Eight student-athletes named to CSC Academic All-District Team

INDIANOLA, Iowa – Four golfers and four gymnasts have earned placement on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team, giving Simpson 46 total academic all-district performers for the 2023-24 year.

Taylor Elam, Isaac Roe, Madeline Streicher and Jack Wahman were Simpson's honorees from the men's and women's golf teams, while Annika Cole, Milo Staley, Jake Sweeten and Kaelyn Tally achieved the honor to represent the men's and women's gymnastics programs.

The At-Large program includes student-athletes who participate in sports that do not have their own Academic All-America teams (football, men's & women's soccer, volleyball, men's & women's basketball, men's & women's swimming & diving, baseball, softball, men's & women's tennis, men's & women's cross country/track & field).

In order to be considered for the CSC Academic All-District and All-America Teams, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or better with at least one full year at his or her institution. Golfers must have competed in 70 percent of the team's total varsity events that kept a team score, while gymnasts must be ranked in top 75 in an event within their division.

Isaac Roe, men's golf
Senior from Pleasantville, Iowa
Major: Computer Information Systems and Computer Science
Season stats: 17 rounds, 83.0 average

Jack Wahman, men's golf
Sophomore from Altoona, Iowa
Major: Business Management
Season stats: 19 rounds, 78.6 average

Taylor Elam, women's golf
Junior from Council Bluffs, Iowa
Major: Criminal Justice and Sociology
Season stats: 17 rounds, 89.8 average

Madeline Streicher, women's golf
Junior from Edgewood, Iowa
Major: Biochemistry
Season stats: 17 rounds, 87.1 average

Milo Staley, men's gymnastics
Sophomore from Ann Arbor, Mich.
Major: Kinesiology
Ranked top-75 on pommel horse and vault

Jake Sweeten, men's gymnastics
Sophomore from Williamsburg, Ohio
Major: Political Science
Ranked top-75 on high bar

Annika Cole, women's gymnastics
Sophomore from Cameron Park, Calif.
Major: Health and Exercise Science
Ranked top-75 on floor

Kaelyn Tally, women's gymnastics
Sophomore from Grants Pass, Ore.
Major: Management
Ranked top-75 on vault and floor