For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 10, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected])

PAC-12 HONORS COMPLETE GYMNASTICS STUDENT-ATHLETES

2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS

Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Utah 3 1 .750 5 1 .833 California 3 1 .750 8 2 .800 Stanford 3 1 .750 9 4 .692 UCLA 3 1 .750 4 2 .666 Oregon State 2 2 .500 6 3 .666 Pac-12 student-athletes are known for their success and Washington 2 2 .500 3 6 .333 competitiveness in athletics, but their community involve- Arizona 0 4 .000 2 4 .333 ment, off-the-field achievements, and academic interests Arizona State 0 4 .000 1 7 .125 are just as laudable. Pac-12 student-athletes are are able to harness their athletic ability to augment their lives- not define them. They’re impressive, they’re complicated, they’re real, NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS and they’re complete. Visit pac-12.com/compelte or follow (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) #Complete12 for more information. RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 17 Here are just some of the great storylines Pac-12 schools are RANK TEAM sharing this week: No. 5 UTAH’s Fall 2015 GPA team aver- 1. Oklahoma age was 3.719, OREGON STATE junior Silvia Colussi-Pelaez 2. Florida is a chemical engineering major with a 3.96 cumulative GPA, 3. Michigan UCLA superstar Sophina DeJesus is double-majoring in 4. Alabama sociology and theatre, OREGON STATE’s Erika Aufiero par- 5. Utah ticipated in a Beavers Without Borders trip to the Dominican 6. LSU Republic. 7. UCLA 8. Auburn 9. Boise State UPCOMING SCHEDULE 10. Georiga 11. Arkansas Sat., Feb 20 12. Stanford #5 UTAH at #12 STANFORD P12N, BA, M 2 p.m. PT 13. Denver #14 CALIFORNIA at #16 OREGON STATE P12O 2 p.m. PT 14. California 15. Nebraska Sun., Feb. 21 16. Oregon State #7 UCLA at WASHINGTON P12N, W, LA 1 p.m. PT 17. George Washington 18. Minnesota Mon., Feb. 22 19. Missouri #20 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE P12N, A 6 p.m. PT 20. Arizona 21. Eastern Michigan 22. Kentucky RECENT RESULTS 23. Southern Utah 24. Iowa Sat., Feb 13 25. Illinois WASHINGTON at #6 UTAH UTAH, 197.125-196.250 #13 STANFORD at #20 ARIZONA STAN, 196.650-196.150 #18 OREGON STATE at #7 UCLA UCLA, 197.475-196.225

Mon., Feb. 15 #16 CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE CAL, 196.900-194.725 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES

Big Ten...... 1-2-0 ARIZ...... TABITHA YIM UCLA...... Big 12...... 0-6-0 ...... 1st season ...... 26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League...... 0-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic...... 1-0-0 Mid-American...... 1-0-0 ASU...... RENE LYST UTAH...... TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent...... 3-0-0 ...... 2nd season ...... 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...... 8-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim...... 2-0-0 Southeastern...... 4-4-0 CAL...... JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH...... MEGAN MARSDEN Western Athletic...... 0-0-0 ...... 4th season ...... 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic...... 1-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent...... 0-0-0 Total-All...... 21-12-0 OSU...... TANYA CHAPLIN WASH...... JOANNE BOWERS ...... 19th Season ...... 10th Season ...... NCAA Appearances: 11 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN...... KRISTEN SMYTH ...... 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ...... www.arizonawildcats.com ...... Danielle Bracamonte ...... NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current ...... [email protected] school ...... 520-621-4163

ASU...... www.thesundevils.com ...... Kathryn Roberts ...... [email protected] ...... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL...... www.calbears.com ...... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH ...... [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...... 510-643-5846 nounced today.

OSU...... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ...... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top ...... [email protected] ...... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN...... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ...... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015...... [email protected] ...... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA...... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ...... Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6)...... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...... 41 UTAH...... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1)...... 39 ...... Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate...... 30 ...... [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California...... 24 ...... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona...... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington...... 13 WASH...... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State...... 7 ...... Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ...... [email protected] nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12...... www.pac-12.com ...... Liz Beadle ...... [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events.

