Megan Skaggs (left) and Leah Clapper both are 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selections.
Leah Clapper & Megan Skaggs Named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
Friday, August 6, 2021 | Gymnastics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gator gymnasts Leah Clapper and Megan Skaggs both are College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America At-Large first team selections.
Florida is one of two programs to place two on the Academic All-America At-Large first team. The at-large team pools nominated student-athletes from the sports of beach volleyball, bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, tennis, swimming & diving and water polo.
Florida CoSIDA Academic All-America Notes:
Clapper in 2021:
Skaggs in 2021:
Florida is one of two programs to place two on the Academic All-America At-Large first team. The at-large team pools nominated student-athletes from the sports of beach volleyball, bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, tennis, swimming & diving and water polo.
Florida CoSIDA Academic All-America Notes:
- Since 1984, nine Gator gymnasts have earned 12 CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.
- 2021 NCAA men's singles champion Sam Riffice was named to the men's CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large second team. The University of Florida now has 112 student-athletes with 155 CoSIDA Academic All-America recognitions.
- Earlier this year, Ann Woods Smith joined Elfi Schlegel as the second Gator gymnast inducted in the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Florida is the only school with two gymnasts in the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame.
Clapper in 2021:
- All-America balance beam first-team in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) regular-season awards
- All-Southeastern Conference
- Turned in Florida's ninth 10.0 for balance beam to win Kentucky dual event title
- Shared Feb. 26 Auburn beam win with teammate Ellie Lazzari at near-perfect 9.975
- Shared NCAA Athens Regional Final beam win (9.95)
- Graduates summa cum laude Saturday with her bachelor's degree in Advertising. Will continue pursuit of a Professional Master's in the College of Journalism and Communications at UF.
- SEC Scholar-Athlete of Year
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
Skaggs in 2021:
- Earned All-America second team honors for all-around (39.55), vault (9.875) and uneven bars (9.8875) in NCAA Semifinal I. Shared first in NCAA Team Final bars at 9.9375.
- All-America all-around and uneven bars second-team in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) regular-season awards
- All-Southeastern Conference
- Third in NCAA Athens Regional Second Round all-around with a collegiate-best 39.65. Also runner-up after matching collegiate bars best of 9.95.
- Matched collegiate floor best (9.925) in NCAA Regional Final
- SEC Gymnast of the Week after pair of wins at Arkansas – all-around (39.50) and balance beam (9.95 – collegiate best). First all-around competition since 2019.
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Returns to Gators gymnastics team for a fifth season in 2022. Graduated summa cum laude in summer of 2020 with bachelor's degree in Advertising and now pursuing a master's in Entrepreneurship.
| 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Teams - Women | ||||
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| Sport | Name | School | Yr. | Major |
| Tennis | Emily Arbuthnott | Stanford | Gr. | Economics |
| Tennis | Aspasia Avgeri | DePaul | Gr. | Finance |
| Beach Volleyball | Olivia Blackburn | TCU | Gr. | Kinesiology MS |
| Gymnastics | Leah Clapper | Florida | Jr. | Advertising |
| Golf | Allisen Corpuz | Southern California | Gr. | Masters: Global Supply Chain Management |
| Tennis | Alba Cortina Pou | Alabama | Gr. | Finance (UG) / Marketing (G) |
| Swimming | Brooke Forde | Stanford | Sr. | Human Biology |
| Golf | Lois Kaye Go | South Carolina | Sr. | Finance / Accounting |
| Swimming | Sophie Hansson | North Carolina State | Jr. | Business Management |
| Crew | Annika Hoffmann | Michigan | Sr. | Political Science / Comparative Literature |
| Swimming | Abigail Knapton | Nebraska | Sr. | Psychology |
| Tennis | Ashley Lahey | Pepperdine | Sr. | Sports Medicine |
| Swimming | Amanda Ling | Michigan State | Sr. | English |
| Swimming | Paige Madden | Virginia | Sr. | Kinesiology |
| Gymnastics | Lexy Ramler | Minnesota | Sr. | Entrepreneurial Management |
| Field Hockey | Meghan Schneider | Louisville | Sr. | Biology |
| Gymnastics | Megan Skaggs | Florida | Gr. | Advertising (UG) / Entrepreneurship (G) |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| Swimming | Kylee Alons | North Carolina State | Jr. | Industrial Engineering |
| Swimming | Faith Anderson | James Madison | Sr. | Psychology |
| Fencing | Marina Arrese | NJ Institute of Technology | Jr. | Business |
| Fencing | Stefani Deschner | Notre Dame | Sr. | Pre-Professional Studies / Theology |
| Bowling | Sarah Florence | Youngstown State | Sr. | Public Health |
| Tennis | Annette Goulak | UCLA | Sr. | Psychology |
| Swimming | Courtney Harnish | Georgia | Sr. | Marketing |
| Lacrosse | Elli Kluegel | Loyola Maryland | Sr. | Biology |
| Swimming | Morgan Liberto | Alabama | Gr. | Political Science (UG) / Public Administration |
| Gymnastics | Ona Loper | Minnesota | Gr. | Epidemiology |
| Swimming | Maggie MacNeil | Michigan | Jr. | Psychology |
| Swimming | Robin Neumann | California | Sr. | Global Studies |
| Tennis | Christina Rosca | Vanderbilt | Gr. | Neuroscience (UG) / Medicine, Health & Society |
| Gymnastics | Natalie Wojcik | Michigan | Jr. | Psychology / Spanish / Linguistics |
| Ice Hockey | Grace Zumwinkle | Minnesota | Sr. | Finance |
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| Tennis | Kaede Amano | North Dakota | Gr. | Communications (UG) / Intl. Studies / Kinesiology (G) |
| Tennis | Sara Daavettila | North Carolina | Sr. | Communication Studies |
| Crew | Isabella Gonzales | Alabama | Sr. | Political Science |
| Ice Hockey | Emilie Harley | Robert Morris | Sr. | Biology |
| Tennis | Ilze Hattingh | Arizona State | Sr. | Parks & Recreation Management |
| Lacrosse | Caroline Kwon | U.S. Naval Academy | Sr. | Mathematics |
| Lacrosse | Lila Nazarian | Syracuse | Gr. | Public Administration |
| Beach Volleyball | Nicole Nourse | Southern California | So. | Business Administration |
| Water Polo | Maddie O'Reilly | Michigan | Sr. | Sport Management |
| Golf | Maja Stark | Oklahoma State | So. | Pre-Psychology |
| Ice Hockey | Lexi Templeman | Robert Morris | Sr. | Accounting |
| Lacrosse | Nicole Victory | U.S. Naval Academy | Sr. | Robotics & Control Engineering |
| Gymnastics | Anastasia Webb | Oklahoma | Sr. | Health, Medicine & Society |
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