The College Gymnastics Association has announced its national academic top 20 men's gymnastics teams and all-America scholar-athlete awards for 2000.

Iowa claimed its first national academic team title by combining for a team grade-point average of 3.392. William and Mary trailed Iowa by .014, making it the closest one-two finish in the history of the annual academic awards. Massachusetts, MIT and Michigan, respectively, rounded out the top five team awards.

Fifty-four individual gymnasts were honored as all-America scholar-athletes by earning a minimum 3.500 grade-point average and attaining a minimum NCAA gymnastics scoring average of 8.500 during the 2000 season. Individually, NCAA floor exercise champion Jamie Natalie of Ohio State and NCAA parallel bar co-champion Justin Toman of Michigan were among the designated scholar-athletes.

Following are the team and individual honorees, with major field(s) of study, where applicable:

Men's teams

1. Iowa, 3.392; 2. William and Mary, 3.378; 3. Massachusetts, 3.287; 4. MIT, 3.256; 5. Michigan, 3.240; 6. Oklahoma, 3.083; 7. Nebraska, 3.082; 8. Minnesota, 3.079; 9. California, 3.015; 10. Air Force, 3.009; 11. Navy, 3.002; 12. Springfield, 2.985; 13. Vermont, 2.984; 14. Illinois, 2.932; 15. Army, 2.850.

Men's individuals

Kevin Agnew, Iowa, anthropology; Andrew Campbell, Springfield, undeclared; Rob Chacon, Temple, human biology; Brian Christie, Iowa, accounting; Chad Conner, Minnesota, finance; Justin Conner, Minnesota, finance; Jeff Dean, Navy, systems engineering; Adrian Eissler, William and Mary, history; Robert Feinglass, William and Mary, mathematics; Forest Flodin, Illinois, liberal arts and sciences; Benjamin Gompf, Navy, computer science; Brian Hamilton, Iowa, accounting; Justin Hammar, Massachusetts, premedicine; James Hayes III, Air Force, computer science; Jonathan Hershey, Massachusetts, finance and operations management; Martin Hruska, Vermont, biology; Don Jackson, Iowa, open major; Douglas Jacobson, Iowa, political science/Japanese; Ethan Johnson, Michigan, economics; David Johnston, Oklahoma, finance; Justin Jones, Air Force, behavioral science/human factors; Justin Joyce, Illinois-Chicago, English; Matthew Kieffer, Minnesota, finance/insurance; John Kyle, James Madison, health science; Jeffrey LaVallee, Massachusetts, sport management; Scott Lewis, Air Force, computer engineering; Asher Lichterman, Nebraska, exercise science; Huy Ly, Oklahoma, zoology/premedicine; Daren Lynch, Ohio State, exercise science; Brian McNulty, Massachusetts, communications; Ryan Meeks, Iowa, business/art; Woody Miller, James Madison, kinesiology/recreational studies; James Mlynarski, Springfield, rehabilitation; Jamie Natalie, Ohio State, exercise science; Marshall Nelson, Nebraska, English; Leo Oka, Illinois, business administration; J. C. Olsson, MIT, electrical engineering; Brian Pascoe, Michigan, space management and communications; Anthony Petrocelli, Iowa, elementary education; Scott Philips, Vermont, electrical engineering; Jonathon Plante, Michigan State, computer engineering; Matthew Plumser, Massachusetts, management; Stephen Reynolds, James Madison, geology/biology; Rob Rome, Oklahoma, management; Kevin Roulston, Michigan, business administration; Andrew Schaus, Vermont, general engineering; Cameron Schick, Iowa, biology/premedicine; Ryan Sneed, Nebraska, mechanical engineering; Mike Spies, William and Mary, international relations; Troy Takagishi, Michigan State, physiology; Andrew Thornton, Iowa, psychology/premedicine; Justin Toman, Michigan, movement science; Nicholas Veneziale, Temple, broadcast television and multimedia; Craig Wetmore, William and Mary, business/finance/government.