Joanna Chambers Earns A Spot On The Second Team National CSC NCAA Division II Women’s At-Large Academic All-America Team

Bridgeport, Conn.-University of Bridgeport women's gymnastics standout Joanna Chambers (Sr., Georgetown, Tex.) has been honored for her outstanding athletic performance and her top-notch efforts in the classroom with her selection as a national CoSIDA Academic All-America, earning a spot on the 2023 Second Team National NCAA Division II Women's At-Large Academic All-America squad selected by CSC (College Sports Communicators).

To be nominated as a CSC Academic All-America, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution.

Sports included in the CSC Academic All-America® Division II Women's At-Large program include bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, and water polo.

A Health Sciences major who graduated summa cum laude after a perfect grade point average in the spring semester, Chambers had a fine senior season in the Park City, as she earned Second Team All-Gymnastics East Conference honors on the vault and was an individual USAG qualifier on both the vault and the bars.  She finished her stellar career with personal bests of 9.800 on the vault and 9.750 on the bars.

Joanna's selection marks the 18th all-time national Academic All-America team member, and the 16th since 2012, selected from the University of Bridgeport joining softball's Cathleen Meade (Second Team in 1993), women's soccer's Julia Hansson (Second Team in 2012 and First Team in 2013), women's soccer's Tabea Rauschenberg (Second Team in 2014), men's swimming Ruben Jimenez (First Team and National Division II Men's At-Large Academic All-America of the Year in 2014 and 2015), men's swimming Oscar Pereira (Second Team in 2014), women's volleyball Ying Shen (Third Team in 2014), women's soccer Nicola Worthington (Second Team in 2016). women's gymnastics Christine Liautaud (Third Team in 2016), women's swimming Annagrazia Bonsanti (Second Team Women's At-Large in 2018), Maegan Doyle and teammate Jennifer Wendelius, who earned First and Second Team honors for women's soccer in 2018, plus Doyle earned Second Team honors in 2019.  In 2021, softball's Kaira Ramon earned a spot on the national Third Team for her sport; as did Hannes Nilsson men's soccer. In 2022, Kathryn Doran, also from women's gymnastics, was named a Third Team National Academic All-America.

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