ARIZONAgym STATE devils Jan. 28, 2011 • Tempe, Ariz. ASU vs. Brown University • Wells Fargo Arena

2011 State Sun Devils QUICK FACTS The Arizona State women’s gymnastics team hosts the Brown Bears from Brown University on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at ASU’s Wells Fargo Arena. The Location Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment 68,064 Colors Maroon & Gold against Arizona last week. Conference Pac-10 Gym Devils look to win their first dual meet coming off a close match Head Coach John Spini live stats Record/Years 329-164-2/31 years All-Americans 27 Athletes/81 Honors www.thesundevils.com for more information 2011 Record 0-0 2010 Record 2-11 television broadcast 2010 Pac-10 Finish 2-4 Watch the Sun Devils and the Brown Bears compete on FSN. 2010 Final Ranking 32nd ASU vs. Brown university

SCHEDULE/RESULTS this Friday. The Brown Bears placed fourth at Rutgers University last Sat- urdayThe Sun earning Devils a will 184.725. be competing in their first out of conference challenge Jan. 9 Pac-10 Preview 6th--191.850 Jan. 21 at Arizona L--192.050 Jan. 28 vs. Brown 7:30 p.m. MT Head Coach John Spini Feb. 4 at Utah 7 p.m. MT Arizona State head coach John Spini begins his 31st season at the helm Feb. 6 vs. Oregon State Noon MT Feb. 11 vs. California* 7:30 p.m. MT of the Sun Devils gymnastics program. Currently Arizona State’s longest Feb. 18 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. MT tenured coach, Spini has had at least one Sun Devil qualify for the NCAA Feb. 27 at Stanford 2 p.m. PT Championships 25 out of the last 29 seasons. Last season Mary Atkinson Mar. 6 at Nebraska TBA Mar. 11 vs. Bridgeport* 7:30 p.m. PT - Mar. 19 Pac-10 Championships 4 p.m. PT son, Spini welcomes Mike Lorenzen to the Sun Devil staff as ASU gymnas- Apr. 2 NCAA Regionals TBA ticsfinished new ninthassociate in the head vault coach. at NCAA’s Lorenzen, to earn who All-American spent the honors.previous This season sea Apr. 15-17 NCAA Championships Dayton, Ohio with Stanford, joins Spini and assistant coach Kari Ward.

italics - home events * - webcast by FSN AZ FSN Webcasts Entering into a partnership with , Fox Ari- zona will provide an online web broadcast of three Sun Devil home gym- CONTACT INFORMATION nastic meets. FSN will join ASU as it kicks off its home campaign on Jan. 28 when the Sun Devils host Brown. Additionally, FSN will also provide live feeds of both the home meets against California on Feb. 11 and Bridgeport Arizona State Katie Ringer, Gym Contact E-mail [email protected] on Mar. 11. To watch the FSN live webcasts of the Sun Devils gymnastics Cell 732-547-2474 team visit: www.foxsportsarizona.com. Office 480-965-6592

Maggie Emmons, Asst. Sports Info Pronunciations E-mail [email protected] Paige Castillo -- Kas-TEE-yo Cell 217-369-7807 Stephanie Hangartner -- Han-GART-ner Office 480-965-6592 Beate Jones -- BEE-ah-ta Kahoku Palafox -- Kah-HO-Koo PAL-a-fox Facebook www.facebook.com/ASUGymnastics Brittany Schuett -- SHOE-ette Twitter @ASUGymnastics Website www.thesundevils.com John Spini -- SPEE-nee 2011 ARIZONA STATE GYMNASTICS PRESEASON RANKINGS Strong Schedule No. Team (first-place votes) Pts. 1. UCLA (32) 1035 The Sun Devils will face seven opponents this season ranked in the GymIn- 2. Alabama (3) 950 fo Preseason Coaches Poll top-25. Starting with this weeks Pac-10 Preview, 3. Florida (3) 948 ASU will face strong schedule of competition in 2011. In addition to the 4. Oklahoma (2) 881 ranked opponents from the Pac-10, Arizona State will face No. 5 Utah on 5. Utah (1) 853 Feb. 5 in Provo and travel to Lincoln, Neb. to take on the 10th ranked Corn- 6. Stanford (1) 818 huskers. 7. Georgia 749 8. Oregon State 702 All Star in the Gym and Classroom 9. Michigan 696 10. Nebraska 691 ASU returns All-American, senior Mary Atkinson for the 2011 season. At- 11. Arkansas 648 12. LSU 647 13. Missouri 479 forkinson the wasSun namedDevils isa first-teamalso parlaying All-American her competitive last season drive for into her serviceninth-place and 14. Penn State 456 academics.finish on vault Atkinson at the isNCAA the current Championships. president The of the star Arizona gymnast State and Student leader 15. Auburn 415 Athlete Advisory Council and is preparing to start dental school in the fall. 16. Denver 361 Through her course work at ASU and the Barretts Honors College, Atkin- 17. Illinois 333 son was able to work in cooperation with the prestigious Mayo Clinic in 18. Boise State 311 Scottsdale. 19. Arizona 274 20. So. Utah 195 21. Washington 191 Beate Healthy By Now 22. Iowa State 114 Arizona State’s top All-Arounder from the 2009 season, Beate (Bee-AH- 23. Minnesota 109 tah) Jones returns to the Sun Devil line-up after being sidelined last season 24. Kentucky 102 with a Lisfranc injury. In 2009, Jones reached career highs in all four events 25. Arizona State 100 including a 9.925 on vault and a 39.4 in the all-around.

