Trio of Red Rocks Named WCGA Regular Season All-Americans
MARLBORO, N.J. – Three Red Rocks earned WCGA Regular Season All-American honors after an outstanding 2024 regular season, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced Thursday. Grace McCallum earned a pair of honors, coming on bars and floor, while Maile O'Keefe and Abby Paulson each earned the distinction on the beam.
McCallum adds her fourth and fifth regular-season All-America awards to her resume. After missing the opportunity to garner the achievement in 2023, McCallum adds her second All-America award on both bars and floor, earning second-team distinction. Scoring her third perfect 10 of her career on the apparatus on the road at Arizona, McCallum posted an NQS of 9.950, scoring a 9.9+ in 9 of 12 meets this season with seven wins on the apparatus.
On floor, McCallum scored her first career perfect 10 in the event against Stanford, securing an NQS of 9.950 in 12 competitions. Along the way, she tallied scores of 9.9 or better in 10 of 12 meets with six event wins.
Finishing as one of the nation's top beam workers, O'Keefe adds her seventh regular season All-America award to her mantel, with her fourth first-team distinction on the apparatus. Coming off the 2024 Pac-12 Championships, where she earned the beam title with her record-setting 15th career 10.0 score and fourth perfect score on the apparatus of the season. O'Keefe currently ranks as the second-ranked beam worker in the nation, posting an NQS of 9.990.
Paulson rounds out her regular season earning her fourth All-America honor of her career. Achieving first-team distinction for the third time, after achieving second-team honors during her freshman campaign. Throughout this season, Paulson established an eight-consecutive meet streak of scoring 9.9+ on the apparatus, during that span, she eclipsed 9.950 four of eight times. Paulson ranks sixth in the nation on beam with an NQS of 9.955.
Student-athletes with the top eight National Qualifying Scores (NQS) for the regular season (with ties) for each event and the all-around earn All-America honors. Second team All-America honors are earned by student-athletes ranked Nos. 9-16 (with ties) in the NQS.