UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Eight Penn State men’s gymnasts earned College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Academic All-America honors, while the 2016 team ranked in the top 10 with a 3.123 team grade point average in the 2015-16 academic year.

Five Nittany Lions earned first team All-America Scholar-Athlete honors with sophomore Noah Roberson leading the way with a 4.0 grade point average. Also earning first team honors for the Blue and White were Michael Burns, Greg Tamargo, Wyatt Tyndall and Chris Sands. Burns notched a GPA between 3.799-3.70, while Tamargo and Tyndall finished the year with a grade point average between 3.699-3.60 and Sands rounded out the first team honorees with a GPA between 3.599-3.50.

Along with the four first team honorees, three Nittany Lions notched second team honors with Franz Card, Benjamin Cooperman and Dominic DiFulvio all earning grade point averages between 3.399-3.30.

As a team, Penn State ranked 10th nationally with a 3.123 grade point average, while William and Mary paced the nation with a 3.512 team GPA and Stanford came in second with a 3.427 team grade point average.

Since the inception of the award in 1991, the Nittany Lions have received 65 first team All-America Scholar-Athlete honors and 43 second team All-American Scholar-Athlete honors. Penn State’s 65 first team honors ranks 13th all-time, while its 43 second team honors are tied for third all-time.