CLEVELAND - For the second year in a row, an Alabama gymnast has earned the NCAA's Elite 88 Award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the final site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships.
Junior All-American Rachel Terry, who carries a perfect 4.0 GPA for her career, was announced as the 2011 winner during the NCAA Championship Banquet, held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday night.
"I'm very proud of Rachel and what she's been able to accomplish, both in the gym as a vault All-American and in the classroom as evidenced by this latest honor," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "This is such a tremendous accomplishment when you consider how many young women are here this weekend and that all of them work extremely hard in the classroom. For Rachel to have the highest GPA of everyone here is quite something."
Terry follows in the footsteps of 2010 senior Kassi Price, who earned the inaugural Elite 88 last season with a 4.0 GPA of her own.
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