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 17, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS The top half of Pac-12 gymnastics teams all sit at 3-1 in confer- Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women’s gymnastics cover- age on Friday, January 8. ence competition with two regular season conference meets remaining for each Pac-12 team. Pac-12 Networks will air 26 women’s gymnastics meets, five more than last season. Each Pac-12 program will appear on the Networks at least UTAH continues to lead the Pac-12 in team all-around average four times: Arizona (6), Arizona State (5), California (5), Oregon State and team averages for all events besides floor exercise. On the (7), Stanford (4), UCLA (10), Utah (9) and Washington (5). floor, UCLA claims not only the best average in the conference, but in the entire nation . In the national rankings, OREGON Both sessions of the 2016 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships STATE’s Dani Dessaints is holding her place in third on the vault, will also be part of the Networks’ telecast schedule on Saturday, March 19 from Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. STANFORD’s Elizabeth Price is back in first on the all-around, and UCLA’s Danusia Francis is second in the nation on the Returning broadcasters this year include: play-by-play experts Jim Wat- beam. Ten Pac-12 gymnasts from five different teams rank within son and Brian Webber, in addition to analyst Amanda Borden, a former in the top-25 floor performers in the nation this week. American Gymnast and U.S. Gold Medalist from the 1996 summer U.S. Olympic team. This upcoming weekend, the hot competition in the Pac-12 will continue as another two top-20 match-ups get underway Sat- New to the Networks this year are: former Utah women’s gymnastics head coach Greg Marsden and Olympians and Alicia urday. No. 5 UTAH will travel to No. 12 STANFORD and No. 14 Sacramone Quinn. CALIFORNIA will take on No. 16 OREGON STATE.

The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and six regional networks UCLA floor success continues:UCLA is leading the nation on devoted solely to the Pac-12. In addition to the hundreds of live televised the floor and five UCLA gymnasts rank in the top-25 in floor score Pac-12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will have access nationally. Sophina DeJesus, Hallie Mossett, and Angi Cipra are to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere platform, which provides access to all all tied for 8th in the nation in floor average, with Sadiqua Bynum Pac-12 Networks programming on any device through their broadband coming in at 14th and Madison Preston ranked No. 25. service. Price back on top: After a season-high all-around score of 39.650, Elizabeth Price is once again the top-ranked all-arounder REMAINING PAC-12 NETWORKS SCHEDULE in the nation, with an average of 39.545. Feb. 20 Utah at Stanford P12N 2 p.m. PT Of the four teams that lost this Feb. 20 California at Oregon State P12O 2 p.m. PT High marks from top to bottom: Feb. 21 UCLA at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT past week, three of them still scored a 196.000 or better. Only Feb. 22 Arizona at Arizona State P12N 6 p.m. PT the top 11 teams in the nation are averaging above a 196.000. Feb. 27 Utah at California P12N 1 p.m. PT Feb. 27 Arizona State at UCLA . P12N 1 p.m. PT Arizona’s tough schedule: No. 20 ARIZONA has been through Feb. 29 Stanford at Oregon State . P12N 7 p.m. PT the gauntlet the last four weeks, facing No. 7 UCLA, No. 5 Utah, Mar. 6 UCLA, Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT No. 14 California, and No. 12 Stanford over the past four consec- Mar. 12 Georgia at Utah P12N 4 p.m. PT utive weeks. Despite losing all four meets head to head, Arizona Mar. 13 Oklahoma at UCLA P12N 2 p.m. PT remains in the national top-20 in all-around average, proving the Mar. 19 Pac-12 Championships P12N 1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT strength of the conference.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN TWITTER

Fresh. Soph. Junior Senior Follow Pac-12 women’s gymnastics teams on Twitter for all the latest news, and use hashtag #Pac12Gym to join in the conversation. Arizona 5 3 3 4 Arizona State 5 0 2 4 Arizona: @AZGymnastics Stanford: @StanfordWGYM California 4 4 8 2 Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics Oregon State 4 2 5 3 California: @calwgym Utah: @UtahGymnastics Stanford 4 1 4 4 Oregon State: @OregonStateGym Washington: @UWGymnastics UCLA 6 5 4 3 Utah 4 4 1 4 Washington 3 4 6 1

2016 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Hallie Mossett, UCLA Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Jan. 19 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Breanna Hughes, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Jan. 26 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Baely Rowe, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Feb. 2 Toni-Ann Williams, CALIFORNIA Ivana Hong, STANFORD Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Feb. 9 Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA Angi Cipra, UCLA Madison Preston, UCLA Feb. 16 Toni-Ann Williams, CALIFORNIA Sophina DeJesus, UCLA Sabrina Schwab, UTAH

