2019 PRELIMINARY AWARD BALLOT ERIN ALICIA SAMANTHA SIENNA BRENNA ALDERMAN BOREN CERIO CROUSE DOWELL SARAH SABRINA ARIANA OLIVIA NICOLE FINNEGAN GARCIA GUERRA KARAS LEHRMANN NATASHA MAKENNA DANIELLENAME MIKI KATELYN MARSH MERRELL-GILES MULLIGANNAME NORTHERN OHASHI MARY JANE GIANNA SHANI MEAGHAN MCKENNA OTTO PLAKSA REMME SIEVERS SINGLEY SYDNEY CHARLI JAMIE BRITNEY TONI-ANN SNEAD SPIVEY STONE WARD WILLIAMS Please review the enclosed list of biographies & vote for your top 6 selections with the link provided. Vote NO LATER THAN March 6, 2019 Please only one ballot sheet per school. VOTE HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QGWQSJD 2019 AAI AWARD NOMINEE ERIN ALDERMAN Texas Woman’s University Coach: Lisa Bowerman CAREER HIGHLIGHTS – • 2017 USA Gymnastics Second Team • Two-time USA Gymnastics Collegiate All-America (Beam) CAREER BESTS: National Champion (2017-2018) • 2017 NCAA Regional Alternate • Two-time USA Gymnastics First Team (Floor) Vault: 9.775 All-America (Floor-2016, Beam-2018) • 2018 Dr. Bettye Myers Service Uneven Bars: 9.450 • Two-time USA Gymnastics Scholar- Award recipient Balance Beam: 9.875 Athlete (2017-2018) • Two-Time MIC Second Team Floor Exercise: 9.875 • Three-time MIC Scholar-Athlete All-Conference (Floor), (2016-2018) (2016-2017) All-Around: 37.100 • 2018 Texas Woman’s Chancellor’s • 2017 Two-time MIC Specialist Award recipient. of the Week • Two-time CoSIDA Academic • 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-District Team (2017-2018) All-American • 2018 CoSIDA Academic • Three-time Lone Star Conference All-America First Team Honor Roll (2016-2018) • 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team • 2018 Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Named co-captain prior to the start of the 2018-2019 undergraduate career, Alderman was a member of the season, Alderman has already produced a storied career TWU Honors Scholars program, graduating with “the at Texas Woman’s University. Since her arrival in 2015, highest distinction an undergraduate can achieve at Texas the Fair Oaks, California native has left an indelible Woman’s.” Graduating Suma Cum Laude with a bachelor’s mark on the gymnastics program, claiming multiple degree in Communication Science, with a perfect 4.0 GPA, USA Gymnastics All-American honors while also helping in the spring of 2018, Alderman was recognized as a Lone lead the Pioneers to back-to-back USAG Collegiate Star Conference Scholar-Athlete. Currently, Alderman is in National Championships in 2017 and 2018. Exemplifying her first year of graduate school, pursuing her masters in excellence both in and out of the gym, Alderman is a Speech and Language Pathology. multiple time USAG, Midwest Independent and Lone Star Conference Scholar Athlete and has claimed a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. In 2018, she was named the Texas Woman’s Chancellor’s Award recipient, the highest honor bestowed upon a student- athlete at Texas Woman’s. The award recognizes the student-athlete that demonstrates excellence in her sport and academics while representing the athletics department in a manner that embodies the spirit of the university. During the 2017-2018 academic school year, Alderman accumulated 52 hours of community service, earning the Dr. Bettye Myers Service Award. During her 2019 AAI AWARD NOMINEE ALICIA BOREN University of Florida Coach: Jenny Rowland FLORIDA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS – • All-SEC for third consecutive year • 14-time All-American (6 NCAA / 8 • Gator Gymnastics’ Most Valuable CAREER BESTS: NACGC Regular Season) Gymnast of Year • 2018 SEC floor exercise champion Vault: 9.95 • 2016, 2017 & 2018 All-SEC AS A SOPHOMORE (2017) – Uneven Bars: 9.95 • Earned All-America second-team Balance Beam: 9.95 AS A SENIOR (2019) – honors for all-around (39.50) and • Moved onto Florida’s 40 career wins vault (9.90) in NCAA Championships’ Floor Exercise: 9.95 event chart after 2019 opener. Now semifinal competition All-Around: 39.725 owns seven event titles as a senior (2 • All-America first-team for all-around, vault, beam, floor; 1 all-around) and vault and floor exercise in the 42 for career. NACGC regular-season awards MAJOR – Women’s Studies (GPA: 2.42) • Each of five 2019 floor performances • All-SEC for second consecutive year scored a 9.9 or better to extend • Shared NCAA Gainesville Regional COMMUNITY SERVICE: current career streak to 12 floor exercise title (9.925) Active Goodwill Gator participant • Competed as an all-arounder in every • Shared NCAA Super Six floor win meet but first of freshman season – a (9.95) On a yearly basis: streak of 46 consecutive meets. Won • Two-time (Jan. 24 & Feb. 10) SEC 12 career all-around titles. • Winn Dixie Hope Lodge: provide a Gymnast of the Week. meal to families living in Gainesville’s • SEC Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 12) • Second among Gators with 13 event Winn Dixie Hope Lodge, a residence titles (five floor, four all-around, two for family members of patients at AS A JUNIOR (2018) - beam & vault) Shands Hospital at the University of • Earned three