For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 10, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) PAC-12 HONORS COMPLETE GYMNASTICS STUDENT-ATHLETES 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Utah 3 1 .750 5 1 .833 California 3 1 .750 8 2 .800 Stanford 3 1 .750 9 4 .692 UCLA 3 1 .750 4 2 .666 Oregon State 2 2 .500 6 3 .666 Pac-12 student-athletes are known for their success and Washington 2 2 .500 3 6 .333 competitiveness in athletics, but their community involve- Arizona 0 4 .000 2 4 .333 ment, off-the-field achievements, and academic interests Arizona State 0 4 .000 1 7 .125 are just as laudable. Pac-12 student-athletes are are able to harness their athletic ability to augment their lives- not define them. They’re impressive, they’re complicated, they’re real, NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS and they’re complete. Visit pac-12.com/compelte or follow (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) #Complete12 for more information. RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 17 Here are just some of the great storylines Pac-12 schools are RANK TEAM sharing this week: No. 5 UTAH’s Fall 2015 GPA team aver- 1. Oklahoma age was 3.719, OREGON STATE junior Silvia Colussi-Pelaez 2. Florida is a chemical engineering major with a 3.96 cumulative GPA, 3. Michigan UCLA superstar Sophina DeJesus is double-majoring in 4. Alabama sociology and theatre, OREGON STATE’s Erika Aufiero par- 5. Utah ticipated in a Beavers Without Borders trip to the Dominican 6. LSU Republic. 7. UCLA 8. Auburn 9. Boise State UPCOMING SCHEDULE 10. Georiga 11. Arkansas Sat., Feb 20 12. Stanford #5 UTAH at #12 STANFORD P12N, BA, M 2 p.m. PT 13. Denver #14 CALIFORNIA at #16 OREGON STATE P12O 2 p.m. PT 14. California 15. Nebraska Sun., Feb. 21 16. Oregon State #7 UCLA at WASHINGTON P12N, W, LA 1 p.m. PT 17. George Washington 18. Minnesota Mon., Feb. 22 19. Missouri #20 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE P12N, A 6 p.m. PT 20. Arizona 21. Eastern Michigan 22. Kentucky RECENT RESULTS 23. Southern Utah 24. Iowa Sat., Feb 13 25. Illinois WASHINGTON at #6 UTAH UTAH, 197.125-196.250 #13 STANFORD at #20 ARIZONA STAN, 196.650-196.150 #18 OREGON STATE at #7 UCLA UCLA, 197.475-196.225 Mon., Feb. 15 #16 CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE CAL, 196.900-194.725 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten ............................................... 1-2-0 ARIZ ................................. TABITHA YIM UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big 12 ................................................. 0-6-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 1-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ................................TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent .......................... 3-0-0 .............................................2nd season .................................................. 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 8-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim ..................................... 2-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 4-4-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................................. 4th season .................................................. 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 1-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 Total-All ..................................... 21-12-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ................................................19th Season ................................................10th Season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 11 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH ................................................ 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com ............................................. Danielle Bracamonte ...............................NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current [email protected] school ...................................................... 520-621-4163 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com .................................................... Kathryn Roberts [email protected] ...................................................... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com ....................................................... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...................................................... 510-643-5846 nounced today. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ....................................................... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ........................................................... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015. ......................................... [email protected] ...................................................... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ............................................................. Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...................................... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...................................................... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6) ................... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...................... 41 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1) ............. 39 .................................................................Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate ............. 30 [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California ................. 24 ...................................................... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona .................... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington .............. 13 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State ............. 7 ..........................................................Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...................................................... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...................................................... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 17, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS The top half of Pac-12 gymnastics teams all sit at 3-1 in confer- Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women’s gymnastics cover- age on Friday, January 8. ence competition with two regular season conference meets remaining for each Pac-12 team. Pac-12 Networks will air 26 women’s gymnastics meets, five more than last season. Each Pac-12 program will appear on the Networks at least UTAH continues to lead the Pac-12 in team all-around average four times: Arizona (6), Arizona State