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• Three NCAA Championship appearances • 17 NCAA individual qualifiers • 26 NCAA Regional appearances
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• 20-straight NCAA Regional appearances (1983-2002) • Eight-straight conference championships • Six EAGL team titles in 14 years
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• 21 individual EAGL titles since 2000, including six at the 2009 championship • 13 All-American awards • Eight NCAA Regional event champions • Five conference coach of the year awards • 11 Outstanding Senior Gymnast honors
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• 11 conference gymnast of the year award winners • Five ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans • 67 NACGC/W Scholastic All-America Honors
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C A RY GYM West Virginia gymnastics, a program in the midst of its third decade, is housed in one of the finest practice facilities in the country: Cary Gymnasium, named in honor of the success and contributions of Bray and Dianne Cary. Bray, President and CEO of West Virginia Media Holdings, LLC in Charleston, is a graduate of WVU’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. His wife Dianne, also a WVU graduate, serves on the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Carys have endowed eight scholarships that are given annually to WVU student-athletes. The $1.5 million gymnastics training center was designed exclusively for the use of Mountaineer gymnastics and features the latest in comfort, technology and safety. At 12,000-square feet, the facility is one of the most spacious in the country. But it is the gym’s exclusive design that makes it so functional and practical; all four events have their own landing areas and safety zones, which makes for much more productive and efficient practices. Cary Gym’s list of equipment is impressive: seven competitionheight balance beams, four low beams, one full-sized floor adjoined by a half-sized floor, three sets of bars, one single rail trainer (positioned over a loose foam pit), a trench bar trainer, two vaults with padded runways, a tumble track and a trampoline. One of the biggest safety
features is the positioning of its two loose foam pits. The first is exclusively for the use of vaulters, while the second, much larger pit is positioned so that gymnasts on bars, floor and the tumble track can use it simultaneously without the fear of a collision. The gym also features three foam resi pits adjoining each of the four practice areas. In Cary Gym, gymnasts will also find a fully equipped training room with taping tables and a whirlpool. Next door in the locker room, each gymnast has her own spacious locker with an action shot of her in competition. The WVU practice gym for the first 25 years was a tiny loft located in Stansbury Hall (where
“We are fortunate to have a wonderful training facilit y in Car y Gym. The WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has been ver y generous in its support in helping us maintain the gym with the latest in equipment upgrades. With the plans for an addition and renovations, we will have an even more magnificent gym to train in.”
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Jerry West and the Mountaineer basketball teams played until 1970). Despite the challenging conditions, West Virginia won seven conference championships and appeared in 20-consecutive regionals and two national championships. When the funds became available, one of the first projects Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong slated for construction was the new gymnastics building.
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“The WVU Coliseum is a unique arena to compete in. It is one of the nation’s premier arenas and really showcases the gymnasts’ skills.”
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Additionally, more lighting was added, as was a new sound system. These improvements provide the best-possible backdrop for the Mountaineers and enhance the entertainmentvalue for the team’s fans.
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“We really believe that we have a national championship caliber program here and we wanted to build the new gymnastics facility to reinforce that belief,” Pastilong said. “Now I am proud to say that West Virginia University has the nation’s best gymnastics training center to go along with one of the nation’s best gymnastics teams.” Car y Gym, nearly quadruple the size of the old practice loft, was part of Pastilong’s $10 million facilities commitment to seven varsit y athletic programs and was completed between the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Recently, the WVU Coliseum, the Mountaineers’ competition facilit y, has undergone a vast face-lift. The 2009 season marked the debut of a new video board that is comparable to NBA arenas.
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STUDEN T-ATHLETE SUPPORT The WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is committed to the promotion of the academic achievement of studentathletes as well as their athletic accomplishment and their personal and career development. In support of this position, West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the sporting arena and the personalsocial challenges they face as developing adults. While many of the headlines center on the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the playing field, West Virginia athletes have also made some noteworthy strides in the classroom. One person who is quick to point that out is Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong, who, along with coach Linda Burdette-Good, has made academics a priority. Opened in 2008 was the brand new $1.3 million Athletic Academic Performance Center in the WVU
Coliseum. The leadership gift for the facility was provided by former Mountaineer great Jerry West and his wife Karen. The West’s gift to the Athletic Academic Performance Center is in memory of Jerry’s brother, David, who was killed during the Korean Conflict, and in honor of his long-time friend and WVU teammate Willie Akers and wife, Linda. The 8,000-square-foot academic center is six-times larger than existing space. It provides individual and group study areas as well as a state-of-the art computer lab and is utilized by more than 500 male and female studentathletes. “The Athletic Academic Performance Center is a significant development for an academically oriented institution such as West Virginia to recognize the special needs required for a modern student-athlete’s success both as an athletic competitor on the field of play and in the classroom,” said Garrett Ford, Associate Athletic Director for Student Services. The study center provides a quiet atmosphere and is open seven days a week and all studentathletes are encouraged to use it.
Athletes can use the center between classes or after practice in the evenings, with flexible hours tailored to make the most of a studentathlete’s limited time. Athletes may come and go as they please, but make no mistake, they must make the grade. To help them do that, the WVU student services staff, headed by Ford and his assistants Sandy Cole-DeMent, Erica Wycherley, Paul Downey and Ehren Green, makes sure that every student-athlete has the best possible opportunity to obtain a college degree. This process begins as soon as a recruit signs a letter-of-intent to play for the Mountaineers. “We know everything about incoming freshmen academically before they arrive in the fall,” said Ford. “We know which students are ahead of others and which will require more assistance.” Besides keeping in touch with freshmen, incoming student-athletes are encouraged to attend freshman orientation sessions offered for all West Virginia University students during the summer prior to their arrival on campus. This is where new students can learn more about the Morgantown campus and, most important, register for classes. During pre-registration, all student-athletes, from incoming freshmen to graduating seniors, get advice in scheduling the courses to keep them on track in their degree programs. During the second week of classes, freshmen are enrolled in mandatory study halls, monitored by Ford and his staff. Those who do well during the first semester are given the option of attending study hall, but if their GPA drops below a certain mark, they must return to the mandatory sessions. During the semester, department
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NCAA Certification West Virginia recently went through its third cycle of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program in 2008-09. A self-study was conducted in these principle areas: governance and commitment to rules compliance, academic integrity, as well as
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gender and diversity and studentathlete well-being. While academic accreditation is common in colleges and universities, this program focuses solely on certification of athletics programs. WVU was one of the first schools nationally to volunteer for the NCAA’s pilot certification program in 1991, and was one of five schools originally certified at that time. The WVU athletics program was recertified by the NCAA in 1996 and then again in 2001. At the 1997 NCAA Convention, the NCAA Division I membership voted to change the frequency of athletics certification from once every five years to once every 10 years. “West Virginia was one of the first two schools to participate in the initial NCAA Certification in 1991,” Pastilong said. “This enables our University to confirm its commitment to the key values of intercollegiate athletics.” The study process involved members of the institution’s faculty and staff, as well as athletics department personnel and studentathletes. When the study concluded, an external team of reviewers conducted an evaluation visit on campus. Those reviewers were peers from other colleges, universities or conference offices. The peer-review team will report to the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification. The Committee on Athletics Certification will then determine the institution’s certification status and announce the decision publicly.
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“Once a student, always a student”
Virginia has made it a priority to graduate its student-athletes. And it’s happening. But for those who don’t graduate with their class, there’s still hope. A post-eligibility program was created at the beginning of Pastilong’s administration to give those student-athletes who are close to graduating an opportunity to come back to school to complete their degrees. Since its creation, dozens of students have participated, with a success rate of better than 80 percent. More than 25 studentathletes from all sports participated in the post-eligibility program last year. In 1992, under the direction of associate athletic director Garrett Ford, WVU joined the growing list of schools that are a part of an NCAA-sponsored consortium. Similar to the posteligibility program in providing former student-athletes a chance to continue work toward their degrees, the closely screened consortium requires participants to be more involved in community-related activities. The consortium students are often much older athletes, who left the University to pursue professional sports or business careers, but now wish to return to complete their degrees.
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officials keep a careful record of each athlete’s academic progress. Class and study hall attendance are checked regularly, periodic grade reports are obtained from instructors, and parents, coaches and players are kept up-to-date on their academic progress. These measures are succeeding in a noticeable way. Last semester, 445 student-athletes earned a place on the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll with at least a 3.0 gradepoint average. In another program, former Mountaineer athletes are returning to school to complete work on their degrees, some after as many as 10 years away from Morgantown. “At West Virginia University, we do everything in our power to assist our student-athletes as they work toward graduation,” said Pastilong. “We only have one rule -- they must do the best they can possibly do. We can assure every student-athlete that the University and the athletic department will do our best. We expect our students to do their best for us. “Together, we cannot help but succeed. Our success is measured by how much personal growth we see in our young people, and I am proud of every one of our studentathletes in this regard.”
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STUDEN T-ATHLETE SUPPORT Graduation Rates West Virginia University’s graduation rate for student-athletes has been impressive, to say the least, over the past seven years. The ratio of student-athletes graduating to the general student body has increased almost every year. “I’m quite pleased to see that our graduation rates are maintaining a more than respectable level,” said Pastilong. “I want to compliment our student-athletes for their attention to academics, I want to compliment assistant athletic director Garrett Ford and his excellent staff in student services for their efforts in assisting our students, and I want to compliment our coaches for being so conscientious toward our students’ needs.” The graduation rate for student-athletes is based upon the number of students who entered the University receiving athletic scholarship aid in a given academic year, and their progress over six years. The most recent figures are based upon the progress of studentathletes who entered WVU during 1993-94. CHAMPS Life Skills The numerous challenges that today’s college student-athletes face, both on and off the playing field, are unparalleled in the history of higher education. Unfortunately, many students are not well prepared to face these challenges. To prepare student-athletes for the demands of college life and beyond, the NCAA has developed the CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success)/Life Skills program.
In the spring of 1995, West Virginia University initiated its own CHAMPS/Life Skills program. WVU was one of 170 schools selected by the NCAA to participate in their national pilot program. Five programming “commitment” areas viewed as critical to personal growth are part of WVU’s model. They are: 1) academic excellence, 2) personal development, 3) career development, 4) athletic excellence, and 5) community service. Commitment to Academic Excellence The purpose of this area is to support the academic progress of the student-athlete toward intellectual development and graduation. Services provided within this component include tutoring, academic counseling and advising, orientation classes (sport studies 170), and structured study sessions. Commitment to Athletic Excellence The purpose of this area is to offer athletic programs that are broad-based, equitable, and dedicated to the well-being of the student-athlete. The WVU CHAMPS/Life Skills program supports and encourages a broad program of sports on the collegiate level, as well as acts a resource for the coaching and support staff of the athletic programs.
Commitment to Personal Development The purpose of this area is to support the development of a well-balanced lifestyle for studentathletes, encouraging emotional well-being, personal growth and decision making skills. CHAMPS/ Life Skills services provided within this component include personal counseling, health presentations, improving communication skills, and presentations on social development and fiscal responsibility. Commitment to Service The purpose of this component is to engage interested studentathletes in service to his or her campus and surrounding communities. Activities for studentathletes within this component include peer education, guest speaking at campus and community events, and mentoring local children. Commitment to Career Development The purpose of this component is to encourage the student-athlete to develop and pursue career and life goals in a timely manner. The CHAMPS/Life Skills program fulfills this purpose by offering career development presentations, sport career retirement programs, and by working in conjunction with the WVU Counseling Service and the Career Services Center on identifying an individual’s interests, career goals, resumes and job search process. For more information, contact Dr. Ed Etzel at (304) 293-7062.
“The Athletic Academic Performance Center is a significant development for an academically oriented institution such as West Virginia to recognize the special needs required for a modern student-athlete’s success both as an athletic competitor on the field of play and in the classroom.” - Garrett Ford, Associate Athletic Director for Student Services
“The Coliseum Academic Performance Center is a first-class facility for all Mountaineer studentathletes. The resources provided in the study center will aid our student-athletes, coaches and academic support staff, to fulfill our mission of graduating student-athletes while competing at the highest level.”
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"The WVU faculty and staff are committed to the student-athletes’ success and seeing them achieve their potential. Our academic advisor Paul Downey is amazing. He is an outstanding resource for our team and has served as a mentor for each of them. "The WVU academic support staff makes our job with the team easier, and the study center’s benefits for the student-athletes are countless."
“This year will mark the second academic year of use for the CAPC. We anticipate a steady flow of student-athletes utilizing the center to prepare for class, complete assignments and meet with their tutors and mentors. The addition of this technologically- advanced center will certainly help WVU studentathletes meet their academic goals in an environment conducive to scholarship.”
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STRENGTH A ND CONDITIONING The primary goal of the WVU strength and conditioning program is to provide each student-athlete with the best “hands-on� strength and conditioning program in the country. In doing so, we strive to facilitate a training environment that enables each athlete to reach their full athletic potential. Our training philosophy is founded on preparation for excellence by consistently training with intensity and attention to detail, utilizing injury prevention and sportsspecific training methods. The Mountaineer gymnastics training programs are designed to prepare each gymnast for optimum performance in competition and to have the ability to withstand the rigorous training demands throughout the season. Our goal is to keep them in the gym practicing injury-free and sharpening their skills and routines every day. Mountaineer gymnasts train for dynamic and static strength, speed, explosive power, flexibility, core
control and stability and overall physical work capacity. We develop these areas in our daily training program whether it is lifting in the weight room, gym circuits, bike workouts or metabolic circuits and running. Athletes are also educated in proper recovery strategies including proper nutrition, hydration, rest and regeneration methods. We also have a registered dietician on staff to provide nutritional guidance. The weekly pre-season training regimen consists of lifting sessions, conditioning sessions and gym circuits throughout the week. As the season nears, the duration of conditioning sessions will decrease and the number of gym circuits will increase, as well as a decreased work volume in the weight room. The adjustments are made to the training loads to enable each gymnast to perform with maximum intensity and effort throughout
each workout and practice, and to reduce any overtraining effects. The entire year is carefully planned and tailored to the gymnastics season to prepare for optimal performance during the season and peaking at championship meets. The Mountaineer strength and conditioning program produces character development opportunities, increased selfconfidence, a strong work ethic, mental toughness and accountability and team camaraderie.
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“The team-building activities that the strength and conditioning staff has developed for our team helps the squad evolve as a team and come together. The team-building lessons acquired during these challenges will help us come postseason competition.”
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“The work this team does with strength and conditioning goes hand-and-hand with the one-onone time they spend with the coaches. Without a proper strength and conditioning regimen, our team could not succeed in the gym. They become stronger and mentally tough, which helps them exceed their expectations.
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“I think we have wonderful facilities to train in and a wonderful strength staff that listens to the needs of this team. They believe that gymnastics needs specific attention and they are helpful and involve the coaches in the development of a proper program that will make this team better – and we are better.
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COMMUNIT Y SERV ICE Winning and working hard are important to the West Virginia University gymnastics team. Becoming successful and positive role models in and out of the gym is just as significant. The Mountaineers give back to Morgantown and its surrounding communities every chance they get. The Mountaineers are especially dedicated to raising funds for cancer projects, and split their time between two special causes – the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center. Each September, the Mountaineers volunteer at the “Light the Night” fundraiser which benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This past fall marked the third-straight year the Mountaineers worked with the society. While at the walk, the team works closely with young survivors, patients and family members of those affected with the diseases. Additionally, the team, along with the WVU women’s soccer squad, participates in a yearly fashion show that benefits the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center. The event, which draws hundreds of residents from Morgantown and the surrounding communities, features breast cancer survivors and local women who become models for a day. With coach Linda BurdetteGood putting an equal emphasis on academics and athletics, the Mountaineers are constant participants in the “Read Aloud” program, visiting local schools and not only reading stories to the younger students, but also encouraging older students to apply themselves to their studies. The WVU gymnastics team understands the privileges that
come with being a Mountaineer, and in appreciation of the gifts they receive, the team in turn spends free time with those in need, especially the young patients at the WVU Children’s Hospital. Smiles are widespread when the Mountaineers visit and share their stories of success.
Finally, the Mountaineers all know that they have come a long way from their club days to wearing the Old Gold and Blue. Therefore, whenever the opportunity arises, team members can be found back at their club programs, passing on their knowledge to former teammates and future stars, furthering the development of their sport and giving back to those that helped them achieve the success they now own. Additionally, the team greats its young fans after every home meet, signing autographs and sharing smiles.
“I think that in today’s societ y, it is important that this team is aware of the world around it. By helping and supporting the Morgantown area, the student-athletes have direct contact with the communit y and the fans. In turn, the communit y and fans feel that they have a direct relationship with each of us and are much more willing to support the student-athletes. “I think the gymnasts do an amazing job interacting with the fans at the end of our home meets. They take the time to talk with them. If they are asked to help, they jump at the opportunit y. They are always willing to help, and they understand the importance of giving back to the communit y.”
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With more than 600 career wins, 35 years in the gym, 10 conference champions, 31 trips to regionals and four trips to nationals, West Virginia University coach Linda Burdette-Good has sealed her legacy as one of the most influential collegiate women’s gymnastics coaches of all time. One of the hardest-working coaches is enjoying the fruit of her work. In her 36th season, Burdette-Good has molded the Mountaineers into national prominence.
The 1996, 1998 and 2001 East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Coach of the Year is one of the most respected coaches in the country. She also was the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1986 and 1989. In addition to those accolades, she was the 1981 and 1982 regional AIAW Coach of the Year. In 1982, Burdette-Good guided the Mountaineers to a thirdplace finish at the AIAW national championship. She served on the six member NCAA Women’s Gymnastics
Committee and was the chair of the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee. Burdette-Good also was the driving force behind the foundation of the EAGL and is that conference’s chair. But Burdette-Good’s top priority is her nationally ranked gymnastics team. The only WVU coach to earn 600 career wins with a Mountaineer team, she eclipsed the benchmark on Jan. 31, 2009, with victories over George Washington and Rutgers at the WVU Coliesum. Burdette-Good previously surpassed former baseball coach Dale Ramsburg’s mark with her 541st career win in 2006. With 2008’s 23-8 record, Burdette-Good has guided 14 teams to 20-win seasons since 1981. Since her first 20-win season in 1981, none of her teams have posted a losing record and just four had winning percentages less than .600. Mehgan Morris, the 2009 EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast, became the 17th Mountaineer, and 13th allarounder, to qualif y individually for the NCA A Championship under Burdette-Good’s guidance in 2009. The Mountaineers finished 15-8 overall, 10-2 in conference, second at the EAGL Championship and fourth at the NCA A Southeast Regional, the squad’s 31st championship appearance. Four gymnasts earned six EAGL titles, matching a program-best mark first set in 1998. Additionally, W VU was ranked in the Top 25 of the GymInfo Poll each week.
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Including this past year, her 35th at West Virginia, Burdette-Good boasts a career record of 612-244-4 and a .714 career winning percentage. Burdette-Good led her sixth squad in 13 years to an EAGL Championship title in 2008, as the Mountaineers laid claim to the conference championship with a first place finish at the WVU Coliseum. WVU finished fourth at the Southeast Regional. In 2007, Burdette-Good guided her team to a schoolrecord 28 wins, including 17 against EAGL foes, as her team narrowly missed a trip to nationals after hosting the Southeast Regional. On the brink of yet another conference championship and trip to regionals, Burdette-Good notched her 500th career win in the 2004 regular season finale with a home victory over Bowling Green on March 13, 2004. Despite having just two seasons under .500 in her career, Burdette-Good had to provide a jolt to the program following a 15-12 record in 2003. The team responded by living up to its own lofty standards. In 2004, Burdette-Good and the Mountaineers made their 26th appearance at regionals in 27 years and won the EAGL championship for a league-record fifth time with a meet-record score of 197.05. The future of the program also seemed intact with star freshman and EAGL Rookie of the Year Janáe Cox becoming the ninth WVU gymnast in school history to qualify for NCAA Championship as an individual. Cox, who also qualified in 2005 and 2007, was the first Burdette-Good-coached gymnast at nationals since 2002, when TeShawne Jackson qualified after leading the Mountaineers to a 22-6 record and a second-place EAGL finish. Nine seasons ago was one of the best ever for Burdette-Good’s Mountaineer gymnastics program. Three different Mountaineers scored perfect 10s, with sophomore Jackson scoring five by herself, including two meets with 10s on vault and floor. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers regained the EAGL championship after a two-year drought without the title. While the team did not qualify for the NCA A Championship, two of Burdette-Good’s charges earned the right to compete (Dinorh Boyd as an allarounder, Kristen Macrie on floor). Having entrenched her Mountaineers on the national gymnastics scene, the 1995 NCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the Year guided her team to a steady stream of winning seasons, conference championships, NCAA Southeast Regionals, and in 1995, led WVU to its firstever NCAA Championship appearance. In 1999, after a 19-7 overall record and a sixth-place finish at the EAGL meet at Maryland, the Mountaineers hosted the NCAA Region 6 Championship, finishing second to No. 2 Alabama and earning the Mountaineers their second trip to the NCAA Championship.
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The 2000 season was arguably Burdette-Good’s most challenging, yet most rewarding as a coach for West Virginia. With the WVU Coliseum closed for asbestos abatement and some injuries to key contributors, the Mountaineers could have struggled. But instead WVU turned in three of the top four team scores in school history at Morgantown High and advanced to the NCAA Championship for the third time in program history. The Mountaineers have averaged 20 wins per season since 1990, while registering consecutive 20-win seasons from 1990-92. Included in that stretch was a then school-record 26 wins, and its first Atlantic 10 title during the 1992 campaign. Burdette-Good guided the Mountaineers to three straight EAGL championships from 1996-98 and seven consecutive conference titles overall from 1992-98. Since the NCAA incorporated gymnastics as a sport in 1983, Burdette-Good-coached teams have qualified for 25 of the last 26 regional meets and the national
championships three times. Burdette-Good is responsible for mentoring the best gymnast in school history, Kristin Quackenbush, who became the school’s first AAI American Award winner and a six-time NCAA All-American. She holds or shares school records on the vault, floor and all-around, and owns five career perfect 10s. Burdette-Good’s first two NCAA All-Americans came in 1994 as Quackenbush (vault and floor) and Lajuanda Moody (beam) earned secondteam honors in Salt Lake City. Burdette-Good’s gymnasts have fared well in the classroom as well. Sixty-seven have earned NACGC/W
scholastic All-America status, including five for the 2009 squad. Burdette-Good guided the Mountaineers to their best season ever in 1982 when they won the EAIAW championship and then finished third at the AIAW national championship. It also was during that season that Shari Retton became the Mountaineers’ first All-American. For these accomplishments, Burdette-Good was honored as the EAIAW Coach of the Year. While a member of the Atlantic 10 from 1983-95, Burdette-Good guided the Mountaineers to four conference championships (1992-
Linda Burdette-Good at a Glance Coaching Experience West Virginia University, 1975-present Head Coach Winningest Mountaineer coach with 612 victories Finished 12th at three NCAA Championship appearances (1995, 1999, 2000) Third place, 1982 AIAW Championship Thirty-one NCAA Regional Championship appearances (last, 2009) Conference chair and co-founder of East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Six EAGL Championships (last, 2008) Three-time EAGL Coach of the Year Four Atlantic 10 Championships (last, 1995) Two-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year 1982 EAIAW Coach of the Year
Education West Virginia University, 1974 Bachelor’s degree (physical education) Player Development Five All-Americans (four NCAA, one AIAW) Eight regional champions (six NCAA, two AIAW) 17 NCAA individual qualifiers 55 conference champions 116 all-conference selections 67 NACGC/W Scholastic All-Americans Four EAGL Gymnasts of the Year Six EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnasts Two EAGL Rookies of the Year Seven Atlantic 10 Gymnasts of the Year Five Atlantic 10 Outstanding Senior Gymnasts Five Atlantic 10 Outstanding Freshman Gymnasts Two second team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Two third team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
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seven of her gymnasts also earned Atlantic 10 all-Academic honors. Burdette-Good is married to Lee Good and the couple resides in Morgantown. The couple also has a home in Uniontown, Ohio. Burdette-Good has one daughter, Anna Burdette, a WVU graduate, and one grandson, Ashton.
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Q: You are embarking on your 36th season at West Virginia and have earned more than 600 wins with the Mountaineers. What is your secret to success and how did you build such a successful program?
Q: You have had 67 NACGC/W Scholastic AllAmericans over the course of your coaching career. How important is it to you for your athletes to succeed both in the gym and in the classroom?
A: A lot of luck and a lot of good assistants! I honestly think the most important thing that I have remembered over the years is not to sweat the small stuff. I’ve learned to pick my battles. I know my weaknesses and I surround myself with people who take care of those. I can also admit that I still have a lot to learn about this sport.
A: It is very important that they are all successful in the classroom. Each of them is here for two reasons – to receive a degree and to compete in gymnastics. I think they excel in gymnastics, and I think they can excel in the classroom.
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I am fortunate to still love and enjoy coaching. I never dreamed of coaching; I was going to be a physical education teacher in a junior high. I would have never thought in a million years I would end up doing something that is so much fun. I love it.
Q: What is the most important message for future Mountaineers to understand before they come and compete for West Virginia University?
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Q: What necessary steps do you think this season’s team needs to take to be successful?
A: The coaches expect gymnasts to come to WVU and to continue to train, work hard, be good student-athletes and good citizens.
A: I think the team needs to first make the commitment in practice. I also think that the athletes need to get to the level in their gymnastics that they are shocked when they miss a routine, not happy to make a routine.
In the gym, I expect them to continue to learn gymnastics and to continue to get better in their sport. I want them to learn new skills and to also improve the skills they already know. I want them to work on their form, presentation, confidence and consistency.
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They also need to compete aggressively – you can’t leave anything in the locker room. You have to put it all out on the floor. I think we need to be aggressive in our competitions and develop confidence. Each one of them needs to believe in herself and her ability to hit her routine and believe in her teammates’ abilities to hit their routines. You can’t do it by yourself. The coaches believe in this team, and I believe the team believes in us.
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Q: The 2010 schedule is full of annually successful teams. Is that along the lines of your philosophy to always compete against the best?
