Almost-perfect Tigers Academic State Champs

2014 State Academic Champions

Not only is the Tiger gymnastics team talented in its sport it is also on the beam when it comes to work in the classroom.

At the Section 1AA Championships the Tigers learned they had earned the honor of section academic champions.

Two weeks later coach Lynn Bauman received the news that her team had won the Class AA state academic title.

The honor is based on the cumulative grade point average of 60 percent of the varsity participants on the team. The Tigers' numbers averaged out to an incredible 3.995 on a perfect 4.000 scale. Brainerd took second with a 3.987 mark and Stillwater ranked third at 3.910.

The girls were to have been honored at the state banquet scheduled for February 20, but were unable to attend due to inclement weather conditions.

"We have won the section academic award before but never the state title," Bauman said."These girls put a lot of hours in the gym practicing and are still able to take advanced classes and the like...It is a huge deal to be state champions."

The girls received a commemorative banner for their section title and a plaque for the state honor.