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GEORGIA 10-time NCAA Team Champions ◊ 42 Individual NCAA Titles 16-time SEC Champions 101 SEC Event Championships ◊ 394 All-America Honors gymnastics 125 All-SEC Honors 2021 SCHEDULE MEET FIVE OVERALL: 1-3 | HOME: 1-1 | AWAY: 0-2 | NEUTRAL: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result Jan. 8 #16 Missouri W, 196.150-194.250 Jan. 15 #1 Florida L, 197.250-196.075 Jan. 22 #5 LSU L, 197.200-196.350 Jan. 29 #6 Arkansas L, 196.875-195.950 Feb. 12 Alabama 6:00 p.m. Feb. 19 Auburn 8:00 p.m. Feb. 26 Missouri 8:00 p.m. GEORGIA vs. ALABAMA March 5 Kentucky 7:00 p.m. 1-2 RECORD 4-0 March 20 SEC Championship TBD 13 RANKING 6 Courtney Kupets Carter HEAD COACH Dana Duckworth home meets in bold all times eastern, subject to change Fourth YEAR AT SCHOOL Seventh ALL-TIME RECORD: The GymDogs hold a 82-68-2 I N S I D E record against the Tide. T H E COACHING STAFF S E R I E S LAST MEETING: The teams met twice in 2020- first at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth and then Head Coach....................................Courtney Kupets Carter Season at Georgia .....................................................Fourth in Tuscaloosa in what would be the final meet of the Assistant Coach ..............................................Josh Overton season due to COVID-19. Season at Georgia .....................................................Fourth Assistant Coach .................................................Jason Vonk TEAM COMPARISON Season at Georgia .......................................................Third Volunteer Coach ..............................Katie Heenan Dodson GEORGIA ALABAMA OVERALL AVE. (RANKING) ......196.138 (13) OVERALL AVE. (RANKING) ........196.581 (6) Season at Georgia ...................................................Second VAULT AVE. (RANKING)...........49.050 (13) VAULT AVE. (RANKING)...........49.125 (10) BARS AVE. (RANKING) ............49.075 (12) BARS AVE. (RANKING) ............49.206 (10) BROADCAST INFO BEAM AVE. (RANKING) ...........48.950 (13) BEAM AVE. (RANKING) .............49.050 (8) FLOOR AVE. (RANKING) ..........49.063 (18) FLOOR AVE. (RANKING) ............49.200 (8) Network: SEC Network + OVERALL TEAM HIGH ..................196.375 OVERALL TEAM HIGH ..................196.925 VAULT HIGH .....................................49.175 VAULT HIGH .....................................49.250 BARS HIGH.......................................49.325 BARS HIGH.......................................49.425 Link: https://gado.gs/47r BEAM HIGH......................................49.300 BEAM HIGH......................................49.425 FLOOR HIGH .....................................49.350 FLOOR HIGH .....................................49.275 GYMDOGS SOCIAL QUICK HITS COVID CHANGES EVERYTHING @UGAGymnastics @ugagymnastics Due to COVID- 19 and the unprecedented changes that came along with it, the 2021 GymDogs took a slow approach to their fall training. Georgia is starting the 2021 season with lineups that will look Georgia Gymnastics different come the post season. WHO TO CONTACT SERVANT LEADERS Assistant Sports Communications Director Coach Courtney Kupets Carter has encouraged the seniors to be Karra Logan servant leaders for their younger teammates. With the season, and Email: [email protected] training in general, looking different than year’s past it is important Cell: 267-994-1921 • Office: 706-542-9344 for them to look out for the underclassmen. Kupets Carter has praised the servant leadership of Emily Schild for stepping up. GEORGIA gymnastics GEORGIA Name Year Events HeightsGymDogs Hometown/Club Sterlyn Austin Senior AA 5’2” Thomasville, Ga./Georgia Elite Rachel Baumann Junior AA 5’1” Plano, Texas/WOGA Nhyla Bryant Freshman AA 5’7” Raleigh N.C./Raleigh School of Gymnastics Amanda Cashman Sophomore AA 5’2” Belle Mead, N.J./ Arena Gymnastics Haley de Jong Sophomore AA 5’1” Vancouver, Canada / Flicka Gymnastics Katie Finnegan Freshman AA 5’3” Kings Park, N.Y./APEX Athletics Loulie Hattaway Sophomore AA 5’2” Blakely, Ga./ Tift Gymnastics Academy Soraya Hawthorne Sophomore AA 4’11” Memphis, Tenn./Gymstars Gymnastics Rachael Lukacs Junior AA 5’2” Hillsborough, N.J./North Star Gymnastics Mikayla Magee Junior AA 4’10” League City, Texas/Pearland Elite Victoria Nguyen Freshman AA 5’2” Houston, Texas/ Everest Gymnastics Marissa Oakley Senior AA 5’0” Huntersville, N.C./ Everest Gymnastics Alyssa Perez-Lugones Junior AA 5’2” Duluth, Ga./Georgia Gymnastics Academy Megan Roberts Junior AA 5’4” Toronto, Canada/East York Emily Schild Senior AA 5’1” Huntersville, N.C./Everest Gymnastics Abbey Ward Junior AA 5’5” Winter Garden, Fla./Orlando Metro Coaches Courtney Kupets Carter - Head Coach (fourth season) Josh Overton - Assistant Coach (fourth season) Jason Vonk- Assistant Coach (third season) Katie