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A: Well, we’ve done that for years. I truly believe that you compete to the level of your competition. I never want this team to relax in a meet. Going against such good competition will help us perform better and be ready for the season-ending competitions. The team needs to know that it has to be at the top of its game every weekend. Q: You lose two 1,000-plus point scorers this season in graduates Mehgan Morris and Erica Watson. How do you replace that talent?
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I would like to see the whole team above a 3.0 grade point average and make multiple honor rolls.
A: You have to empower the athletes that you have. We told the team at the conclusion of last season that we will be confident replacing the open spots this season from within the returnees. This year’s freshman class should help us out. I think that is what is happening. That is the one great thing about coaching – each year, we have someone graduate, and each year someone new steps up. We feel confident that this team will fill the shoes that Mehgan and Erica left. The girls are improving and continuing to get better. It is always rewarding to see someone new step up and fulfill her potential. This team knows that it does not have a choice – we are going to step up and we are going to get better. You cannot step backwards. I think they all have adopted that mentality, and no one is sitting here scared.
I never want a gymnast to be satisfied with where she is today. I want each recruit to want to win a national championship - want to win! I want them to expect to advance to the next level each season. I give every recruit one challenge – make us better. Promise me that you will leave my program better when you graduate. Q: Where do you see your program headed in the next five years? A: We want to win. We want to have good student-athletes and we want to help them succeed here and in the future. Our goal is always to win a national championship – that’s what we want to do. Our challenge is to select studentathletes who can help us get there. The other challenge falls upon the three coaches to work very hard and to make a commitment to do the best we can to work with the studentathletes we have to make them better. We are doing that right now. Can we get to the national championship? Yes. West Virginia University has made a commitment to our program to help us attain that goal of competing at the national championship on a regular basis. One of those areas of commitment is facilities – we have a magnificent practice facility in Cary Gym. The athletic department and the team are fundraising to upgrade and enlarge Cary Gym that will maintain our status as one of the top gymnastics programs in the nation. These improvements will keep Cary Gym in the top 10 of training facilities in the country. When you compete for the title annually, you have a chance to win. We have to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to win a national championship.
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Jason Butts
Coaching Experience West Virginia University, 2007-present Assistant head coach, 2010 Assistant coach, 2007-2009 2009 Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year Two individual all-around NCAA Championship qualifiers Two EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnasts One EAGL Gymnast of the Year 2008 EAGL champions 38 all-EAGL honorees
Classic City Gymnastics Coach, 2001-06 Education University of Georgia, 2006 Bachelor’s degree (business administration and management)
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Jason Butts at a Glance
Butts guided Janáe Cox and Morris to first team all-EAGL selections in 2007. Morris posted four 9.9s that season under Butts and averaged an impressive 9.85 in 13 meets to rank atop the league’s individual rankings. Morris would go on to place seventh in the Southeast Regional. The Athens, Ga., native brought 12 years of club coaching experience to WVU, most recently from Classic City Gymnastics, where he trained both males and females from 2001-06. He guided the women and men to Junior Olympic Nationals during that stretch, as well as sending athletes to the Region 8 Championships, while also assisting numerous gymnasts in earning Division I athletic scholarships in the process. Butts has worked at the Woodward Camp (199496) and the UGA Gym Dog Camp (2004-06). He competed as a competitive gymnast for 10 years, reaching Class I status and was a Junior Olympic National Qualifier. Butts received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Georgia in the fall of 2006. He resides in Morgantown.
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Jason Butts enters his fourth season at West Virginia University and first as the Mountaineers’ assistant head coach. He coaches the vault, floor and bars. The 2009 Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year, Butts’ first three seasons at WVU have been very successful, as he has helped all three lineups become dominate in the EAGL. Six Mountaineers earned 10 first team all-league honors on the three events. The Mountaineers finished ranked first on the floor and second on bars and vault in the EAGL last season; they were nationally ranked 17th and 21st on the vault and bars, respectively. Butts helped guide Mehgan Morris to a fifth place all-around finish at the 2009 Southeast Regional Championship and a qualification for the NCAA Championship. Additionally, she not only repeated as the EAGL bars and floor champion, but also won the all-around league title and was named the EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast. Three additional Mountaineers won EAGL titles in 2009 – Chelsi Tabor (vault), Tina Maloney (vault) and Shelly Purkat (beam). In 2008, Morris scored a 9.85 on bars at the EAGL Championship to win the individual title and the Mountaineers picked up their first league team title since 2004. Morris, along with Erica Watson, was named to the all-EAGL first team on bars, while Amy Bieski was a second team selection in her rookie season. Butts saw his bars lineup vastly improve through his first season at WVU. After early season struggles, the group came together down the stretch to have the EAGL’s top bar RQS and a score that ranked 23rd in the country by season’s end. WVU placed second at the EAGL Championship in the uneven bars after posting a 48.85 score in that event.
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Travis Doak SECOND SEASON
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Travis Doak enters his second year at West Virginia University as the assistant coach and is responsible for coaching the vault, uneven bars and floor. Doak’s first season with the Mountaineers was successful, as the team finished nationally ranked 17th on the vault and 21st on the bars. In the EAGL, the team finished ranked first on the floor and second on vault and bars. In 2009, Doak helped coach Mehgan Morris to a national championship berth, as she finished fifth in the all-around at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. She also won EAGL bars, floor and all-around titles and was named the league’s most outstanding senior gymnast. Three additional Mountaineers won league titles in Doak’s first season – Chelsi Tabor (vault), Tina Maloney (vault) and Shelly Purkat (beam). Six Mountaineers also earned 10 all-EAGL first team honors on vault, bars and floor. A native of Beverly, W.Va., Doak came to WVU after serving as an assistant coach at Penn State in 2008 where he was responsible for recruiting, team training, spotting on all skill levels and administrative duties. His primary coaching responsibilities included oversight of the Nittany Lion vault and floor exercise. He helped PSU sign four top 10 junior Olympic finalists, and guided the Nittany Lions to a 17-9 record. Doak also served as an assistant at EAGL foe New Hampshire in 2006-07. His responsibilities included team workouts, recruiting, video work and community service initiatives.
He began his coaching career in 2004 as a volunteer assistant at West Virginia, working with spotting, fundraising and recruit evaluations. Doak earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia in sport management in 2006 and a master’s degree in athletic coaching education in 2008.
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Travis Doak at a Glance
Coaching Experience West Virginia University, 2009-present Assistant coach One individual all-around NCAA Championship qualifier One EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast 17 all-EAGL honorees Volunteer assistant, 2004-06 Penn State University, 2008 Assistant coach Squad finished season with 17-9 record
New Hampshire University, 2006-07 Assistant coach Education West Virginia University, 2008, ‘06 Master’s degree (athletic coaching education) Bachelor’s degree (sport management)
Paul Downey, Ed.D. Educational Counselor
Dr. Paul Downey joined the Mountaineer staff in 2005 as an academic advisor. In 2008, he became the Director of the Coliseum Academic Performance Center and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the center including the tutoring and mentoring programs. His duties also include communicating with the Office of Admissions and Records and compliance regarding the ongoing APR (Academic Progress Rate) efforts of the athletic department. He is also responsible for providing guidance to the baseball, cross country, gymnastics, rowing, men’s and women’s swimming, track, volleyball and wrestling teams. A native of Altoona, Pa., Downey received his bachelor’s degree from Clarion University in psychology in 1997. He then went on to receive a master’s degree in kinesiology at Maryland in 2001 and got a second master’s in community counseling from WVU in 2004. Most recently Downey received his doctorate in sport and exercise psychology in 2005 from WVU. Dr. Downey resides in Morgantown with his wife Carrie and their daughter Jillian.
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Beth Byron is in her second season as the assistant director of the WVU strength and conditioning program. Byron works directly with Mountaineer gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams and the women’s tennis squad. Byron came to Morgantown from Tampa, where she spent two years as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at USF and wrote and implemented training programs for seven sports. Prior to her time with the Bulls, Byron worked as a graduate assistant in the Wisconsin-La Crosse strength and conditioning program from 2004-05. There, she designed and implemented programs, administered testing and oversaw all aspects of program for women’s basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Byron graduated from Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., with a bachelor’s degree in applied exercise science. She completed her master’s degree in exercise and sports science – human performance with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2006. Byron resides in Morgantown.
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Allison Hetrick enters her seventh season as the primary athletic trainer for the WVU gymnastics team. Hetrick is also responsible for the day-to-day athletic training duties for women’s tennis, rifle, cheerleading and dance. A native of Rimersburg, Pa., she came to WVU from Cincinnati where she spent three seasons as an assistant athletic trainer with the Bearcats. While at Cincinnati, her sports included baseball, men’s soccer and football. She also served as a graduate assistant with the Bearcats from 1999-2000, and was responsible for football, swimming and diving and golf. Prior to her tenure at Cincinnati, Hetrick was a student assistant athletic trainer at Penn State from 1997-99. While with the Nittany Lions her responsibilities included women’s gymnastics and swimming and diving. She was also assigned to State College High while a student assistant with responsibilities towards junior high wrestling, basketball and varsity baseball. Hetrick earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training from Penn State in 1999. She received her master’s degree from Cincinnati in 2000 in health promotion and education with an emphasis in athletic training.
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Morgantown native Tricia Lanum enters her fifth season working in the athletic equipment room. Lanum works with all of WVU’s varsity sports except football. Her primary responsibilities include handling equipment and uniforms for all women’s varsity athletics under head equipment manager Bubba Schmidt, who has been WVU’s head manager for 29 years. Lanum graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training and is currently working toward a master’s degree in special education. Lanum has a niece, Corbett, the daughter of her only brother, Wade, and his wife Nicole.
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Shannon McNamara is in her second season as a graduate assistant in the West Virginia University Sports Communications Office. A Venetia, Pa., native, McNamara is the primary media contact for the WVU rifle and gymnastics teams. Additionally, she also works with men’s and women’s basketball and football. McNamara most recently held the position of communications assistant at the BIG EAST Conference (2007-08), where she worked with the league’s volleyball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, rowing and softball squads. She also assisted with men’s and women’s basketball and football. McNamara previously worked in the WVU Sports Information Office as a student assistant (2006-07) and served as the primary media contact for cross country, track and field, swimming and diving and tennis. McNamara earned her bachelor’s of science degree in journalism, with a specialization in public relations, from West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism in 2007. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in sport management.
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Amy Bieski** Hailey Fairchild Chelsea Goldschrafe Arlene Hathaway Naja Johnson** Stephanie Keaton** Emily Kerwin** Tina Maloney* Faye Meaden** Alysha Pretzello* Shelly Purkat*** Alaska Richardson Nicole Roach* Jenn Sharon* Kiersten Spoerke*** Chelsi Tabor*** Ashley Wilson*** Jessica Young** * career letters
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Nanticoke, Pa. Dublin, Ohio Franklin Lakes, N.J. Walled Lake, Mich. Austell, Ga. Medina, Ohio Central, S.C. Hanover, Ind. Fairfax, Va. Diamondhead, Miss. Edina, Minn. Dayton, Ohio South Lyon, Mich. Virginia Beach, Va. Suwanee, Ga. Beckley, W.Va. St. Albans, W.Va. Monroe, N.C.
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Northeast Gymnastics Dublin Coffman High North Stars Oakland Gymnastics Atlanta School of Gymnastics Medina Gymnastics Academy Upstate Gymnastics Madison Gymnastics World Capital Gymnastics NTC Brook-lin Center Gymnastics Tags Eden Prairie Gymnastics Ohio Gymnastics Training Center Sports Club of Novi Gymnastics Excalibur Gymnastics Georgia Gymnastics Academy Maverick’s Gymnastics Flip Flop Shop Southeastern Gymnastics
Head Coach: Linda Burdette-Good (WVU, ‘74) – 36th year, 612-244-4 (.714) Assistant Head Coach: Jason Butts (4th) Assistant Coach: Travis Doak (2nd)
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First Names Alysha............................. uh-LEESH-uh Kiersten........................... KEERS-ten Last Names Burdette (coach)............. bur-DEHT Bieski............................... BEE-ess-key Purkat............................... Purr-KETTE Spoerke............................ Spurr-KEY Tabor................................ TAY-burr
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Seniors – 4 Juniors – 7 Sophomores – 3 Freshmen – 4
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Ohio – 3 Georgia – 2 Michigan – 2 Virginia – 2 West Virginia – 2 North Carolina – 1 Pennsylvania – 1 Indiana – 1 Minnesota – 1 Mississippi – 1 New Jersey - 1 South Carolina - 1
Hailey Fairchild Dublin, Ohio
Chelsea Goldschrafe Franklin Lakes, N.J.
Arlene Hathaway Walled Lake, Mich.
Naja Johnson Austell, Ga.
Stephanie Keaton Medina, Ohio
Emily Kerwin Central, S.C.
Tina Maloney Hanover, Ind.
Faye Meaden Fairfax, Va.
Alysha Pretzello Diamondhead, Miss.
Shelly Purkat Edina, Minn.
Alaska Richardson Dayton, Ohio
Nicole Roach South Lyon, Mich.
Jenn Sharon Virginia Beach, Va.
Kiersten Spoerke Suwanee, Ga.
Chelsi Tabor Beckley, W.Va.
Ashley Wilson St. Albans, W.Va.
Jessica Young Monroe, N.C.
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Amy Bieski Nanticoke, Pa.
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Front Row (l-r): Stephanie Keaton, Alaska Richardson, Tina Maloney Second Row (l-r): Jessica Young, Chelsea Goldschrafe, Amy Bieski, Naja Johnson, Nicole Roach Third Row (l-r): Emily Kerwin, Alysha Pretzello, Shelly Purkat, Kiersten Spoerke, Ashley Wilson Back Row (l-r): Arlene Hathaway, Hailey Fairchild, Faye Meaden, Jenn Sharon, Chelsi Tabor
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Shelly Purkat
5-1, SENIOR | EDINA, Minn.
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Solid gymnast who has competed in all but one meet during her career … 2009 EAGL beam champion … extremely consistent … will be looked at as a leader during senior season … has beautiful style on the floor exercise … excels on beam and floor … shows ability to deliver in the clutch … great presentation … has the potential to compete in all four events by career’s end … has added significant difficulty to her routines … built on impressive first two seasons for outstanding junior year … cheerful personality … team relies on her attitude for pick-up in gym … always lightens up the mood on the road.
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2009 (Junior) – Continued to shine on the balance beam and the floor exercise … first Mountaineer in four seasons to become the EAGL beam champion, as she tied for the title at the conference meet … second team all-EAGL balance beam … totaled 211.775 points in 11 meets … solid season-opener at Georgia (1/9), scoring 9.7 on floor and 9.65 on beam … last-minute scratch at Michigan State (1/17) with the flu … solid in return to competition against Pitt (1/23), winning the beam with 9.75 points and finishing fourth on floor with 9.85 points … put together a high-scoring meet at George Washington (2/9), finishing second on the beam with 9.825 points and earning 9.725 points on floor … solid in home outing against Temple (2/15), finishing fourth on floor with 9.825 points and sixth on the beam with 9.7 points … tied for sixth on beam with 9.8 points
at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … finished fourth on the floor and the beam with respective 9.8 and 9.775 scores in home victory over Kentucky (3/1) … earned 9.825 points on floor and finished fourth overall against Penn State (3/8) … tallied 9.8 points on floor at Iowa State (3/13) … powered through a strong beam routine and earned first EAGL crown, scoring 9.875 points at league championship (3/21) … put together solid floor performance at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4), scoring 9.8 points … also earned 9.6 points on beam … ranked 19th in the region with beam RQS of 9.77 … averaged 9.67 on floor … earned EAGL allAcademic honors … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK
2008 (Sophomore) – Key beam worker who also was vital part of the floor exercise lineup ... second team allEAGL on the floor exercise … three-time EAGL Specialist of the Week … competed in all 14 meets … scored 259.375 points … ranked No. 19 in the region on beam and No. 20 on floor … hit for 9.775 on floor at Michigan (1/11) … 9.75 on beam and 9.8 on floor at Maryland (1/18) and was
Getting to know Shelly Purkat What one word best describes you? “Laughtastic”
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor
What is your favorite Linda BurdetteGood phrase? “Head up”
What is your favorite restaurant? Cheesecake Factory
If you could watch two movies on repeat, what would they be? P.S. I Love You and Hitch
What is your favorite late-night snack? Peanut butter and granola
Who is the best dressed on the team? Stephanie Keaton
Who is the best singer on the team? Ashley Wilson
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? Mp3 player, cell phone and a good book WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Anywhere warm
What is the best part of practice? Working out with my teammates
What is the worst part of practice? Conditioning MEDIA
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What is the most overplayed song on your iPod?
Depends. Right now, it’s “Life After You”
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Personal - Daughter of Gary and Sue Purkat … has one sister, Stephanie, who is enrolled in the WVU Medical School … birthday is March 19 … attended Edina High … competed club for Tags Eden Prairie Gymnastics … a three-year level 10 gymnast who qualified for Junior Olympic nationals the last two years … she placed fifth in the all-around, third on vault and third on the floor exercise at the 2004 state meet … majoring in human nutrition and foods ... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll.
Beam 9.875 Floor 9.875
at EAGL Championship 3/21/09 vs. Oklahoma, George Washington, William & Mary 1/27/08
Shelly Purkat’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 13 14 11 38
AA 0 0 0 0
Total Points 220.075 259.375 211.775 691.225
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Shelly Purkat’s Career Highs
RECORD BOOK
2009 REVIEW
EAGL
2007 (Freshman) – Developed into a solid contributor … competed in all 13 meets … scored just over 220 points … ranked eighth in the EAGL on beam and 18th in the region … set career highs of 9.85 on beam and 9.8 on floor … set a season high with 9.85 on beam at home (2/3) in a five-team meet … at Arkansas (3/9), recorded a 9.825 on beam … had a solid meet in her native state of Minnesota (3/24) … tied career high on beam with 9.85, while scoring
9.775 on floor … tied a season high with a 9.8 on floor at the EAGL Championship (3/30) … hit her beam routine at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/14) to earn a team high 9.75 from judges … also picked up a 9.7 on floor … averaged 9.57 on floor for the year with an RQS of 9.725 … had an average of 9.56 on beam and an RQS of 9.79 … EAGL all-Academic Team.
2010 PREVIEW
9.8 on beam at EAGL Championship (3/29) and 9.775 on floor … posted a 9.675 (beam) and 9.7 (floor) at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … had a beam RQS of 9.785 and floor RQS of 9.815 … averaged 9.651 on floor … named to EAGL allAcademic Team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
MEDIA
named the EAGL Specialist of the Week … 9.725 on beam and 9.875 on floor at home against Oklahoma (1/27) … was named EAGL Specialist of the Week … critical performance in WVU’s upset at Penn State (2/2) by scoring 9.825s on beam and floor … was honored with the EAGL Specialist of the Week award for third-consecutive week … went 9.7 and 9.725 on beam and floor, respectively, at LSU (2/8) … 9.825 on floor at home against UNC (2/15) … 9.7 on beam at Rutgers (2/23) … season-high 9.85 on beam at Pitt (3/1) … 9.825 and 9.85 on beam and floor, respectively, at home against Minnesota (3/15) … scored 9.825 on floor at home against Ohio State (3/22) … notched
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Mountaineers
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Kiersten Spoerke 5-0, SENIOR | SUWANEE, Ga.
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Dedicated gymnast who spent many hours in Cary Gym over the summer … hopes to make senior season her best yet … looks to break into bars and vault lineups … has a great chance to compete as an all-arounder this season … amazingly consistent on beam as a junior, holding down the team’s anchor position throughout the entire season … hard to rattle while on beam … developed new bars routine … remarkable athlete who has come on strong since arriving on campus … made vault and bars lineups as a freshman before becoming a staple in the beam and floor lineups as a sophomore … has looked strong in all four events … cheerful in the gym.
2010 PREVIEW EAGL
2009 (Junior) – Provided a steadying influence as the anchor of the Mountaineers’ beam lineup throughout season … also excelled at the top of the floor exercise lineup … first team all-EAGL balance beam and floor exercise … totaled less than 9.75 points on the beam only twice in last nine meets of the season … earned 233.35 points in 12 meets … scored 9.65 on floor and 9.575 on beam at Georgia (1/9) … third-best WVU floor score at Michigan State (1/17) with 9.725 points … tallied 9.8 points on floor in home-opener against Pitt (1/23) … tremendous showing in home meet against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31), finishing first on the beam with
2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
a career-high 9.9 points and matching a career high on the floor with 9.85 points, good enough for fourth place … won second-consecutive beam competition at George Washington (2/9) with a score of 9.875 points … also earned 9.725 points on floor … tied for third on beam with 9.75 points against Temple (2/15) … also earned 9.8 points on floor … finished with 9.775 points on floor and 9.75 points on beam at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … put together an aggressive meet against Kentucky (3/1), tying for first on beam with 9.85 points and finishing third on floor with 9.825 points … tied for second place on beam with 9.8 score against Penn State (3/8) … matched beam score with fifth place floor showing … tied for first on beam at Iowa State (3/13) with 9.75 points … also earned identical score on floor … scored 9.725 points on floor and 9.625 points on beam at EAGL Championship (3/21) … tallied 9.725 points on floor and 9.7 points on beam at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4) … ranked 15th on beam in region with RQS of 9.805 … averaged 9.763 on floor … EAGL all-Academic team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
Getting to know Kiersten Spoerke What one word best describes you? Driven
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Beam
What is your favorite Linda Burdette-Good phrase?
“I’ll do one skill in this routine for you.”
What is your favorite restaurant? Cheesecake Factory
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Life is Beautiful
What is your favorite late-night snack? Pretzels
Who is the best dressed on the team? Amy Bieski
Who is the best singer on the team? Naja Johnson
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? The Bible, a blanket and a knife
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What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Penn State
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Personal - Daughter of Don and Anita Spoerke … has two brothers and a sister … birthday is July 30 … attended North Gwinnett High … a three-time junior national and regional qualifier… placed sixth in the all-around and second on the floor at the 2005 Regional … third in the all-around, second on vault, placed second on beam and third on bars at 2006 Regional
… a level 9 Eastern Nationals qualifier … a level 10 state beam and floor champion in 2003 … three-time AAU national qualifier and state beam champion … 1996 USACTOP team member … five-time national TOP team qualifier … a Georgia Merit Scholar with a 4.0 GPA … honor graduate that ranked 11th in class of 488 students … National Honor Society … active in Latin Club and Beta Club … two-year captain and four-time letterwinner on diving team … four-time state qualifier in diving … twice named most valuable diver … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in mechanical engineering.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
2007 (Freshman) – Competed in six meets … saw action on bars in each … also performed beam and vault one meet … totaled 73.15 points for the season … had a 9.5 on bars and 9.575 on vault at Pitt (1/19) in first career road meet … posted seasonhigh 9.525 on bars at five-team home meet (2/3) vs. Penn State, Wilson, George Washington and Kent State ... all-EAGL Academic Team ... NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
at Pitt, Maryland, Michigan State Penn State, George Washington, Kent State, Wilson vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers at EAGL Championship vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers
Kiersten Spoerke’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 6 14 12 32
AA 0 0 0 0
Total Points 73.15 261.05 233.35 567.55
1/19/07 2/3/07 1/31/09 3/15/08 3/29/08 1/31/09
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Vault 9.575 Bars 9.525 Beam 9.9 Floor 9.85
MEDIA
Kiersten Spoerke’s Career Highs
RECORD BOOK
2009 REVIEW
EAGL
2010 PREVIEW
2008 (Sophomore) – Two-event specialist and consistent performer all year on beam and floor ... second team all-EAGL on the balance beam … participated in all 14 meets … scored 261.05 points … scored a 9.725 on beam at the Cancun Classic (1/4) … hit for a 9.8 on beam at Maryland (1/18) … notched a score of 9.65 on beam and 9.725 on floor at home against Oklahoma (1/27) … solid beam routine for a 9.8 at Penn State (2/2) … scored 9.825 on beam and 9.775 on floor against UNC (2/15) at home … went for 9.7 and 9.825 on beam and floor, respectively, at Rutgers (2/23) … notched a 9.775 on beam at Pitt (3/1) … received score of 9.775 on beam and 9.675 on floor at George Washington (3/9) … set career highs with 9.85s on beam and floor at home against Minnesota (3/15) … hit for 9.85 on beam and 9.725 on floor against Ohio State (3/22) … scored 9.85 on floor and 9.775 on beam at EAGL Championship (3/29) … notched a pair of 9.5s on beam and floor at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … had 9.81 RQS on beam and 9.76 RQS on floor … ranked 15th in the region on beam … averaged 9.64 on beam and 9.69 on floor for year … named to EAGL all-Academic Team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
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Mountaineers
Chelsi Tabor
5-1, SENIOR | BECKLEY, W.Va. State gymnast who has been familiar with the WVU program for years … shared 2009 EAGL vault title with teammate Tina Maloney … continued to earn national ranking on vault as a junior … anchors a talented WVU lineup, routinely earning the team’s top score … pushed for a spot in the vault beam lineup weekly … consistently hits her high-level vault … one of the best in the EAGL and region … also will likely help the squad in the floor exercise in the future … shows her fun-loving personality daily in the gym. 2009 (Junior) – The stalwart anchor in the Mountaineers’ vaulting lineup … tied teammate Tina Maloney for the EAGL vault title at the conference championship … also made significant contribution to beam lineup and earned first experience on the floor exercise … first team all-EAGL vault … totaled 193.225 points in 12 meets … scored only one vault below 9.8 … tied for first on the vault with 9.875 points at season-opener in Georgia (1/9) … also made Mountaineer floor debut and nabbed 9.625 points … finished first on the vault for second-straight week at Michigan State (1/17) with 9.825 points … also nabbed a season-best 9.7 points on beam … tied for second place on beam against Pitt (1/23) with 9.6 points … also tied for third on vault with a score of 9.85 … won third vault competition of season in home quad-meet with Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31), scoring 9.875 points … scored 9.875 points on vault at George Washington (2/9) and tied for first place … nabbed fifth vault victory of season with 9.85 points against Temple (2/15) … tied for fourth on vault with 9.85 points at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … scored 9.725 points on vault against Kentucky (3/1) … recovered from shaky previous meet and nabbed season-best 9.9 vault score, good enough for second place against Penn State (3/8) … tied for first place on vault with 9.825 points at Iowa State (3/13) … as meet’s final vaulter, vaulted 9.9 to secure first EAGL crown at league championship (3/21) … score matched season-best mark … vaulted to a score of 9.80 at NCAA Southeast Regional … vault RQS of 9.875 ranked second in EAGL, fifth in region and 29th in nation … averaged 9.846 on 12 vault attempts … EAGL all-Academic Team. 2008 (Sophomore) – First team all-EAGL vaulter after having the league’s secondhighest RQS … competed in all 14 meets on vault and 10 on beam … scored 211.925 points … opened year with a 9.825 vault at the Cancun Classic (1/4) … vaulted a 9.75 and recorded a 9.775 on beam at Maryland (1/18) … stuck vault for a 9.85 at Penn State (2/2) … had a 9.775 on vault and 9.65 on beam at LSU (2/8) … set career high with
9.925 on vault in home win over UNC (2/15) … solid vault of 9.85 at Pitt (3/1) … notched pair of 9.875s on vault at George Washington (3/9) and at home against Minnesota (3/15) … named EAGL Specialist of the Week after meet at GW … scored 9.575 on beam and 9.85 on vault versus Ohio State (3/22) … took second on vault at the EAGL Championship (3/29) with a 9.9 … vaulted a 9.9 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) to finish fifth individually … averaged an impressive 9.82 per vault … had a vault RQS of 9.87 to rank first in the EAGL, ninth in the region and 35th nationally … named to EAGL all-Academic Team.
