CSC Women's Academic All-America At-Large List

College Sports Communicators released the 2024 CSC Academic All-America Women's At-Large team this afternoon. Three student-athletes from St. Ambrose University were named to the 2024 list. The 2024 Academic All-America® Women's At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom.

Alexandra Olson, Rachel Ruplinger, and Ellie Schilling were selected for the Bees. 

Olson and Schilling were named to the first-team 2023-24 CSC Academic All-America Women's At-Large team after their dominate first-place performace at the NAIA Competitive Dance National Championships. A year prior, Olson was a second-team Academic All-American honoree while Schilling earned back-to-back first-team honors. Both Olson and Schilling were named NAIA All-Americans after the completion of the season. 

Ruplinger was selected as a second-team 2023-24 CSC Academic All-America Women's At-Large honoree. The junior helped the competitive cheer program at SAU win back-to-back NAIA National titles. Earlier this year, Ruplinger was selected as a first-team NAIA All-American.

A total of 24 student-athletes were named to the NAIA team, with the 14 members of the first team owning a 3.89 cumulative GPA. A total of seven individuals, three on the first team, had 4.00 GPAs.