June 2, 2011

Complete MPSF All-Academic Team

WOODLAND, Calif. - The national champion men's gymnastics team earned nine MPSF All-Academic selections as announced by Executive Director, Al Beaird. The nine selections for the Cardinal were the most in the conference.

The Cardinal honorees included four seniors, Abhinav Ramani, Ryan Lieberman, Tim Gentry and Alex Buscaglia. These four were a part of two national champion teams that earned a total of 16 All-America honors and two individual national titles. All four seniors were repeat All-Academic selections.

The other repeat selections were redshirt sophomores, Cameron Foreman and Jordan Nolff. Both Foreman and Nolff competed at the NCAA Team Finals and Foreman went on to earn All-America honors on the parallel bars.

Rounding out the All-Academic selections were first-time recipients Gabriel Alvarado, James Fosco and Paul Hichwa.

The Cardinal won the MPSF team title on the way to the fifth national title in school history. The nine All-Academic team honorees were two more than California who was second in the conference with seven.