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The NCAA News -- August 16, 1999

Scholars selected in men's gymnastics

The College Gymnastics Association has announced its men's national academic top 20 gymnastics teams and all-America scholar-athlete awards for 1999.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed its fourth straight team title with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.580. The University of Illinois, Champaign, finished second, while the College of William and Mary earned third-place honors. Temple University and Brigham Young University rounded out the top five.

Individually, 55 individuals were honored as all-America scholar-athletes, including Brigham Young's Guard Young, the 1999 vault champion.

To be eligible to earn individual all-America honors, a student-athlete must earn a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 (4.000 scale) and attain a minimum NCAA gymnastics scoring average of 8.500 during the 1999 season.

Following are the team and individual honorees (with major academic field of study) for 1999:

Teams

1. MIT, 3.580; 2. Iowa, 3.397; 3. William and Mary, 3.309; 4. Temple, 3.281; 5. Brigham Young, 3.227; 6. Massachusetts, 3.149; 7. Michigan, 3.121; 8. Ohio St., 3.034; 9. Nebraska, 3.072; 10. Penn St., 3.024.

11. James Madison, 3.021; 12. Springfield, 3.011; 13. Illinois, 2.980; 14. Illinois-Chicago, 2.966; 15. Vermont, 2.956; 16. Army, 2.952; 17. Minnesota, 2.948; 18. Oklahoma, 2.879; 19. Navy, 2.851; 20. Air Force, 2.822.

Individuals

Kevin Agnew, Iowa, anthropology; Dave Barron, Michigan State, finance; Danny Beigel, Penn State, elementary and kindergarten education; Brian Christie, Iowa, business; Ryan Close, Army, military history; Chad Conner, Minnesota, finance; Michael D'Antino, Illinois-Chicago, English; Timothy Dehr, Michigan, sports management and communications; Adrian Eissler, William and Mary, undeclared; Robert Feinglass, William and Mary, mathematics; Brandon Fitt, Brigham Young, geographic information systems; Martin Fournier, Nebraska, computer science; Brian Hamilton, Iowa, accounting; James Hayes, Air Force, computer engineering; Benjamin Hayward, Army, Arabic-French language; Jonathan Hershey, Massachusetts, management; Ryan Hillyer, Oklahoma, business; Chris Hurst, New Mexico, exercise science; Ethan Johnson, Michigan, economics; Adrian Johnston, Iowa, art; David Johnston, Oklahoma, business; Justin Joyce, Illinois-Chicago, English; Matt Kieffer, Minnesota, finance; Jim Koziol, Nebraska, biological science; Jason Krob, Minnesota, finance; John Kyle, James Madison, health science; Jeff LaVallee, Massachusetts, sport management; Derek Leiter, Nebraska, biological science; Darren Lewis, William and Mary, undeclared; Asher Lichterman, New Mexico, exercise science; Darren Lynch, Ohio State, exercise science; Bryan McNulty, Massachusetts, communications; Jason Miller, MIT, computer science; Jake Moran, Oklahoma, management information systems; Jamie Natalie, Ohio State, exercise science; Michael Niederhauser, William and Mary, business-information technology; Ben Nordby, Brigham Young, physical education; Leo Oka, Illinois, economics; J. C. Olsson, MIT, electrical engineering; Jose Palacious, Penn State, engineering; Scott Philips, Vermont, engineering; Mike Phipps, Michigan State, finance; Jonathan Plante, Michigan State, chemical engineering; Matt Plumser, Massachusetts, management; Jay Provenzano, Springfield, rehabilitation; Stephen Reynolds, James Madison, biology; Brian Rosenlund, Brigham Young, philosophy; Kevin Roulston, Michigan, movement science; Dan Ryssman, Brigham Young, zoology; Troy Takagishi, Michigan State, physiology; Andrew Thornton, Iowa, physics; Nicholas Veneziale, Temple, kinesiology; Craig Wetmore, William and Mary, business; Dan Young, Massachusetts, exercise science; Guard Young, Brigham Young, communications.