8 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES GYMNASTICS2013 24 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES LSU 116 ALL-AMERICA HONORS NCAA Championships (Semifinal I) 14 April 19 2 p.m. CT Semifinal I • April 20 6 p.m. Super Six • April 21 3 p.m. Event Finals • Los Angeles, Calif. • Pauley Pavilion (12,829) Live Audio: www.LSUsports.net/live • Live Video: www.ESPN3.com #5 LSU (20-6 Overall, 5-2 SEC) NEXT UP DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE OPP. SCORE JANUARY (5-2) LSU Ready to Compete Against Nation’s Best at NCAA Championships 4 #22 NC State 196.075 194.975 No. 5 LSU sets its sights on the third Super Six appearance in school history when the Tigers compete in Semifinal I at the 11 * #3 Florida 196.875 196.575 NCAA Championships in Pauley Pavilion. The Tigers will face Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Stanford and Illinois at 2 p.m. 18 * at #6 Alabama 195.525 196.575 CT on April 19, and the top three finishers will advance to the Super Six on April 20. LSU reached the Super Six in 2008 26 at Metroplex Challenge 197.100 (2nd) and 2009, and the Tigers enter the championships riding the momentum of the 12th regional title in school history after #2 Oklahoma 197.275 #16 Oregon State 196.825 a first-place finish at the Columbus Regional with a 197.275. LSU is 1-1 this season against Florida, winning at home in #9 Georgia 196.775 the regular season and falling at the SEC Championship. The Tigers are 3-0 against Georgia, winning twice in the regular Washington 194.875 season and again at SEC’s. This is the first competition of the year against the other three. FEBRUARY (3-1) STORYLINES 1 * at #16 Kentucky 195.875 195.250 8 * at Missouri 197.275 194.575 • LSU is seeking its third NCAA • LSU is facing Georgia for the fourth • LSU is starting on beam for the first 15 * #20 Arkansas 196.825 195.625 Super Six Finals appearance. LSU time this season, and the Tigers are time this season. The Tigers have 22 * at #14 Auburn 196.975 197.175 qualified in 2008 and 2009. 3-0 against the Gym Dogs this year. opened twice on bars (Metroplex & MARCH (7-3) LSU is 1-1 vs. Florida. Regionals) and once on floor (SEC 1 * #7 Georgia 197.050 196.825 • LSU has posted six scores of 197- Championship). 8 #5 Alabama 197.500 197.725 plus this season, and with two 197 • Sophomore Rheagan Courville leads 15 at North Carolina State 196.925 196.050 • LSU’s all-time highest score at the 23 SEC Championship 197.700 (3rd) scores at the championships the the nation with nine all-around (North Little Rock, Ark.) Tigers would tie the 2004 squad titles, and she is the SEC and NCAA Championships is a 196.650 #1 Florida 198.000 with eight, most in school history. Central Region Gymnast of the Year. in the 2004 Prelims in Los Angeles. #3 Alabama 197.800 #5 Georgia 197.325 #12 Auburn 196.550 BREAKDOWN #16 Arkansas 196.400 Missouri 195.525 LSU Florida #19 Kentucky 194.600 Record 20-6 overall Record 20-2 overall APRIL (5-0) Ranking No. 5 GymInfo Rankings Ranking No. 1 GymInfo Rankings 6 NCAA Columbus Regional 197.275 (1st) Last Meet 1st, 197.275 at Columbus Regional Last Meet 1st, 198.400 at Gainesville Regional (Columbus, Ohio) Season High 197.700 Season High 198.425 #6 UCLA 196.950 vs. The Field 30-62 vs Florida, 18-68-2 vs UGA, Head Coach Rhonda Faehn #18 Arizona 196.100 13-0 vs MINN, 2-6 vs STAN, 8-1 vs ILL Career Record 192-41-2/11th year #20 Ohio State 196.050 Head Coach D-D Breaux Florida Record Same North Carolina State 195.275 Career Record 619-390-8/36th year #24 Central Michigan 194.925 LSU Record Same 19 NCAA Championships Semifinal I 2 p.m. CT (Los Angeles, Calif.) #1 Florida Georgia Minnesota #4 Georgia Record 17-9-1 overall Record 25-6 overall #8 Minnesota Ranking No. 4 GymInfo Rankings Ranking No. 8 GymInfo Rankings #9 Stanford Last Meet 1st, 197.425 at Corvallis Regional Last Meet 2nd, 197.100 at Gainesville Regional #12 Illinois Season High 197.800 Season High 197.225 Head Coach Danna Durante Head Coach Meg Stephenson Career Record 20-23-1/2nd year Career Record 206-178-2/15th year WHO TO CONTACT Georgia Record 17-9-1/1st year Minnesota Record Same Associate SID and Gymnastics Contact Jake Terry Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUJake Stanford Illinois Office: 225-578-7678 Record 19-8 overall Record 17-11 overall Fax: 225-578-1861 Ranking No. 9 GymInfo Rankings Ranking No. 16 GymInfo Rankings LSU Sports Information Mailing Address Last Meet 2nd, 196.800 at Norman Regional Last Meet 2nd, 196.025 at Morgantown Regional LSU Athletics Administration Building Season High 197.275 Season High 196.475 Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Head Coach Kristen Smyth Head Coach Kim Landrus CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS Career Record 193-56-1/12th year Career Record 29-20-2/2nd year LSUsports.net/gymnastics • Facebook.com/LSUgym Stanford Record Same Illinois