(3/9) when she scored a 9.775 … followed that performance with a 9.8 at home on senior day (3/17) … vaulted a 9.725 at Minnesota (3/24) … hit on vault at EAGL Championship (3/30) to score a 9.8 … hit for a 9.75 vault score at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/14) … averaged a 9.76 on vault for the year.
Personal - Daughter of John and Katy Tabor … has two brothers … birthday is July 16 … attended Woodrow Wilson High … competed club for Maverick’s Gymnastics … a four-year level 10 gymnast that was a level 8 and level 10 all-around state champion … 2006 region seven national Junior Olympic team member … finished in the top 20 in the nation on vault … six year regional qualifier … 2006 top seven all-around regional 2007 (Freshman) – Competed in six qualifier … took fifth on beam and sixth on vault meets, all on vault … totaled 58.6 points on at 2006 regionals … earned the Edna Mac Phillips the year … set career high of 9.8 on vault Award as the top female athlete at Woodrow … recorded a 9.75 on vault in first career Wilson … member of Fellowship of Christian collegiate meet at home (1/12) … missed a Athletes … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor significant amount of time with a leg injury Roll … majoring in physical education teaching. … did not compete again until at Arkansas
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Vault
What is your favorite restaurant?
My mom’s kitchen! But I like Olive Garden’s salad and breadsticks.
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? A toss-up between Twilight, Ace Ventura and Titanic
What is your favorite late-night snack?
Chelsi Tabor’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 6 14 12 32
AA 0 0 0 0
Total Points 58.6 211.925 193.225 463.75
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Effervescent and gregarious
Vault 9.925 vs. North Carolina 2/15/08 Beam 9.775 at Maryland 1/18/08 Floor 9.625 at Georgia 1/9/09
COACHING STAFF
What two words best describe you?
Chelsi Tabor’s Career Highs
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Getting to know Chelsi Tabor
Who is the best dressed on the team? Amy Bieski
Who is the best singer on the team?
2010 PREVIEW
Watermelon and popcorn
Naja Johnson and I are a great duet!
EAGL
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Arkansas
What is the best part of practice?
2009 REVIEW
My cell phone, mascara and hair spray
Sprinting for an hour in 90-degree weather
What is the most overplayed song on your iPod? “Baby Got Back”
Who is the biggest motivator on the team? Emily Kerwin
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
What is the worst part of practice?
RECORD BOOK
The constant support from my teammates. Also, when I swing bars for everyone’s entertainment!
What is your dream vacation?
Being on a deserted islanded with (actor) Robert Pattinson MEDIA
What are your three road-trip essentials?
My cell phone, my hair straightener and my Nintendo DS
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Mountaineers
Ashley Wilson
5-1, SENIOR | ST. ALBANS, W.Va. West Virginia native whose work ethic has paved the way for success in the gym … one of three team captains … working on new vault for senior season … looking to finish career strong … made the bars lineup in second year and continued to contribute on event for most of junior season … consistently pushing for bars lineup spot … forced into action on vault due to injuries in the lineup as a freshman … consistently performed well in those appearances … adjusted well to the world of collegiate gymnastics … proven vaulter … best event is the uneven bars … could possibly compete in all four events … consistent performer … handles pressure well. 2009 (Junior) – Stepped up as a leader and a valued contributor, acting as co-captain and finding a spot in the Mountaineers’ bars lineup for nine of the season’s 12 meets … scored 86.85 points … tallied 9.625 points at Michigan State (1/17) … returned to bars lineup with strong 9.7 showing against Temple (2/15) … scored 9.65 points on bars at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … tallied
a career-best 9.75 points on bars, good enough for sixth place, in home victor y over Kentucky (3/1) … earned 9.725 points in leadoff bars position against Penn State (3/8) … swung to 9.7 points on bars at Iowa State (3/13) … solid as bars leadoff at EAGL Championship (3/21), scoring 9.725 points … had bars RQS of 9.7 and average of 9.65 … EAGL all-Academic.
2008 (Sophomore) – Specialized on the uneven bars in her second season … was voted the most improved gymnast on the squad by teammates … competed in 11 meets, all on bars … scored 103.025 points … swung a 9.6 at the Cancun Classic (1/4) … hit for 9.7 at home against Oklahoma (1/27) … scored consecutive 9.575s at Penn State (2/2) and LSU (2/8) … swung a 9.625 at home against Minnesota (3/15) … set new career high with a 9.7 at home against Ohio State (3/22) in last meet action of the year … named to EAGL all-Academic Team. 2007 (Freshman) – Saw action in six meets in the middle of the year on vault … jumped into the vault lineup after an injur y to Chelsi Tabor … led off the lineup in those meets … totaled 57.225 points in rookie season … set season-high 9.6 on vault in home meet vs. Michigan State (2/23) … first collegiate action at nationally ranked Kentucky (1/26) … recorded a 9.45 on vault … steadily improved over the next few weeks in scores … went 9.5 on vault in five-team home meet (2/3) … vaulted a 9.55 at UNH (2/10) … repeated that performance with a 9.55 at NC State (2/17) … career-high 9.6 vault came a week later at home (2/23) … went for 9.575 at Ohio State (3/4) … did not compete in any other meets after that … named to EAGL all-Academic Team. Personal - Daughter of Don and Karen Wilson … has one sister … birthday is May 20 … attended St. Albans High … competed for the Flip Flop Shop private club … was a teammate of former Mountaineer Mehgan Morris at the Flip Flop Shop … a regional qualifier the last two years … placed as high as eighth on the vault in the 2004 regional … also placed first on the balance beam and second in the all-around in the 2005 state meet … member of National Honor Society … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in exercise physiology.
Bars
What is your favorite Linda BurdetteGood phrase? “Breathe”
What is your favorite restaurant? Apple Annie’s
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Steel Magnolias
What is your favorite late-night snack?
vs. Michigan State 2/23/07 vs. Kentucky 3/1/09
Ashley Wilson’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 6 11 9 26
AA 0 0 0 0
Total Points 57.225 103.025 86.85 247.1
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Vault 9.6 Bars 9.75
COACHING STAFF
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be?
Ashley Wilson’s Career Highs
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Getting to know Ashley Wilson
Who is the best dressed on the team? Stephanie Keaton
Who is the best singer on the team? Naja Johnson
2010 PREVIEW
Anything with peanut butter
EAGL
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
What is your favorite away gym to compete in?
Penn State
What is the best part of practice?
2009 REVIEW
Deodorant, water and pictures of my family
What is the most overplayed song on your iPod? “Man in the Mirror”
RECORD BOOK
Laughing and joking with the team and hearing the words of support
Emily Kerwin
What is your dream vacation? Anywhere near a beach
What are your three road-trip essentials?
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Who is the biggest motivator on the team?
Gum, Diet Mountain Dew and my snuggie
What do you never leave home without? MEDIA
My water bottle
Who is your celebrity crush? Jake Gyllenhaal
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Mountaineers
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Amy Bieski
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
5-7, JUNIOR | NANTICOKE, Pa.
Strong all-arounder who built off spectacular rookie season and flourished as a sophomore … one of three team captains … only returning all-arounder … will be looked upon to replace Mehgan Morris as team’s top point-earner … on pace to become one of the best gymnasts in WVU history … elegant style shows especially on beam and floor … made vast improvements on uneven bars as a sophomore … competing for a lineup position in all four events … one of the top, consistent vaulters in the Southeast Region … graceful on floor.
Getting to know Amy Bieski What one word best describes you? Bubbly
2010 PREVIEW
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor because I love to perform!
What is your favorite restaurant? EAGL
P.F. Chang’s
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Hook
2009 REVIEW
What is your favorite late-night snack? Cereal, because I can’t cook!
RECORD BOOK
Who is the best dressed on the team? Shelly Purkat
Who is the best singer on the team? Alysha Pretzello
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
My dog, a beach towel and a magic carpet to fly away.
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Florida
What is the best part of practice? Warm-ups and stretching MEDIA
What is the worst part of practice?
There isn’t a worst part – practice is always wonderful.
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2009 (Sophomore) – Built on brilliant rookie campaign and became a consistent point-earner … first team all-EAGL vault, floor exercise and all-around … second team all-EAGL uneven bars … earned EAGL Gymnast of the Week (1/27) and EAGL Specialist of the Week (1/20) honors … shared WVU Coaches Award with Nicole Roach … finished second on the team with 456.15 points, competing in all 12 meets, 11 as an all-arounder … vaulted below 9.8 just three times all season … opened the season strong at Georgia, scoring 9.825 on the floor and 9.85 on the vault, the second-best meet score, and finishing with 38.35 points (1/9) … outstanding at Michigan State (1/17) in her only meet as a specialist, finishing first on the floor with 9.85 points and tying for second on the bars with 9.8 points … also scored 9.75 on vault … for her efforts, was named the EAGL Specialist of the Week … continued to ride hot-streak in Mountaineers’ home opener against Pitt (1/23), setting a career high with 9.9 first-place vault … finished first overall with 39.175 points, which included second-place showings on the floor with 9.875 points and the beam with 9.6 points … also finished third on the bars with 9.8 points … for her efforts, she was named the EAGL Gymnast of the Week … matched a career-best score and tied for second with 9.9 on floor in quad-meet with Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … also scored 9.75 points on vault and finished with 38.225 points … secured first all-around victory of season at George Washington (2/9) with 39.075 points … tied for first on floor with 9.825 points … also tied for third on vault with 9.85 points and beam with a season-high 9.75 score … nabbed second straight 39.0-plus score against Temple (2/15), finishing second overall with 39.025 points … finished second on the floor and vault with 9.875 and 9.775 points, respectively … also scored 9.725 points on bars, good enough for third place … finished fifth overall with 39.025 points at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … point total included scores of 9.825 on vault and 9.775 on bars … finished second overall with a season-high 39.225 points in home win over Kentucky (3/1) … point total was aided by season-best 9.75 beam score … also
tied for first on vault with 9.825 points and finished second on floor with 9.875 points … scored 38.9 points to finish third overall against Penn State (3/8) … outing included a career-best 9.825 bars score, good enough for fourth place … tied for first on vault with teammate Chelsi Tabor at Iowa State (3/13), scoring 9.85 points … finished third overall with 38.35 points … tallied 38.5 points at EAGL Championship (3/21) … finished third on vault with 9.875 points … also tied for 10th place on floor with 9.775 points … tallied 38.9 points at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4) and finished eighth overall … scored 9.8 on vault and 9.7 on bars, beam and floor …floor RQS of 9.85 ranked fourth in EAGL and 12th in region … ranked 10th in region on vault with 9.845 RQS and 13th in all-around with 38.96 RQS … exceptional vault average of 9.821 … EAGL all-Academic honoree. 2008 (Freshman) – Superb season allaround ... first team all-EAGL all-around and floor exercise … second team all-EAGL on vault and uneven bars … was the EAGL Rookie of the Week five times and the EAGL Gymnast of the Week once … finished just behind NC State’s Brittney Hardiman for EAGL Rookie of the Year award … tied with then-teammate Mehgan Morris for team MVP award … totaled an impressive 513.4 points in rookie campaign … competed in all 14 meets, 11 times as an all-arounder … was solid in first collegiate meet with 38.95 points in the all-around, including a 9.8 on vault and 9.875 on floor at the Cancun Classic (1/4) … was named the EAGL Rookie of the Week after that effort … vaulted a 9.8 at Michigan (1/11) … hit for 9.8 on vault and 9.825 on floor at Maryland (1/18) and was named the EAGL Rookie of the Week … swung a 9.75 on bars and recorded a 9.875 on floor at home against Oklahoma (1/27) … set new career high on bars with a 9.825 and on floor with a 9.9 at Penn State (2/2) … vaulted a 9.75 at LSU (2/8) … received a score of 9.825 on vault, 9.7 on bars and 9.875 on floor in home win over UNC (2/15) … was named the EAGL Rookie of the Week … scored 9.725 on bars and 9.8 on floor at Rutgers (2/23) … earned a score of 9.825 (vault) and 9.85 (floor) at Pitt (3/1) … scored
... also placed fourth on beam, fifth on bars and sixth on vault … was third in the all-around competition … at the 2003 regional, placed third on floor and eighth in all-around … five-time state and regional qualifier … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in speech pathology and audiology.
Vault 9.9 Bars 9.825 Beam 9.775 Floor 9.9 All-Around 39.275
vs. Pitt at Penn State vs. Penn State vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers at Penn State EAGL Championship vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers
1/23/09 2/2/08 3/8/09 3/15/08 2/2/08 3/29/08 1/31/09 3/15/08
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Amy Bieski’s Career Highs
RECORD BOOK
2009 REVIEW
EAGL
2010 PREVIEW
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
COACHING STAFF
Personal - Daughter of Mark and Patricia Bieski … has two brothers … birthday is Jan. 7 … was the class president and homecoming queen at Greater Nanticoke Area High … club is Northeast Gymnastics … a five-year level 10 gymnast … two-time Junior Olympic national qualifier … was a national qualifier in 2004 … was the floor exercise champion in 2004 at regionals
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
set new career high with 9.85 at EAGL Championship (3/29) … scored 38.95 points in all-around at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … had an RQS of 9.875 on floor, ranking 30th in the nation and seventh in the region … her 9.765 RQS ranked 23rd in region on bars and 9.815 RQS on vault ranked 19th in region … RQS in all-around (38.885) ranked 14th in region … named to EAGL all-Academic Team.
Amy Bieski’s Career Statistics Year 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 14 12 26
AA 11 11 22
Total Points 513.4 456.15 969.55
MEDIA
39.1 points in the all-around at GW (3/9) to be named the EAGL Rookie of the Week … score included a 9.8 on vault and bars along with a 9.825 on floor … set career high in all-around with a 39.275 at home against Minnesota (3/15) … meet included a 9.825 on vault, 9.8 on bars, 9.775 on beam and 9.875 on floor as she was named the EAGL Rookie of the Week for the fifth and final time … scored 38.975 points in all-around on senior day vs. Ohio State (3/22) to be named the EAGL Gymnast of the Week for the first time in her career … tied career high with 9.9 on floor and
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Naja Johnson
5-6, JUNIOR | AUSTELL, Ga.
COACHING STAFF
Graceful gymnast who makes the sport look effortless … continued to do well on bars as a sophomore, developing a solid routine … added a consistent floor routine in second season … coaching staff raves about her potential … high level of skill in all four events … looking to add beam and vault routines her junior season … has necessary skills to succeed … her consistency will help her hold lineup spots … strongest events are bars and floor.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Getting to know Naja Johnson What one word best describes you?
Hilarious
2010 PREVIEW
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Bars
What is your favorite restaurant? EAGL
Olive Garden
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Rush Hour 2
2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK
What is your favorite latenight snack? Pizza rolls
Who is the best dressed on the team? WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDIA
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Stephanie Keaton – she always has fresh, one-of-a-kind trends
Who is the best singer on the team? Amy Bieski
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? All I need is my iPod with all of Michael Jackson’s songs
2009 (Sophomore) – Flourished as a solid bars contributor and became dependable in the WVU floor lineup … earned first conference honors, as she was named first team all-EAGL uneven bars and second team all-EAGL floor exercise … doubled her rookie season point total, earning 214.25 points in 12 meets … tallied second-best Mountaineer bars score with 9.75 in season-opener at Georgia (1/9) … also made floor debut against GymDogs and scored 9.575 points … overcame an early-season ankle injury that held her out of floor lineup for two meets … tallied 9.75 points on bars at Michigan State (1/17) … earned third-straight 9.75 bars score against Pitt (1/23) … returned to floor lineup and finished fourth with a career high 9.85 points against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … also scored 9.7 points on bars … enjoyed a solid meet at George Washington (2/9), tying for first on the floor with 9.825 points and securing second place on the bars with 9.775 points … enjoyed tremendous showing against Temple (2/15), finishing second on the floor and the bars with respective 9.85 and 9.8 scores … floor score against the Owls matched a careerhigh … tied for fifth place on bars with 9.8 points at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … also scored 9.775 on floor … finished third on the bars with a career-best 9.85 score against Kentucky (3/1) … had been steadily building up to score all season … tied for fourth place on bars with 9.825 points in final home meet of
season against Penn State (3/8) … also scored 9.775 points on floor … scored 9.8 points on floor at Iowa State (3/13) … totaled 9.70 points on bars and 9.675 points on floor at EAGL Championship (3/21) … solid at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4), scoring 9.775 points on bars and 9.75 points on floor … 9.8 RQS on bars and 9.805 RQS on floor ranked her 18th and 24th, respectively, in the region … earned EAGL all-Academic honors. 2008 (Freshman) – Entered the bars lineup … competed in nine meets as a rookie … scored 96.325 points … swung a 9.675 on bars in WVU’s home opener against Oklahoma (1/27) … performed solid bar routine at Penn State (2/2) for a 9.775 score … posted consecutive 9.75s on bars at LSU (2/8) and in home win over North Carolina (2/15) … scored 9.775 on uneven bars at Rutgers (2/23) … set career high on bars at George Washington (3/9) with 9.825 score … missed WVU’s last two home meets due to injury … bounced back at EAGL Championship (3/29) with a score of 9.725 on bars … had solid showing in first action at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) with a 9.775 on bars … had a 9.68 bars average on nine attempts and 9.755 RQS … named to EAGL all-Academic Team. Personal – Daughter of Bobby and Jeanine Johnson … has a brother and a sister … birthday is Nov. 25 … attended South Cobb High … mother played basketball at Eastern Kentucky … a soloist in high school who had a lead in the musical “Guys and Dolls”… club is Atlanta School of Gymnastics … level 10 gymnast for six years … four-time state champion … won all-around at regionals twice … three-time national qualifier … seventh on vault at nationals in 2006 … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … enrolled in multiple disciplinary studies.
Naja Johnson’s Career Highs Bars 9.85 Floor 9.85
vs. Kentucky 3/1/09 vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers 1/31/09 vs. Temple 2/15/09
Naja Johnson’s Career Statistics Year 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 9 12 21
AA 0 0 0
Total Points 96.325 214.25 310.575
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Stephanie Keaton 5-3, JUNIOR | MEDINA, Ohio
What one word best describes you? If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be?
Beam
Beam 9.725 Floor 9.625
EAGL Championship at George Washington at Michigan State, with Iowa and Illinois State
3/29/08 2/9/09 1/17/09
Stephanie Keaton’s Career Statistics Year 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 12 5 17
AA 0 0 0
Total Points 114.1 56.7 170.8
2010 PREVIEW
Original
What are your favorite restaurants? Red Lobster and Chipotle
EAGL
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? What is your favorite late-night snack? Cookie dough
Who is the best dressed on the team?
2009 REVIEW
Spice World
Naja Johnson
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
My mom, my refrigerator and Harry Potter – the actual wizard, not the book!
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Cancun, because it is by the beach!
RECORD BOOK
Amy Bieski
Who is the best singer on the team?
Stephanie Keaton’s Career Highs
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Getting to know Stephanie Keaton
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
2008 (Freshman) – Led off the beam lineup frequently … competed in 12 meets, all on beam … scored 114.1 points … scored a 9.65 on beam in first college meet at Maryland (1/18) … hit for 9.65 at Penn State (2/2) … competed on beam and received a 9.625 score at home against UNC (2/15) … posted a 9.6 at George Washington (3/1) … notched back-to-back 9.675s at home against Minnesota (3/15) and Ohio State (3/22) … set a new career high with a 9.725 at EAGL Championship (3/29) … hit for 9.525 at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … averaged 9.508 in 12 meets on beam … had an RQS of 9.65 … named to EAGL all-Academic Team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
Personal - Daughter of Reva Keaton … birthday is March 20 ... member of gymnastics team that was two-time state runners-up at Medina High … all-district and allstate … National Honor Society member … club is Medina Gymnastics Academy … level 9 state and beam champion … 2004 level 9 national qualifier, placing second on beam … fifth in all-around at nationals in 2005 and fourth on vault … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in fashion design.
What is the best part of practice? Laughing with my teammates
MEDIA
2009 (Sophomore) – Competed in five meets, primarily in the balance beam lineup … scored 56.7 points … saw first action of the season at Michigan State (1/17), scoring 9.625 points on the beam and the floor … matched a career-high 9.725 beam score at George Washington (2/9) as a last-second replacement for an injured Erica Watson … tallied 9.6 points on beam against Temple (2/15) … named to EAGL all-Academic Team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
COACHING STAFF
Talented gymnast on the balance beam who came on early in her career to contribute as a freshman, and then continued to push for a lineup spot as a sophomore … saw action on floor as sophomore and will work towards a lineup spot as a junior … consistent on beam … looks to add floor and vault routines this year … has skill-set to excel … big contributor to squad through spirit and hard work.
What is the worst part of practice? The last hour, spent in or near the Shell Building
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MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Emily Kerwin
5-0, JUNIOR | CENTRAL, S.C.
COACHING STAFF
May be the hardest working person in the gym … very driven … packs a lot of power and explosiveness into frame … after solid freshman season on vault, continued to consistently contribute as regular member of event’s lineup … spent offseason putting work into bars routine with hopes of contributing during junior year … is doing well learning new skills.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL
2009 (Sophomore) – Solid in the middle of the Mountaineers’ vaulting lineup, competing in all 12 meets and scoring 9.75plus 10 times … earned second team allEAGL vault honors … concluded year with 117.3 points … opened season with 9.75 points at Georgia (1/9) … finished second on the team on the vault at Michigan State (1/17) with 9.725 points … solid against Pitt (1/23), scoring 9.825 on vault … tied for fourth place on vault with 9.8 points in home quad-meet with Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … continued hot streak on vault at George Washington (2/9), tying for first place with a career-high 9.875 score … tied for second place on vault against Temple (2/15) with 9.775 points … earned 9.8 vault score at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … tallied 9.775 points on vault against Kentucky (3/1) … finished fifth on vault
2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDIA
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with 9.825 points against Penn State (3/8) … totaled 9.75 points on vault at Iowa State (3/13) … earned 9.8 points on vault at EAGL Championship (3/21) … scored 9.6 points on vault at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4) … averaged 9.775 on 12 vault attempts.
Getting to know Emily Kerwin
2008 (Freshman) – Was in the vault lineup all 14 meets … scored 134.375 points … vaulted a 9.625 in first collegiate meet at Cancun Classic (1/4) … posted back-to-back 9.725s on the road at Michigan (1/11) and at Maryland (1/18) … vaulted a 9.675 at LSU (2/8) … hit for 9.75 at rival Pitt (3/1) … set then-career high with 9.775 at home against Minnesota (3/15) … vaulted a 9.75 against Ohio State at home (3/22) … tied career high at EAGL Championship (3/29) … vaulted a 9.725 at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … averaged 9.59 per vault and had an RQS of 9.745.
What one word best describes you?
Personal - Daughter of Michael and Melissa Kerwin ... has one brother and one sister … birthday is July 13 ... inducted to Hall of Fame at Liberty High … Beta Club … member of the South Carolina American Legion Auxiliary and Palmetto Girls State delegation … named student of the month four times … club is Upstate Gymnastics … three-year level 10 … five-time regional qualifier … 2007 state all-around champion … also won vault and bars at 2007 states … two-time state beam champion … had artwork put on display at Pickens County art museum … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in graphic design.
Taco Bell
A Christian
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Bars
What is your favorite Linda Burdette-Good phrase? “Breathe”
What is your favorite restaurant? If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Remember the Titans
What is your favorite late-night snack? Chips and salsa
Who is the best dressed on the team? Shelly Purkat
Who is the best singer on the team? Alysha Pretzello
If you could take only three things to a desert island , what would they be?
Emily Kerwin’s Career Highs Vault 9.875 at George Washington
2/9/09
Emily Kerwin’s Career Statistics Year 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 14 12 26
AA 0 0 0
Total Points 134.375 117.3 251.675
Bible, pillow and a boat to get off!
What is your favorite away gym to compete in?
Georgia, because I like the challenge and it’s close to my home
What is the best part of practice? The relaxed nature
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Faye Meaden
5-5, JUNIOR | FAIRFAX, Va.
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW
Caring
What is your favorite restaurant? EAGL
P.F. Changs
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? What is your favorite late-night snack? Ice cream
Who is the best dressed on the team? Shelly Purkat
Who is the best singer on the team?
2009 REVIEW
Pirates of the Caribbean
RECORD BOOK
Personal - Daughter of Chris and Sarah Meaden ... one brother … born in Milton Keynes, England … also lived in Malaysia ... birthday is March 10 ... attended W.T. Woodson High … member of Key Club … club Capital Gymnastics NTC … level 10 gymnast who went to regionals four-straight years … placed second at states in 2004, 2005 and 2006 … competed in British Championships in 2004 … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in exercise physiology.
