NCAA Championship History

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY

1974

AIAW - Karen Schuckman becomes Penn State’s first national championship participant and wins the all-around as a freshman.

1975

AIAW - The Penn State team makes its first national championship appearance and finishes in fifth place. Schuckman wins floor exercise and finishes in a tie for the vaulting title.

1976

AIAW - Fifth place.

1977

AIAW - The team climbs to third place led by the brilliant performance of Ann Carr who wins the national title in the all-around.

1978

AIAW - Penn State wins its first national championship in gymnastics and in any women’s sport with a 147.70 score, 0.15 ahead of Cal State-Fullerton. Ann Carr sweeps the all-around for the second consecutive year and wins individual titles on bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

1979

AIAW - The Nittany Lions host the national championship and finish second to Cal State-Fullerton by 0.10. Marcy Levine wins an event title in floor exercise as a freshman.

1980

AIAW - Penn State captures its second national championship with a score of 145.50, just 0.35 ahead of runner-up Utah. The Nittany Lions take the team title without an individual national champion.

1981

AIAW - Third place. Heidi Anderson wins the floor exercise.

1982

NCAA - Third place.

1983

NCAA - Pam Loree qualifies as an individual.

1984

NCAA - Seventh place.

1985

NCAA - Ninth place.

1986

NCAA - Sixth place. Pam Loree shares the national title in vaulting.

1988

NCAA - 11th place.

1989

NCAA - Lynn Crane and Kira Rohm qualify as individuals.

1990

NCAA - Allison Barber qualifies as an individual.

1991

NCAA - Fifth place. April Polito achieves All-America status on vault.

1992

NCAA - Fourth place. Allison Barber ties for third on vault and places eighth in the all-around.

1993

NCAA - 11th place.

1994

NCAA - Tracy Kerner competes in four events and earns second team AllAmerica status on the floor exercise. April Polito competes in the all-around.

1995

NCAA - Eighth place. Tracy Kerner earns second team All-America status on balance beam.

1996

NCAA - 11th place.

1997

NCAA - 11th place. Missy Leopoldus earns first team All-America honors on vault. Ellen Casey earns second-team All-America in the all-around, floor exercise and vault.

1998

NCAA - 10th Place.

1999

NCAA - Eighth Place. Ellen Casey earned second team All-America honors on uneven bars, floor exercise and in the all-around. Nikki Smith garnered second team honors on the balance beam.

2000

NCAA - Seventh Place, Gemma Cuff earned first team All-America honors on floor exercise.

2003

NCAA - Katie Rowland (vault, floor exercise) and Katie McAvoy (all-around) qualify as individuals.

2004

NCAA - Lisa Clark (vault, floor exercise) qualifies as an individual and picks up second team All-America honors on vault.

2005

NCAA - 10th Place, Lisa Clark earns second team All-America status on floor exercise.

2006

NCAA - Jennifer Orlando (all-around) qualifies as an individual.

2007

NCAA - Brandi Personett (all-around) qualifies as an individual.

2008

NCAA - Brandi Personett (all-around) qualifies as an individual, earns first team All-America status on the balance beam and places fifth in the nation on the apparatus.

2009

NCAA - Ninth Place, Brandi Personett (floor exercise), Alexandra Brockway (uneven bars) and Whitney Bencsko (vault) qualify for individual event finals.

2010

NCAA - Brandi Personett and Sharaya Musser qualify as individuals. Personett earns first team All-America status on balance beam, floor exercise and in the all-around. Musser earns first team accolades on vault and in the all-around and second team laurels on balance beam and floor exercise.

2011

NCAA - Sharaya Musser qualified as an individual all-around competitor.

2012

NCAA - Sharaya Musser qualified as an individual all-around competitor.

2013

NCAA - Sharaya Musser qualified as an individual all-around competitor.

2014

NCAA - 12th Place.

2016

NCAA - Briannah Tsang qualified as an individual competitor on the floor exercise.

2017

NCAA - Sabrina Garcia and Briannah Tsang competed as individual allaround competitors.

2018

NCAA - Lauren Bridgens qualified as an individual competitor in the allaround.

2019

NCAA - Jessie Bastardi and Sabrina Garcia qualified as individual competitors. Bastardi competed on beam, placing 36th overall, while Garcia competed on bars, finishing 44th.

2020

NCAA - Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.