Record Same Twitter.com/LSUgym • YouTube.com/LSUgymnastics D-D Breaux HEAD COACH • 36TH SEASON With each passing season, LSU gymnastics continues gym and, most importantly, in the classroom for more to shine as one of the nation’s best programs, and head than 30 years. Her dedication to the student-athlete on an coach D-D Breaux has been the catalyst behind LSU’s individual basis has transcended into academic success, sustained success. community involvement, Coach of the Year honors, SEC Led by Breaux, LSU has seen increasing Championships, NCAA Regional Championships and top-10 accomplishments that includes nine NCAA Championships national rankings throughout her tenure. appearances in the last 10 seasons, two Super Sixes in the Now entering her 36th season as the mastermind last five seasons and seven individual national titles since of the LSU gymnastics program, the fire in Breaux’s eyes 2002. burns as brightly today as it did on her first day on the Under Breaux’s leadership and coaching, LSU job. gymnasts have begun to reach new heights in individual During her tenure Breaux has established and and team success. maintained LSU’s reputation as one of the premier In 2012, a school-record four LSU gymnasts captured collegiate gymnastics programs in the country. Under her All-SEC honors, highlighted by three freshmen - Rheagan tutelage, the Tigers have finished among the nation’s top- Courville, Lloimincia Hall and Jessie Jordan. 10 teams 23 times in 35 seasons, placing a program-best In 2010, Susan Jackson became the first LSU gymnast fourth in 1988, fifth in 2008 and sixth on four separate to capture NCAA All-Around national title as she became occasions. LSU’s first three-time NCAA champion. LSU has also placed among the top three in regional In 2008 LSU joined elite company by advancing to competition on 27 separate occasions, winning regional the NCAA Super Six Finals as Breaux and the Tigers broke titles nine times in three different decades, including back- through into the six-team field to compete for college to-back first-place regional finishes in 2008 and 2009. gymnastics’ national championship in 2008. The Tigers Her teams have included eight individual national titles, THE D-D BREAUX FILE finished fifth, beating out rival Alabama, for the best 111 All-America honors and 46 All-SEC selections. Hometown: Donaldsonville, La. finish in program history since the current NCAA format Additionally, Breaux’s Tigers won the inaugural SEC College: LSU, ‘76 was implemented in 1993. Championship title in 1981 and have gone on to finish In 2009, LSU made a repeat trip to the Super Six to second four times and third five other times. As a Gymnast compete for the national title and one day later Breaux For her dedication to the sport and her teams’ Competed at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1972 coached senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney to two individual numerous accomplishments, Breaux has been recognized and 1973. She led Southeastern to a second-place finish at national titles on vault and floor. by her peers time and time again. In the summer of 2009, the 1972 AIAW Gymnastics Championships. As the “Dean of Coaches” at LSU, Breaux has Breaux received one of the highest honors as she was represented the University at the highest level both in the voted into the USA Gymnastics Region 8 Hall of Fame. Coaching Experience 1974-76 Assistant Coach Southeastern La. D-D BREAUX YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS 1978- Head Coach LSU YEAR REGULAR SEASON POST SEASON NATIONAL FINISH REGIONAL FINISH SEC FINISH 1978 9-1 - 9TH* 1ST* - 1979 8-1-1 - 11TH* 1ST* - Began her coaching career at Southeastern as a student 1980 10-3 - 6TH* 1ST* - assistant. Transferred to LSU in 1976 and took over 1981 18-5 - 11TH* 2ND* 1ST 1982 12-5 1-2 - 3RD 3RD as head coach in 1978 while also working toward her 1983 11-6 6-7-1 6TH 3RD 3RD master’s degree. 1984 8-10 - - - 4TH 1985 12-13 4-1 - 2ND 4TH 1986 7-9 6-8 9TH 1ST 4TH 1987 13-4 10-7 7TH 2ND 4TH D-D BREAUX NOTABLES 1988 15-5-1 13-4 4TH 2ND 4TH 1989 17-6 5-1 - 2ND 4TH 2 NCAA Super Six Finals (2008, 2009) 1990 16-3 11-6 6TH 2ND 2ND Consecutive NCAA Regional Appearances 1991 9-8 9-8 7TH 3RD 3RD 29 1992 8-14 0-6 - 7TH 5TH 24 NCAA Championships Appearances 1993 8-9 9-7-1 7TH(T) 2ND 4TH NCAA Individual National Titles 1994 13-4-1 6-5 8TH 2ND 3RD 8 1995 14-4 6-5 9TH 3RD 2ND 1 Gymnastics Honda Award Recipient 1996 9-11 4-2 - 3RD 5TH All-America Honors 1997 12-6-1 4-7 12TH 3RD 3RD 116 1998 15-7 5-6 9TH 3RD 3RD 10 Regional Titles 1999 11-6 6-4 9TH 2ND 4TH SEC Champions 2000 15-4-1 6-4 9TH 2ND 2ND 15 2001 11-5 3-2 18TH 3RD 4TH 51 All-SEC Honors 2002 10-10 6-4 8TH 1ST 4TH SEC Coach of the Year Honors 2003 10-10 5-5 10TH 2ND 4TH 6 2004 15-6 7-3 7TH 1ST 3RD 5 NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year 2005 19-4 7-3 9TH 1ST 2ND Honors 2006 14-11 5-5