WACO, Texas- The National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association honored 14 student-athletes and one head coach at the organization’s banquet on Wednesday night at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas.

 

All six teams are in attendance for the NCATA National Championships being hosted by Baylor University, Apr.24-26, at the Ferrell Center.

 

Twelve student-athletes were tabbed All-Americans as voted on by the league’s head coaches. The University of Maryland and the University of Oregon led the contingent with three winners each. Quinnipiac and Fairmont State added two apiece and Baylor and Azusa Pacific had one each selected for the squad. 

 

In addition to an All-America team, coaches voted Oregon freshman base Tara Lubert as the NCATA Newcomer of the Year and Fairmont State’s Kristi Kiefer as the NCATA Coach of the Year.

A new award that was added to the NCATA’s list of awards was the Louise Goodrum Academic Achievement Award, which was presented to Maryland’s Lindsey Kaufmann. The award was named after Goodrum for her contributions to not only the sport of acrobatics and tumbling, but to college athletics and students in general. Goodrum is best remembered for the way she was able to listen and very subtly give advice.

No. Azusa Pacific and No. 4 Quinnipiac will get things started on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. (CT)

Session tickets are available for $25 with single-day tickets going for $10. Groups of 20 or more can also be purchased for $5. To get tickets, contact the Baylor ticket office over the phone at 800-BAYLORU, online atbaylorbears.com or by visiting the Baylor ticket office in person.

For those not able to make it to Waco for the championships, a free, live video feed will be offered throughout the course of the three-day championships via Baylor All-Access and BaylorBears.com.

 

All-America Team

Maryland

Brittany Buckhard

Danielle Jenkins

Lauren Shannon

 

Oregon

Natasha Katzaroff

Kelsey Rowell

Chelsea White

 

Fairmont State

Danielle DiCarlo

Kayla Green

 

Quinnipiac

Christina Lasto

Erin Trotman

 

Azusa Pacific

Iliana Ibrahim

Baylor

Hailey Cowan

 

Coach of the Year

Kristi Kiefer, Fairmont State

 

Newcomer of the Year

Tara Lubert, Oregon

 

Louise Goodrum Academic Achievement Award

Lindsey Kaufmann, Maryland

—www.theNCATA.org—