STANFORD, Calif. - Senior Robert Neff was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large second team on Thursday.
Neff was one of four Cardinal student-athletes honored, along with first-team selections Ella Eastin and Katie Ledecky of women's swimming, and fellow second-team recipient Makenzie Fischer of women's water polo.
A computer science major and German Studies minor boasting a 3.67 GPA, Neff also recently received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, earning a one-time grant of $7,500 for his academic and athletic achievements.
Neff closed out his career as a two-time NCAA champion in the high bar (2017, 2018) and six-time All-American, claiming titles in the high bar (3), all-around (2) and parallel bars (1). Neff guided the Cardinal to four top-four NCAA Championships finishes, including runner-up efforts during his freshman and sophomore seasons.
During his final season on The Farm, Neff captured nine individual event titles and owned Stanford's top score in three events: pommel horse (14.300), high bar (14.766) and all-around (83.450). Neff was also a finalist for the 2018 Nissen-Emery Award, presented annually to the top senior gymnast in the nation.
Neff is a three-time MPSF Scholar-Athlete and four-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete. This summer, Neff will work as a software developer at Niantic Inc. and return next fall to complete his master's degree in computer network security.
A member of the U.S. Senior National Team, Neff represented his country at the 2017 World University Games in Taiwan.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.