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Lauren Capone
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Gymnast Lauren Capone Selected to Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team
4.22.15 | Women's Gymnastics
PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's gymnast Lauren Capone was selected to the Philadelphia Inquirer At-Large Academic All-Area Team. The team consists of 11 student-athletes and was voted on by the sports information offices of the 28 institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Capone is a senior majoring in strategic communications and has a GPA of 3.61. This is the second straight year she has been selected to the Philadelphia Inquirer At-Large Academic All-Area Team and third straight year the Owls have placed a gymnast on the at-large team. She was also named to the ECAC All-Academic Team.
Capone competed in all four events this season, earning a top score on all-around of 38.225. She earned two medals at the ECAC Championships, placing third on floor (9.85) and fourth on vault (9.775). She finished her career with four ECAC medals with a third place medal last year and fourth in 2013 on floor. At the conference championship her vault score was a season high, and she set her career-high on floor. She set career highs on bars (9.675 vs Ursinus) and beam (9.725 at Eastern Michigan) in her first competing on the two events after serving her first three years at Temple as a vault and floor specialist.
2014-15 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ACADEMIC ALL-AREA WOMEN'S AT-LARGE TEAM
Student-Athlete chool Cl. Sport Major Hometown
Anaka Alankamony Penn So. Squash Economics Chennai, India
Amanda Beebe Swarthmore Sr. Golf History Whitehouse Station, N.J.
Kaleigh Borman Eastern Sr. Golf Marketing New Cumberland, Pa.
Lauren Capone Temple Sr. Gymnastics Strategic Communication Oreland, Pa.
Jillian Casarella Ursinus So. Gymnastics Psychology Seekonk, Mass.
Samara Flug Haverford Sr. Squash History New York, N.Y.
Elisa Money Drexel So. Squash Music Industry Vancouver, B.C.
Kaitlyn Money Drexel Jr. Squash Electrical Engineering Vancouver, B.C.
Sarah Parmacek Penn Sr. Fencing Intl./Hispanic Studies Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Juliana Petersen Haverford Jr. Fencing Psychology Summit, N.J.
Performer of the Year: Sarah Parmacek (Fencing), Penn
Capone is a senior majoring in strategic communications and has a GPA of 3.61. This is the second straight year she has been selected to the Philadelphia Inquirer At-Large Academic All-Area Team and third straight year the Owls have placed a gymnast on the at-large team. She was also named to the ECAC All-Academic Team.
Capone competed in all four events this season, earning a top score on all-around of 38.225. She earned two medals at the ECAC Championships, placing third on floor (9.85) and fourth on vault (9.775). She finished her career with four ECAC medals with a third place medal last year and fourth in 2013 on floor. At the conference championship her vault score was a season high, and she set her career-high on floor. She set career highs on bars (9.675 vs Ursinus) and beam (9.725 at Eastern Michigan) in her first competing on the two events after serving her first three years at Temple as a vault and floor specialist.
2014-15 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ACADEMIC ALL-AREA WOMEN'S AT-LARGE TEAM
Student-Athlete chool Cl. Sport Major Hometown
Anaka Alankamony Penn So. Squash Economics Chennai, India
Amanda Beebe Swarthmore Sr. Golf History Whitehouse Station, N.J.
Kaleigh Borman Eastern Sr. Golf Marketing New Cumberland, Pa.
Lauren Capone Temple Sr. Gymnastics Strategic Communication Oreland, Pa.
Jillian Casarella Ursinus So. Gymnastics Psychology Seekonk, Mass.
Samara Flug Haverford Sr. Squash History New York, N.Y.
Elisa Money Drexel So. Squash Music Industry Vancouver, B.C.
Kaitlyn Money Drexel Jr. Squash Electrical Engineering Vancouver, B.C.
Sarah Parmacek Penn Sr. Fencing Intl./Hispanic Studies Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Juliana Petersen Haverford Jr. Fencing Psychology Summit, N.J.
Performer of the Year: Sarah Parmacek (Fencing), Penn
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