10 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 4 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES GYMNASTICS2016 26 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES LSU 173 ALL-AMERICA HONORS at NCAA Athens Regional 12 April 2, 2016 • 3 p.m. CT • Athens, Ga. • Stegeman Coliseum (10,224) Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com • TV: SEC Network+ (Live/Online only) #3 LSU (18-4, 6-1 SEC) BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT RESULT LSU SCORE OPP. SCORE JANUARY (6-1) Georgia 9 #1 Oklahoma W 196.950 196.725 Record 18-4 Record 8-12 14 vs. #23 N.C. State W 195.825 193.625 Ranking No. 3 National Seed (#3 Ranking) Ranking No. 10 National Seed (#9 Ranking) Lady Luck Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.) Last Meet March 19 at SEC Championship Last Meet March 19 at SEC Championship 22 * #20 Kentucky W 196.575 195.100 3rd of 8, 197.500 5th of 8, 196.850 30 at Metroplex Challenge 2nd 196.750 vs. The Field 25-71-2 vs. UGA, 13-8-1 vs. OSU, Head Coach Danna Durante (Fort Worth, Texas) 14-9 vs. UA, 4-0 vs. GWU, 23-3 vs. MSU Georgia Record 61-56-1/4th season #2 Oklahoma L 197.550 Head Coach D-D Breaux Career Record 65-74-1/5th season Washington W 196.175 LSU Record 693-414-8/39th season #12 Stanford W 196.075 Career Record Same * #16 Missouri W 195.825 Oregon State Arizona 17-5-1 7-10 FEBRUARY (3-1) Record Record 5 * #8 Arkansas W 197.425 196.150 Ranking No. 15 National Seed (#13 Ranking) Ranking #22 13 * at #11 Georgia L 196.800 197.525 Last Meet March 19 at Pac-12 Championships Last Meet March 19 at Pac-12 Championships 19 * #8 Auburn W 197.825 197.125 t-2nd of 8, 196.925 6th of 8, 195.525 26 * at #2 Florida W 197.900 197.875 Head Coach Tanya Chaplin Head Coach Tabitha Yim OSU Record 367-212-3/19th season Arizona Record 7-10/1st season Same Same MARCH (9-2) Career Record Career Record 4 * #3 Alabama W 197.925 196.225 12 at TWU Quad Meet 1st 197.825 George Washington Michigan State 26-6 10-10 #16 Oregon State W 196.550 Record Record NR NR New Hampshire W 193.800 Ranking Ranking March 19 at EAGL Championships March 19 at Big Ten Championships Texas Woman’s W 193.000 Last Meet Last Meet 3rd of 6, 195.350 7th of 10, 195.475 19 SEC Championship 3rd/8 197.500 Margie Foster-Cunningham Kathie Klages (North Little Rock, Ark.) Head Coach Head Coach 565-473/31st season 340-220-4/26th season #2 Florida L 197.775 GWU Record MSU Record Same Same #4 Alabama L 197.750 Career Record Career Record #6 Auburn W 196.975 NEXT UP #8 Georgia W 196.850 #13 Arkansas W 196.500 No. 3 LSU Competing for Fourth-Straight Regional Title #22 Kentucky W 196.250 No. 3 LSU is looking to claim its fourth-straight NCAA Regional team title when the Tigers compete at the Athens Regional #20 Missouri W 195.750 against No. 10 Georgia, No. 15 Oregon State, Arizona, George Washington and Michigan State. The Tigers are coming off a 197.500 and third-place performance at the SEC Championship. LSU will have the same rotation in the regional that the APRIL (0-0) Tigers had in the final regular season meet at TWU and the SEC Championship: bars, beam, floor, vault. In addition, LSU 2 NCAA Athens Regional 3 p.m. CT will compete in Athens for the second time this season as the Tigers visited on Feb. 13. LSU is led by SEC Specialist of the 15-16 NCAA Championships TBA Year Ashleigh Gnat who has six perfect 10s and ranks No. 1 nationally on vault and floor. Sarah Finnegan, Myia Hambrick, (Fort Worth, Texas) Sydney Ewing, Erin Macadaeg and Randii Wyrick are all ranked in at least one event as well. ON AIR STORYLINES • LSU is looking to win its fourth • LSU junior Ashleigh Gnat leads the • An LSU gymnast has won the Online: SEC Network+ straight NCAA Regional title (2013 nation with six perfect 10.0s this all-around at three straight NCAA in Columbus, Ohio; 2014 in Baton season. Gnat earned hers on vault Regionals. in back-to-back weeks against WHO TO CONTACT Rouge; 2015 in Ames, Iowa) and the • LSU is one of the nation’s hottest 15th overall. Kentucky and at the Metroplex Associate SID and Gymnastics Contact Challenge and on floor against teams, averaging a 197.795 over Jake Terry its last five meets. The Tigers • LSU is 1-1 vs. Georgia this season Auburn, Alabama, at TWU and at Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUJake the SEC Championship. She ranks went 197.825 vs. Auburn, 197.900 and 1-0 vs. Oregon State. LSU has Office: 225-578-7678 No. 1 on vault and floor. at Florida, 197.925 vs. Alabama, not competed against Arizona, 