INDIANAPOLIS -- Eleven Seattle Pacific student-athletes were named 2020 Women's Collegiate National Scholars by USA Gymnastics.
 
The list of Falcons honored include the entire, four-woman senior class. Sienna Brane, Darian Burns, Miyuki Matsune and Lena Wirth each were third-time selections to the national academic team.
 
Also recognized were SPU juniors Jadacie Durst, Haven Lanzador, Kylie Reese and McKenna Zimmermann. A trio of Falcons' sophomores were listed, Kayla Chan, Delaney Fields and Kayli Tran.
 
To earn USAG Scholar-Athlete honors gymnasts must be in their second, third or fourth years of eligibility and possess a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 in the previous two semesters or three quarters on a 4.00 scale.

 

A product of Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington, Brane has a 3.71 grade point average in physiology. She excelled on the uneven bars and balance beam. She had a 9.750 bars score to her credit this season and she was the Falcons top beam performer in the Feb. 16 meet at Lindenwood.

 

Burns, from Druid Hills High School in Atlanta, Georgia, registered a 3.64 cumulative GPA at SPU while majoring in urban studies. She is a two-time national champion, collecting USAGym gold medals on the floor exercise in 2017 and the all-around in 2019. Burns was the Falcons' top scorer in all four events and the all-around in 2020. She tied the school vault record of 9.900 on Feb. 8, the same date she tallied SPU's second-best all-around total of 39.375.

 

Chan hails from West Ranch High School in Santa Clarita, California. The exercise science major has a 3.46 GPA. Chan posted lofty career-high marks of 9.850 on the floor and 9.750 on the vault in 2020. She twice topped all SPU floor competitors in a meet this season.

 

Durst, from the Academy of Arts, Careers & Technology in Sparks, Nevada, compiled a 3.64 GPA while majoring in integrated studies. She competed on the vault, bars and floor at the 2019 national meet and produced an outstanding score of 9.825 on the floor this season.

 

Fields is a first-year Falcons competitor from East High School in Denver, Colorado. The sophomore has a 3.41 GPA in exercise science. She was a regular in Seattle Pacific's vault lineup with a best mark of 9.575.


 

Lanzador graduated from Westerville North High School in Ohio. Her 3.68 GPA came in an integrated studies curriculum. Lanzador was SPU's top beam scorer on Feb. 28 with a 9.775 at Alaska Anchorage.


 

Matsune is a two-time national beam qualifier and 2018 All-American. She reached her season-high beam score of 9.800 on two occasions in 2020. The West Covina (Calif.) High School product is a mathematics major with a 3.41 GPA.

 

A graduate of Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon, Reese participated at the 2019 USAGym Championships on the floor and notched a season-high score of 9.700 on that event in 2020. She owns a lofty 3.71 GPA in a politics, philosophy and economics curriculum.

 

A product of Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) High School, Tran boasts the highest GPA among Falcons with a 3.96 in visual communication. She excelled in the gym as well, twice leading the Falcons on the beam with a 9.800 both times.
 
 

A vault and beam specialist, Wirth boasts lofty marks in both events. She was the Falcons top vault scorer in each of this season's first four meets, topping out at 9.800. The Roseville (Calif.) High School graduate compiled a 3.83 GPA at SPU while studying biochemistry.

 

Zimmermann hails from Presentation High School in San Jose, Calif. She battled through an injury this season and was limited to exhibition performances only, one season after placing 11th nationally in the all-around with a score of 38.650. She is a nursing major with a 3.66 GPA.
 
The 2020 season ended prematurely for the SPU gymnasts along with all teams nationwide after the NCAA announced the cancellation of all winter and spring championships due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
 


2020 USA GYMNASTICS NATIONAL SCHOLARS
 
Seattle Pacific
Sienna Brane, senior, 3.71, physiology, Snohomish, Wash.
Darian Burns, senior, 3.64, urban studies, Decatur, Ga.
Kayla Chan, sophomore, 3.46, exercise science, Santa Clarita, Calif.
Jadacie Durst, junior, 3.64, integrated studies, Sparks, Nev.
Delaney Fields, sophomore, 3.41, exercise science, Denver, Colo.
Haven Lanzador, junior, 3.68, integrated studies, Westerville, Ohio
Miyuki Matsune, senior, 3.41, mathematics, West Covina, Calif.
Kylie Reese, junior, 3.71, politics, philosophy & economics, Eugene, Ore.
Kayli Tran, sophomore, 3.96, visual communication, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Lena Wirth, senior, 3.83, biochemistry, Roseville, Calif.
McKenna Zimmermann, junior, 3.66, nursing, San Jose, Calif.