ALMA, Mich. – Over the weekend, the Alma College STUNT team was recognized at the national level for their national championship quality season through individual awards from the College STUNT Coaches Association (CSCA). The Scots were honored with the (Co) Player of the Year along with the Jumps and Tumbles Specialist and a handful of All-Americans on the first and second team for the Club division.
After being named the 2026 Tournament Most Valuable Player in their national championship run, senior Gabriella Sarullo was also named the 2026 Player of the Year for the second time in her career, playing in 223 routines on the season, scoring in 217 of those. The prior Player of the Year and two-time first team All-American secures another Player of the Year recognition to her storied Alma career, this time receiving the accolade in the Club division, paired along with her Division III honor in 2024.
For the third consecutive season, senior Grace Gottschalk was named the Jumps & Tumbling Specialist of the 2026 season. Gottschalk received the honor for the first time in 2024 for Division III before being honored as a back-to-back recipient in 2025 for the Club division. Gottschalk is the Scots first three-time honoree for the award, as she helped the Scots score on 150 of the 160 routines played in over the season. Gottschalk's honor is added on to her resume that includes an All-American Honorable Mention selection as well.
The Scots were also awarded with a quartet of individuals for both the first and second All-American teams for the 2026 season. Receiving first team honors were Gottschalk and Sarullo for their efforts and awards mention above, along with Kyleigh Martin and Jordyn Ybarra, both of which receiving the honor for the first time in their careers. Martin's season stats including scoring on 195 of 203 routines played while Ybarra helped score on 149 of 159 played routines, both over a 93%-win percentage on the season. Ybarra was to the Honorable Mention team in 2025 as well.
The second team included the individuals of Hallie Dancer, Elli Davis, Elaina Pianga and Taylor Ybarra, all of which receiving the honor for the first time in their careers. Dancer played in 141 routines, scoring in 131 on the season. Davis's season stats included 190 routines played, 173 of which the Scots scored on. Pianga helped the Scots score on 160 of the 184 routines she played in over the course of the season. In her freshman season, Ybarra helped the Scots score in 136 of the 145 routines she participated in for the year, helping lift all Scots members on the second team over an 85%-win percentage in routines played.
STUNT the sport is an NCAA Emerging Sport that will have its inaugural NCAA Championship and season in 2027, where the Scots will transition from the Club division, where they spent the prior two seasons, and return to NCAA Division III, where they will compete against other NCAA teams across all three divisions, in hopes of qualifying for the first National Collegiate Championship under the governing body. More information regarding the Championship and upcoming season should be released over the summer as the Scots prepare to compete for an NCAA National Championship in season moving forward.