2011 opponents in italics New Coaching Addition On Oct. 1, head coach John Spini announced the hire of associate head ASU RECORDS coach Mike Lorenzen to the Sun Devil staff.

All-Time Team High Scores 1. vs. E. Michigan ‘04 198.450 coach at . During his time at Stanford, the team had a 2. vs. Kentucky ‘03 198.275 successfulLorenzen arrived post-season at Arizona run, State including after fourspending NCAA five Championship years as an assistant appear- 3. vs. UCLA ‘03 198.150 ances. 4. vs. Minnesota ‘04 198.125 5. vs. Arizona ‘02 197.850 Prior to Stanford, Lorenzen was the head gymnastics coach at the Univer-

All-Time Event Records Vault vs. Kentucky ‘03 & Arizona ‘04 49.650 Americanssity of Iowa. and Under was a Lorenzen, two-time therecipient Hawkeyes of the qualified Big Ten forCoach the of program’s the Year. Bars vs. E. Michigan ‘04 49.600 (‘01first &NCAA ‘04). Championship appearance, had five gymnasts named NCAA All- Beam vs. UCLA ‘03 49.875 Floor vs. Arizona ‘04 49.825 All-A Ashley Kelly ‘03 & ‘04 39.875

ASU All-Time Perfect-10’s Vault (10) - most recent, April Boone ‘06 Bars (4) - most recent, Ashley Kelly ‘03 Beam (13) - most recent, April Boone ‘07 Floor (13) - most recent, Maggie Germaine x4, Ashley Kelly, and Kari Muth ‘04 2011 ARIZONA STATE GYMNASTICS 2011 ARIZONA STATE GYMNASTICS

Name HT Year/EXP Hometown (High School) Mary Atkinson 5-2 SR/2V Chesapeake, Va. (Bishop Sullivan Catholic) Paige Castillo 5-5 FR Ewa Beach, Hawaii (Sacred Hearts Academy) Amanda Davies 5-7 JR/TR Plantation, Fla. (American Heritage School) Skye Gentile 5-4 SR/2V Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Tesoro HS) Stephanie Hangartner 5-1 JR/1V Chandler, Ariz. (Desert Hills HS) Nickie Johnson 5-6 SO/HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Perry Meridian HS) Beaté Jones 4-10.5 SR/2V Neptune, N.J. (Red Bank Catholic) Carly McMahon 5-2 SR/TR Mesa, Ariz. Francesca Mercurio 5-4 SR/2V San Mateo, Calif. (Hillsdale HS) Kahoku Palafox 5-1 JR/1V Kailua, Hawaii (Maryknoll HS) Callie Price 5-3 JR/1V Mesa, Ariz. (Westwood HS) Kelly Reilly 5-5.5 JR/1V Phoenix, Ariz. (Thunderbird HS) Amelia Rew 5-2 SO/HS Mitchell, S.D. (Mitchell High School) Nicole Robinson 5-5.5 FR Altadena, Calif. (Maranatha) Christina Salavec 5-5 SO/HS North Massapequa, N.Y. (Farmingdale HS) Brittany Schuett 4-11 SR/2V Cambridge, Ont. (Jacob Hespeler Secondary) Samantha Seaman 5-1 FR Branson, Mo. (Branson High School) Madison Snowden 5-4 JR/TR Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic HS)

Emily Warfield 5-4 FR Lafayette, Colo. (Peak to Peak Charter School)