UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men's gymnastics student-athlete and recent graduate Noah Roberson was selected as a 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-American® for Division I at-large programs as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Roberson, who earned his second honor in as many years, is one of only 13 at-large program student-athletes nationwide to appear on the list multiple times.
Roberson, a Schreyer Honors College Scholar, graduated in May with a 4.0 grade-point average as a double major in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, while also earning his masters through the Penn State integrated program. He also was selected to represent his college as the student marshal for commencement.
The Williamsville, New York, native is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, and collected first-team College Gymnastics Association (CGA) All-America Scholar-Athlete honors three times to date.
Roberson wrapped up a stellar senior season with a third-place finish, the highest of his Nittany Lion career, in the NCAA Championship finals of the rings with a 14.433 score. He earned his first career All-America citation for his routine. In 2019, Roberson won his third NCAA ELITE 90 award, which recognizes an individual in each sport who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level while achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. He was a finalist for the ELITE 90 award in 2016.
In 2019, Roberson competed in 10 meets for the Nittany Lions on the still rings, winning the event once during 2019, and finishing second on five occasions. Roberson picked up the individual event victory at the West Point Open – team competition with a 14.500. He also recorded a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships with a career-best 14.750 and earned All-Big Ten second-team honors for his performance.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
Penn State student-athletes have an NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 90 percent, which ties the Nittany Lions' all-time high. Eight teams earned a 100 percent GSR in the NCAA's November 2018 Graduation Rates report.
Penn State ranks No. 4 among all Division I schools with 205 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans all-time, including Blake Gillikin (football) and Kerry Abello and Emily Ogle (women's soccer) last fall.