What one word best describes you?
Ashley Wilson
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? My phone, my bathing suit and my best friend
What is the best part of practice? Our fun and crazy clothing days
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
2008 (Freshman) – Did not see competitive action during the season … named to EAGL all-Academic Team.
Getting to know Faye Meaden
What is the worst part of practice? Running!
MEDIA
2009 (Sophomore) – Did not see competitive action during the season … named to EAGL all-Academic Team.
COACHING STAFF
International gymnast with great attitude … great work ethic in the gym … gaining confidence … vault looks good … upgrading difficulty … proven skills on bars, her strongest event … suffered through appendectomy prior to sophomore season … hopes junior season will be first injury-free year at WVU … will be strong on beam and floor and has improved in every event.
What is your dream vacation?
A secluded island in the Caribbean
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Alysha Pretzello
5-1, JUNIOR | DIAMONDHEAD, Miss.
COACHING STAFF
Gymnast looking to gain experience as a junior … one of three team captains … consistently competes for lineup position on bars, with hopes to secure spot this season … team will rely on high-level bar routine … hopes to continue to develop bars routine under two-time EAGL champion and former teammate Mehgan Morris … has athletic genes … had foot surgery prior to coming to WVU … spent fall of freshman year recovering from that injury… also has shown promise on beam.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
2009 (Sophomore) – Provided quality depth for the Mountaineers on the uneven bars throughout the season … put together a solid routine that she continued to improve on … earned first collegiate experience at George Washington (2/9), filling in for an injured Morris and swinging to a 9.075 score.
Getting to know Alysha Pretzello What one word best describes you? Random
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be?
2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW
2008 (Freshman) – Did not see competitive action.
Bars
Personal – Daughter of Andrew and Lisa Pretzello … one brother … birthday is June 7 … attended Hancock High … club is Brook-lin Center Gymnastics … level 10 gymnast who won states in 2005 and 2006 … qualified for regionals three years … mother, the former Lisa Palk, competed in gymnastics at Alabama … father played football at Jacksonville State … involved in Key Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes … majoring in business.
Raising Canes
What is your favorite restaurant? If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be?
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
What is your favorite late-night snack? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Who is the best dressed on the team? Amy Bieski
Who is the best singer on the team? RECORD BOOK
Naja Johnson and me. We make a nice duet.
Alysha Pretzello’s Career Highs Bars 9.075 at George Washington
2/9/09
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Alysha Pretzello’s Career Statistics Year 2009
Meets 1
AA 0
Total Points 9.075
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
My dog, Baxter, a wheel of cheese for Baxter and me to split and a boat, of course!
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Florida
What is the best part of practice?
Laughing and hanging out with my awesome teammates
What is the worst part of practice?
Always finishing last in the running drills MEDIA
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What is the most overplayed song on my iPod? Definitely something by Lil’ Wayne
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Jessica Young
5-6, JUNIOR| MONROE, N.C.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Getting to know Jessica Young What one word best describes you? Fun
2010 PREVIEW
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor
What is your favorite restaurant? Nakatos
EAGL
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be?
Either Wedding Crashers, Step Brothers, The Hangover or The Wood
2009 REVIEW
What is your favorite late-night snack? Bananas
Who is the best dressed on the team? Chelsi Tabor
Who is the best singer on the team? If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
RECORD BOOK
Alysha Pretzello
Urban Decay water-proof mascara, Dove body wash and a flat iron
Jessica Young’s Career Highs Vault 9.525 Bars 9.75 Floor 9.8
at Michigan vs. Ohio State vs. Kentucky vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers
1/11/08 3/22/08 3/1/09
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
2008 (Freshman) – Entered the bars and vault lineups … became very consistent on bars towards the end of the season … competed in eight meets, three on vault and seven on bars … scored 95.025 points … vaulted a 9.525 and also swung a 9.625 on bars at Michigan (1/11) … was in the vault and bars lineups at Maryland (1/18) … missed some time in the middle of the season with injury … returned to bars lineup at George Washington (3/9) and swung a 9.725 … repeated that same score a week later at home against Minnesota … swung a career-high 9.75 versus Ohio State (3/22) at home … recorded a score of 9.7 at the EAGL Championship (3/29) … notched a 9.625 on bars at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12) … averaged 9.628 on bars for the year … had an RQS of 9.605 on bars.
Personal – Daughter of Douglas and Jacky Young … only child … birthday is April 8 … attended Providence High … member of the National Honor Society … five-year level 10 gymnast at Southeastern Gymnastics … four-time regional and threetime national qualifier … placed in the top seven in the all-around at regionals her last three years in club … won the 2006 state meet individually and team won in 2007 … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in journalism.
1/31/09
Jessica Young’s Career Statistics Year 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 8 9 17
AA 0 0 0
MEDIA
2009 (Sophomore) – Continued to contribute to the Mountaineers’ bars lineup … also made first appearance in team’s floor lineup, competing in five meets, including the 2009 NCAA Southeast Regional … totaled 125.4 points in nine meets … finished third for WVU on bars with 9.725 points at Michigan State (1/17) … strong in Mountaineer floor debut against Pitt (1/23), scoring 9.725 points … also swung to 9.65 points on bars … earned a career-high 9.8 floor score in home meet with Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … also scored 9.675 on bars … scored 9.6 on bars against Temple (2/15) … nabbed 9.65 points on bars and 9.675 points on floor at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) …tied for sixth place on bars with 9.75 points in win over Kentucky (3/1) … solid as a last-second replacement on floor at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4), opening the Mountaineers’ rotation and scoring 9.7 points … averaged 9.628 on bars and 9.675 on floor … EAGL all-Academic.
COACHING STAFF
Talented gymnast who proved her worth on bars lineup as a sophomore … looks to push for a spot on all four lineups as a junior … team will rely on her for points … clutch performance on floor as last-second replacement at 2009 NCAA Southeast Regional … provided competition for WVU floor lineup throughout second season … great poise … bounced back with a great freshman fall after an injury limited her gymnastics the previous spring.
Total Points 95.025 125.4 220.425
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Tina Maloney
5-2, SOPHOMORE | HANOVER, Ind.
COACHING STAFF
Physically strong, powerful sophomore who excelled on vault during freshman campaign … shared EAGL vault title with teammate Chelsi Tabor … consistently tops in region on vault … added reliable depth to floor lineup … coaches believe she made great transition from club to collegiate gymnastics … looking to break into bars, beam and floor lineups.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK
2009 (Freshman) – Made immediate impact on WVU’s vault lineup … tied teammate Chelsi Tabor for vault title at 2009 EAGL Championship … first Mountaineer freshman to win conference championship since All-American Janáe Cox finished first on the vault in 2004 … named to the second team all-EAGL vault … also saw considerable action on the floor exercise … earned 155.65 points … showed potential early in season, scoring 9.775 points on vault at Georgia (1/9) … filled in for an injured Naja Johnson on floor at Michigan State (1/17), scoring 9.675 points in floor debut … also earned 9.65 points on vault … continued to contribute on floor, scoring 9.65 against Pitt (1/23) in leadoff position … placed third on vault with 9.825 points against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) at home … added to team’s strong vault score at George Washington (2/9) with 9.825 points … finished in a four-way tie for second place on vault against Temple (2/15) with 9.775 points … tallied 9.75 vault score at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … enjoyed stellar outing against Kentucky (3/1), tying for first on vault with 9.825 points and scoring a career best 9.7 points on floor … tallied 9.8 points on vault against Penn State (3/8) … finished third on the vault at Iowa State (3/13) with 9.8 points … emerged as a future contender at EAGL Championship (3/21), not only leading off the Mountaineers’ vault rotation, but scoring a career-best 9.9 points and tying with Tabor for the league title … totaled 9.625 points on vault at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4) … vault RQS of 9.815 ranked 21st in region … secured vault average of 9.756 on 12 attempts … earned EAGL allAcademic honors.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Tina Maloney’s Career Highs Vault 9.9 Floor 9.7
at EAGL Championship vs. Kentucky
3/21/09 3/1/09
Tina Maloney’s Career Statistics Year 2009
Meets 12
AA 0
Total Points 155.65
Personal - Daughter of James and Ann Maloney … one of three girls … birthday is May 20 … attended Southwestern High … member of the National Honor Society … four-time Region 5 qualifier as gymnast at Madison Gymnastics World under coach Stephanie Kemp… 2007 level 10 state vault champion … also finished second in floor and third on the beam and in all-around … took third place in vault at the 2007 level 10 Regionals … placed second in the vault and floor at the 2006 level 10 Regionals … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in pre-business.
Getting to know Tina Maloney What one word best describes you? Determined
If you could perform only one event at each meet, what would it be? Vault
What is your favorite Linda BurdetteGood phrase? “Don’t get crazy”
What is your favorite restaurant? Red Lobster
What is your favorite late night snack? Cereal
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Sweet Home Alabama
Who is the best dressed on the team? Stephanie Keaton
Who is the best singer on the team? Naja Johnson
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? A friend, water and SPF 70!
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Georgia
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Hearing my teammates cheer for me
What is the worst part of practice? Conditioning
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Nicole Roach
5-6, SOPHOMORE | SOUTH LYON, Mich.
Personal - Daughter of Greg and Wendy Roach … has one brother … birthday is April 5 … graduated Magna Cum Laude from South Lyon High … four-year honor roll … three-time level 10 regional
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Getting to know Nicole Roach What one word best describes you? If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Bars
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Hardworking
What is your favorite Linda Burdette-Good phrase? EAGL
“Breath”
What is your favorite restaurant? Buffalo Wild Wings
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Twilight
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qualifier (Region 5) as a member of the Sports Club of Novi Gymnastics Team under coaches Brian and Jenn Lewis … first place all-around at the 2008 Circle of Stars … fourth place on bars and beam at the 2008 level 10 state meet and level 10 regional meet, respectively … 2007 Twistar’s Invitational AllAround champion … finished second on beam and third in all-around at the 2006 level 10 state meet … majoring in exercise physiology.
What is your favorite late-night snack? Cheerios
Who is the best dressed on the team? Amy Bieski
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2009 (Freshman) – Made immediate impact on the Mountaineers’ bars lineup, competing in all but the season-opener and scoring less than 9.7 points only twice … first team all-EAGL uneven bars … shared the WVU Coaches Award with Amy Bieski … earned 106.975 points in 11 meets … opened career in hometown’s backyard, scoring 9.675 points on bars at Michigan State (1/17) … improved in second career meet with 9.725 bars showing against Pitt (1/23) … earned first career win and set season-best mark with 9.85 bars showing against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … finished third on bars at George Washington (2/9) with 9.75 points … totaled 9.7 points on bars against Temple (2/15) … scored 9.75 on bars at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … finished fourth on bars with 9.8 points at home against Kentucky (3/1) … tallied 9.8 points on bars against Penn State (3/8) … scored 9.775 points on bars at Iowa State (3/13) … secured 9.7 points on bars at EAGL Championship (3/21) … broke into regional rankings and ended season ranked 23rd on bars with RQS of 9.775 … averaged 9.725 on bars off 11 attempts … named to the EAGL all-Academic team.
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Experienced gymnast who emerged as a powerful contender on bars and presents potential to make an impact all the way around the gym … had a great freshman season … team relied on her bars routine each week … proved that she can deliver in clutch situations … consistently ranked high in region on bars … entered West Virginia equipped with tools to make a difference on bars, beam and floor and expected to contribute to each event as a sophomore … though quiet, leads through hard work and determination.
Bars 9.85
vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers 1/31/09
Nicole Roach’s Career Statistics Year 2009
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AA 0
Total Points 106.975
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If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? My iPod, my puppy and a cell phone
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Iowa State
What is the best part of practice?
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Who is the best singer on the team?
Laughing at the inside jokes we share
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Jenn Sharon
5-3, SOPHOMORE | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.
COACHING STAFF
Consistently pushed for lineup spot and made contributions on beam during freshman campaign … looks to increase rotations on beam this season … naturally graceful gymnast with excellent skill-set on bars … has potential to excel on floor with strong presentation skills, clean line and difficulty level … should push for time on bars and floor as a sophomore.
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2009 (Freshman) – Balance beam specialist who continued to develop throughout season … totaled 46.775 points in five meets … displayed nerves of steel in first career meet, pacing the Mountaineers with a 9.725 beam showing at Georgia (1/9) … finished fourth overall with career-best 9.775 score at home against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) … earned EAGL allAcademic honors … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
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Personal - Daughter of Bobby and Cathy Sharon … has one sister … birthday is June 2 … graduate of Alpha Omega Academy … competed under Dena and Jim Walker and Gustavo Moure at Excalibur Gymnastics … 2008 second place all-around at level 10 states … 2008 state and regional beam champion … finished sixth in the all-around at 2006 level 9 regionals … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … majoring in child development and family studies.
Getting to know Jenn Sharon What one word best describes you? Motivated
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Beam
What is your favorite Linda BurdetteGood phrase? “Breathe”
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What is your favorite restaurant? Cheddars
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If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Hitch
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Beam 9.775 vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers 1/31/09
Jenn Sharon’s Career Statistics Year 2009
Meets 5
AA 0
Total Points 46.775
What is your favorite late-night snack? Goldfish crackers
Who is the best dressed on the team? Stephanie Keaton
Who is the best singer on the team? Ashley Wilson
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If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? Water, matches and a radio
What is your favorite away gym to compete in? Georgia
What is the best part of practice?
That the coaches try to make you laugh and make practice fun. MEDIA
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What is the worst part of practice? Running
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Hailey Fairchild 5-4, FRESHMAN | DUBLIN, Ohio
What one word best describes you?
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Getting to know Hailey Fairchild
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Beam
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Unpredictable
What is your favorite restaurant? EAGL
Olive Garden
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be?
Ice cream
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be? My phone, food and a book
What is the most overplayed song on your iPod?
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What is your favorite late-night snack?
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Step Brothers
What is your dream vacation? St. John
What can you never leave home without? My phone
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“Handshakes at Sunrise” by Circa Survive
Who is your celebrity crush? Johnny Depp
What is your favorite TV show?
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Personal: Daughter of Jerry Fairchild and Denise Mazzitti … has one brother … birthday is June 22 … three-time all-state competitor at Dublin Coffman High under Julie Kayser … two-time level 10 regional qualifier … enrolled in pre-sport management.
COACHING STAFF
Joined squad with strength on balance beam and should compete for lineup position … also solid on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise … hard worker … outgoing personality is a good fit with Mountaineers … driven to make the best of her experience at West Virginia.
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Chelsea Goldschrafe 5-8, FRESHMAN | FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.
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An athletically-built gymnast who naturally takes to the sport … comes from a nationally known club that produces successful collegiate gymnasts … prior accomplishments will help make transition to collegiate gymnastics smooth … coaches hope she will contribute immediately in each event … will benefit from strong work ethic.
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Personal: Daughter of Neil and Susan Goldschrafe … has one brother and one sister … birthday is Nov. 4 … state champion at Ramapo High … three-time Junior Olympic National Competitor from Northstars Gymnastics … tied for 19th place in the allaround at the 2008 level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships … finished in the top 20 at nationals in consecutive seasons … enrolled in pre-business.
Getting to know Chelsea Goldschrafe If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Beam
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What is your favorite restaurant? Cheesecake Factory
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Step Brothers
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What is your favorite late-night snack? Oreos and milk
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Food, friends and a computer with an everlasting battery
What is the best part of practice? Finishing your workout RECORD BOOK
What is the worst part of practice? Having an off-day
What is your dream vacation? Australia
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What are your three road-trip essentials? Cell phone, money and GPS
What do you never leave home without? My phone
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What is your favorite TV show? “Entourage”
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Arlene Hathaway
5-2, FRESHMAN | WALLED LAKE, Mich.
What one word best describes you?
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Getting to know Arlene Hathaway
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor exercise
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Friendly
What is your favorite restaurant?
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Olive Garden
What is your favorite late-night snack? Cereal
If you could take only three things to a desert island with, what would they be? Cell phone, laptop and a friend
What is the best part of practice?
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Now & Then
2009 REVIEW
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it would be?
What is the worst part of practice? Conditioning
What is the most overplayed song on your iPod?
Any song by Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift
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Being silly
What is your dream vacation? A cruise
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Personal: Daughter of Gail Hathaway and the late Michael Hathaway … has one brother and one sister … graduate of Walled Lake Central High … competed for Oakland Gymnastics … competed at level 10 for over two years … finished third on vault, floor and all-around at the 2009 state championship … 2008 Junior Olympic national bars champion … also finished ninth all-around … 2007 bars, floor and allaround champion at level 9 eastern regional and national championship … won same three titles at 2007 state championship … 2006 level 9 bars and all-around regional champion … 2006 level 9 floor and allaround state champion … enrolled in preelementary education.
COACHING STAFF
A driven hard-worker who has meshed well with the Mountaineers … highly skilled gymnast … coaches look for her to push for a position on all four lineups … great personality … club experience will make transition to collegiate gymnastics smooth.
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Alaska Richardson 5-4, FRESHMAN | DAYTON, Ohio
COACHING STAFF
Powerful, quick gymnast who will contribute immediately … should stand out on vault in first season … makes gymnastics looks easy …explosive and exciting to watch … great personality that helps keep gym upbeat … known for showmanship on floor routines.
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Personal: Daughter of Anthony Richardson and Johnnie Russell … has two brothers and five sisters … birthday is Oct. 30 … graduate of Dayton Christian High … competed under Allan Powers, Amibeth Harding and Missy Hart at Ohio Gymnastics Training Center … level 10 allaround second-place finisher at 2008 state championship … member of the 2007 and 2005 level 9 region five first place national team … also finished second on vault and 10th all-around in 2007 … enjoys drawing … enrolled in general studies.
Getting to know Alaska Richardson What one word best describes you? Spontaneous
If you could perform on only one event at each meet, what would it be? Floor
What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden EAGL
If you could watch one movie on repeat, what would it be? Norbit
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What is your favorite late-night snack? Strawberry yogurt
If you could take only three things to a desert island, what would they be?
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iPod, lip gloss and sunglasses
What is the most overplayed song on your iPod?
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What is your dream vacation? An Alaskan cruise
What are your three road-trip essentials? iPod, lip gloss and my blanket
What do your never leave home without? Phone, iPod and lip gloss MEDIA
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Who is your celebrity crush? Hugh Jackman
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West Virginia University gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good knows success. Having led the Mountaineer program the past 35 seasons and amassing more than 600 wins, BurdetteGood understands the keys to victory – stamina, determination and the will to improve. Burdette-Good’s 36th Mountaineer squad boasts 14 letterwinners – including three East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) champions and eight allEAGL honorees – that went 15-8 last season, finished second at the league championship and fourth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. The coach is confident that the 2010 WVU gymnastics team has the necessary tools needed to regain the top spot among the league’s best and progress past the NCAA regional championship. All that is left to do is to take that next step. “We have to believe in the next step,” Burdette-Good, whose record stands at 612-244-4, says. “We are ready to take it; we just have to believe. “We have a group of girls on our hands that are peaking later in life, rather than earlier, and they are starting to build confidence in their gymnastics. We have girls that are getting better as they get older, and that is huge.” The Mountaineers enter the 2010 season ranked No. 21 in the GymInfo Preseason Poll, four spots better than their 2009 season-ending ranking of No. 25. They are the only EAGL team to earn a preseason ranking. Though WVU lost two 1,000-plus point earners in NCAA Championship participant Mehgan Morris and Erica Watson, several Mountaineers appear
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Kiersten Spoerke
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poised to replace their points. “The team’s mentality is different this year, and I like that,” says BurdetteGood. “There isn’t a feeling of defeat, ever. They are all ready and willing to go. “The coaching staff has seen a commitment early this year. We saw a large majority of the team in the gym during open practice try to get better. They were upgrading their routines before the season started, and that will help us achieve success.” Among the upperclassmen that return are 11 juniors and seniors that were part of the 2008 EAGL champion team, the program’s sixth title. Four seniors boast well-credentialed résumés heading into their final season at WVU, including two EAGL titles, seven all-EAGL honors and action in a combined 128 career meets. “That’s our mantra – you want your seniors to be your best,” explains Burdette-Good. “You want them to keep getting better. That motivates the student-athletes and helps them want to be successful. It makes gymnastics more exciting.” Tops in the class in career points are Shelly Purkat and Kiersten Spoerke with 691.225 and 567.55 points, respectively. Spoerke looks to have saved her best season for last, as Burdette-Good believes the Suwanee, Ga., native’s success will have a parallel effect on the team’s success. “Kiersten has stepped up as a leader in the gym this year,” she says. “She is on a mission to excel as a senior, but I have also seen her help others get through their routines. She has made a real effort to lead, and I think her experience is valuable.” Spoerke had a breakout junior season, receiving first team all-EAGL beam and floor exercise honors en route to earning 233.35 points. The seasonlong anchor on beam, Spoerke provided a steadying influence on the Mountaineers’ lineup, scoring less than 9.75 points in only two of the team’s last nine meets, and looks to fulfill the same role this year. She is also making strides on vault and bars, with hopes of breaking into both lineups this season. Purkat returns for her fourth season after a successful junior campaign in which she earned the EAGL beam title with a 9.875 score; the Edina, Minn., native became the first Mountaineer to win since 2004. A two event specialist, Purkat has earned second team allEAGL honors on the beam and the floor exercise and looks to figure prominently in both lineups this season. The stalwart anchor in the Mountaineers’ vault lineup, Chelsi Tabor, one of two WVU reigning EAGL champions in the discipline, boasts a career-high 9.925 score entering her
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final season. The Beckley, W.Va., native is a two-time first team all-EAGL vault honoree and expects to rank among the nation’s best vaulters this year, having finished the 2009 season ranked No. 29 with an RQS of 9.875. Rounding out the senior class is two-time team captain Ashley Wilson. A St. Albans, W.Va., native, Wilson is a solid bars contributor. She earned 86.85 points in nine meets last season, including a career-high 9.75 points in the Mountaineers’ victory over Kentucky. Wilson is working on a new vault and hopes to find a spot in that lineup as well. Junior Amy Bieski leads six classmates back in their third season of action. The Mountaineers’ top returning point earner, Bieski has racked up 969.55 points in two years as an all-arounder. The Nanticoke, Pa., native is solid on all four events, evident by her eighthplace finish (38.9 points) at the 2009 Southeast Regional Championship, and exceptional on the vault and floor. Bieski, a two-time first team all-EAGL performer in both disciplines, finished the year ranked 10th in the region on vault (9.845 RQS), 12th on floor (9.85 RQS) and 13th in the all-around (38.96 RQS). As the only returning Mountaineer all-arounder, and one of three team captains, Bieski will be counted on to provide leadership and discipline to the backend of the WVU lineups. “Amy is a tremendous asset to this team,” says Burdette-Good. “She continues to develop her skill set and I think we are going to see her accomplish even more in the future.” Following a sophomore season in which she became a solid contributor on the Mountaineers’ floor lineup, Naja Johnson returns to the gym even more powerful than she left. “Naja really stepped up her effort in the gym over the offseason,” says Burdette-Good. “I would say she is becoming a leader in her gymnastics.” The Austell, Ga., native upped her productivity last year, earning a permanent spot in the bars and floor lineups when 100 percent healthy. Sporting a 9.8 bars RQS and 9.85 floor RQS, she respectively ranked 18th and 24th in the region. Additionally, she earned her first career all-EAGL honors and was named to the bars first team
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The Mountaineers open the season with two road meets, at Michigan State with Penn State and Western Michigan on Jan. 8, and at Pitt with Kent State on Jan. 16. The Nittany Lions (No. 11) and the Spartans (No. 24) are both preseason ranked. WVU opens its home schedule on Jan. 24 against EAGL foes NC State, George Washington and Maryland. The Mountaineers went 4-2 against the trio last season. The Mountaineers’ entire home schedule includes visits from Michigan, William & Mary, Ohio State, Bowling Green and Bridgeport. WVU last competed against each team, with the exception of Bowling Green, in 2008; the Mountaineers last met the Falcons in 2004 and earned a 197.3-193.375 victory. WVU’s four additional road trips include visits to Maryland, Penn State, Nebraska and North Carolina. The Mountaineers also will compete against Denver and Rutgers in College Park, Md., and against Arizona and Denver in Lincoln, Neb. WVU is 2-1 against the Wildcats and the Pioneers, and has not competed against either team in over five years. New Hampshire, the only conference team not to face WVU during the 2010 regular season, will host the EAGL Championship on March 27. Through 14 seasons, WVU has compiled a 227-58-3 record against EAGL opponents and holds a winning record over each program. Additionally, the Mountaineers have never gone more than four years between EAGL titles, with their last coming in 2008. WVU will play host to the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regional Championship on April 10. The meet marks the seventh time the Mountaineers have hosted an NCAA regional since 1983. WVU last welcomed a regional to the Coliseum in 2007, when it finished third to UCLA and LSU. The Mountaineers have qualified for 26 NCAA regionals, including 20-straight from 1983-2002. “The goal of every season is to compete at the regional championship,” explains Burdette-Good. “It’s not a question – I expect this team to be at regionals this year. Hosting will help us because the squad is comfortable competing at the WVU Coliseum and gets excited when the home crowd is behind them.” With 14 returning letterwinners, and an experienced freshman class, the Mountaineers are prepped and ready to take Burdette-Good’s keys to success – stamina, determination and the will to improve – and drive toward a season full of achievement.