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 17, 2016 3 PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL PAC-12 ANNOUNCES WEEKLY GYMNASTICS HONORS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (as of Feb. 17) Today the Pac-12 Conference announced the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics weekly honors for the week of Feb. 9 - 15. CALIFORNIA’s Toni-Ann Williams was All-Around named the Gymnast of the Week, UCLA’s Sophina DeJesus was voted Specialist 1. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford of the Week, and UTAH’s Sabrina Schwab was named the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. 5. Breanna Hughes...... Utah 8. Danusia Francis...... UCLA CALIFORNIA sophomore Toni-Ann Williams earned Gymnast of the Week honors 12. Sonya Meraz...... UCLA for the second time this season after leading the Golden Bears to a win over ARI- 15. Samantha Partyka...... Utah ZONA STATE on Monday, powering the team to its highest road score and second 22. Toni-Ann Williams ...... California highest total in school history, a 196.900. Williams swept every event title and matched her own program-record 39.700 all-around total, scoring above a 9.9 on Vault every event, includ-ing by a career-best 9.925 on beam. Williams landed her rare 3. Dani Dessaints...... Oregon State double front dismount for the high score, and is currently the only gymnast in the 7. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford world performing the double front dismount on beam. 21. Kailah Delaney...... Utah 22. Toni-Ann Williams...... California Williams also notched season-high totals on vault (9.925), bars (9.90) and floor (9.95) to pick up five titles for the evening. In the national rankings this week, Wil- 25. Breanna Hughes...... Utah liams is eleventh in the country on floor and ranks No. 22 in both the all-around the vault. Last season, Williams was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. She Bars was named Gymnast of the Week once and Freshman / Newcomer of the Week 4. Kassandra Lopez...... Utah six times during the 2015 season. 7. Baely Rowe...... Utah 8. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford UCLA senior Sophina DeJesus earned Specialist of the Week honors for her per- 20. Nicolette McNair...... Stanford formance in the Bruins’ win over OREGON STATE on Saturday. DeJesus became a viral sensation after her floor routine on Feb. 6 was viewed on the Internet by Beam more than 27 million people. Coming off the newfound and unprecedented popu- 2. Danusia Francis...... UCLA larity, she performed well yet again, this time with a standout performance on the 4. Nicki Shapiro...... UCLA beam. DeJesus came close to scoring a perfect 10 on the beam, receiving a 10 from one judge and a 9.95 from the other to shatter her career-high with a 9.975. 14. Allison Northey...... Washington It was her first career win on the beam, and helped the Bruins set a new team 18. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford season-high on beam with a 49.5. She followed up with a 9.9 on floor exercise to 20. Breanna Hughes...... Utah finish third. 23.Madeline Gardiner...... Oregon State 23. Sophina DeJesus...... UCLA UTAH freshman Sabrina Schwab earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors for the third time this season for her performance in the Red Rocks’ Floor 197.125 - 196.250 win over WASHINGTON. Schwab scored a 9.925 in both of 6. Sabrina Schwab...... Utah her routines, on bars and on floor. Her bar score was a new career high and re- 8. Sophina DeJesus...... UCLA sulted in her first ever win on the bars. Her 9.925 score on floor placed second in 8. Hallie Mossett...... UCLA the meet. 8. Angi Cipra...... UCLA 11. Toni-Ann Williams...... California Also Nominated: Shelby Edwards, ARIZ; Madeline Gardiner, OSU; Elizabeth 14. Breanna Hughes...... Utah Gymnast of the Week: Price, STAN; Danusia Francis, UCLA; Breanna Hughes, UTAH; Allison Northey, 14. Sadiqua Bynum...... UCLA WASH 19. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford Special Performance of the Week: Jessie Sisler, ARIZ; Taylor Allex, ASU; Jessica 25. Madison Preston...... UCLA Howe, CAL; Kaytianna McMillan, OSU; Nicolette McNair, STAN; Sabrina Schwab, 25. Kaytianna McMillan...... Oregon State UTAH; Alex Yacalis, WASH Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Lauryn Mattson, ARIZ; Corinne Belkoff, ASU; Sofie Seilnacht, CAL; Mary Jacobsen, OSU; Taryn Fitzgerald, STAN; Nicki Shap- iro, UCLA

PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (AS OF FEB. 17)

Vault Bars Beam Floor 8. Utah 3. Utah 6. Utah 1. UCLA 10. UCLA 10. Stanford 7. UCLA 8. California 11. California 15. UCLA 8. Stanford 8. Utah 15. Stanford 16. Arizona 18. California 20. Arizona 16. Oregon State 18. Oregon State 20. Oregon State 23. Oregon St. 24. Washington

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 17, 2016 4 2016 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD

ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 2-4 // Pac-12: 0-4 Overall: 1-7 // Pac-12: 0-4

JANUARY JANUARY 8 vs. Michigan State W, 195.700-193.775 8 vs. Nebraska, Bowling Green 2nd, 192.700 17 at Texas Women’s University W, 193.475-192.450 18 vs. Washington* L, 194.650-192.450 23 vs. UCLA* L, 196.800-196.475 22 at Oklahoma 3rd, 193.325 with Iowa State FEBRUARY 30 at Oregon State* L, 195.875-193.075 1 at Utah* L, 197.150-194.850 8 at California* L, 196.875-196.000 FEBRUARY 13 vs. Stanford* L, 196.650-196.150 8 at Stanford* L, 195.750-194.325 22 at Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 15 vs. California* L, 196.900-194.725 27 vs. Washington* 4 p.m. MT 22 vs. Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT MARCH 4 at Oklahoma 5:45 p.m. MT MARCH 11 vs. BYU 6 p.m. MT 4 vs. Penn State 7 p.m. MT 11 at Auburn TBA * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountian Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountain Time.

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 8-2 // Pac-12: 3-1 Overall: 6-3 // Pac-12: 2-2

JANUARY JANUARY 10 vs. Auburn L, 195.425-196.175 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 1st 195.575 15 at Lindenwood 1st, 196.350 with Stanford, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 23 at Utah* L, 196.125-195.125 15 at Oklahoma L, 197.125-194.225 30 vs. Arizona State* W, 195.875-193.075 24 vs. Stanford, San Jose State 2nd, 195.65 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 8 at Washington* W, 195.325-194.275 1 vs. UCLA* W, 196.375-195.175 13 at UCLA* P12N L, 197.475-196.225 8 vs. Arizona* W, 196.875-196.000 20 vs. California* P12O 2 p.m. PT 15 at Arizona State* W, 196.900-194.725 29 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. PT 20 at Oregon State* P12O 2 p.m. PT 27 vs. Utah* P12N 1 p.m. PT MARCH 4 vs. SPU, Ball State 7 p.m PT MARCH 14 vs. Texas Woman’s University, LSU 4 p.m. PT 4 vs. Michigan State, Southern Utah, Lindenwood 7 p.m PT 11 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time.

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STANFORD CARDINAL UCLA BRUINS Overall: 9-4-0 // Pac-12: 3-1 Overall: 4-2 // Pac-12: 3-1

JANUARY 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 2nd, 194.800 JANUARY 10 vs. Alabama W, 196.550-196.300 with California, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 18 at Georgia W, 195.875-195.750 15 at Florida L, 197.675-196.925 24 vs. San Jose State and California 1st, 196.675 23 at Arizona* W, 196.800-196.475 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 4th, 196.075 FEBRUARY 1 at California* L, 196.375-195.175 FEBRUARY 8 vs. Arizona State* W, 195.750-194.325 6 vs. Utah* W, 197.100-197.075 13 at Arizona* W, 196.650-196.150 13 vs. Oregon State* W, 197.475-196.225 20 vs. Utah* P12N 2 p.m. PT 21 at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT 29 at Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 27 vs. Arizona State* P12N 1 p.m. PT

MARCH MARCH 6 vs. UCLA, Georgia P12N 12 p.m PT 6 vs. Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oklahoma P12N 2 p.m. PT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time.

UTAH UTES WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 5-1 // Pac-12: 3-1 Overall: 2-6 // Pac-12: 2-2

JANUARY JANUARY 9 vs. Ohio State L, 194.275-193.725 8 vs. BYU W, 196.175-193.850 18 at Arizona State* W, 194.650-192.450 15 at Southern Utah W, 196.725-195.600 23 at Denver L, 195.650-194.300 23 vs Oregon State* W, 196.125-195.125 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 3rd, 196.175

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 vs. Arizona* W, 197.150-194.850 8 vs. Oregon State* L, 195.325-194.275 6 at UCLA* L, 197.100-197.075 13 at Utah* L, 197.125-196.250 13 vs. Washington* W, 197.125-196.250 21 vs. UCLA* P12N 1 p.m. PT 20 at Stanford* P12N 3 p.m. MT 27 at Arizona* 3 p.m. PT 27 at California* P12N 2 p.m. MT MARCH MARCH 5 vs. Western Michigan 6 p.m. PT 4 at Michigan 5 p.m. MT 7 at Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT 12 vs. Georgia P12N 5 p.m. MT 12 vs. Denver, Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Moutain Time. All times Pacific Time.

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