FT. WORTH, Texas -- Alabama senior Lauren Beers was named the 2016 NCAA Elite 90 Award winner for the sport of gymnastics at the NCAA Championship Banquet, held in Ft. Worth, Texas Wednesday night.
It was an unprecedented third consecutive Elite 90 Award for Beers and gave the Crimson Tide an equally unprecedented clean sweep of the award since its inception in 2010. "We are so very proud of Lauren and ecstatic for our program to be able to continue to earn this amazing honor," UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. "Our ladies put a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication into their academic pursuits and this is a shining example of what can happen when your standard is excellence."
Alabama is a perfect seven-for-seven in the award that goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average at the final site of each of the NCAA's 90 championship. The Tide is the only program across all sports to sweep the award.
Alabama's Lauren Beers earns third NCAA Elite 90 Award
It was an unprecedented third consecutive Elite 90 Award for Beers and gave the Crimson Tide an equally unprecedented clean sweep of the award since its inception in 2010. "We are so very proud of Lauren and ecstatic for our program to be able to continue to earn this amazing honor," UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. "Our ladies put a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication into their academic pursuits and this is a shining example of what can happen when your standard is excellence."
Alabama is a perfect seven-for-seven in the award that goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average at the final site of each of the NCAA's 90 championship. The Tide is the only program across all sports to sweep the award.
Alabama's Lauren Beers earns third NCAA Elite 90 Award