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and floor second team. A powerful gymnast, she is expected to push for a lineup spot on the beam and will continue to develop her vault. Emily Kerwin, Stephanie Keaton and Jessica Young all look to expand their contributions this season. Kerwin, a Central, S.C., native, has found a permanent home on the Mountaineers’ vault lineup, having competed on the event in all 26 career meets. A 2009 second team all-EAGL vault honoree, Kerwin looks to improve upon her career-high 9.875 mark achieved last season. Additionally, her offseason work on the bars should add insurance to an already strong WVU lineup. A Medina, Ohio, native, Keaton is one of the Mountaineers’ most-trusted balance beam returnees. Through 17 career meets, she has earned 170.8 points and has proven clutch in dramatic situations, as was the case when she matched a career-high 9.725 score as a last-second replacement at George Washington last season. Keaton also saw time on the floor last year and has been working on a vault routine for this season. Young, a bars and floor specialist, returns after seeing action on both apparatuses in nine meets as a sophomore. The Monroe, N.C., native pushed for a spot on the floor lineup throughout the year after making her career debut against Pitt and scoring 9.725. She was solid as a last-second replacement at the NCAA Southeast Regional and scored 9.7 in the leadoff position. With a career-high 9.8 floor score, Young figures to remain in the mix this season. Alysha Pretzello and Faye Meaden round out the Mountaineer junior class. Pretzello, a Diamondhead, Miss., native, tallied her first career points at George Washington last season as a last-second replacement in the bars lineup. She will serve as one of the team’s three captains this year. Meaden, a Fairfax, Va., native, enters her third season healthy and will be strong on bars and floor. Tina Maloney highlights a
sophomore class, including Nicole Roach and Jenn Sharon, that returns for its second season after gaining valuable experience last year. Maloney, a Hanover, Ind., native, found a permanent spot on the Mountaineers’ vault lineup last year and capped off her rookie campaign tying Tabor for the EAGL title with a careerhigh 9.9 score; she was the first WVU freshman to earn a league title since 2004. Through 12 meets, Maloney, a second team all-EAGL vault honoree, earned 155.65 points. She also saw considerable time on the floor lineup, tallying a season-high 9.7 score in the win over Kentucky, and should figure into the lineup this season as well. A skillful bars specialist, Roach returns for her second season after competing in all but the Mountaineers’ 2009 opener. The South Lyon, Mich., native scored 106.75 points in 11 meets on her way to earning first team all-EAGL bars honors. Roach also has been working on a beam routine and has the potential to make an impact all the way around the gym. “Nicole is really improving this year on more than one event,” says BurdetteGood. Sharon, a native of Virginia Beach, Va., returns after seeing action on the beam in five meets and earning 46.775 points. A naturally graceful gymnast, the experience she gained last season should help her push for a permanent lineup spot this year. Sharon is also working toward time on the bars and floor. Four freshmen – Hailey Fairchild, Chelsea Goldschrafe, Arlene Hathaway and Alaska Richardson – join the Mountaineer squad this season and possess equal amounts of skill and determination to make an impact this season. “Every girl in this class should compete in a minimum of at least one event this season,” Burdette-Good says. “This class has been to the national championship and competed at level 10 – that experience will help them contribute immediately as long as they stay healthy.” The Mountaineers’ 2010 slate includes 11 regular season meets, five at the WVU Coliseum, and features 19 different opponents, including seven that are ranked in the GymInfo preseason poll. “I’m very excited to start the season, mostly because the team has had a wonderful offseason and a great preseason,” Burdette-Good says. “This team is training hard and is very focused and motivated for the upcoming year. “We will face some higher-level teams this season, and I think that will help us as the year progresses. This schedule will help the team handle the pressure and the competition that comes with the seasonending championships. I like meeting as many ranked teams as we can.”
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QUICK FACTS The University
Location: Morgantown, W.Va. Enrollment: 28,839 Founded: 1867 President: Dr. James P. Clements Director of Athletics: Ed Pastilong Web Address: www.MSNsportsNET.com Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 295) Arena: WVU Coliseum Capacity: 14,000
Gymnastics Staff
Head Coach: Linda Burdette-Good (36th season) Alma Mater: West Virginia, ‘74 Record at WVU: 612-244-4 Career Record: 612-244-4 Best Time to Contact: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Gymnastics Office Phone: (304) 293-3294 Gymnastics Office Fax: (304)-293-2525 Assistant Head Coach: Jason Butts (4th season) Assistant Coach: Travis Doak (2nd season) Staff: Mehgan Morris, volunteer assistant; Samantha Monda, sport psychology; Jamie Shapiro, sport and exercise psychology doctoral student; Trisha Lanum, assistant equipment manager; Beth Byron, assistant strength and conditioning coach; Allison Hetrick, assistant athletic trainer; Nadine Dubina, team manager; Cindy Smith, program assistant; Anita Pyles, program assistant
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Founded: 1974 All-time Record: 617-246-4 (37th season) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Region: NCAA Southeast Conference: East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Appearances at Nationals (Last): 4 (2000); 3 NCAA, 1 AIAW Appearances at Regionals (Last): 30 (2009) Highest NCAA Finish: 12th (1995, ‘99, 2000) Highest AIAW Finish: 3rd (1982) EAGL Championships (Last): 6 (2008) Atlantic 10 Championships (Last): 4 (1995)
2010 Outlook
Letterwinners Returning (14): Amy Bieski, Naja Johnson, Stephanie Keaton, Emily Kerwin, Tina Maloney, Faye Meaden, Alysha Pretzello, Shelly Purkat, Nicole Roach, Jenn Sharon, Kiersten Spoerke, Chelsi Tabor, Ashley Wilson, Jessica Young Letterwinners Lost (3): Heather Izer, Mehgan Morris, Erica Watson Newcomers (4): Hailey Fairchild, Chelsea Goldschrafe, Arlene Hathaway, Alaska Richardson
Overall Record: 15-8, 10-2 EAGL EAGL Finish: 2nd (195.5) Postseason: NCAA Southeast Regional, 4th (194.225) High Score: 195.925 Individual Conference Champions: Mehgan Morris (UB, FX, AA); Shelly Purkat (BB); Chelsi Tabor (V); Tina Maloney (V) Individual Regional Champions: None National Qualifiers: Mehgan Morris (AA)
Sports Communications Office: (304) 293-2821 SportsCommunications Fax: (304) 293-4105 Assistant AD, Communications: Michael Fragale E-Mail: Michael.Fragale@mail.wvu.edu Sports Information Director: Bryan Messerly Email: Bryan.Messerly@mail.wvu.edu Gymnastics Contact: Shannon McNamara McNamara Work Phone: (304) 293-9909 McNamara Cell Phone: (412) 592-4184 McNamara Email: Shannon.McNamara@mail.wvu.edu
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Team Information: Head Coach: Dave Kuzara (Michigan, ’80) Record at Western Michigan: First Season Overall Record: 100-68 (10 Seasons) 2009 Record: 2-15 Conference Record/Finish: 0-8/7th
Pitt
School Facts Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment: 33,574 Nickname: Panthers Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Mendy Nestor SID Phone: (412) 648-8240 E-Mail: mnestor@athletics.pitt.edu Website: www.pittsburghpanthers.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Debbie Yohman (Clarion, ’77) Record at Pitt: 212-322-1 (23 seasons) Overall Record: 257-356-1 (26 years) 2009 Record: 12-13 Conference Record/Finish: 8-6/4th
Kent State
School Facts Location: Kent, Ohio Enrollment: 33,786 Nickname: Golden Flashes Conference: Mid-American Conference Media Information: SID Contact: Matthew Lofton SID Phone: (330) 672-2254 E-Mail: mlofton@kent.edu Website: www.KentStateSports.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Brice Biggin (Kent State, ’83) Record at Kent State: 260-171-1 (18 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 19-8 Conference Record/Finish: 6-0/1st
NC State
School Facts Location: Raleigh, N.C. Enrollment: 31,000 Nickname: Wolfpack Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Patrick Norris SID Phone: (919) 515-1180 E-Mail: patrick_norris@ncsu.edu Website: www.gopack.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Mark Stevenson (Iowa,’78) Record at NC State: 442-247-1 (29 seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 19-15 Conference Record/Finish: 13-2/1st
George Washington
School Facts Location: Washington, D.C. Enrollment: 20,001 Nickname: Colonials Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Simon Ogus SID Phone: (202) 994-0339 E-Mail: ogus@gwmail.gwu.edu Website: www.GWSports.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Margie FosterCunningham (Penn State, ’82) Record at George Washington: 455-363 (25 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 11-9 Conference Record/Finish: 6-5/6th
Maryland
School Facts Location: College Park, Md. Enrollment: 36,014 Nickname: Terrapins Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Rose DiPaula SID Phone: (301) 314-7066 E-Mail: rdipaula@umd.edu Website: www.umterps.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Brett Nelligan (Massachusetts, ’03) Record at Maryland: First Season Overall Record: First Season 2009 Record: 15-19 Conference Record/Finish: 10-8/6th
School Facts Location: Denver, Colo. Enrollment: 10,791 Nickname: Pioneers Conference: Sun Belt Media Information: SID Contact: Elizabeth Alley SID Phone: 303-871-4990 E-Mail: elizabeth.alley@du.edu Website: www.DenverPioneers.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart (Florida, ’93) Record at Denver: 193-102-2 (11 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 13-10 Conference Record/Finish: N/A
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Meet Info Date: January 16 Place: Pittsburgh, Pa. Time: 7 p.m.
Meet Info Date: January 24 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 1 p.m.
Meet Info Date: January 24 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 1 p.m.
Meet Info First Meeting Date: January 24 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 1 p.m. Second Meeting Date: January 30 Place: College Park, Md. Time: 4 p.m.
Denver
Meet Info First Meeting Date: January 30 Place: College Park, Md. Time: 4 p.m. Second Meeting Date: Feb. 28 Place: Lincoln, Neb. Time: 2 p.m.
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School Facts Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. Enrollment: 24,576 Nickname: Broncos Conference: MAC Media Information: SID Contact: Kristin Keirns SID Phone: (269) 387-4123 E-Mail: Kristin.Keirns@wmich.edu Website: www.WMUBroncos.com
Meet Info Date: January 8 Place: East Lansing, Mich. Time: 6 p.m.
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Western Michigan
Second Meeting Date: February 20 Place: State College, Pa. Time: 7 p.m.
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Team Information: Head Coach: Steve Shephard (Southern Illinois) Record at Penn State: 238-135-2 (16 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 14-3 Conference Record/Finish: 6-4/3rd
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School Facts Location: State College, Pa. Enrollment: 40,709 Nickname: Nittany Lions Conference: Big Ten Media Information: SID Contact: Susan Bedsworth SID Phone: (814) 865-1757 E-Mail: sjb5001@psu.edu Website: www.gopsusports.com
Meet Info First Meeting Date: January 8 Place: East Lansing, Mich. Time: 6 p.m.
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Team Information: Head Coach: Kathie Klages (Central Michigan, ‘77) Record at Michigan State: 291-155-3 (19 seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 11-11 Conference Record/Finish: 2-10/6th
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School Facts Location: East Lansing, Mich. Enrollment: 47,100 Nickname: Spartans Conference: Big Ten Media Information: SID Contact: Vince Baker SID Phone: (517) 355-2271 E-Mail: bakervin@ath.msu.edu Website: www.msuspartans.com
Meet Info Date: January 8 Place: East Lansing, Mich. Time: 6 p.m.
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Rutgers
School Facts Location: Piscataway, N.J. Enrollment: 52,471 Nickname: Scarlet Knights Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Doug Drabik SID Phone: (732) 445-4200 E-Mail: ddrabik@scarletknights.com Website: www.ScarletKnights.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Chrystal Chollet-Norton (East Stroudsburg, ’73) Record at Rutgers: 223-217-1 (23 Seasons) Overall Record: 260-242-1 (31 Seasons) 2009 Record: 6-18 Conference Record/Finish: 0-9/8th
Michigan
School Facts Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. Enrollment: 39,980 Nickname: Wolverines Conference: Big Ten Media Information: SID Contact: Richard Retyi SID Phone: (734) 763-4423 E-Mail: rretyi@umich.edu Website: www.mgoblue.com School Facts Location: Williamsburg, Va. Enrollment: 7,625 Nickname: Tribe Conference: ECAC Media Information: SID Contact: Rob Turner SID Phone: 757-221-3370 E-Mail: rrturn@wm.edu Website: www.tribeathletics.com School Facts Location: Columbus, Ohio Enrollment: 53,715 Nickname: Buckeyes Conference: Big Ten Media Information: SID Contact: Emily Meyer SID Phone: (614)-292-1389 E-Mail: meyer.504@osu.edu Website: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Bev Plocki (West Virginia, ‘87) Record at Michigan: 381-102-1 (20 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 19-5 Conference Record/Finish: 10-0/1st
School Facts Location: Lincoln, Neb. Enrollment: 23,573 Nickname: Cornhuskers Conference: Big 12 Media Information: SID Contact: Hilary Winter SID Phone: (402) 472-0694 E-Mail: hwinter@huskers.com Website: www.huskers.com School Facts Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Enrollment: 15,356 Nickname: Falcons Conference: MAC Media Information: SID Contact: Dave Meyer SID Phone: (419) 372-7075 E-Mail: meyerd@bgsu.edu Website: www.bgsuFalcons.com School Facts Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Enrollment: 28,000 Nickname: Tar Heels Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contacts: Courtney Stern & Kevin Best SID Phone: (919) 962-2123 E-Mail: cstern@email.unc.edu; Kevinbest@unc.edu Website: TarHeelBlue.com School Facts Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Enrollment: N/A Nickname: Purple Knights Conference: ECAC (Div. II) Media Information: SID Contact: Chuck Sadowski SID Phone: (203) 576-4726 E-Mail: csadowsk@bridgeport.edu Website: www.PurpleKnights.bridgeport.edu
Team Information: Head Coach: Dan Kendig (Kentucky, ’79) Record at Nebraska: 255-56-2 (16 Seasons) Overall Record: 484-255-5 (27 Seasons) 2009 Record: 16-7 Conference Record/Finish: 6-1/2nd
School Facts Location: Durham, N.H. Enrollment: 14,200 Nickname: Wildcats Conference: EAGL Media Information: SID Contact: Scott Stapin SID Phone: (603) 862-3906 E-Mail: smstapin@cisunix.unh.edu Website: www.UNHWildcats.com
Team Information: Head Coach: Gail Goodspeed (Springfield, ’74) Record at New Hampshire: 465-296-2 (31st season) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 14-8 Conference Record/Finish: 5-4/4th
Meet Info Date: Jan. 30 Place: College Park, Md. Time: 4 p.m.
Meet Info Date: February 5 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 8 p.m.
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Meet Info Date: February 5 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 8 p.m.
Ohio State
Meet Info Date: February 12 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 8 p.m.
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Nebraska
Meet Info Date: February 28 Place: Lincoln, Neb. Time: 2 p.m.
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Meet Info Date: March 6 Place: MORGANTOWN Time: 1 p.m.
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Meet Info Date: March 13 Place: Chapel Hill, N.C. Time: 1 p.m.
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Team Information: Head Coach: Mary Lewis (CNU, ’85) Record at William & Mary: 182-303-3 (15 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 15-26-1 Conference Record/Finish: 3-3/4th
Team Information: Head Coach: Carey Fagan (Penn State, ’98) Record at Ohio State: 39-36-1 (Five seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 6-7 Conference Record/Finish: 1-4/5th
Team Information: Head Coach: Kerrie Beach (Ursinus College, ’99) Record at Bowling Green: 17-25 (Two Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 8-13 Conference Record/Finish: 2-4/4th Team Information: Head Coach: Derek Galvin (North Carolina, ‘76) Record at North Carolina: 334-189-1 (27 Seasons) Overall Record: Same 2009 Record: 16-10 Conference Record/Finish: 6-3/3rd Team Information: Head Coach: Byron Knox (Southern Connecticut State) Record at Bridgeport: N/A Overall Record: N/A 2009 Record: 14-12 Conference Record/Finish: N/A/1st
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HISTORY After more than a decade of competition, the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) has become prominent in NCAA Division I gymnastics. The EAGL became a reality on July 31, 1995, when eight universities banded together to form a consortium created solely for the purpose of showcasing women’s gymnastics on the East Coast. Representing three conferences and six states, the EAGL was comprised of the University of Maryland, the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University and West Virginia University of the BIG EAST Conference and the University of New Hampshire and Towson University of America East. In August 1996, the NCAA Council accepted the EAGL as an official affiliated member of the NCAA. In 2005, George Washington University joined the league replacing Towson. EAGL schools have had a long history of gymnastics success. Prior to joining the EAGL, New Hampshire won four ECAC titles. West Virginia won four-straight Atlantic 10 Conference titles before leaving that league to join the EAGL. Prior to joining the EAGL, seven of the eight schools had competed in the NCAA regionals. Towson, New Hampshire and West Virginia had all gone on to NCAA championship competition. Towson was ninth in the nation in 1990, while UNH qualified for nationals in 1994 and WVU made the trip in 1995. In 1982, Pitt produced the NCAA bars champion, Lisa Shirk. 2009 season Defending champion West Virginia, NC State and North Carolina battled through eight rounds, but in the end the host Wolfpack came out on top and won their fourth EAGL championship in Raleigh, N.C., edging WVU, 195.7-195.5. The Tar Heels finished third with 194.825 points. The Mountaineers captured a championship-best six individual titles, with EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast Mehgan Morris finishing first on bars (9.85), floor (9.85) and all-around (39.3). She became the first Mountaineer to win the allaround title since All-American Janáe Cox did so in 2005, and only the second WVU gymnast to win three league titles at one championship (Umme Salim, 1998). WVU teammates, junior Chelsi Tabor and freshman Tina Maloney, tied for first on vault (9.9), while junior Shelly Purkat won the balance beam title (9.875). Three tied Morris for the bars title – NC State’s Laruen Deuser and Brittany Vontz, and Pitt’s Alix Croop – and two matched Purkat’s winning beam score New Hampshire’s Chelsea Steinberg and Maryland’s Abbey Adams. Five EAGL teams advanced to the NCAA Regional competition, with WVU, NC State and UNC moving on to the
Southeast Regional (Raleigh, N.C.), and New Hampshire and Maryland traveling to the Northeast Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) The Mountaineers earned the highest regional finish of any league team, as they earned 194.225 points and finished fourth. UNC (fifth) and NC State (sixth) finished behind WVU, while UNH finished fifth and UMD finished sixth at their regional. Morris finished fifth in the all-around at the regional championship, while NC State’s Taylor Seaman won the floor exercise; both represented the EAGL at the national championship. Morris finished 18th in her preliminary session. 2008 season Junior Mehgan Morris led West Virginia as it claimed its league-record sixth EAGL title in Morgantown, W.Va. Morris won the individual bars title (9.85) and finished in a three-way tie for first on the floor exercise with NC State’s Leigha Hancock and Taylor Seaman (9.95). WVU scored 196.050 points, its second score above 196 of the season. No. 21-rated NC State finished second with a score of 195.475, while New Hampshire placed third with a score of 194.550. North Carolina’s Christine Nguyen, the EAGL Gymnast of the Year, claimed the all-around title with a score of 39.475, edging Morris’ career-best all-around total (39.4). Nguyen also notched a 9.95 on vault to win that event, while Pitt’s Anya Chayka won the EAGL beam title with a score of 9.85. The team championship was fitting for West Virginia, since the Mountaineers were undefeated against EAGL opponents during the regular season. WVU went on to place fourth at the 2008 NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida, topping both NC State and North Carolina, and finished the season ranked No. 22 in the country. 2007 season EAGL Coach of the Year Mark Stevenson led his NC State Wolfpack to their third EAGL title, first since 2000, by edging West Virginia at the 2007 EAGL Championships. The Mountaineers were led by EAGL Gymnast of the Year and Outstanding Senior Gymnast Janáe Cox, who placed second in the allaround with a 39.325 score. North Carolina senior Christine Robella won the allaround title with a 39.35. Robella was named to the 2007 first team all-EAGL on the vault, floor exercise and the all-around. Individual event champions included Pittsburgh freshman Dani Bryan on the vault (9.90), Pittsburgh senior Andrea Arlotta on the uneven bars (9.90), NC State junior Leigha Hancock on the
balance beam (9.90) and Robella on the floor exercise (9.925). In all, six teams qualified for NCAA Regional competition. New Hampshire, Pitt and Rutgers all qualified to compete in the 2007 Northeast Regional. North Carolina, NC State and West Virginia all took part in the 2007 Southeast Regional held in Morgantown, W.Va., with host WVU placing the highest of the three at third. Two other EAGL schools in the region, Maryland and George Washington, each sent individuals to the competition as well. WVU’s Cox qualified for nationals for the third time in her career in the all-around and would eventually earn All-America honors on floor before placing 13th at the national meet. 2006 season In 10 of the league’s 11 seasons, at least four EAGL teams qualified for regionals, led by the seven-team showing in 2000. EAGL teams in 2006 maintained their high standards as six teams competed at regionals. North Carolina captured its secondstraight EAGL team title, its third in the last five years. The Tar Heels, scoring a 195.325, edged runner-up NC State (195.075) by a slim 0.25-point margin.
2005 season North Carolina won its second EAGL team title in four years with a score of 195.975. The championship, held at NC State, was tightly contested with a point separating the top four teams. West Virginia and Maryland (195.2) tied for
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2002 season West Virginia’s TeShawne Jackson became just the third EAGL gymnast to record four conference individual championships in 2002 when she scored the best all-around total in EAGL history, a 39.575. It was her secondconsecutive all-around title and fourth overall of her career. But despite the efforts from the West Virginia junior, North Carolina became the first team other than WVU or NC State to win an EAGL championship. The Tar Heels set an EAGL championship record with a 196.425 while Anna Wilson paced UNC winning the floor exercise title with a 9.975. West Virginia finished a close second with a 196.025. The Tar Heels and Mountaineers were the only teams to qualify for NCAA regionals.
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2004 season With five teams competing at regionals there was even more keynote success during the league’s ninth year with several scoring records falling. While capturing its league-record fifth EAGL championship, West Virginia set new meet records with a 197.05 overall team score and a 49.525 team vault score. North Carolina, ranked 12th in the nation, finished .325 points behind the 21st-ranked Mountaineers. Including a perfect 10.0 score from Courtney Bumpers, one of her seven for the season, North Carolina set a meet-record 49.55 team score for the floor exercise. Bumpers tied a meet record with three individual titles before earning first team All-America honors, one year after receiving the same accolades on the balance beam as a freshman. Bumpers, the 2004 EAGL Gymnast of the Year, was the league’s seventh gymnast to earn AllAmerica status. West Virginia’s Janáe Cox, the 2004 EAGL Rookie of the Year, joined Bumpers as the league’s top gymnasts. Cox and Bumpers, both first team all-EAGL in the all-around, also earned first team laurels on three of the four routines. Cox, who shared the vault title with teammate Jessica Bartgis and Pitt’s Alyse Zeffiro, placed second in the all-around behind Bumpers, winner of titles for the beam and the floor exercise. With the NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by NC State and loaded with four teams (WVU, North Carolina, NC State and Maryland), the EAGL’s postseason presence was felt in 2004. New Hampshire, the other EAGL team in the regionals, made
2003 season The EAGL’s record-setting action in 2004 came one year after the most competitive season in 2003. Staged in front of a meet-record crowd of 2,456 at the EAGL championships held in Durham, N.H., just 1.1 points separated New Hampshire, which captured its first EAGL title, and sixth-place West Virginia. UNH’s Tara Phillips tied an EAGL record with a perfect 10 on vault while Maryland freshman Rachel Martinez set the EAGL Championship all-around record with a 39.625. WVU senior Dinorh Boyd captured two EAGL titles, beam (9.925) and floor (9.95), marking the third-straight year a Mountaineer gymnast captured at least two meet titles.
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West Virginia (194.9) ranked 22nd in the nation, the highest among EAGL teams, placed third. EAGL Gymnast of the Year Courtney Bumpers of North Carolina completed her career and notched her league-record seventh and eighth individual titles, as she won the all-around with an EAGL season-high 39.525 and the floor exercise with a 9.95. Teammate Christine Robella took home second place in each of those categories with a 39.475 all-around and a 9.9 floor score, to go with her first place uneven bars score of 9.9. New Hampshire’s Mariana Peña Trestini won the balance beam competition with a 9.925, while NC State’s Leigha Hancock won the vault with a 9.9. EAGL teams competing in the postseason were North Carolina, NC State and West Virginia. UNC placed fourth at the NCAA Southeast Regional while NC State and WVU tied for fifth. New Hampshire, Pitt and Rutgers placed fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, at the Northeast Regional. There were three gymnasts who advanced to the NCAA Championships. Hancock shared the floor title at the Southeast Regional with a 9.9, which earned her a spot at nationals. Robella and New Hampshire’s Amanda Hall advanced as all-arounders placing 14th and 21st in their preliminary sessions.
its 23rd-consecutive regional appearance when it competed in the Northeast Regional at Penn State. Eventual national champion and No. 1-seeded UCLA advanced out of the Southeast Regional, finishing .975 points ahead of third-place NC State(196.35) and 2.05 points ahead of fourth-place West Virginia (195.275).
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second and the host Wolfpack, entering the competition with the best regional qualifying score, placing fourth with 194.975. North Carolina’s Courtney Bumpers became the first EAGL gymnast to win six individual titles as she took home three golds, winning the floor exercise (9.925) and tying for the win in all-around with West Virginia’s Janáe Cox (39.475) and on bars with Maryland’s Leah Brill (9.875). Other winners included EAGL Gymnast of the Year Amanda Hall, of New Hampshire, winning the vault competition with a 9.875 and Cox winning the beam title with a 9.925. Bumpers went on to claim her second straight national title as the NCAA champion on the floor exercise with a perfect 10 at nationals. While no EAGL squads advanced to nationals for the team competition, the league was represented with three teams at the Southeast and Northeast regionals. North Carolina placed the highest tying for third place in the Southeast Regional, followed by West Virginia (fifth) and NC State (sixth). In the Northeast, New Hampshire placed third and Pitt and Rutgers fifth and sixth, respectively.
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HISTORY 2001 season Five EAGL teams advanced to the regionals in 2001 - the sixth-straight year at least four teams qualified since the league’s inception - following West Virginia winning its third EAGL title at the championships held in Chapel Hill, N.C. Jackson led the Mountaineers to the title by winning the individual all-around title with a 39.375 score. She also finished first in the vault with a perfect 10.0 score, the first 10.0 score in EAGL championship meet history. Jaime Hill contributed to the West Virginia cause by tying for first place on bars with a 9.925 score. Dinorh Boyd, the co-winner of the EAGL Gymnast of the Year award, also did well at the EAGL meet as she tied for third place in the all-around with a 39.275 score. Led by Jill Fisher’s perfect 10.0 score on floor exercise, Maryland turned in a very strong performance. The Terrapins had a 195.875 team score to finish second in the meet. The Mountaineers, along with Maryland, New Hampshire and North Carolina State, qualified for regionals. Although no EAGL teams qualified for Nationals, Jill Fisher and Gillian Cote of Maryland earned berths at the national championship as individual all-arounders.
