OU gymnasts earn high marks for GPA

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Nine members of the University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team have been named All-America Scholar-Athletes by the College Gymnastics Association. <br/><br/>The national champion

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 9:14 am

By: News On 6

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Nine members of the University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team have been named All-America Scholar-Athletes by the College Gymnastics Association.

The national champion Sooners ranked sixth in the nation with a team grade-point average of 3.137.

Earning first team honors for the Sooners were Wes Aderhold, Russell Czeschin, Reed Pitts and Chris Brooks.

The 2006 Sooners won the program's seventh NCAA title and fourth in the last five years.

Stanford was ranked number one in Monday's rankings, followed by MIT, William and Mary, Navy and Illinois.