2022 SEC GYMNASTICS RECORD BOOK Southeastern Conference Communications Contents 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203 The Southeastern Conference ............................................................ 2-4 (205) 458-3000 SEC Milestones ................................................................................... 5 Commissioner Greg Sankey .............................................................. 6-7 SEC Staff ............................................................................................ 8 SEC Corporate Sponsors ...................................................................... 9 SEC Media Services ........................................................................... 10 All-Time SEC Champions ................................................................... 11 All-Time National Champions ............................................................. 12 SEC Championships Yearly Winners .................................................... 13 HERB VINCENT CHUCK DUNLAP CRAIG PINKERTON Associate Commissioner Director Director SEC Championship Team Standings ............................................... 14-16 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SEC Team Apparatus Champions ........................................................ 17 Football Men’s Basketball SEC Individual Champions ............................................................ 18-19 Equestrian Soccer Golf SEC Championship Records ............................................................... 20 SEC Championship Top Scores ...................................................... 21-22 SEC Honors ...................................................................................... 23 SEC Gymnasts of the Week ........................................................... 24-25 SEC Specialists of the Week ................................................................ 26 SEC Freshmen of the Week ................................................................. 27 All-SEC Teams .............................................................................. 28-31 SEC All-Freshmen Teams .................................................................... 32 TAMMY WILSON BEN BEATY JILL SKOTARCZAK Director Assistant Director Assistant Director SEC Community Service Teams ........................................................... 33 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] NCAA Championship Team Standings ............................................ 34-35 Women’s Basketball Baseball Gymnastics NCAA Individual Champions .............................................................. 36 Tennis Football Softball Track/Cross Country Swimming & Diving All-Americans ............................................................................... 37-40 Volleyball SEC Academic Honor Roll ............................................................. 41-47 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ............................................... 48-49 SYDNEY DAVIS Edward Aschoff SEC Digital Communications Intern [email protected] Credits: The 2022 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 2022 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 A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER SEC member schools, as has long been the hallmark of the conference, made The events of 2020 posed a series of complex, unprecedented challenges decisions for the good of the league rather than for the benefit of individual for the entire sports world. However, the Southeastern Conference and its 14 institutions. members were some of the unquestioned leaders in all of sports for successfully navigating issues unique to competing in a healthy environment. The league’s As an example, the SEC played an incredible 69 of its 71 scheduled football patient resolve, keen ability to listen to all constituencies while blocking out games in 2020. That was only possible because the SEC moved a remarkable waves of societal and media noise and the unwavering determination to do 15 football games during the course of the season, something that could not what is best for the SEC and its student-athletes were put to the test throughout have happened if school leaders had not been willing to make adjustments and the year. And as is often the case with all things SEC, that test was front and changes in their schedules that did not necessarily benefit them individually. center on the national stage. They all bought in to the league’s direction that it was for the good of the Conference to play as many games as possible. The SEC’s leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic served its student- athletes well. Thousands of student-athletes were able to participate in their Medical Task Force guided SEC preparation for return to athletics activity lifelong passions in a healthy way. Memories were created that otherwise would A centerpiece of the SEC’s plan to create a healthy return to sports was the have never come to pass. The SEC made no hasty decisions that could have establishment of the SEC’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task torpedoed the fall sports season early. Under the constant spotlight on the Force. Comprised of medical professionals representing the 14 universities of SEC, the conference fostered a culture of extreme collaboration among the the Southeastern Conference, the Task Force continues to guide the SEC for leaders of the league in order to allow the SEC’s 14 schools to move together in membership decisions related to the return of athletics activities, including team lockstep through adversity, difficult decisions and unrelenting social pressures. gatherings, practices, conditioning and competition. The SEC established a new start date to the 2020 season and re-engineered its The SEC’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force began meeting football schedule to become the example of how to successfully operate – and by video conference in April 2020 and updates from these meetings continue still celebrate athletic achievement – during a global crisis. to be provided to SEC Presidents and Chancellors and Athletics Directors at regular intervals. Any policy changes related to return to athletics activity are While football garnered the most attention, the SEC also conducted fall approved by the Conference membership. championships in soccer and cross country. The conference also safely participated in volleyball, and men’s and women’s golf, providing the highest The task force was responsible for identifying recommended protocols and level of amateur competition to student-athletes who otherwise would have best practices for guiding the safe return to in-person on-campus meetings, been sidelined in the fall, then continued through the winter and spring with a individual workouts, out-of-season activities and skill instruction, and practice full slate of sports and championship events. activities for student-athletes and coaches; identifying the desired amount of practice and training time required to safely acclimate student-athletes into While the pandemic had a devastating effect on the finances of college athletics competition; and identifying opportunities for a return to competition, including programs across the country, the SEC kept focus on the long-term financial considerations for student-athletes, administrators, support staff, officials and vitality of the league. In 2020, the SEC finalized a milestone 10-year agreement fans. with the Walt Disney Company that grants ABC and ESPN exclusive broadcast rights to premier SEC football and basketball events beginning in 2024-25 and A Conference That Leads and Doesn’t Follow continuing through 2033-34. Did the SEC follow in 2020? Most certainly. Many times. The Conference followed the science. The Conference followed health experts. Most The expansive landmark deal, which creates significantly more scheduling importantly, the Conference followed its own constitution to give sound, fact- flexibility for fans and schools, will establish ABC as the new broadcast network based guidance despite enormous pressure to make hasty decisions in reaction home for Saturday afternoon SEC football games, as well as selected Saturday to the COVID-19 pandemic. When speculation was that all of college football primetime football games and the annual SEC Football Championship Game would shut down, the SEC persevered and forged forward with steady beginning in 2024. In addition, approximately eight incremental marquee conversations with colleagues and outside authorities. men’s basketball games will be featured across ABC or ESPN. Shortly after the SEC Soccer Championship in November, Commissioner Greg Perhaps the most significant agreement in 2020 the conference continued Sankey summed up the efforts of SEC leaders proudly. ‘There’s actually very to make good on was the commitment to providing equal opportunities to few conferences...that have played a postseason tournament in a sport in this historically underrepresented individuals. The league office understands the COVID era, and we did that in women’s soccer. All 14 teams over 10 days, tremendous cultural influence the SEC has in its region