Gymnasts of the Week – March 4-6, 2011 Awards are given by conference offices

Big Ten Conference

Gymnast of the Week Felix Aronovich - Penn State Penn State's Felix Aronovich reels in the second Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award of his career after pushing the No. 5 Nittany Lions to a tri-meet win over No. 8 Minnesota and No. 10 Iowa on Saturday. Aronovich won the all-around competition for the second week in a row, posting a score of 86.200 to take the crown. He also earned the title on the , scoring 14.600. He took second on the high bar (14.800), tied for fourth on the (13.600), finished ninth on the still (14.200), tied for ninth in the exercise (14.200) and tied for 15th on the (14.800). With the wins, Penn State remained undefeated this season.

Freshman of the Week Sam Mikulak - Michigan Michigan's Sam Mikulak collects his second consecutive Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor and third this season after taking two individual titles against Arizona State. Mikulak notched the second-highest vault score in the country this season, taking first place with a 16.600 in the event. The Wolverine newcomer also posted a 15.100 in the floor exercise, good for first place. He added third-place finishes on the high bar (14.450) and on the pommel horse (14.300) to lead No. 6 Michigan to the win.

Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League

Gymnast of the Week Ty Evans – Springfield College Evans won last weeks All-Around against the U.S. Military Academy with an 85.3. He is a junior from San Jose, Calif. He trained under Scott Burns at the California Sports Center. He is a Movement & Sports major.

Rookie of the Week Daniel Potemski – College of William & Mary Potemski counted for 70.4 points toward William & Mary's team score of 337.6 win over the U.S. Naval Academy for a season team high score. His scores included an All-Around score of 84.1. Daniel also had event total of 14.2 on Floor, 13.7 on Rings and 15.3 on Vault. Potemski is from Round Rock, Texas where he trained under Tom Meadows at Cypress Gymnastics.

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Gymnast of the Week Josh Dixon – Stanford Stanford senior Josh Dixon (San Jose, CA) combined for five individual titles over two meets last week, taking two all-arounds (87.4, 88.6), two floors (15.6, 15.5) and a vault (15.9), as the Cardinal won a quad at Illinois-Chicago and a dual at Nebraska. The 88.6 all-around in Lincoln was the nation’s sixth highest total in 2011, while he also chipped in a third place vault (15.8).