197.825 at Texas Woman’s and CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS George Washington or Michigan • LSU holds the nation’s highest 197.500 at the SEC Championship. LSUsports.net/gymnastics • Facebook.com/LSUgym State this season. single-meet scores on vault Twitter.com/LSUgym • YouTube.com/LSUgymnastics (49.550) and floor (49.700) and second-highest on beam (49.575). D-D Breaux HEAD COACH • 39TH SEASON With each passing season, LSU gymnastics continues title, and she also won the 2010 balance beam title to to collect more honors and titles to its storied program, become LSU’s first three-time NCAA champion. and head coach D-D Breaux has been the catalyst behind In 2008 LSU joined elite company by advancing LSU’s sustained success. to the NCAA Super Six Finals as Breaux and the Tigers Led by Breaux, LSU has seen increasing accolades broke through into the six-team field for the first time that include nine NCAA Championships appearances in in program history to compete for college gymnastics’ the last 10 seasons, four Super Sixes since 2008 and nine national championship. The Tigers placed fifth. individual national titles since 2002. In 2009, LSU made a repeat trip to the Super Six to In 2015, Breaux guided LSU to a 13-1 overall regular compete for the national title, and one day later Breaux season record, which included a perfect 7-0 record against and staff coached senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney to two SEC competition for the first time in school history. individual national titles on vault and floor. The list of achievements in 2014 includes a program- As the “Dean of Coaches” at LSU, Breaux has record third-place national finish in the NCAA Super represented the University at the highest level both in the Six Finals, another individual national title by Rheagan gym and in the classroom for more than 30 years. Courville on vault, the 13th regional title in school history, Entering her 39th season as the mastermind of the the highest score in program history on three different LSU gymnastics program, the fire in Breaux’s eyes burns as occasions, 20 total All-America honors including a nation- brightly today as it did on her first day on the job. leading five First-Team All-Americans, and a school-record During her tenure Breaux has established and 13 consecutive meets with at least a 197 score. maintained LSU’s reputation as one of the premier Because of her outstanding efforts in leading LSU collegiate gymnastics programs in the country. Under her to a record season, Breaux was not only named the tutelage, the Tigers have placed among the nation’s top- 2014 Central Region Coach of the Year, but she was also 10 teams 26 times in 38 seasons, finishing a program-best honored as 2014 National Coach of the Year. third in 2014, fourth in 1988 and fifth in 2008 and 2013. THE D-D BREAUX FILE In 2013, LSU recorded the 12th regional team title in LSU has also placed among the top three in regional Hometown: Donaldsonville, La. school history, and the Tigers reached the NCAA Super Six competition on 30 separate occasions, winning regional College: LSU, ‘76 for the third time in 2013, recording a fifth-place finish. titles 14 times in four different decades, including back- Three gymnasts won five individual SEC titles in Courville to-back first-place regional finishes in 2008 and 2009 As a Gymnast (VT, BB, AA), Lloimincia Hall (FX) and Jessica Savona (FX). and 2013-2015. Under her leadership, LSU has captured 10 Competed at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1972 In 2010 LSU reached the NCAA Championships for the individual national titles, 173 All-America honors and 70 and 1973. She led Southeastern to a second-place finish at ninth straight year while senior Susan Jackson became the All-SEC selections. the 1972 AIAW Gymnastics Championships. first LSU gymnast to capture the NCAA All-Around national D-D BREAUX YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS Coaching Experience YEAR REGULAR SEASON POST SEASON NATIONAL FINISH REGIONAL FINISH SEC FINISH 1974-76 Assistant Coach Southeastern La. 2016 13-2 5-2 3RD 1978- Head Coach LSU 2015 13-1 12-5 10TH 1ST 2ND 2014 10-3 16-6 3RD 1ST 3RD 2013 15-6 10-5 5TH 1ST 3RD Began her coaching career at Southeastern as a student 2012 7-8 7-9 9TH 2ND 4TH assistant. Transferred to LSU in 1976 and took over 2011 5-13 3-2 20TH 3RD 5TH as head coach in 1978 while also working toward her 2010 11-7-1 4-6 9TH 2ND 4TH 2009 16-5 8-7 6TH 1ST 4TH master’s degree.