The College Gymnastics Association has announced its top national academic teams and all-America scholar-athlete awards in men's gymnastics for 2002.

After earning runner-up status the past two years, College of William and Mary vaulted to the 2002 national academic team title with a combined team grade-point average of 3.348. Stanford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the University of California, Berkeley; and defending academic champion University of Vermont comprised the top five. Springfield College, 2002 NCAA champion University of Oklahoma, Pennsylvania State University, the U.S. Naval Academy and Ohio State University rounded out the top 10.

Sixty-two individual gymnasts also were honored as all-America scholar-athletes by attaining at least a 3.500 grade-point average in addition to earning a minimum NCAA gymnastics score of 8.0 during the 2001-02 academic year.

Several gymnasts have the distinction of earning the award for the fourth time. The University of Iowa's Brian Christie and Andy Thornton; the U.S. Air Force Academy's James Hayes III; William and Mary's Craig Wetmore; and Penn State's Jose Palacios are four-time honorees.

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

Teams

1. William and Mary, 3.348; 2. Stanford, 3.295; 3. MIT., 3.288; 4. California, 3.233; 5. Vermont, 3.200; 6. Springfield, 3.189; 7. Oklahoma, 3.175; 8. Penn State, 3.167; 9. Navy, 3.076; 10. Ohio State, 2.977; 11. Massachusetts, 2.974; 12. Temple, 2.931; 13. Air Force, 2.901; 14. Army, 2.886; 15. Illinois, 2.852.

Individuals

Graham Ackerman, California; Guillermo Alvarez, Minnesota; Aaron Arsenault, Massachusetts; Michael Ast, Temple; Drew Barker, Navy; Ethan Bliss, Massachusetts; Josh Chasse, Springfield; Brian Christie, Iowa; Brett Covey, Oklahoma; Jesse Danzig, William and Mary; Steve Davis, Iowa; Nathaniel Eng, Penn State; Ben Falkner, Ohio State; Neil Faustino, Illinois-Chicago; Dan Furney, Oklahoma; Erik Garnett, Illinois; Robert Gore, Oklahoma; Dustin Greenhill, Army; Patrick Griffin, MIT.; Justin Hammar, Massachusetts; Zach Hanson-Hart, Temple; James Hayes III, Air Force; Daniel Helmer, Army; James Houle, Ohio State; Aaron Jackson, Air Force; Don Jackson, Iowa; David Johnston, Oklahoma; Peter Langley, Navy; Scott Lewis, Air Force; Jim Lovelady, Oklahoma; David Ludlow, Stanford; Ludwig Kern, Penn State; Patrick McAndrew, Air Force; Bryan McColgan, Stanford; Matthew McLean, Stanford; Ryan Meeks, Iowa; Matt Metzger, Iowa; Benjamin Newman, Illinois; Paul O'Leary, Stanford; Paul Oliveri, Springfield; Adams Owens, Temple; Jose Palacios, Penn State; John Payton, Oklahoma; Matt Perry, Springfield; Brian Peterson, Massachusetts; Michael Powell, William and Mary; Thomas Raggio, Stanford; Zachary Rimler, Penn State; John Robella, Army; Robert Rogers, Illinois; Matthew Roosevelt, William and Mary; Robert Sander, Springfield; Andrew Schaus, Vermont; Mike Smith, Springfield; Ryan Sneed, Nebraska; Robert Spelic, Illinois; Michael Spies, William and Mary; Jerker Taudien, Penn State; Andy Thornton, Iowa; Justin Toman, Michigan; Michael Turns, William and Mary; Craig Wetmore, William and Mary.