At the national championship at Utah, both Fisher and Cote became All-Americans. Fisher had a 9.90 on the floor exercise to become a first team All-American. Cote had a 39.05 in the all-around, earning second team All-America notice. They became the first two All-Americans in Maryland gymnastics history. In addition to Fisher and Cote, Boyd and Kristen Macrie of West Virginia and Suzanne Poretz of New Hampshire qualified for nationals as individuals. 2000 season The 2000 season marked the third year in a row that an EAGL team went to the NCAA championship meet. In addition, four EAGL teams were ranked in the final NCAA top 25 and seven of the eight EAGL teams advanced to three different NCAA regional meets. West Virginia finished second in the Region 2 Meet at Minnesota, earning a consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship meet at Boise State. Rutgers, Pitt and New Hampshire all competed in the Region 5 Meet at Penn State where the Scarlet Knights turned in an impressive fourth-place finish while Pitt and UNH were fifth and sixth, respectively. At the Region 6 Meet at Georgia, EAGL-champion NC State, Maryland and Towson all competed. Towson nearly qualified for nationals by finishing third in the meet with a 194.325 score, just 0.375 points behind second place Brigham Young. BYU advanced to nationals while Maryland and NC State were fourth and fifth in the regional. At nationals, West Virginia finished 12th with a 194.175 team score. The NCAA national championship appearance was the Mountaineers’ second in a row and third trip since 1995. In addition, the EAGL was represented at nationals by Gabi Weller of Towson and Laura Moon of Maryland, each of whom qualified as an individual all-around. The co-winner of the EAGL Gymnast of the Year award, Weller became the league’s third AllAmerican as she earned first-team honors in vault. She tied for fourth in the nation with a 9.90 score and became the first Towson gymnast to be named first team All-America.
The fifth annual EAGL championship meet was the most competitive in the league’s brief history. The top four teams were separated by less than one point as NC State came from behind to win its second-straight EAGL championship. The Wolfpack turned in a very strong effort on bars and floor to overtake Maryland and win the title with a 196.0 team score. NC State’s team score was just shy of the meet record that the Wolfpack set in 1999 as the team won its first EAGL crown. Juniors Amy Langendorf and Kara Charles led NC State to the title. A first team all-EAGL selection on bars and allaround, Langendorf tied for second place in the EAGL all-around competition with a 39.275 score. She also tied for fourth place on bars (9.90) and beam (9.80). Charles finished fourth in the all-around with a 38.975. Senior Jennifer Sommer also had a big meet for the Wolfpack. She tied for first place on beam (9.85) and tied for fourth on floor exercise (9.90). Host Pitt had its best EAGL finish ever as the Panthers were runners-up with a 195.275 score. Senior Danielle “Freddie” Alba led Pitt to the second-place finish. She tied for second place in the all-around with a 39.275 score and tied for first place on the balance beam with a 9.85. Maryland took third place in the meet with a 195.05, just ahead of fourth place Towson (195.025). Weller won the EAGL all-around title with a 39.30 and she tied the EAGL record in winning the vault (9.925). Kristen Macrie of West Virginia finished first on bars, tying the EAGL record with a 9.95 score. Jill Fisher of Maryland set an EAGL record as she won floor exercise with a 9.975 score. 1999 season EAGL schools represented the league quite nicely in 1999. For the second year in a row, an EAGL school went to the NCAA championship meet. In addition, six of the eight EAGL schools qualified for NCAA regional competition and EAGL schools finished one-two at the USA Gymnastics championship meet. West Virginia, winner of three of the first four EAGL championships, advanced to nationals and finished 12th in the nation. The Mountaineers qualified for nationals by finishing second in the Region 6 Meet at WVU. The league just missed having two teams qualify for Nationals as NC State was the alternate. The Wolfpack, who won the 1999 EAGL Championship, had finished third at the Regionals. West Virginia’s appearance at nationals came on the heels of NC State’s appearance at the 1998 nationals. In 1998, the Wolfpack went to nationals for the first time in school history and finished 11th in the nation. WVU and NC State were two of six teams that went to NCAA regional meets in 1999. New Hampshire and Pitt went to the Region 5 Championship at Penn State
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1996 season The crowning jewel of the inaugural EAGL season was the league championship meet, hosted by West Virginia. In a competition that came down to the last rotation, West Virginia tallied 194.60 points to edge Towson’s 193.725. NC State was third with a 192.30, followed closely by Maryland (192.15), New Hampshire (191.70), North Carolina (189.30), Pitt (189.15) and Rutgers (188.00). The meet also produced the second largest crowd (1,648) to watch a gymnastics meet in the WVU Coliseum. West Virginia’s Quackenbush won the all-around title with a 39.275 score while Towson’s Erin Shanley, Maryland’s Megyn Byrnes and Karla Hairston of WVU tied for second at 38.925. In the individual events, Shanley was a double winner, tying for first on bars (9.90) and floor (9.80). Quackenbush won the vault outright with a 9.925. On bars, EAGL co-Rookie of the Year Cara Lepper of UNH matched Shanley’s 9.90 to tie for first. Co-Rookie of the Year Liane Williams of Towson and Jessica Nonnemacher of WVU tied for first on the balance beam with 9.825 marks. On the floor, Meredith Behson of Rutgers and Christi Newton of NC State tied Shanley for first. Newton was named the first EAGL Gymnast of the Year as well as Outstanding Senior Gymnast in a vote of league coaches. West Virginia’s Linda Burdette was named the EAGL Coach of the Year. In the postseason, Towson won the USA Gymnastics National Invitational Tournament title with a school-record 194.525 to edge powerful Iowa for the title. West Virginia’s Kristin Quackenbush tied for third in vault at the NCAA championships, becoming the EAGL’s inaugural All-American.
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1997 season North Carolina State hosted the 1997 EAGL meet and West Virginia claimed its second-straight title. The 11th-ranked Mountaineers had a 196.00 team score to edge the Wolfpack (195.100) for the title. New Hampshire was third (193.10) while Pitt was fourth with a 192.85. North Carolina (192.325) finished fifth, ahead of Towson (192.1), Maryland (191.755) and Rutgers (190.05). Towson’s Erin Shanley became the first EAGL gymnast to successfully defend a title as she earned a 9.925 on bars to tie Pitt’s Samantha Salyers for first in the event. Shanley also won the vault with a 9.90 while UNH’s Cara Lepper and WVU’s Danielle Lilly tied for first on the beam with a 9.90. Kristin Quackenbush won the EAGL floor title with a 9.95 effort, a score that clinched the championship for WVU. Quackenbush tied Stephanie Wall for the all-around title in a very tight competition. One-tenth of a point separated the top five all-arounds. Quackenbush and Wall each had a 39.10 while Shanley was third with a 39.05. WVU’s Umme Salim was fourth with a 39.025 and Kim Yenco of Towson took fifth with a career-best 39.00. The EAGL was well-represented at the NCAA Regionals for the second year in a row as West Virginia, NC State and Towson advanced to the Southeast regionals while New Hampshire and Pitt qualified for the Northeast regionals. Quackenbush was honored as the EAGL Gymnast of the Year as well as the Outstanding Senior Gymnast. North Carolina’s Molly Gardner was named as the EAGL Scholar-Athlete. Maryland’s Rachle Dolbin was named the EAGL’s Top Rookie while Dick Filbert of Towson was named as the EAGL Coach of the Year. Shanley was the most-decorated Towson gymnast, earning first team allEAGL in vault, bars, floor exercise and all-around in addition to second team allEAGL on beam. She was a unanimous pick on floor and all-around. Heather Hanson of Towson was a first team pick on beam. NC State became the first EAGL team to represent the league at the NCAA national championship meet. The Wolfpack had a 195.125 to finish third at the regional meet at Georgia, qualifying for nationals. In their first trip to nationals, State had a 194.125 score and finished 11th in the nation.
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1998 season The 1998 EAGL meet was held at Rutgers and six of the eight teams qualified for the NCAA Regionals. West Virginia, North Carolina State and Maryland all qualified for the Southeast Regional while New Hampshire, Pitt and Rutgers made it to the Northeast Regional. West Virginia won the meet for the third year in a row with a 195.50 score. New Hampshire edged NC State for second place as the Wildcats posted a 193.85 score to the 193.825 earned by the Wolfpack. Maryland finished fourth in the meet with a 192.675, edging Towson as the Tigers posted a 192.45 score, barely missing a 12th straight NCAA regional berth. Senior Umme Salim of West Virginia led the Mountaineers to the championship. The EAGL Gymnast of the Year, she was
first in the all-around with a 39.45 while also winning the bars (9.95) and beam (9.925).
MEDIA
while Maryland and Towson joined West Virginia and NC State at the Region 6 Meet. At the 1999 USA Gymnastics NIT Meet, Towson edged Rutgers for the prestigious championship. It was Towson’s second NIT title in four years. When the season ended, the EAGL had three teams in the top 20 (West Virginia, NC State, Maryland). NC State ended West Virginia’s run of three consecutive championships as the Wolfpack had a school and EAGL championship record score of 196.05, edging host Maryland which had a 195.475 score. New Hampshire was third with a 194.80 and North Carolina took fourth place at 194.675. Sophomore Brooke Wilson of North Carolina was the Outstanding Individual Performer at the EAGL meet. She took first place in the all-around with a 39.325 score and set a meet record on beam with a 9.95, taking first place in the event. Senior Liane Williams of Towson, honored as the EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year, was a double winner as she won the vault with a 9.875 and tied for first on floor with a 9.90. Langendorf and Charles led NC State to its first EAGL title. Langendorf tied for first on bars with Dawn Campbell of Rutgers with a 9.9 score. Charles was fourth in the all-around with a 39.175. Kelli Brown also had a strong meet, tying for second place in vault with a 9.85 and tying for third on bars with a 9.875. Maryland finished as EAGL runnerup with a 195.475 as Coach Bob Nelligan was named the EAGL Coach of the Year. Freshman Laura Moon was second in the all-around (39.275) while Terp freshman Gillian Cote, the EAGL rookie of the year, was ninth in the all-around. Junior Danielle “Freddie” Alba of Pitt, the EAGL Gymnast of the Year, took third in all-around with a 39.175 score. For the second straight year, six teams advanced to NCAA regionals from the EAGL meet.
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2009 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS March 21, 2009 – Raleigh, N.C.
COACHING STAFF
Team Scores 1. NC State 2. West Virginia 3. North Carolina 4. Pitt 5. New Hampshire 6. Maryland 7. George Washington 8. Rutgers
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Individual Results (Top 10)
All-Around
2010 PREVIEW
1. Mehgan Morris, WVU 2. Kara Wright, UNC 3. Alicia Talucci, Pitt 4. Brandi George, UMD 5. Jess Panza, NCSU 6. Chrstine Nguyen, UNC 7. Taylor Seaman, NCSU 8. Abbey Adams, UMD 9. Brittney Hardiman, NCSU 10. Erica Watson, WVU
Vault EAGL 2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK
1. Tina Maloney, WVU Chelsi Tabor, WVU 3. Brittney Hardiman, NCSU Amy Bieski, WVU 5. Becca Teich, NCSU Brooke Barr, NCSU Kristen Simpson, GW Abbey Adams, UMD Shannon Vafiadou, PITT 10. Kyra Phillips, UMD Morgan Evans, UNC Kara Wright, UNC Zoya Johnson, UNC Dani Bryan, Pitt
Bars
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195.7 195.5 194.825 194.675 194.65 194.525 193.05 189.125
1. Lauren Deuser, NCSU Brittany Vontz, NCSU Alix Croop, Pitt Mehgan Morris, WVU 5. Brittney Hardiman, NCSU Anna Kronenfeld, NCSU Taylor Seaman, NCSU Danielle Reibold, UNH Kara Wright, UNC 10. Erica Quigg, GW Ali Carr, UNH Amy Varela, Pitt
39.3 39.175 39.1 39.05 38.975 38.9 38.85 38.825 38.8 38.675 9.9 9.875 9.85
9.825
9.85
9.825
9.8
Beam
1. Chelsea Steinber, UNH Abbey Adams, UMD Shelly Purkat, WVU 4. Jess Panza, NCSU Kristina Jacob, UNC 6. Danielle Reibold, UNH Talia Tossone, UMD Alicia Talucci, Pitt 9. Katie Lawrence, UNH Brandi George, UMD Krista Jasper, UNC Zoya Johnson, UNC Shannon Vafiadou, Pitt Molly Moyer, Pitt Alix Croop, Pitt Heather Izer, WVU Mehgan Morris, WVU
Floor
1. Mehgan Morris, WVU 2. Ashley Shepard, NCSU Krista Jasper, UNC 4. Brittney Hardiman, NCSU Julie Sauchuk, UNH Brandi George, UMD Abbey Adams, UMD Kara Wright, UNC Alix Croop, Pitt 10. Brooke Barr, NCSU Alicia Talucci, Pitt Amy Bieski, WVU
9.875 9.85 9.825 9.8
9.85 9.825 9.8
9.775
2009 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Christine Nguyen, North Carolina Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Mehgan Morris, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Alicia Talucci, Pitt EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Ashley Shepard, NC State EAGL Coach of the Year: Bob Nelligan, Maryland
2008 – 13th EAGL Championship Standings Morgantown, W.Va. 1. West Virginia 2. NC State 3. New Hampshire 4. North Carolina 5. Maryland 6. Pittsburgh 7. George Washington 8. Rutgers
196.05 195.475 194.55 193.95 193.375 193.175 192.975 189.025
2008 EAGL Champions Vault: Christine Nguyen (UNC), 9.95 Bars: Mehgan Morris (WVU), 9.95 Beam: Anya Chayka (PITT), 9.85 Floor: Mehgan Morris (WVU), Taylor Seaman (NCSU), Leigha Hancock (NCSU), 9.95 All-Around: Christine Nguyen (UNC), 39.475 2008 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Christine Nguyen, North Carolina Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Leigha Hancock, NC State Rookie of the Year: Brittney Hardiman, NC State EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Gretchen Kittelberger, Maryland EAGL Coach of the Year: Mark Stevenson, NC State
2007 – 12th EAGL Championship Standings College Park, Md. 1. NC State 2. West Virginia 3. North Carolina 4. Pittsburgh 5. George Washington 6. Rutgers
195.475 195.3 194.925 194.15 192.775 192.6
2006 – 11th EAGL Championship Standings Piscataway, N.J. 1. North Carolina 2. NC State 3. West Virginia 4. New Hampshire 5. Maryland 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers 8. Pitt
195.325 195.075 194.9 194.45 194.175 193.775 191.425 190.225
2006 EAGL Champions Vault: Leigha Hancock (NCSU), 9.9 Bars: Christine Robella (UNC), 9.9 Beam: Mariana Peña-Trestini (UNH), 9.925 Floor: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 9.95 All-Around: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 39.525 2006 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina Rookie of the Year: Mehgan Morris, West Virginia EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Beth Fittery, Rutgers EAGL Coach of the Year: Mark Stevenson, NC State
2005- 10th EAGL Championship Standings Raleigh, N.C.
1. North Carolina 2. West Virginia Maryland 4. NC State 5. George Washington 6. New Hampshire 7. Rutgers 8. Pitt
195.975 195.2 195.2 194.975 194.2 193.25 192.625 191.1
2005 EAGL Champions Vault: Amanda Hall (UNH), 9.875 Bars: Leah Brill (UM), Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 9.875 Beam: Janáe Cox (WVU), 9.925 Floor: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 9.925 All-Around: Janáe Cox (WVU), Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 39.475
1. West Virginia 2. North Carolina 3. NC State 4. Pitt 5. Maryland 6. New Hampshire 7. Towson 8. Rutgers
197.05 196.725 196.0 196.05 196.025 195.95 194.65 192.475
2004 EAGL Champions Vault: Jessica Bartgis (WVU), Janáe Cox (WVU), Alyse Zeffiro (PITT), 9.95 Bars: Juliya Kovaliova (TU), 9.925 Beam: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 9.925 Floor: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 10.0 All-Around: Courtney Bumpers (UNC), 39.575 2004 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Alyse Zeffiro, Pitt Rookie of the Year: Janáe Cox, West Virginia EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Marlyn Madey, NC State EAGL Coach of the Year: Derek Galvin, North Carolina
2003- 8th EAGL Championship Standings Durham, N.H. 1. New Hampshire 2. NC State 3. North Carolina 4. Maryland 5. Towson 6. West Virginia 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
196.75 196.675 196.025 195.775 195.775 195.65 193.975 193.025
2003 EAGL Champions Vault: Tara Phillips (UNH), 10.0 Bars: Juliya Kovaliova (TU), 9.925 Beam: Dinorh Boyd (WVU), Sarah Hoenig (UM), Rachel Martinez (UM), 9.925 Floor: Dinorh Boyd (WVU), 9.95 All-Around: Rachel Martinez (UM), 39.625 2003 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Kristen Presutti, Towson Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Jenn Baierlein, Towson Rookie of the Year: Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Amanda Halovanic, West Virginia EAGL Coach of the Year: Gail Goodspeed, New Hampshire
COACHING STAFF
2004- 9th EAGL Championship Standings Pittsburgh, Pa.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
2007 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Janáe Cox, West Virginia Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Janáe Cox, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Brandi George, Maryland EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Gretchen Kittelberger, Maryland EAGL Coach of the Year: Mark Stevenson, NC State
2010 PREVIEW
2009 EAGL Champions Vault: Tina Maloney (WVU), Chelsi Tabor (WVU), 9.9 Bars: Mehgan Morris (WVU), Lauren Deuser (NCSU), Brittany Vontz (NCSU), Alix Croop (Pitt), 9.85 Beam: Shelly Purkat (WVU), Chelsea Steinberg (UNH), Abbey Adams (UMD), 9.875 Floor: Mehgan Morris (WVU), 9.85 All-Around: Mehgan Morris (WVU), 39.3
2007 EAGL Champions Vault: Dani Bryan (PITT), 9.9 Bars: Andrea Arlotta (PITT), 9.9 Beam: Leigha Hancock (NCSU), 9.9 Floor: Christine Robella (UNC), 9.925 All-Around: Christine Robella (UNC), 39.35
2005 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Amanda Hall, New Hampshire Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Olivia Trusty, North Carolina Rookie of the Year: Leigha Hancock, NC State EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Amy Williams, North Carolina EAGL Coach of the Year: Derek Galvin, North Carolina
EAGL
195.7 195.5 194.825 194.675 194.65 194.525 193.05 189.125
191.525 191.175
2009 REVIEW
1. NC State 2. West Virginia 3. North Carolina 4. Pitt 5. New Hampshire 6. Maryland 7. George Washington 8. Rutgers
7. New Hampshire 8. Maryland
RECORD BOOK
2009 – 14th EAGL Championship Standings Raleigh, N.C.
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Mountaineers 2002 - 7th EAGL Championship Standings Towson, Md. 1. North Carolina 2. West Virginia 3. Maryland 4. NC State 5. New Hampshire 6. Pitt 7. Rutgers 8. Towson
196.425 196.025 194.825 194.725 194.375 194.275 192.7 192.35
2002 EAGL Champions Vault: TeShawne Jackson (WVU), 9.925 Bars: Kelli Brown (NCSU), 9.925 Beam: Jen Clarke (TU), Michelle Harley (UNH), Amanda Halovanic (WVU), 9.875 Floor: Anna Wilson (UNC), 9.975 All-Around: TeShawne Jackson (WVU), 39.575 2002 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of the Year: Kristen Presutti, Towson Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Kristen Macrie, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Leah Brill, Maryland EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Gillian Cote, Maryland EAGL Coach of Year: Derek Galvin, North Carolina
2001 – 6th EAGL Championship Standings Chapel Hill, N.C. 1. West Virginia 2. Maryland 3. Towson 4. New Hampshire 5. North Carolina 6. NC State 7. Rutgers 8. Pitt
196.375 195.875 194.6 194.375 193.325 193.275 191.825 191.025
2001 EAGL Champions Vault: TeShawne Jackson (WVU), 10.0 Bars: Gillian Cote (UM), Jaime Hill (WVU), 9.925 Beam: Brooke Wilson (UNC), 9.95 Floor: Jill Fisher (UM), 10.0 All-Around: TeShawne Jackson (WVU), 39.375 2001 EAGL Award Winners: Gymnast of Year: Dinorh Boyd, West Virginia; Suzanne Poretz, New Hampshire Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Brooke Wilson, North Carolina Rookie of the Year: Jen Dickson, New Hampshire EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Gillian Cote, Maryland EAGL Coach of Year: Linda Burdette, West Virginia
2000 - 5th EAGL Championship Standings Pittsburgh, Pa. 1. NC State 2. Pitt 3. Maryland 4. Towson 5. West Virginia 7. New Hampshire 8. North Carolina 9. Rutgers
196.0 195.275 195.05 195.025 194.7 194.55 194.475 191.625
2000 EAGL Champions Vault: Gabi Weller (TU), 9.925 Bars: Kristen Macrie (WVU), 9.95
Beam: Danielle Alba (PITT), Jennifer Sommer (NCSU), Erica Roberts (UNC), 9.85 Floor: Jill Fisher (UM), 9.975 All-Around: Gabi Weller (TU), 39.3 2000 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of Year: Gabi Weller, Towson; Brooke Wilson, North Carolina Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Kelly Foley, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Michelle Harley, New Hampshire EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Lisa Fronhofer, Pitt EAGL Coach of Year: Derek Galvin, North Carolina
1999 - 4th EAGL Championship Standings College Park, Md. 1. NC State 2. Maryland 3.New Hampshire 4. North Carolina 5.Towson 6. West Virginia 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
196.05 195.475 194.8 194.675 194.325 194.1 192.85 192.375
1999 EAGL Champions Vault: Liane Williams (TU), 9.875 Bars: Amy Langendorf (NCSU), Dawn Campbell (RU), 9.9 Beam: Brooke Wilson (UNC), 9.95 Floor: Liane Williams (TU), Shirley Lee (WVU), 9.9 All-Around: Brooke Wilson (UNC), 39.325 1999 EAGL Award Winners: Gymnast of Year: Danielle “Freddie” Alba, Pitt Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Liane Williams, Towson Rookie of the Year: Gillian Cote, Maryland EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Jen DeLuca, North Carolina EAGL Coach of Year: Bob Nelligan, Maryland
1998 - 3rd EAGL Championship Standings Piscataway, N.J. 1. West Virginia 2. New Hampshire 3. NC State 4. Maryland 5. Towson 6. Pitt 7. North Carolina 8. Rutgers
195.5 193.85 193.825 192.675 192.45 192.225 190.975 190.875
1998 EAGL Champions Vault: Nikki West (WVU), 9.875 Bars: Umme Salim (WVU), 9.95 Beam: Umme Salim (WVU), 9.925 Floor: Shirley Lee (WVU), Nikki West (WVU), Amy Roberts (UNH), Ashley Hutsell (UNC), 9.775 All-Around: Umme Salim (WVU), 39.45 1998 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of Year: Umme Salim, West Virginia Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Umme Salim, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Kara Charles, N.C. State EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Stacy
Breidenbach, Maryland EAGL Coach of Year: Linda Burdette, WVU, Mark Stevenson, N.C. State, Debbie Yohman, Pitt
1997 - 2nd EAGL Championship Standings Raleigh, N.C. 1. West Virginia 2. NC State 3. New Hampshire 4. Pitt 5. North Carolina 6. Towson 7. Maryland 8. Rutgers
196.0 195.1 193.1 192.85 192.325 192.1 191.775 190.05
1997 EAGL Champions Vault: Erin Shanley (TU), 9.9 Bars: Erin Shanley (TU), Samantha Salyers (PITT), 9.925 Beam: Cara Lepper (UNH), Danielle Lilly (WVU), 9.9 Floor: Kristin Quackenbush (WVU), 9.95 All-Around: Stephanie Wall (NCSU), Kristin Quackenbush (WVU), 39.1 1997 EAGL Award Winners Gymnast of Year: Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia Rookie of the Year: Rachel Dolbin, Maryland EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Molly Gardner, North Carolina EAGL Coach of Year: Dick Filbert, Towson
1996 - 1st EAGL Championship Standings Morgantown, W.Va. 1. West Virginia 2. Towson 3. NC State 4. Maryland 5. New Hampshire 6. North Carolina 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
194.6 193.725 192.3 192.15 191.7 189.3 189.15 188.0
1996 EAGL Champions Vault: Kristin Quackenbush (WVU), 9.925 Bars: Erin Shanley (TU), Cara Lepper (UNH), 9.9 Beam: Liane Williams (TU), Jessica Nonnemacher (WVU), 9.825 Floor: Meredith Behson (RU), Christi Newton (NCSU), Erin Shanley (TU), 9.8 All-Around: Kristin Quackenbush (WVU), 39.275 1996 EAGL Award Winners Rookie of the Year: Liane Williams, Towson; Cara Lepper, New Hampshire Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Christi Newton, N.C. State Gymnast of Year: Christi Newton, N.C. State EAGL Scholar-Athlete: Sari Lehmuskallio, Towson EAGL Coach of Year: Linda Burdette, West Virginia
Mountaineers
Most Individual Championships - One Meet 3 Mehgan Morris, West Virginia March 21, 2009, Raleigh, N.C. 3 Umme Salim, West Virginia March 21, 1998, Piscataway, N.J. 3 Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina March 20, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pa. Most Individual Championships - Career 8 Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina
Team Scoring
Uneven Parallel Bars 1996 Cara Lepper, UNH Erin Shanley, TU 1997 Samantha Salyers, PITT Erin Shanley, TU 1998 Umme Salim, WVU 1999 Amy Langendorf, NCSU 2000 Kristen Macrie, WVU 2001 Jaime Hill, WVU Gillian Cote, UM 2002 Kelli Brown, NCSU 2003 Juliya Kovaliova, TU 2004 Juliya Kovaliova, TU 2005 Leah Brill, UM Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2006 Christine Robella, UNC 2007 Andrea Arlotta, PITT 2008 Mehgan Morris, WVU 2009 Lauren Deuser, NC State Brittany Vontz, NC State Alix Croop, Pitt Mehgan Morris, WVU
9.925 9.9 9.875 9.875 9.925 10.0 9.925 10.0 9.95
COACHING STAFF
Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Erin Shanley, TU Nikki West, WVU Liane Williams, TU Gabi Weller, TU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Tara Phillips, UNH Jessica Bartgis, WVU Janรกe Cox, WVU Alyse Zeffiro, PITT Amanda Hall, UNH Leigha Hancock, NCSU Dani Bryan, PITT Christine Nguyen, UNC Tina Maloney, WVU Chelsi Tabor, WVU
9.875 9.9 9.9 9.95 9.90
9.9 9.925 9.95 9.9 9.95 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.875 9.9 9.9 9.85 9.85
RECORD BOOK
West Virginia March 20, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pa. North Carolina March 29, 2003, Durham, N.H. Maryland March 27, 1999, College Park, Md. North Carolina March 23, 2002, Towson, Md. March 20, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Vault 49.525 Bars 49.325 Beam 49.425 Floor 49.55 Team Total 197.05
Vault 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Vault 10.0 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia March 24, 2001, Chapel Hill, N.C. 10.0 Tara Phillips, New Hampshire March 29, 2003, Durham, N.H. Bars 9.95 Umme Salim, West Virginia March 21, 1998, Piscataway, N.J. 9.95 Kristen Macrie, West Virginia March 18, 2000, College Park, Md. Beam 9.95 Brooke Wilson, North Carolina March 27, 1999, College Park, Md. 9.95 Dawn Campbell, Rutgers March 27, 1999, College Park, Md. 9.95 Brooke Wilson, North Carolina March 24, 2001, Chapel Hill, N.C. Floor 10.0 Jill Fisher, Maryland March 24, 2001, Chapel Hill, N.C. 10.0 Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina March 20, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pa. All-Around 39.625 Rachel Martinez, Maryland March 29, 2003, Durham, N.H.
