LOGAN, Utah – Utah State gymnastics had a school-record six student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, it was announced by the organization on Tuesday.
Those earning the recognition include
Lexi Aragon,
Avery Bibbey,
Juliette Boyer,
Brianna Brooks,
Dani Kirstine and
Alivia Ostendorf.
Aragon, a senior from Salt Lake City, Utah, graduated this spring with a 3.91 GPA while majoring in environmental engineering. She is a four-time Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-American and three-time academic all-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference (MRGC) honoree. During the 2024 campaign, Aragon earned second-team all-Mountain West honors on beam as she averaged 9.782 on the event, which ranks 15th all-time in school history. She also competed on bars in all 12 meets, averaging 9.706.
Bibbey, a sophomore from Chandler Arizona, has a 3.98 GPA majoring in kinesiology. She competed on bars in all 12 meets this past season and averaged 9.731 on the event and ranked 14th in the Mountain West and 42nd in the North Central Region with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.790.
Boyer, a graduate student from Daly City, California, had a 4.00 GPA while working on her second bachelor's degree in law and constitutional studies. She competed in all 12 meets on bars and in 10 meets on vault this past season and averaged a 9.693 on vault and a 9.840 on bars, which ranks fifth all-time in school history. Boyer tied for sixth in the Mountain West and 23rd in the North Central Region with NQS of 9.865 on bars and was 20th in the conference and 52nd in the region with an NQS of 9.735 on vault.
Brooks, a senior from Las Vegas, Nevada, graduated this spring with a 3.59 GPA while majoring in kinesiology. She was the NCAA North Central Region Gymnast of the Year for the second-straight year and was named second-team all-Mountain West in the all-around and on bars. She is a three-time WCGA Scholastic All-American and two-time academic all-MRGC honoree. In 2024, Brooks ranked fourth in the conference, 11th in the region and 78th in the nation in the all-around with a NQS of 39.130, while she was fourth in the MW, 17th in the region and 91st nationally with an NQS of 9.880 on bars. She averaged 9.852 on bars, which rank fourth all-time in school history. Brooks tied for first on bars at the NCAA Regional Championships, held in Berkeley, California, with a season-best-tying 9.900, which is the third-best score on that event at a regional meet in school history.
Kirstine, a junior from Las Vegas, Nevada, holds a 3.79 GPA while majoring in journalism and communication. She is a two-time WCGA Scholastic All-American and earned academic all-MRGC honors in 2023. During the 2024 season, Kirstine competed in all 12 meets on beam and in 10 meets on bars and averaged a 9.552 on bars and a 9.571 on beam. She tied for 15th in the Mountain West and tied for 44th in the North Central Region on bars with a NQS of 9.780 and tied for 17th in the conference and tied for 49th in the region on beam with an NQS of 9.770.
Ostendorf, a senior from Ramsey, Minnesota, graduated this past spring in integrated studies with a 3.65 GPA. She earned first-team all-Mountain West honors on vault as she ranked fourth in the conference and 22nd in the North Central Region with a NQS of 9.840. She also tied for eighth in the conference and tied for 24th in the region on floor with an NQS of 9.870. Her floor average of 9.846 is tied for the 10th-best in school history for a single season, while her vault average of 9.792 is tied for the 17th best.
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