NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Yale gymnastics team led the ECAC with 13 All-Academic selections, and had 11 All-ECAC selections, as the conference announced its major awards Monday. 
 
With the ECAC Championship canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Temple was declared ECAC champions by virtue of its National Qualifying Score. Yale placed second, marking the fourth straight season the Bulldogs have finished in the top two.
 
The top 12 gymnasts in each event were recognized as All-ECAC (six first team, six second team). The teams are based off the NQS that the gymnasts accumulated during the season. Yale's 11 selections were spread among seven gymnasts. 
 
Junior Jacey Baldovino (Atherton, Calif.) earned first-team honors on bars and beam -- the third year in a row she has been first team on both -- and second-team honors on floor. Junior Charlotte Cooperman (Southborough, Mass.) earned a pair of second-team honors, on beam and floor. Junior Alyssa Firth (Bethpage, N.Y.) also earned two honors, taking first team on vault and floor. 
 
Additionally, senior Jade Buford (Coppell, Texas) earned first team all-around, sophomore Lindsay Chia (Windsor, Ont.) and senior Emma Firmstone (Honesdale, Pa.) earned first team beam and first year Aimee Titche (Elgin, Ariz.) earned second team vault. Yale tied Temple for the most honorees on beam (four). 
 
A total of 58 student-athletes from the six institutions were recognized for their academic achievements. Yale led the conference with 13 selections. To be eligible for the all-academic team, student-athletes must carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.
 
2020 All-ECAC Gymnastics 

• Jacey Baldovino, Junior, First Team Uneven Bars
• Jacey Baldovino, Junior, First Team Balance Beam
• Jacey Baldovino, Junior, Second Team Floor Exercise
• Jade Buford, Senior, First Team All-Around
• Lindsay Chia, Sophomore, First Team Balance Beam
• Charlotte Cooperman, Junior, Second Team Balance Beam
• Charlotte Cooperman, Junior, Second Team Floor Exercise
• Emma Firmstone, Senior, First Team Balance Beam
• Alyssa Firth, Junior, First Team Vault
• Alyssa Firth, Junior, Second Team Floor Exercise
• Aimee Titche, First Year, Second Team Vault

 
2020 ECAC Gymnastics All-Academic

• Jacey Baldovino, Junior, Film and Media Studies
• Jade Buford, Senior, History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
• Lindsay Chia, Sophomore, Economics
• Seina Cho, Sophomore, Undeclared
• Rebecca Chong, Senior, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• Charlotte Cooperman, Junior, Biomedical Engineering
• Emma Firmstone, Senior, History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
• Alyssa Firth, Junior, History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
• Carly Israel, Senior, Biomedical Engineering
• Anna Jennings, Senior, History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health & Medical Anthropology
• Isabelle Lee, Junior, Political Science
• Sofia Menemenlis, Senior, Global Affairs & Geology and Geophysics
• Rowan Palmer, Junior, Mechanical Engineering