All-Time EAGL Champions
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Most Team Championships 6 West Virginia (1996-1998, 2001, 2004, 2008)
MEDIA
Attendance 2,780 NC State; March 21, 2009, Raleigh, N.C.
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RECORD BOOK Balance Beam 1996 Jessica Nonnemacher, WVU Liane Williams, TU 1997 Cara Lepper, UNH Danielle Lilly, WVU 1998 Umme Salim, WVU 1999 Brooke Wilson, UNC Dawn Campbell, RU 2000 Danielle Alba, PITT Jennifer Sommer, NCSU Erica Roberts, UNC 2001 Brooke Wilson, UNC 2002 Jen Clarke, TU Michelle Harley, UNH Amanda Halovanic, WVU 2003 Sarah Hoenig, UM Rachel Martinez, UM Dinorh Boyd, WVU 2004 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2005 Janáe Cox, WVU 2006 Mariana Peña-Trestini, UNH 2007 Leigha Hancock, NCSU 2008 Anya Chayka, PITT 2009 Chelsea Steinber, UNH Abbey Adams, UM Shelly Purkat, WVU Floor Exercise 1996 Meredith Behson, RU Christi Newton, NCSU Erin Shanley, TU 1997 Kristin Quackenbush, WVU 1998 Ashley Hutsell, NCSU Shirley Lee, WVU Amy Roberts, UNH Nikki West, WVU 1999 Liane Williams, TU Shirley Lee, WVU 2000 Jill Fisher, UM 2001 Jill Fisher, UM 2002 Anna Wilson, UNC 2003 Dinorh Boyd, WVU 2004 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2005 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2006 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2007 Christine Robella, UNC 2008 Mehgan Morris, WVU Leigha Hancock, NCSU Taylor Seaman, NCSU 2009 Mehgan Morris, WVU All-Around 1996 Kristin Quackenbush, WVU 1997 Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Stephanie Wall, NCSU 1998 Umme Salim, WVU 1999 Brooke Wilson, UNC 2000 Gabi Weller, TU 2001 TeShawne Jackson, WVU 2002 TeShawne Jackson, WVU 2003 Rachel Martinez, UM 2004 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2005 Janáe Cox, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2006 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 2007 Christine Robella, UNC 2008 Christine Nguyen, UNC 2009 Mehgan Morris, WVU
9.825 9.9 9.925 9.95 9.85 9.95 9.875 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.9 9.85 9.875
9.8 9.95 9.775
9.9 9.975 10.0 9.975 9.95 10.0 9.925 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.85 39.275 39.1 39.45 39.325 39.30 39.375 39.575 39.625 39.575 39.475 39.525 39.350 39.475 39.30
Team 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia NC State NC State West Virginia North Carolina New Hampshire West Virginia North Carolina North Carolina NC State West Virginia NC State
194.6 196.0 195.5 196.05 196.00 196.375 196.425 196.75 197.050 195.975 195.325 195.475 196.050 195.700
All-Time Top EAGL Scores (Includes All Meets) Vault 10.0
Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Nikki West, WVU Nikki West, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Nikki West, WVU Nikki West, WVU Nikki West, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Kristen Presutti, TU Tara Phillips, UNH Alyse Zeffiro, PITT Jessica Bartgis, WVU
3/23/96 1/18/97 2/23/97 3/15/97 3/14/98 2/27/99 3/20/99 2/11/00 2/17/01 3/4/01 3/24/01 3/6/02 3/29/03 3/9/04 2/8/04
Bars 10.0 9.975 9.95
Umme Salim, WVU Gabi Weller, TU Dawn Campbell, RU Kelli Brown, NCSU Kelli Brown, NCSU Umme Salim, WVU Samantha Salyers, PITT Dawn Campbell, RU Liz Haines, RU Kara Charles, NCSU Amy Lagendorf, NCSU Kelly Foley, WVU Gabi Weller, TU Kristen Macrie, WVU Jaime Hill, WVU Kelli Brown, NCSU Dinorh Boyd, WVU Amanda Halovanic, WVU Jenn Baierlein, TU Maria Pena Trestini, UNH Olivia Trusty, UNC Olivia Trusty, UNC Juliya Kovaliova, TU Juliya Kovaliova, TU Mehgan Morris
3/14/98 3/10/00 3/1/00 3/12/00 3/3/01 3/21/98 2/13/99 2/26/00 2/26/00 2/19/00 2/19/00 2/19/00 3/3/00 3/18/00 2/4/01 2/11/01 3/4/01 2/23/03 2/22/03 2/27/04 2/27/04 2/20/04 2/7/04 1/23/04 3/9/08
Beam 10.00 9.975
Cara Lepper, UNH Maggie Haney, NCSU Monica Berry, NCSU Brooke Wilson, UNC Christi Newton, NCSU
2/23/96 2/27/99 3/6/99 2/4/01 3/3/96
All-Around 39.725 Courtney Bumpers, UNC 39.7 Courtney Bumpers, UNC Olivia Trusty, UNC 39.675 Gabi Weller, TU Janáe Cox, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC 39.650 Janáe Cox, WVU 39.625 Gillian Cote, UM Rachel Martinez, UM Rachel Martinez, UM Jessica Bartgis, WVU 39.6 Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Kristen Presutti, TU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Rachel Martinez, UM Christine Robella, UNC Olivia Trusty, UNC 39.575 TeShawne Jackson, WVU Jenn Baierlein, TU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Olivia Trusty, UNC 39.55 Christi Newton, NCSU Kristen Macrie, WVU Kelli Brown, NCSU Kristen Macrie, WVU Janáe Cox, WVU Rachel Martinez, UM Rachel Martinez, UM Janáe Cox, WVU 39.525 Gabi Weller, TU Gillian Cote, UM Dinorh Boyd, WVU Dinorh Boyd, WVU Rachel Martinez, UM Kristen Presutti, TU Rachel Martinez, UM Marlyn Madey, NCSU Christine Robella, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC 39.5 Laura Moon, UM Laura Moon, UM Dinorh Boyd, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Brooke Wilson, UNC Kristen Macrie, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Jessica Bartgis, WVU Kylah Bachman, NCSU Janáe Cox, WVU Olivia Trusty, UNC Rachel Martinez, UM Mehgan Morris, WVU 39.475 Umme Salim, WVU Kara Charles, NCSU Gillian Cote, UM Kristen Macrie, WVU Christine Robella, UNC Amanda Hall, UNH Marlyn Madey, NCSU Rachel Martinez, UM Courtney Bumpers, UNC Christine Robella, UNC Janáe Cox, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC
2/20/04 2/27/04 2/20/04 3/10/00 3/13/04 3/5/04 3/9/04 3/10/00 3/29/03 3/15/03 3/9/04 1/18/97 3/21/03 2/8/03 3/6/04 2/27/04 2/22/04 3/23/02 3/21/03 3/20/04 2/27/04 1/19/96 3/11/01 3/1/02 3/23/02 3/20/04 3/20/04 3/3/04 2/22/04 1/28/00 3/19/01 3/11/01 1/22/02 3/12/03 2/22/03 2/22/03 3/12/04 2/20/04 3/25/06 3/2/00 3/10/00 2/4/01 2/10/01 3/4/01 2/10/02 2/10/02 2/16/03 3/20/04 3/12/04 2/28/04 1/24/04 2/11/04 3/8/09 2/23/97 3/11/00 3/11/01 2/17/02 3/20/04 3/6/04 2/27/04 2/14/04 1/18/04 1/24/04 3/25/05 3/25/05
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3/23/96 2/22/97 3/15/97 2/4/00 2/12/00 3/10/00 3/11/00 2/17/01 3/4/01 3/4/01 3/11/01 3/19/01 3/24/01 3/8/02 3/21/03 3/16/03 2/8/03 1/31/03 3/20/04 3/9/04 3/5/04 2/27/04 2/27/04 2/22/04 2/20/04 2/13/04 1/18/04 4/23/05 2/16/97 4/5/97 3/3/00 3/10/00 3/18/00 2/2/01 2/10/01 3/24/01 2/2/02 3/23/02 2/1/03 1/22/05 2/19/05
2/19/05 3/4/06 3/19/06
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Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Jill Fisher, UM Maggie Haney, NCSU Heather Hanson, TU Kelli Brown, NCSU TeShawne Jackson, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Dinorh Boyd, WVU Kristen Macrie, WVU Jill Fisher, UM Jill Fisher, UM Courtney Turner, RU Kristen Presutti, TU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Anna Wilson, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Alyse Zeffiro, PITT Courtney Bumpers, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Anna Wilson, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Brooke Wilson, UNC Gillian Cote, UM Jill Fisher, UM Amanda Halovanic, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Dinorh Boyd, WVU Kristen Macrie, WVU Anna Wilson, UNC Kristen Presutti, TU Amanda Hall, UNH Amanda Hall, UNH
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Floor 10.0 9.975
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Rebecca Slobig, WVU Cara Lepper, UNH Danielle Alba, PITT Courtney Bumpers, UNC Kylah Bachman, NCSU Christi Newton, NCSU Maggie Haney, NCSU Monica Berry, NCSU Stephanie Wall, NCSU Gillian Cote, UM Jen Sommer, NCSU Brooke Wilson, UNC Jenny Sommer, NCSU Cara Lepper, UNH Danielle Lilly, WVU Cara Lepper, UNH Danielle Lilly, WVU Danielle Lilly, WVU Monica Berry, NCSU Natalie Halbach, UNC Brooke Wilson, UNC Allison Gaidish, WVU Kit Johnson, UM Courtney Bumpers, UNC Jessica Bartgis, WVU Gretchen Richter, WVU Christine Robella, UNC
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Christine Robella, UNC Christine Nguyen, UNC Mehgan Morris, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Umme Salim, WVU Amy Langendorf, NCSU Dinorh Boyd, WVU Jenn Baierlein, TU Amanda Hall, UNH Kristen Presutti, TU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Anna Wilson, UNC Courtney Bumpers, UNC Mikel Hester, UNC Jessica Bartgis, WVU Amanda Hall, UNH Courtney Bumpers, UNC Janรกe Cox, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Jessica Nonnemacher, WVU Gillian Cote, UM Brooke Wilson, UNC Kristen Macrie, WVU Kara Charles, NCSU Kristen Macrie, WVU Gillian Cote, UM Amanda Halovanic, WVU Gillian Cote, UM Amanda Halovanic, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Kristen Presutti, TU Rachel Martinez, UM Jen Dickson, UNH Amanda Hall, UNH Jen Dickson, UNH Kylah Bachman, NCSU Olivia Trusty, UNC Janรกe Cox, WVU Amanda Hall, UNH Courtney Bumpers, UNC Amanda Hall, UNH Olivia Trusty, UNC Janรกe Cox, WVU Kristin Quackenbush, WVU Erin Shanley, TU Erin Shanley, TU Danielle Alba, PITT Gillian Cote, UM Cara Lepper, UNH Kristen Macrie, WVU TeShawne Jackson, WVU Kristen Presutti, TU Lisa Mealey, UM TeShawne Jackson, WVU Kristen Presutti, TU Leah Sabo, NCSU Jen Dickson, UNH Anna Wilson, UNH Amanda Hall, UNH Marlyn Madey, NCSU Kylah Bachman, NCSU Jessica Bartgis, WVU Janรกe Cox, WVU Courtney Bumpers, UNC Mehgan Morris, WVU
3/25/05 3/29/08 3/1/09 2/23/97 3/21/98 2/19/00 1/27/01 3/8/02 3/1/03 3/1/03 1/31/03 3/13/04 2/22/04 2/13/04 2/8/04 1/31/0 4/3/04 3/7/06 3/19/06 1/24/98 3/13/99 1/29/00 2/5/00 2/19/00 2/2/01 3/9/01 3/23/02 2/2/02 2/17/02 3/16/02 3/17/03 3/8/03 3/2/03 3/1/03 3/2/03 3/20/04 3/13/04 3/5/04 2/21/04 2/7/04 1/22/05 2/19/05 2/26/06 2/16/97 3/15/97 2/25/97 2/13/99 2/26/99 3/20/99 3/12/00 3/11/01 3/23/02 1/25/02 2/2/02 3/29/03 2/28/03 3/29/03 2/8/03 3/20/04 3/5/04 2/27/04 2/28/04 1/18/04 2/24/06 3/29/08
Team Total 197.725 197.4 197.375 197.35 197.325 197.3 197.275 197.15 197.125 197.05 197.025 196.95 196.8 196.775 196.75 196.725 196.675 196.65 196.625 196.6 196.525 196.475 196.45 196.425 196.375 196.35 196.325 196.275 196.25 196.225 196.2 196.15 196.1 196.075 196.05 196.025 196.0
North Carolina State West Virginia Maryland West Virginia North Carolina North Carolina West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Maryland North Carolina State West Virginia North Carolina North Carolina State Towson West Virginia North Carolina State North Carolina State North Carolina New Hampshire West Virginia North Carolina North Carolina State New Hampshire Maryland Towson Maryland West Virginia North Carolina State Pitt West Virginia North Carolina State New Hampshire West Virginia North Carolina West Virginia West Virginia New Hampshire Pitt North Carolina Maryland West Virginia North Carolina North Carolina West Virginia North Carolina State New Hampshire Maryland North Carolina State North Carolina State North Carolina Maryland Maryland West Virginia North Carolina State Pitt West Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Maryland Maryland West Virginia West Virginia North Carolina State North Carolina
3/11/00 3/9/04 3/6/04 2/23/97 2/28/04 2/20/04 3/13/04 3/12/00 3/11/01 2/22/04 3/10/00 3/12/04 3/30/04 3/5/04 2/27/04 3/10/00 3/7/03 3/14/04 2/19/00 2/8/03 3/29/03 2/8/04 2/13/04 3/29/03 3/8/03 3/12/03 3/21/03 3/21/03 2/10/01 3/20/04 3/9/04 3/4/00 2/27/04 3/14/04 3/16/02 3/23/02 3/24/01 2/22/04 3/6/04 2/28/04 4/3/04 2/14/04 2/5/00 3/13/04 3/20/04 1/18/04 2/11/00 1/31/09 3/11/01 3/8/03 2/17/01 3/1/02 2/16/02 3/1/02 3/4/01 3/23/99 3/20/04 3/29/08 3/23/02 3/29/03 3/8/03 3/20/04 3/22/97 3/14/98 3/18/00 3/2/03
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The 2009 season for the West Virginia University gymnastics team was one of hope and fulfillment. An underclass-laden squad, the Mountaineers went through the usual growing pains that follow the graduation of five seniors. Instead of succumbing to greenness, the team flourished, and under the leadership of senior captain Mehgan Morris one of the best instate products to ever compete for the Old Gold and Blue - the Mountaineers proved that while experience graduates, skill, determination and the drive for success will always remain staples of the WVU program. “Last season showed that we had the skills and the talent level to get to where we needed to be,” said coach Linda Burdette-Good. “When we got behind last season, we did not give up. That was consistent from the beginning to the end; we never gave up. Recent teams did not persevere like last year’s squad did.” Perseverance paid off, as the Mountaineers concluded the season, Burdette-Good’s 35th, at 15-8, second in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) with a 10-2 record and fourth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. Though young, the Mountaineers’ reputation proved strong at the onset of the year, as they were ranked No. 23 in the GymInfo Coaches Preseason Poll; WVU would not drop out of the rankings the rest of the year. The youthful Mountaineers were tested early, as they opened the 2009 campaign at nine-time overall and four-time defending national champion Georgia. WVU was up to the challenge and narrowly fell to the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs, 195.425-194.075; the score was the squad’s second-best seasonopening mark. Junior Chelsi Tabor started the year strong, tying for first
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on the vault with a 9.875 score, while Morris earned her first of four EAGL Gymnast of the Week awards following a second-place all-around showing (38.925). Eight days later, the Mountaineers earned their first win of the season when they went 1-2 with a score of 193.7 at Michigan State. Iowa (194.35) finished first, while the host Spartans (194.2) took second and Illinois State finished fourth (190.7). Despite the two losses, the Mountaineers made progress, with Tabor earning a seasonhigh 9.7 beam score and freshman Nicole Roach making her career debut on the Mountaineers’ bars rotation; she would not relinquish her position for the remainder of the season. Additionally, in her only meet as a three-event specialist, sophomore Amy Bieski finished first on floor (9.85), third on bars (9.8) and eighth on vault (9.75) to earn EAGL Specialist of the Week honors. One of the team’s strongest events throughout the season, WVU used a solid floor rotation to earn its first EAGL and home victory of the year, tallying 49.175 points and defeating Pitt, 194.775-192.7. Trailing 145.9-145.6 after three rotations, four Mountaineers scored 9.8-plus, including junior Shelly Purkat’s seasonhigh 9.85, to push the team to victory. Bieski finished first overall with 39.175 points and was named the EAGL Gymnast of the Week. The Mountaineers picked up wins three and four one week later and earned Burdette-Good her 600th career victory with a second-place finish in their lone home quad meet of the season. WVU (193.925) lost to Maryland (194.475), and defeated George Washington (191.775) and Rutgers (187.85). With the wins, Burdette-Good became the first WVU coach to earn 600 wins with a Mountaineer team. Following strong wins at George Washington (195.125-193.15) and over Temple (195.65-191.625), the Mountaineers finished third at No. 11 Oklahoma in a quad meet with No. 13 Missouri and Brown. Despite the finish, WVU tallied its third-straight 195-plus score (195.25). Additionally, Morris broke onto the WVU career point list with a fourth-place all-around finish (39.175); her score included a second-place bars showing (9.85). Morris earned her third EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor en route to leading the Mountaineers to a defining 195.425-194.65 win over Kentucky. The Belle, W.Va., native tied for first on bars (9.875) and beam (9.85), won floor (9.95) outright, finished third (9.8) on vault, matched
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two career-highs and set an additional, and achieved one season-best. Bieski finished second overall with a seasonbest mark of 39.225 and tied freshman Tina Maloney for first on vault (9.825). The Mountaineers faced a tough challenge the following week when they welcomed No. 19 Penn State to the WVU Coliseum for the squad’s final home meet. Though the Mountaineers triumphed over the Nittany Lions in 2008, their first victory over PSU since 2002, they could not secure twostraight wins and narrowly fell in their home season finale, 196.225-195.925. Despite the loss, the Mountaineers tallied their highest score of the season and continued to make the final push toward a top 18 regional qualifying score (RQS). Morris had her second-straight career meet, scoring a career-best 39.5 points and finishing first overall. She also finished first on bars with a season-high 9.925 points, tied for second on floor (9.925) and beam (9.8) and finished third on vault with a career-high 9.85. For her efforts, Morris earned her league-best fourth EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor. Bieski finished third overall with 38.9 points, while Tabor scored her first 9.9 of the season on vault and finished second overall and junior Kiersten Spoerke matched Morris with a 9.8 beam showing. Additionally, senior Erica Watson made her much-anticipated return to the Mountaineers’ lineup following a month-long injury and opened the team’s floor rotation with a 9.8 score. In a battle between the No. 20 and No. 21-ranked teams, WVU
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Mountaineer pushing for more in 2009 - the entire WVU team proved that inexperience can be overshadowed by will and determination. Despite only having seven juniors and seniors, the Mountaineers persevered through tough situations, excelled in all areas of the gym and concluded the year ranked No. 25. “I think the team watched how Mehgan pursued last season and saw that she was successful,” Burdette-Good explained. “I’m hoping they will carry that over to the 2010 season and train the way she did in her final year.”
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classmate Heather Izer. Morris concluded her season finishing 18th overall in the first preliminary session at the NCAA Championship with 39.05 points; Morris’ point total included a 9.825 floor showing, the fifth-best point total of the session. Her overall score was her eighth-straight 39.0-plus score of the season. Through four years, she earned 15 39.0-plus scores, the fifthbest total in Mountaineer history. Morris’ championship showing pushed her career point total to 1,623.975 and she ranks 12th on the WVU career points list. She concluded her senior campaign with 469.1 points, the 34th-best season point total in program history. “Last year, more so than any other year of her career, Mehgan was on a mission,” said Burdette-Good. “I don’t know if her mission was a bid to the national championship initially. She wanted to be in the best possible shape and be the best gymnast she could be. She was always looking to improve and to get better. Mehgan was never satisfied with just doing the minimum; she was always pushing for more.” Morris was not the only
2009 WVU Gymnastics Results (15-8, 10-2 EAGL)
April 4 NCAA Southeast Regional (Raleigh, N.C.) Georgia Penn State Nebraska West Virginia North Carolina NC State
197.700 195.800 195.450 194.225 194.125 193.800
Attend. 8,639 1,257 1,207 1,306 650 1,058 1,261 1,054 858 1,244 2,780
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Opponent 195.425 194.200 194.350 190.700 192.700 194.475 187.950 191.775 193.150 191.625 196.375 196.225 185.950 194.650 196.225 194.900 195.700 194.825 194.675 194.650 194.525 193.050 189.125
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Result WVU L 194.075 L 193.700 L W W 194.775 L 193.925 W W W 195.125 W 195.650 L 195.250 L W W 195.425 L 195.925 W 194.925 L 195.500 W W W W W W
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Opponent at No. 1 Georgia at Michigan State Iowa Illinois State PITT MARYLAND RUTGERS GEORGE WASHINGTON at George Washington TEMPLE at No. 11 Oklahoma No. 13 Missouri Brown KENTUCKY No. 19 PENN STATE at No. 21 Iowa State NC State^ North Carolina^ Pittsburgh^ New Hampshire^ Maryland^ George Washington^ Rutgers^
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concluded its regular season with a 194.925-194.9 win at lower-ranked Iowa State. The victory was the first for the Mountaineers over the Cyclones. Morris squeaked out her thirdstraight win and finished first overall with 39.175 points. She finished first on bars with 9.9 points, while Watson took second and matched a seasonhigh with 9.825 points. With the regular season behind them, the Mountaineers turned their attention to defending their sixth EAGL title in Raleigh, N.C. The team got off to a rough start, and through seven rotations and three events, sat in third place behind host NC State and North Carolina. WVU refused to give up, and in its final rotation, scored a season-best 49.275 on vault and leapfrogged the Tar Heels to finish second to the host Wolfpack, 195.7195.5. Four Mountaineers won six league titles at the championship, the most of any squad and a program-best mark only previously achieved by the 1998 squad. Morris, the 2009 EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast, successfully defended her bars and floor titles, and became the first Mountaineer to win the league’s all-around crown since 2005 with a score of 39.3. Maloney and Tabor respectively opened and closed the Mountaineers’ vault rotation with firstplace 9.9 scores, while Purkat won the beam title with a season-best 9.875 score. Prior to the league championship, nine Mountaineers earned a collective 17 all-EAGL honors, a program-best mark. Morris and Bieski paced the squad with four honors each, three first-team awards and one second team. WVU earned a total of 11 firstteam honors and matched a programbest mark previously achieved by the 1998 squad. On the strength of their 195.39 RQS, the Mountaineers qualified for their 26th regional appearance and earned the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. The Mountaineers traveled back to Raleigh, but fell short and finished fourth with a score of 194.225; the finish was a success for the squad, as they sat in sixth place through their first two events. Morris capped off a brilliant senior campaign and became the 17th Mountaineer to individually qualify for the national championship with a fifthplace all-around finish (39.125). She also tied for second on the floor with 9.9 points and finished 11th on bars with a 9.8 score. Additionally, assistant coach Jason Butts was named the Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. The championship was the final WVU meet for Watson and
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STATISTICS Att. Avg. RQS Vault Amy Bieski 12 9.821 9.845 Heather Izer 8 9.619 9.69 Emily Kerwin 12 9.775 9.81 Tina Maloney 12 9.756 9.815 Mehgan Morris 12 9.74 9.79 Chelsi Tabor 12 9.846 9.875 Erica Watson 5 9.7 -- TEAM 12 48.992 49.105
National Ranking (Top 50)
Regional Ranking (Top 25)
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-- -- -- -- -- T29 -- 17
T10 -- -- 21 -- 5 -- 4
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Uneven Bars Amy Bieski Naja Johnson Mehgan Morris Alysha Pretzello Nicole Roach Erica Watson Ashley Wilson Jessica Young TEAM
12 12 12 1 11 8 9 8 12
9.66 9.754 9.84 9.075 9.725 9.619 9.65 9.628 48.758
9.775 9.8 9.865 -- 9.775 9.775 9.7 9.645 48.9
-- -- T30 -- -- -- -- -- 21
T23 18 8 -- T23 T23 -- -- 4
--1 -----2
Balance Beam Amy Bieski Heather Izer Stephanie Keaton Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat Jenn Sharon Kiersten Spoerke Chelsi Tabor Erica Watson TEAM
11 9 5 12 11 5 12 6 2 12
9.575 9.525 9.415 9.635 9.582 9.355 9.683 9.421 9.475 48.2
9.68 9.66 -- 9.75 9.77 -- 9.805 -- -- 48.56
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33
-- -- -- 21 19 -- 15 -- -- 5
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Floor Exercise Amy Bieski Naja Johnson Stephanie Keaton Tina Maloney Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat Kiersten Spoerke Chelsi Tabor Erica Watson Jessica Young TEAM
12 10 1 4 12 11 12 2 4 5 12
9.751 9.72 9.625 9.644 9.877 9.67 9.763 9.275 9.544 9.675 48.925
9.85 9.805 -- -- 9.89 9.775 9.775 -- -- -- 48.95
-- -- -- -- T18 -- -- -- -- -- 29
12 24 -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- 3
4 ---1 -----1
All-Around Amy Bieski Mehgan Morris Erica Watson TEAM
11 12 1 12
38.795 39.092 38.675 194.875
38.96 39.295 -- 195.39
-- 28 -- 21
13 5 -- 3
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Beam 9.75 (2/9) (3/1) 9.8 (3/21) -- --
Floor 9.9 (1/31)
All-Around 39.225 (3/1)
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9.725 (2/9) -- -- -- -- 9.85 (3/1)
-- -- -- -- 9.7 (3/1) 9.95 (1/31)
------39.5 (3/8)
-- -- 9.875 (3/21) -- -- 9.775 (1/31) 9.99 (1/31) 9.7 (1/17)
-- -- 9.85 (1/23) -- -- -- -- 9.85 (1/31) 9.625 (1/9)
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9.525 (3/13)
9.8 (3/8)
38.675 (3/21)
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Vault Bars Amy Bieski 9.9 9.825 (1/23) (3/8) Heather Izer 9.8 -- (4/4) -- Naja Johnson -- 9.85 -- (3/1) (2/15) Stephanie Keaton -- -- -- -- Emily Kerwin 9.875 -- (2/9) -- Tina Maloney 9.9 -- (3/21) -- Mehgan Morris 9.85 9.925 (3/8) (3/8) (2/15) (3/1) Alysha Pretzello -- 9.075 -- (2/9) Shelly Purkat -- -- -- -- Nicole Roach -- 9.85 -- (1/31) Jenn Sharon -- -- -- -- Kiersten Spoerke -- -- -- -- Chelsi Tabor 9.9 -- (3/8) -- (3/21) Erica Watson 9.8 9.825 (2/9) (1/31) (3/21) (3/13) Ashley Wilson -- 9.75 -- (3/1) Jessica Young -- 9.75 -- (3/1)
Date 3/21 3/8 2/9 1/31
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Individual Season Highs
Location Raleigh, N.C. Morgantown, W.Va. Washington, D.C. Morgantown, W.Va.
