ARIZONAgym STATE devils Jan. 21, 2011 • Tuscon, Ariz. Territorial Cup • McKale Center

2011 State Sun Devils QUICK FACTS The Arizona State women’s gymnastics team travels to Tuscon, Ariz. to face

Location Tempe, Ariz. compete in the State Farm Territorial Cup on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. MT at Ari- Enrollment 68,064 Colors Maroon & Gold zona’sthe Arizona McKale Wildcats Center for their first dual meet this season. The teams will Conference Pac-10 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 State Farm territorial Cup 2010 Pac-10 Finish 2-4 2010 Final Ranking 32nd season. The return from a weekend in Utah where the teamThe Sun took Devils second will place be withcompeting a score in of their 192.750 first behind conference BYU with challenge a 193.075 this SCHEDULE/RESULTS and ahead of Utah State with a 192.000. Head Coach John Spini Jan. 9 Pac-10 Preview 6th--191.850 Arizona State head coach John Spini begins his 31st season at the helm Jan. 21 at Arizona 7 p.m. MT Jan. 28 vs. Brown 7:30 p.m. MT of the Sun Devils gymnastics program. Currently Arizona State’s longest Feb. 4 at Utah 7 p.m. MT tenured coach, Spini has had at least one Sun Devil qualify for the NCAA Feb. 6 vs. Oregon State Noon MT Championships 25 out of the last 29 seasons. Last season Mary Atkinson Feb. 11 vs. California* 7:30 p.m. MT Feb. 18 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. MT - Feb. 27 at Stanford 2 p.m. PT son, Spini welcomes Mike Lorenzen to the Sun Devil staff as ASU gymnas- Mar. 6 at Nebraska 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 Mar. 11 vs. Bridgeport* 7:30 p.m. PT Mar. 19 Pac-10 Championships 4 p.m. PT with Stanford, joins Spini and assistant coach Kari Ward. Apr. 2 NCAA Regionals TBA Apr. 15-17 NCAA Championships Dayton, Ohio FSN Webcasts

italics - home events Entering into a partnership with , Fox Ari- * - webcast by FSN AZ zona will provide an online web broadcast of three Sun Devil home gym- 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 CONTACT INFORMATION feeds of both the home meets against California on Feb. 11 and Bridgeport on Mar. 11. To watch the FSN live webcasts of the Sun Devils gymnastics team visit: www.foxsportsarizona.com. Arizona State Katie Ringer, Gym Contact E-mail [email protected] Cell 732-547-2474 Pronunciations Office 480-965-6592 Paige Castillo -- Kas-TEE-yo Stephanie Hangartner -- Han-GART-ner Maggie Emmons, Asst. Sports Info Beate Jones -- BEE-ah-ta E-mail [email protected] Cell 217-369-7807 Kahoku Palafox -- Kah-HO-Koo PAL-a-fox Office 480-965-6592 Brittany Schuett -- SHOE-ette John Spini -- SPEE-nee Facebook www.facebook.com/ASUGymnastics Twitter @ASUGymnastics Website www.thesundevils.com 2011 ARIZONA STATE GYMNASTICS Strong Schedule PRESEASON RANKINGS The Sun Devils will face seven opponents this season ranked in the GymIn- fo Preseason Coaches Poll top-25. Starting with this weeks Pac-10 Preview, No. Team (first-place votes) Pts. ASU will face strong schedule of competition in 2011. In addition to the 1. UCLA (32) 1035 ranked opponents from the Pac-10, Arizona State will face No. 5 Utah on 2. Alabama (3) 950 3. Florida (3) 948 Feb. 5 in Provo and travel to Lincoln, Neb. to take on the 10th ranked Corn- 4. Oklahoma (2) 881 huskers. 5. Utah (1) 853 6. Stanford (1) 818 All Star in the Gym and Classroom 7. Georgia 749 ASU returns All-American, senior Mary Atkinson for the 2011 season. At- 8. Oregon State 702 9. Michigan 696 10. Nebraska 691 forkinson the wasSun namedDevils isa first-teamalso parlaying All-American her competitive last season drive for into her serviceninth-place and 11. Arkansas 648 finish on vault at the NCAA Championships. The star gymnast and leader 12. LSU 647 academics. Atkinson is the current president of the Arizona State Student 13. Missouri 479 Athlete Advisory Council and is preparing to start dental school in the fall. 14. Penn State 456 Through her course work at ASU and the Barretts Honors College, Atkin- 15. Auburn 415 son was able to work in cooperation with the prestigious Mayo Clinic in 16. Denver 361 Scottsdale. 17. Illinois 333 18. Boise State 311 Beate Healthy By Now 19. Arizona 274 Arizona State’s top All-Arounder from the 2009 season, Beate (Bee-AH- 20. So. Utah 195 21. Washington 191 tah) Jones returns to the Sun Devil line-up after being sidelined last season 22. Iowa State 114 with a Lisfranc injury. In 2009, Jones reached career highs in all four events 23. Minnesota 109 including a 9.925 on vault and a 39.4 in the all-around. 24. Kentucky 102 25. Arizona State 100 New Coaching Addition On Oct. 1, head coach John Spini announced the hire of associate head 2011 opponents in italics coach Mike Lorenzen to the Sun Devil staff. ASU RECORDS coach at . During his time at Stanford, the team had a All-Time Team High Scores successfulLorenzen arrived post-season at Arizona run, State including after fourspending NCAA five Championship years as an assistant appear- 1. vs. E. Michigan ‘04 198.450 ances. 2. vs. Kentucky ‘03 198.275 3. vs. UCLA ‘03 198.150 Prior to Stanford, Lorenzen was the head gymnastics coach at the Univer- 4. vs. Minnesota ‘04 198.125 5. vs. Arizona ‘02 197.850 Americanssity of Iowa. and Under was a Lorenzen, two-time therecipient Hawkeyes of the qualified Big Ten forCoach the of program’s the Year. All-Time Event Records (‘01first &NCAA ‘04). Championship appearance, had five gymnasts named NCAA All- Vault vs. Kentucky ‘03 & Arizona ‘04 49.650 Bars vs. E. Michigan ‘04 49.600 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)