Seven Sooners Earn Academic Honors

OU places seven on the NACGC Scholar Athlete list, marking the fifth straight year with at least five honorees.

Natalie Ratcliff

Aug. 8, 2011

NORMAN, Okla. -- Seven Oklahoma women's gymnasts earned National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches All-American Scholar Athlete Awards, the NACGC announced Monday.

Candace Cindell - 3.54 (Journalism), Megan Ferguson - 3.88 (Broadcasting & Electronic Media) and Natalie Ratcliff – 4.00 (Early Childhood Education) earned the honor for the third-straight season.

Sophomores Kayla Nowak - 3.57 (Accounting) and Nitya Ramaswami – 3.76 (Chemical Engineering) made the list for the second consecutive year while redshirt-sophomore Natasha Kelley – 3.78 (Communication) and Bethany Neubauer - 3.79 (Interdisciplinary Studies) rounded out OU’s honorees.

Ratcliff was the only gymnast in the Big 12 conference and one of 70 gymnasts nationally with a 4.0 GPA.

This year marks the fifth-straight year that the Sooners have had at least five gymnasts earn the All-American Scholar Athlete award.

Earlier this year, OU led the Big 12 conference with five first team Academic All-Big 12 selections.

In Kindler’s five seasons with OU, 31 Sooner gymnasts have made the NACGC Scholar Athlete list.

To qualify for NACGC All-American Scholar Athlete honors, gymnasts must attain a GPA of 3.5 or better.

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