# UK Gymnast Rodriguez Named CSC Academic All-America **Published:** 2026-07-07T17:05:25.000Z **Source:** [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/07/delaynee-rodriguez-garners-csc-academic-all-america-status/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/uk-gymnast-rodriguez-named-csc-academic-all-america LEXINGTON, Ky. — Delaynee Rodriguez of the University of Kentucky gymnastics team has earned recognition for excellence both in competition and in the classroom, being [named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Women's At-Large Team](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/07/delaynee-rodriguez-garners-csc-academic-all-america-status/) on Tuesday. The rising senior from Las Vegas was selected for the Second Team with a 4.0 GPA in Integrated Strategic Communications. Rodriguez's selection comes after a career year in 2026 that saw her achieve significant athletic milestones. The junior ranked in the top 75 nationally on all five gymnastics events and finished 10th in the all-around standings. She also qualified for the NCAA National Championships as an individual event specialist on balance beam, placing 17th with a score of 9.8875. During the 2026 season, Rodriguez set career-highs across all four events and earned her first All-SEC and All-America honors. She posted a career-high all-around score of 39.650 at Auburn, a mark that ranks as the fourth-highest in Kentucky program history. Rodriguez also recorded multiple scores of 9.950 on bars, beam, and floor exercise. The gymnastics honor reflects a pattern of academic achievement alongside athletic excellence. Rodriguez has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll distinction in each of her first three seasons and was previously recognized as a WCGA Scholastic All-American. She competed in every meet during her first three collegiate seasons, demonstrating consistency that few athletes in her conference maintain. The CSC Academic All-America Women's At-Large Team includes 45 student-athletes across three tiers and recognizes athletes in sports without their own dedicated CSC team, including gymnastics, rowing, skiing, and water polo, among others. ## Sources - [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/07/delaynee-rodriguez-garners-csc-academic-all-america-status/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from UK Athletics, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/07/delaynee-rodriguez-garners-csc-academic-all-america-status/.