All-America honors • Competed as an all-arounder in Florida in NCAA Championships’ semifinal every meet • Gainesville American Cancer competition – vault (first team), floor Society’s Annual Making Strides exercise and all-around (second) AS A FRESHMAN (2016) – Against Breast Cancer Walk: joined • All-America second-team for all- • Earned All-America first-team UF team as event volunteers, around, balance beam and floor honors with a 9.8875 in NCAA handing out drinks and pink ribbons exercise in the National Association Championships’ Semifinal I balance as the walkers finished the course. of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches beam competition • Harvest Food Drive clinic: an event (NACGC) regular-season awards • All-America second-team for all- that collects canned food for the • Shared Southeastern Conference and around and vault in the NACGC Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc. NCAA Regional floor exercise (9.90) regular-season awards • Participated in Gator Tracks, an titles • All-SEC selection after 9.90 in league annual event organized by Gator • Fourth in NCAA Super Six all-around championships’ vault and beam student-athletes. Gator student- (39.5375) competition athletes purchase shoes for • First or second in every all-around • Four-time recipient of SEC Freshman Gainesville area children who need but two. Six wins, including five of the Week award (after UCLA, them. The shoes are wrapped and consecutive Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri delivered to the children’s school. • Second among the Gators with 15 meets) 2018 Gator Tracks delivered more event wins (six all-around, floor, two than 425 pairs of shoes & socks just beam, one vault) prior to the holiday break. 2019 AAI AWARD NOMINEE SAMANTHA CERIO Auburn University Coach: Jeff Graba CAREER HIGHLIGHTS – • 2018 All-SEC CAREER BESTS: • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2017 All-SEC Uneven Bars: 9.925 • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll Balance Beam: 9.875 • 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team Floor Exercise: 9.900 • 2016 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll Samantha has been a leader in the gym and in the was the coordinator for the student-athlete food drive classroom for the Tigers since stepping foot on campus. that supported the Campus Food Pantry for students in In the gym, she has earned All-SEC accolades every need. Samantha has also volunteered with Habitat for season so far through dedication and hard work. She Humanity and the Birmingham Zoo, while also being a has been a mainstay on the squad’s bars lineup, earning part of the team’s Salvation Army Angel Tree and Hearts conference honors in the event every year. Samantha has for Sweethearts sponsorships. also represented the Tigers at the NCAA Championship Samantha will graduate this spring with her degree in the past two seasons on bars, winning two-straight NCAA Aerospace Engineering. Because of a successful internship Regional bars titles. this past summer, Samantha already has a job lined up Academically, Samantha has consistently been with Boeing following graduation. recognized by both the university and the conference for her performance in the classroom. The Huntersville, N.C., has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition each year on campus. In addition, she has made the Dean’s List and is a member of National College Athlete Honor Society – Chi Alpha Sigma. On top of her demanding gymnastics and academic workloads, Samantha has been very active outside of those two areas. She has served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee all four years on the Plains. Her first two seasons were spent as the team representative before moving to vice president as a junior. This year, Samantha is serving as the SAAC president and has spearheaded a handful of activities for the student- athletes, including their involvement in the NCAA’s Inclusion campaign in October. In addition, Samantha has been very active in the Auburn community. She’s been involved in the Jason Dufner Foundation’s backpack stuffing, filling backpacks with food for children in Lee County. She has also visited schools in the area, teaching kids about gymnastics. She 2019 AAI AWARD NOMINEE SIENNA CROUSE University of Nebraska-Lincoln Coach: Heather Brink CAREER HIGHLIGHTS – • First- Team All-American (2017: VT; 2018 FX) CAREER BESTS: • Second-Team All-American (2018: VT) • 2018 NACG/W Regular Season All-American Vault: 9.975 • 2018 First-Team All-Big Ten Uneven Bars: 9.925 • 2018 First-Team Big Ten All-Championships Balance Beam: 9.90 • Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018) Floor Exercise: 9.925 • Big Ten All-Championships Team (2016: UB; 2017: VT) All-Around: 39.550 • 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American Sienna is a real leader in and outside of the gym for the Huskers. She leads by example and always expects really big things from herself as a gymnast. She is confident in her routines and has always been one of the hardest workers since her freshman year.