Gymbacks Post Record High GPA, 14 Named Scholar All-Americans
As a new academic year begins, the Arkansas gymnastics team is coming off its best ever in 2024-25, as the Gymbacks registered a new program high GPA and saw 14 athletes named Scholar All-Americans by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA).
In the WCGA’s academic report released on Monday, Arkansas checked in at 21st in the country for team GPA with a 3.72, also a new program high. The Gymbacks were ranked second among SEC teams in GPA and were one of just 25 gymnastics programs to post a GPA of 3.70+. It’s the ninth time that Arkansas has made the top 25 in team GPA – first since 2016 – and the highest ranking in head coach Jordyn Wieber’s tenure, easily besting the previous high in the last five years, 33rd nationally.
The team’s success came with 14 individual WCGA Scholar All-America honors, given to athletes who maintain a 3.5+ GPA. This is a new best for the squad, and Arkansas has had at least 10 Scholar All-America honorees in five of six years of the Wieber era. Chandler Buntin, Grace Drexler, Reese Drotar, Kaity Ewald, Kalyxta Gamiao, Maddie Jones, Ja’Leigh Lang, Priscilla Park, Frankie Price, Leah Smith, Cally Swaney, Mati Waligora, Julianna Weeks and Lauren Williams all received the honor. Buntin, Drotar, Ewald, Gamiao, Park, Price, Smith and Waligora all posted GPAs of 4.0, which puts Arkansas in second in the SEC for total 4.0s, just behind Alabama with nine.
In addition to the WCGA nods, the Gymbacks had every member of the team receive either SEC Winter Honor Roll or First Year Honor Roll accolades to round out their record year in the classroom.
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