STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford men’s gymnast Brian Knott was named a Capital One Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team District 8 selection, as announced Thursday by the organization.
Knott is one of three Stanford representatives on the men’s all-district team, joining water polo’s Bret Bonanni and golf’s Maverick McNealy. The trio are now eligible for the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
Knott - an electrical engineering major with a 3.67 GPA - won the NCAA title on parallel bars and earned two All-American honors on parallel bars and pommel horse at the 2015 NCAA Championships. He registered eight individual victories and notched five of Stanford’s top 10 scores on pommel horse, four top-10 scores on high bar and three top-10 scores on parallel bars.
Knott excelled in the classroom and was recognized as an MPSF All-Academic selection for the third consecutive year. He was admitted to Stanford’s wireless communications lab and was the first author on a research paper that was published at the 2015 International Conference on Communications in London.
The Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Teams recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada with District 8 encompassing Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai’i, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Canada.
