Malabuyo, Moors Named First Team Academic All-Americans
July 08, 2025 | Gymnastics
UCLA's Emma Malabuyo and Brooklyn Moors were selected to the 2024-25 Academic All-Americaยฎ Women's At-Large first team, as selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). They become the fifth and six UCLA gymnasts ever to receive the award.
Malabuyo, who earned her degree in Communication, was the NCAA balance beam runner-up in 2025 and helped lead UCLA to a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships and to the Big Ten regular season and championship titles. A first-team All-Big Ten selection and AAI Award nominee, Malabuyo had a team-high five event victories on the balance beam and 12 Top 2 finishes in 2025. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and four-time All-American was UCLA's honoree for the 2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award and was included on the Winter Academic All-Big Ten team, her third conference academic honor of her career. Malabuyo was a finalist and sport winner for the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and a three-time CSC Academic All-Districtยฎ honoree.
Moors graduated in 2024 with a degree in Sociology and earned a postgraduate certificate in project management in 2025. This past season, she won the NCAA and Big Ten floor exercise titles and was named the College Gym News Breakout Performer of the Year. She scored her first career perfect 10 on floor at the Big Ten Championships and also set new career highs on vault with a 9.925 at the NCAA Regional semifinal and on beam with a 9.900 three times. Moors, a 2020 Canadian Olympian, earned first-team All-America honors on floor during the regular season and in the postseason and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection, a Big Ten All-Championships team honoree and an Academic All-Big selection in 2025. She has also earned three WCGA Scholastic All-America honors in her career and was a three-time member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll and two-time CSC Academic All-Districtยฎ award-winner.
UCLA student-athletes have earned a total of eight Academic All-Americaยฎ honors so far this season, tied for the second-most in a single year in school history. Over the last two seasons, UCLA has earned 18 Academic All-Americaยฎ honors to increase its overall total to 158.
UCLA's 2024-25 CSC Academic All-Americans
Emma Malabuyo, At-Large, Gymnastics (1st team)
Brooklyn Moors, At-Large, Gymnastics (1st team)
Kiki Rice, Women's Basketball (1st team)
Carson Schwesinger, Football (2nd team)
Alexander Hoogmartens, Men's Tennis (1st team)
Maggie Boyd, At-Large, Beach Volleyball (2nd team)
Jessica Clements, Softball (3rd team)
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Women's Tennis (3rd team)
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Malabuyo, who earned her degree in Communication, was the NCAA balance beam runner-up in 2025 and helped lead UCLA to a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships and to the Big Ten regular season and championship titles. A first-team All-Big Ten selection and AAI Award nominee, Malabuyo had a team-high five event victories on the balance beam and 12 Top 2 finishes in 2025. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and four-time All-American was UCLA's honoree for the 2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award and was included on the Winter Academic All-Big Ten team, her third conference academic honor of her career. Malabuyo was a finalist and sport winner for the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and a three-time CSC Academic All-Districtยฎ honoree.
Moors graduated in 2024 with a degree in Sociology and earned a postgraduate certificate in project management in 2025. This past season, she won the NCAA and Big Ten floor exercise titles and was named the College Gym News Breakout Performer of the Year. She scored her first career perfect 10 on floor at the Big Ten Championships and also set new career highs on vault with a 9.925 at the NCAA Regional semifinal and on beam with a 9.900 three times. Moors, a 2020 Canadian Olympian, earned first-team All-America honors on floor during the regular season and in the postseason and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection, a Big Ten All-Championships team honoree and an Academic All-Big selection in 2025. She has also earned three WCGA Scholastic All-America honors in her career and was a three-time member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll and two-time CSC Academic All-Districtยฎ award-winner.
UCLA student-athletes have earned a total of eight Academic All-Americaยฎ honors so far this season, tied for the second-most in a single year in school history. Over the last two seasons, UCLA has earned 18 Academic All-Americaยฎ honors to increase its overall total to 158.
UCLA's 2024-25 CSC Academic All-Americans
Emma Malabuyo, At-Large, Gymnastics (1st team)
Brooklyn Moors, At-Large, Gymnastics (1st team)
Kiki Rice, Women's Basketball (1st team)
Carson Schwesinger, Football (2nd team)
Alexander Hoogmartens, Men's Tennis (1st team)
Maggie Boyd, At-Large, Beach Volleyball (2nd team)
Jessica Clements, Softball (3rd team)
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Women's Tennis (3rd team)
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Players Mentioned
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Jordan Chiles - 2025 Big Ten Championships Floor (10.0)
Thursday, September 04
Chae Campbell - 2025 NCAA Championship Floor (9.925)
Friday, August 15
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinal Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinals Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09