Heenan Dodson - Volunteer Assistant Coach (second season) GLORY GLORY GLORY ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BY HOME STATE/ COUNTRY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Georgia | 3 Seniors | 3 Sterlyn Austin, Loulie Hattaway, Alyssa Rachel Baumann .... (take a bow)-man Sterlyn Austin, Marissa Oakley, Emily Perez-Lugones Haley de Jong ....................de-YOUNG Schild Soraya Hawthorne ..............so-RAY-ah Rachael Lukacs.......................... Lucas Juniors | 6 New Jersey | 2 Rachel Baumann, Rachael Lukacs, Amanda Cashman, Rachael Lukacs Alyssa Perez-Lugones......La-go-NESS Mikayla Magee, Alyssa Perez-Lugones, Victoria Nguyen ............................Win North Carolina | 3 Emily Schild .............................. Shield Megan Roberts, Abbey Ward Nhyla Bryant, Marissa Oakley, Emily Schild Sophomores | 4 Courtney Kupets Carter........COO-pets Amanda Cashman, Haley De Jong, Texas | 3 Doug Contaoi ............... Con-TAU-wee Loulie Hattaway, Soraya Hawthorne Rachel Baumann, Mikayla Magee, Freshmen | 3 Victoria Nguyen Nhyla Bryant, Katie Finnegan, Victoria Canada | 2 Florida | 1 Nguyen Megan Roberts, Abbey Ward Haley De Jong Tennessee | 1 New York | 1 Soraya Hawthorne Katie Finnegan 10-time NCAA Team Champions ◊ 42 Individual NCAA Titles ◊ 16-time SEC Champions ◊ 394 All-America Honors 10-time NCAA Team Champions ◊ 42 Individual NCAA Titles ◊ 16-time SEC Champions ◊ 394 All-America Honors GEORGIA GymDogs Sterlyn Austin Rachel Baumann Nhyla Bryant Amanda Cashman Senior • Thomasville, Ga. Junior • Plano, Texas Freshman • Raleigh, N.C. Sophomore • Belle Mead, N.J Haley De Jong Katie Finnegan Loulie Hattaway Soraya Hawthorne Sophomore • Vancouver, Canada Freshman • Kings Park, N.Y. Sophomore • Blakely, Ga. Sophomore • Memphis Tenn. Rachael Lukacs Mikayla Magee Victoria Nguyen Marissa Oakley Junior • Hillsborough, N.J. Junior • League City, Texas Freshman • Houston, Texas Senior • Huntersville, N.C. Alyssa Perez-Lugones Megan Roberts Emily Schild Abbey Ward Junior • Duluth, Ga. Junior • Toronto, Canada Senior • Huntersville, N.C. Junior • Winter Green, Fla. Courtney Kupets Carter Josh Overton Jason Vonk Katie Heenan Dodson Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach GEORGIA gymnastics THE LAST TIME THE GYMDOGS... HAWTHORNE CONTINUES THE MOONWALK Won a dual meet Sophomore Soraya Hawthorne assumed the responsibility of taking At home .......................vs Missouri, 196.150-194.250, 1/8/21 over the Georgia moonwalk tradition on beam this season and debuted Away ..........................at Kentucky, 197.050-196.825, 2/21/20 the move at LSU. She is the seventh GymDog to perform the moonwalk Lost a dual meet on the balance beam, following Nikki Childs, Cassidy McComb, Lindsey At home ...................vs. Arkansas, 196.875-195.950, 1/29/21 Cheek, Mary Beth Box, Morgan Reynolds, and Sabrina Vega. Away ..................................at LSU, 197.200-196.375, 1/22/21 Lost a non-dual meet GEORGIA SELECTED AS 2021 NCAA REGIONAL HOST At home .................................. 2nd in NCAA Regional, 4/2/16 The University of Georgia gymnastics team has been selected to host Away .................... 2nd at Gainesville NCAA Regional, 4/1/17 the 2021 NCAA gymnastics regional April 1-3 in Stegeman Coliseum. Neutral site ................... 4th at Metroplex Challenge, 1/25/20 Tied a dual meet Georgia is one of four hosts for the 2021 regional championships, along At home ....................................... v. Florida, 197.250, 1/27/07 with Utah, Missouri, and West Virginia. Away ..........................................at Kentucky, 195.825, 2/8/13 Beat a Top-10 Opponent The 2021 regional marks the 12th time Georgia has hosted the event At home ......................No. 6 Utah, 197.525-197.450, 3/16/19 since 1985. Georgia last hosted in 2019 when the GymDogs posted Away .................... at No 3 Florida, 197.450-197.375, 2/22/19 their highest score in a decade with a 198.050 to advance to the NCAA Neutral ............ No. 7 Oregon State, 195.100-194.450, 1/3/20 National Championship. Marissa Oakley earned a Perfect 10 on bars, Beat a Top-5 Opponent marking the first GymDog since 1998 to earn a perfect score on that At home ......................No. 5 Utah, 197.250-196.650, 3/11/17 apparatus in regional competition. Together the GymDogs earned a Away ................... at No. 3 Florida, 197.450-197.375, 2/22/19 score of 49.550 on beam, which tied for the fifth highest single-meet Neutral ..........................No. 3 Utah, 197.025-196.575, 4/4/15 beam score in Georgia gymnastics history. Beat the No. 1 Team At home .............................. Florida, 196.400-196.350, 2/5/16 The 2020 NCAA Regional and National Championships were canceled Away ................................. Florida, 196.850-196.825, 1/18/08 due to COVID-19. Neutral