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2020 SEC GYMNASTICS RECORD BOOK Southeastern Conference Communications Contents 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203 The Southeastern Conference ............................................................ 2-3 (205) 458-3000 SEC Media Services ............................................................................. 4 Commissioner Greg Sankey ................................................................. 5 SEC Staff ............................................................................................ 6 SEC Corporate Sponsors ...................................................................... 7 SEC Championships Yearly Winners ...................................................... 8 SEC Championship Team Standings ................................................. 9-10 SEC Team Apparatus Champions ........................................................ 11 HERB VINCENT CHUCK DUNLAP CRAIG PINKERTON SEC Individual Champions ............................................................ 12-13 Associate Commissioner Director Director SEC Championship Records ............................................................... 14 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SEC Championship Top Score ....................................................... 15-16 Football Men’s Basketball Equestrian Soccer SEC Honors ...................................................................................... 17 Golf SEC Gymnasts of the Week ................................................................ 18 SEC Specialists of the Week ................................................................ 19 SEC Freshmen of the Week ................................................................. 20 All-SEC Teams .............................................................................. 21-23 SEC All-Freshmen Teams .................................................................... 24 SEC Community Service Teams ........................................................... 25 NCAA Championship Team Standings ............................................ 26-27 TAMMY WILSON BEN BEATY ANN DRINKARD NCAA Individual Champions .............................................................. 28 Assistant Director Director Assistant Director All-Americans ............................................................................... 29-32 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Women’s Basketball Baseball Digital Media SEC Academic Honor Roll ............................................................. 33-38 Tennis Football Equestrian SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ............................................... 39-40 Track/Cross Country JILL SKOTARCZAK Assistant Director [email protected] Gymnastics Softball Swimming & Diving Volleyball Credits: The 2020 Southeastern Conference Gymnastics Record Book is published by the Southeastern Conference Office, Greg Sankey, Commissioner. Permission to reprint materials in this publication, whether in whole or in part, must be obtained in writing from the editor. All information reproduced from this publication should credit the 2020 SEC Gymnastics Record Book. Editor: Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications. Cover Design: B.C. Romano, Director of Video and Creative Services THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE IT JUST MEANS MORE University equestrian athlete Megan Rauh and University of Florida track & field athlete Scholars. Champions. Leaders. These are the pillars of the Southeastern Conference, and Sam Ahrenholz were named winners of the prestigious award. together they represent the vision for an 86-year-old intercollegiate athletic conference that continues to experience unparalleled success. Ranging from record-breaking SEC in the NCAA’s 2019 Today’s Top 10 accomplishments by student-athletes and administrators to significant growth in media, Three SEC student-athletes were among the 10 student-athletes from across the country sponsorship, and branding, the SEC continues to prove on every front why it is SECond named as recipients of the NCAA’s 2019 Today’s Top 10 Award. Alabama swimmer to None. Lucas Kaliszak, Florida gymnast Alex McMurtry and Georgia track and field athlete Keturah Orji earned the award that recognizes former student-athletes for their successes The Conference continues to deliver record financial distributions to its member in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Recipients completed their universities, which makes it possible for the Conference to support scholars through and athletics eligibility during the 2017- 18 academic year and were recognized at the NCAA beyond graduation, win championships in every sponsored varsity sport, and ultimately Honors Celebration in January 2019 in Orlando, Florida. prepare young people to change the world. NCAA Woman of the Year – Georgia’s Keturah Orji The SEC’s leadership believes strongly that intercollegiate athletic conferences have an Georgia track and field legend Keturah Orji was named the 2018 NCAA Woman of obligation to aid in Student-Athlete Development and Achievement, both academically the Year at an awards dinner in Indianapolis, Ind., in October 2018. Orji becomes and athletically. As such, the SEC was the first conference to establish a Student-Athlete the first winner from Georgia’s track and field program and the fourth winner overall Career Tour designed to prepare students for professions after graduation, and this year from the University of Georgia. All finalists - including three from each NCAA division the Conference again welcomed 28 students to Atlanta for a multi-day series of meetings - demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership and development. And the SEC has integrated its student-athlete leadership councils into throughout their collegiate careers. Finalists were selected from a group of 30 Woman of its annual meetings to provide its young people a greater voice in their own collegiate the Year honorees which included 10 honorees from each NCAA division and represented experience. a variety of sports. Schools nominated a record 581 college athletes for the award. The SEC continues to strengthen its relationships in Media and Sponsorship. The SEC Among Honda Award Winners SECESPN Network is now available on every major cable provider and every nationwide, Three of the 12 Honda Sport Award recipients named in June 2018 were SEC student- multi-channel subscription streaming service in the marketplace. The SEC Network also athletes. South Carolina basketball player A’ja Wilson, Ole Miss tennis player Arianne reaches 140 countries outside the U.S. Hartono and Florida volleyball player Rhamat Alhassan were honored at the 42nd annual Collegiate Women Sports Awards in late June 2018 in Los Angeles. The Collegiate The SEC is a place where Innovation and Leadership are expected and pursued. However, Women’s Sports Awards honor the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for superior the pursuit extends beyond championship rings and trophies to include officiating, athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and participation in community service. administration, and other initiatives. For example, on the heels of its football and men’s Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3 million basketball collaborative replay success, this year the SEC became the first collegiate in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support conference to introduce centralized video review in baseball. women’s athletics programs. The SEC has also amplified its position relative to Branding and Celebration efforts. As SEC in the NFL Draft SECU was renamed “SEC Academic Relations,” it heightened its focus on programs and The SEC led the nation’s conferences in NFL Draft picks for the 13th consecutive year in activities designed to highlight the teaching, research and service accomplished on SEC 2019 with 64 selections, an NFL Draft record for any conference. For the eighth time in campuses. The Conference also executed Year Four of the “It Just Means More” branding the last nine years, the SEC led the nation in First Round NFL Draft selections with nine. campaign, continuing its presence on radio, TV and online while saturating national During the last 13 NFL Drafts, the SEC has a nation-leading 120 players taken in the championship cities with digital outdoor exposure. opening round, an average of over nine per season. The SEC now has an impressive 96 First Round NFL Draft selections so far this decade. The SEC’s Athletic Achievements have historically been—and continue to be— unprecedented. The SEC continues to win national championships in multiple sports, including six national championship matchups since March 2017 that exclusively MEDIA + SPONSORSHIP IN 2018-19 featured SEC teams (Women’s Final Four, College World Series, College Football Playoff SEC Tabs Evolution Media/CAA TV Group as Media Advisors Championship and three times in Equestrian). The SEC appointed leading sports media advisory firm Evolution Media/Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as its exclusive media advisors in 2018. Under its long-term agreement, Evolution and CAA’s television division will work collaboratively to advise the SEC on STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN 2018-19 the evolving media marketplace and assist the conference in its future media rights Student-Athlete Career Tour negotiations. A total of 28 current and former Southeastern Conference student-athletes participated