with its fifth national team championship.

"As a staff we are extremely proud that in the same year we won the championship `triple-crown', we also had the highest team GPA and had the most Scholastic All-Americans in program history," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "It just goes to show that at the University of Alabama, everything is within your grasp."

The Crimson Tide, which won the NCAA, NCAA Regional and Southeastern Conference team titles last season, ranked fourth among all gymnastics programs and was one of just two teams, Utah being the other, that made it to April's NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, and was ranked among the top-20 academically. Additionally, Alabama was the top-ranked SEC team, followed by Florida, which was 43rd with a 3.27 team GPA.

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[SUPERCOACH]

Roll Tide ladies!

[BAMAWV]

A real source of pride. RTR

[Jamos]

This is what a scholarship is all about, utilize it to build for the future. Winning championships is the short term reward of a scholarship but a good education is the lifetime reward. Congrats ladies, a job well done.

[BAMAWV]

This is what a scholarship is all about, utilize it to build for the future. Winning championships is the short term reward of a scholarship but a good education is the lifetime reward. Congrats ladies, a job well done.

Well said. I would hope our fan base appreciates the scholastic acheivements as much as the athletic acheivements. Our gymnists have proven the two objectives can coincide.

[ricky023]

Great job ladies. Ya'll are what makes Alabama stand out. I also wonder what the football gpa is? The CNS graduates his players I would think it is nothing to be ashamed of. RTR!

[FPRichS]

I am so proud of the ladies.

I remember when there was only a few dozen of us attending meets in Foster Auditorium. I had found out we had a team (hey, girls intights!) because David Patterson was in my dorm (Mallett @ Byrd Hall) and he had began to assist our young coach Sarah after he left the dive team.

To think that they hold the NCAA records for attendance at 15,000+ ... at a FOOTBALL school, LOL!

Roll Tide, girls!

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