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Opponent(s) EAGL Championship Penn State George Washington Maryland, George Washington, Rutgers Penn State
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Event Score Vault 49.275 Bars 49.1 Beam 48.825 Floor 49.35 Total 195.925
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2009 MEET-BY-MEET Vault Amy Bieski Heather Izer Emily Kerwin Tina Maloney Mehgan Morris Chelsi Tabor Erica Watson TEAM
1/9
1/17
1/23
1/31
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2/15
2/20
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3/13
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4/16
9.85 -- 9.75 9.775 9.575 9.875 9.35 48.825
9.75 9.65 9.725 9.65 9.7 9.825 -- 48.65
9.9 -- 9.825 9.525 9.7 9.85 9.775 49.05
9.75 -- 9.8 9.825 9.675 9.875 9.775 49.025
9.85 9.75 9.875 9.825 -- 9.875 9.8 49.225
9.775 8.95 9.775 9.775 9.775 9.85 -- 48.95
9.825 9.75 9.8 9.75 9.8 9.85 -- 49.025
9.825 9.725 9.775 9.825 9.8 9.725 -- 48.95
9.825 9.75 9.825 9.8 9.85 9.9 -- 49.2
9.825 9.575 9.75 9.8 9.775 9.825 -- 48.975
9.875 -- 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 49.275
9.8 9.8 9.6 9.625 9.725 9.8 -- 48.75
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Uneven Bars Amy Bieski Naja Johnson Mehgan Morris Alysha Pretzello Nicole Roach Erica Watson Ashley Wilson Jessica Young TEAM
1/9
1/17
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9.725 9.75 9.85 -- -- 9.7 9.45 9.45 48.475
9.8 9.75 9.825 -- 9.675 -- 9.625 9.725 48.775
9.8 9.75 9.85 -- 9.725 9.8 -- 9.65 48.925
9.25 9.7 9.725 -- 9.85 9.825 -- 9.675 48.775
9.65 9.775 -- 9.075 9.75 9.8 -- 9.525 48.5
9.725 9.8 9.85 -- 9.7 -- 9.7 9.6 48.775
9.775 9.8 9.85 -- 9.75 -- 9.65 9.65 48.825
9.775 9.85 9.875 -- 9.8 -- 9.75 9.75 49.05
9.825 9.825 9.925 -- 9.8 9.25 9.725 -- 49.1
9.725 9.575 9.9 -- 9.775 9.825 9.7 -- 48.925
9.175 9.7 9.85 -- 9.7 9.75 9.725 -- 48.725
9.7 9.775 9.8 -- 9.45 9.0 9.525 -- 48.25
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8.95 -- -- 9.65 9.65 9.725 9.575 9.525 -- 48.125
-- 9.525 9.625 9.525 -- 8.925 9.275 9.7 -- 47.65
9.6 -- -- 9.325 9.75 9.15 9.35 9.6 -- 47.625
9.325 -- -- 9.075 8.7 9.775 9.9 8.55 -- 46.775
9.75 9.65 9.725 -- 9.825 9.2 9.875 -- -- 48.825
9.65 9.75 9.6 9.775 9.7 -- 9.75 -- -- 48.625
9.675 9.675 9.075 9.725 9.8 -- 9.75 -- -- 48.625
9.75 9.05 9.05 9.85 9.775 -- 9.85 -- -- 48.275
9.6 9.7 -- 9.8 9.05 -- 9.8 9.6 -- 48.5
9.65 8.925 -- 9.65 9.675 -- 9.75 -- 9.525 48.25
9.675 9.8 -- 9.8 9.875 -- 9.625 -- 9.425 48.775
9.7 9.65 -- 9.7 9.6 -- 9.7 9.55 -- 48.35
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Floor Exercise Amy Bieski Naja Johnson Stephanie Keaton Tina Maloney Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat Kiersten Spoerke Chelsi Tabor Erica Watson Jessica Young TEAM
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9.85 -- 9.625 9.675 9.75 -- 9.725 8.925 -- -- 48.625
9.875 -- -- 9.65 9.925 9.85 9.8 -- -- 9.725 49.175
9.9 9.85 -- -- 9.95 8.8 9.85 -- -- 9.8 49.35
9.825 9.825 -- -- -- 9.725 9.725 -- 9.1 9.475 48.575
9.875 9.85 -- 9.55 9.95 9.825 9.8 -- -- -- 49.3
9.75 9.775 -- -- 9.8 9.625 9.775 -- -- 9.675 48.775
9.875 9.325 -- 9.7 9.95 9.8 9.825 -- -- -- 49.15
9.65 9.775 -- -- 9.925 9.825 9.8 -- 9.8 -- 49.125
9.15 9.8 -- -- 9.85 9.8 9.75 -- 9.575 -- 48.775
9.775 9.675 -- -- 9.85 9.625 9.725 -- 9.7 -- 48.725
9.7 9.75 -- -- 9.9 9.8 9.725 -- -- 9.7 48.875
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All-Around Amy Bieski Mehgan Morris Erica Watson TEAM
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-- 38.8 -- 193.7
39.175 38.8 -- 194.775
38.225 38.425 -- 193.925
39.075 -- -- 195.125
39.025 39.35 -- 195.65
39.025 39.175 -- 195.25
39.225 39.475 -- 195.425
38.9 39.5 -- 195.925
38.35 39.175 -- 194.925
38.5 39.3 38.675 195.5
38.9 39.125 -- 194.225
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Balance Beam Amy Bieski Heather Izer Stephanie Keaton Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat Jenn Sharon Kiersten Spoerke Chelsi Tabor Erica Watson TEAM
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SENIOR REC A PS Heather Izer 2006-09 CHARLOTTE, N.C.
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Student of the sport ... finished Mountaineer career strong, having biggest impact on team’s success as a senior … relied on heavily by team on the vault and the beam … always one of the squad’s most spirited gymnasts … a vaulter who made a big impact as a freshman and sophomore ... missed junior season with injury … also participated on beam as a freshman ... hard-worker who was never satisfied and would do what was necessary to be successful ... improvements made on uneven bars surpassed the coaching staff’s expectations.
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2009 (Senior) – Rebounded from injury-plagued junior season to become a dependable point scorer on the vault and the balance beam … competed in nine meets and earned a career-best 162.675 points … nabbed three 9.70plus balance beam scores at leadoff position throughout year … critical as a fill-in at Michigan State (1/17), replacing a flu-ridden Shelly Purkat on beam and scoring 9.525 points … also earned 9.65 points on vault … replaced an injured Mehgan Morris in the vault and beam lineups at George Washington (2/9) and scored 9.75 and 9.65, respectively … tied for third on beam with 9.75 points against Temple (2/5) … tallied 9.75 on vault and 9.675 on beam at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/15) … scored 9.75 points on beam in home victory over Kentucky (3/1) … tallied 9.75 on vault and 9.7 on beam in Senior Meet against Penn State (3/8) … exceptionally steady at EAGL Championship (3/21), leading off the Mountaineers’ beam lineup and
2008 (Junior) – Missed most of the season due to injury … did not see competitive action during the year … named to EAGL all-Academic Team and earned NACGC/W Scholastic AllAmerica recognition. 2007 (Sophomore) – Steady vaulter … scored over 126 points, vaulting in all 13 meets … had just two vaults all season below 9.7 … had a solid vault at Pitt (1/19) with a 9.8 … followed that with a 9.775 at Kentucky (1/26) … posted her season high at home (2/3) with 9.85, tying her for fourth
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Heather Izer’s Career Highs Vault 9.85 Beam 9.8
Penn State, George Washington, Kent State, Wilson at EAGL Championship
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scoring a career-best 9.8 points, good enough for ninth place … was clutch as a last-second replacement in vault lineup at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4), scoring a season-best 9.8 points … also tallied 9.65 points on beam … averaged 9.619 on eight vault attempts … possessed 9.66 beam RQS … named to the EAGL all-Academic Team … NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 11 13 0 9 33
AA 0 0 0 0 0
2/3/07 3/21/09 Total Points 113.95 126.775 0 162.675 403.4
in that event … vaulted a 9.775 in two of the next three meets at UNH (2/10) and at home (2/23) against Michigan State … posted a 9.75 at the EAGL Championship (3/30) … saved one of her season bests for the NCAA Regional (4/14), vaulting a 9.8 to tie for 23rd … averaged 9.75 on vault, good for fourth on team … owned a 9.775 RQS on vault, also fourth … named EAGL all-Academic and a NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.
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Personal - Daughter of Thomas and Laura Lee Izer ... has one sister ... birthday is July 1 ... attended Providence High ... honor roll ... National Honor Society ... National Technical Honor Society ... originally from Pompton Lakes, N.J. ... home gym is International Gymnastics in Matthews, N.C. ... coached by Suzie Revels ... alternate for junior nationals in 2002 ... fourtime regional qualifier ... six-year level 10 competitor ... 2002 state beam, vault and all-around champion … majored in speech pathology and audiology ... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll.
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2006 (Freshman) - Vault specialist who saw action in 11 meets, including one on beam ... vault RQS of 9.755 ranked fourth on the team, 20th in the EAGL and 31st in the Southeast Region ... career-high 9.825 vault at home tri-meet (2/26) ... five top-five finishes.
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SENIOR REC A PS Mehgan Morris 2006-09 BELLE, W.Va.
The face of the West Virginia program during her career … irreplaceable talent … named 2009 team co-captain … strong leader in and away from the gym … 2009 NCAA Championship competitor … 2009 EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast … five-time EAGL champion … after becoming a weekly all-arounder as a junior, flourished during final WVU season, the best of her career … graduated as one of the league’s top gymnasts … finished career ranked No. 12 on WVU Career Points List ... set numerous EAGL records in her first year ... made great improvements throughout career, eventually excelling on all four events … best event was the uneven bars ... seemed destined to be a Mountaineer ... provided excitement and was proud of being a native West Virginian.
2009 (Senior) – Concluded a brilliant Mountaineer career and became the 17th WVU gymnast to advance to the 2009 NCAA Championship in Lincoln, Neb. … qualified for championship via a fifth-place all-around finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Raleigh, N.C. … successfully defended her EAGL uneven bars and floor exercise titles, as well as earned her first conference all-around title … only the second Mountaineer to win three EAGL titles at one championship … named the 2009 EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast … first team allEAGL
on bars, floor and all-around … second team all-EAGL on balance beam … four-time EAGL Gymnast of the Week … lands at No. 12 on the WVU Career Points List with 1,623.975 … scored eight-straight 39.0-plus scores, bringing her career total to 15, the fifth-best total in Mountaineer history … scored 469.1 points as an all-arounder in 12 meets, the 34th best season point total in program history … earned the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast and Joseph Medrick Awards … significantly improved her vaulting scores, not only scoring her first career 9.80plus score, but also earning threestraight career marks and finishing the season with four 9.80-plus vault scores … finished second overall with 38.925 points in season-opener at Georgia (1/9), including a thirdplace showing on the bars with 9.85 points … also finished third on the floor with 9.85 points … earned first of four EAGL Gymnast of the Week honors following meet … finished third overall with 38.8 points at Michigan State (1/17) … also earned first individual victory of season, finishing first
on bars with 9.825 points … finished second to Amy Bieski in home opener against Pitt (1/23) with 38.8 points … outing included wins on floor and bars with respective 9.925 and 9.85 scores … also tallied 9.7 points on vault … phenomenal on floor in only home quad meet of season (1/31), matching a career-best and finishing first with 9.95 points … placed third overall with 38.425 points, including a 9.725 bars showing and a 9.675 vault score … held out of competition at George Washington (2/9) with injured shoulder … exploded for an outstanding meet against Temple (2/15), taking three of the four events and finishing first overall with 39.35 points … victory sparked a turnaround in season, as she finished with 39.0-plus points in each of the remaining meets … placed first on the floor, matching a career-high with 9.95 points … also won the bars with 9.85 points and the beam with 9.775 points … also tied for second on vault with 9.775 points … for her efforts, she earned her second EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor … finished fourth overall with 39.175 at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown (2/20) … meet highlighted with second-place finish on bars with 9.85 points … finished first on three of four events and finished first overall with 39.475 points against Kentucky (3/1) … tallied career-bests on both the beam and floor with respective 9.85 and 9.95 scores … finished first on bars with 9.875 points and third on vault with 9.8 points … also tallied floor and vault scores of 9.8 … earned third EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor following effort … saved best Coliseum performance for last, scoring a career-best 39.5 points and finishing first overall against Penn State (3/8) … earned a career-best 9.925 points on bars in a first-place routine, as well as a career-best 9.85 points on vault, good
2008 (Junior) – Had outstanding year, setting career bests in all four events and all-around … was WVU’s 11th EAGL champion in 13 years … became WVU’s first EAGL champion since Janáe Cox (beam/all-around 2005) by winning bars and tying for floor exercise title … competed in all 14 meets, 12 as an all-arounder … scored 515.575 points, ranking 10th in school history for a single season … first team all-EAGL on bars, beam, floor and all-around … ranked first in EAGL on bars, sixth in region and 14th in nation with 9.89 RQS … ranked 21st in region on beam with RQS of 9.775 … ranked 17th in region on floor with 9.83 RQS … twice named EAGL Gymnast of the Week … totaled 38.775 points in all-around in first meet at Cancun Classic (1/4) to be named EAGL Gymnast of the Week … had 38.8 points in all-around at Maryland (1/18), including 9.8 on floor and 9.75 on bars … swung 9.85 on bars, scored 9.75 on beam and hit floor routine for 9.825 at home against Oklahoma (1/27) to be named EAGL Gymnast of the Week … totaled 39.075 points in the all-around at Penn State (2/2)
vs.Penn State at George Washington, Maryland, Kent State vs. Kentucky four times, last vs. Kentucky vs. Penn State
Mehgan Morris’ Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 13 13 14 12 52
AA 1 0 12 12 25
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Total Points 346.7 292.6 515.575 469.1 1,623.975
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Vault 9.85 Bars 9.95 Beam 9.85 Floor 9.95 All-Around 39.5
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Mehgan Morris’ Career Highs
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2007 (Sophomore) – First team all-EAGL on bars after ranking No. 1 in the conference … ranked sixth in the Southeast Region and 19th nationally … ranked sixth in the EAGL on floor and 15th in the region … competed in all 13 meets on bars and floor … also saw action on beam in four competitions … scored 292.6 points on the year … posted 12 scores of 9.8 or better on bars, including four 9.9s, her season high … had seven scores of 9.8 or better on floor … tied for the bars title with a 9.825 at Kentucky (1/26) … earned a score of 9.875 and 9.825 on floor and bars, respectively, in a five-team home meet (2/3) to rank second on bars and third on floor … posted her first 9.9 of the year at UNH (2/10) to win meet … scored back-to-back 9.9s vs. Michigan State (2/23) and at Ohio State (3/4), winning both meets … solid meet at Arkansas (3/9) with a 9.875 on bars and 9.8 on floor … received another 9.9 on bars on senior day (3/17) to win individual title, while also scoring a 9.85 on floor to tie for first … swung a team-high 9.825 on bars at Minnesota (3/24) … also went 9.7 on beam and 9.825 on floor … placed second at EAGL Championship (3/30) on bars with 9.875 and tied for fourth on floor with 9.875 … swung a 9.8 at the NCAA Southeast Regional to tie for seventh … scored a 9.75 on floor … had the team’s top bar average (9.84) and RQS (9.89) … averaged 9.79 on floor for the year with an RQS of 9.84, which was third on the team.
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that was keyed by 9.875s on bars and floor … scored 38.825 points in the all-around at LSU (2/8), including a 9.875 on bars … had the first of five-consecutive meets with at least 39 points in the all-around with 39.2 points at home against UNC (2/15) … had a 9.725 on vault, 9.9 on bars, 9.75 on beam and a 9.825 on floor against the Tar Heels … totaled 39.1 points at Rutgers (2/23), highlighted by 9.925 on bars and career-high 9.825 on beam … scored 39.1 points at Pitt (3/1) … swung career-high 9.95 on bars at George Washington (3/9) on way to 39.025 points in all-around … 9.95 bars score tied for second-best in school history … had 39.15 points at home against Minnesota (3/15) … had best meet of career to date at 2008 EAGL Championship (3/29), setting career highs on vault (9.775), beam (9.825), floor (9.95) and all-around (39.4) … tied for the floor title with a 9.95 and won the bars title with 9.85 … solid meet in all four events at NCAA Regional (4/12) to score 39.2 points … was 10th in all-around and just missed individually qualifying for nationals in by .025 … tied for sixth on bars with 9.875.
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enough for third place … rounded out day with secondplace showings on the floor and the beam with respective 9.925 and 9.8 scores … awarded fourth EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor of the season … finished first overall with 39.175 points at Iowa State (3/13) … victory included a tie for first on bars with 9.9 points and a second-place finish on floor with 9.85 points … also scored 9.775 on vault … put together one of the finest-ever Mountaineer performances at 2009 EAGL Championship (3/21), finishing first overall with 39.3 points … won league’s floor crown and tied for bars title with matching 9.85 scores … also tied for ninth place on beam with 9.8 points … rounded out showing with 9.8 points on vault … finished fifth overall with 39.125 points at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/4) and punched ticket to 2009 NCAA Championship … tied for second place among competitive floor field with 9.9 showing … also scored 9.8 on bars, 9.725 on vault and 9.7 on beam … finished 18th overall in qualifying round at NCAA Championship with 39.05 points … outing included showings of 9.825 on floor, 9.775 on bars, 9.75 on beam and 9.7 on vault … RQS in three events ranked tops in the league: bars (9.865), floor (9.89) and all-around (39.295) … bars RQS was eighth-best in region and 30th in nation … floor RQS was fifth in region and 18th in nation … all-around RQS was fifth in region and 28th in the nation … beam RQS of 9.75 ranked 21st in region … averaged an astounding 9.84 on bars, 9.877 on floor and 39.092 all-around.
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Mountaineers 2006 (Freshman) - Second EAGL Rookie of the Year in team history (Cox, 2004) ... first team all-EAGL on bars, second team on floor ... competed as all-arounder once, but primarily a three-event specialist on bars, beam and floor ... voted team’s most valuable gymnast ... competed in all 13 meets on bars, 11 on floor, eight on beam and two on vault ... best event was bars, as RQS of 9.88 led the EAGL, ranked third in the region and tied for 16th in the NCAA ... placed in the top two in 11 of 13 bars attempts, including six wins and four 9.9s ... tied for second at EAGL Championship (3/25) with a 9.85 ... career-high 9.925 in home finale (3/18) ... that score was highest in the EAGL during season ... floor RQS of 9.87 was second-best on the team, tied for fourth in the EAGL, tied for ninth in the region and was tied for 27th in the NCAA ... two career-high 9.9s set in home meets (2/26, 3/18) ... eight of last nine floor scores were 9.8 or higher ... first career floor win was in home finale (3/18) ... six top-three floor scores, including third place at EAGL Championship with a 9.875 ... 20 topthree finishes in floor, bars and beam combined ... beam career-highs of 9.725 set at Southern Utah (2/18) and at
Pitt (2/18) ... league-record five EAGL Rookie of the Week honors, four in consecutive weeks ... also named EAGL Specialist of the Week (3/14). Personal - Daughter of Frank and Debora Morris ... two brothers ... birthday is Feb. 13 ... attended Riverside High ... honor roll ... AP art member ... placed first in the University of Charleston Art Competition ... ski club ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... home gym is the Flip Flop Shop in Ripley, W.Va. ... coached by Susan Brown and gym co-owners Dave and Ronda Studivon
... six-year level 10 competitor ... winner of four state titles ... 2004 Region VII all-around champion ... one of two West Virginians ever to win the Region VII all-around championships (the other is former Mountaineer Kara Weaver) ... placed 18th in all-around at junior nationals ... in addition to winning the all-around at the Region VII championships, she finished first on floor exercise and second on vault ... 2003 junior international compulsory elite qualifier ... two-time all-around champion at the Arnold Classic fitness expo … majored in advertising.
National Honors
NCAA Championship individual all-around qualifier - Finished 18th in qualifying session - first since Janáe Cox, 2007
Conference Honors
2009 EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast Nine-time all-EAGL first team honoree Six-time EAGL Gymnast of the Week Five-time EAGL Rookie of the Week One EAGL Specialist of the Week honor 2009 EAGL bars, floor and all-around champion - only the second Mountaineer to win three titles at one championship 2009 bars, floor and all-around first team honoree 2009 beam second team 2008 bars and floor champion - first WVU EAGL champion since Janáe Cox, 2005 2008 bars, floor, beam and all-around honoree 2007 first team bars 2006 EAGL Rookie of the Year - first since Janáe Cox, 2004 2006 first team bars 2006 second team beam
Where She Ranks at WVU
Ranks 12th on WVU Career Points List (1,623.975) Scored 39.0-plus points 15 times, the fifth-best total in Mountaineer history - tallied eight-straight scores senior season Junior season point total (515.575) is program’s 10th-best Senior season point total (469.1) is program’s 34th-best Holds second-best bars score (9.95) Sixth-most 9.9-plus career scores (22) - first in career 9.9-plus bars scores (14) - ninth in career 9.9-plus floor scores (9) Seventh-most career meets competed in (52) 16th in career all-around meets competed in (25) 17th Mountaineer to individually qualify for NCAA Championship; 14th as an all-arounder Captained team senior season
Team Awards
Three-time Most Valuable Gymnast Two-time Joseph Medrick Award (team’s highest all-around average)
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SENIOR REC A PS Erica Watson 2006-09 LEVITTOWN, Pa.
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2008 (Junior) – Made a big impact for the team down the stretch as an
all-arounder … first team all-EAGL on uneven bars … competed in 11 meets, eight times as an all-arounder … scored 367.125 points … missed first three meets of the season … had first good meet at Penn State (2/2) with 9.775 on vault and 9.85 on bars … swung 9.8 on bars at LSU (2/8) … set career high with 39.325 points in the all-around at home against UNC (2/15) … named EAGL Gymnast of the Week after performance … also set career highs of 9.9 (bars) and 9.8 (beam) against UNC … notched a 9.8 on floor and 9.75 on bars on way to 38.825 points in allaround at Rutgers (2/23) … vaulted 9.8 at Pitt (3/1) and scored a 9.825 on floor with 38.95 in the all-around … swung a 9.825 on bars at George Washington (3/9) … solid meet at home against Oklahoma (3/15) with 9.825 on vault, 9.8 on bars, 9.775 on beam and 9.8 on floor to total 39.2 points in the all-around … her second career score above 39.0 … notched 9.825s on vault and floor with a 9.775 on bars at home against Ohio State (3/22) … had 9.8 on beam and 9.825 on floor at EAGL Championship (3/29) … stellar at NCAA Southeast Regional (4/12), totaling 38.975 points … had 9.7s on beam and floor along with 9.75 on vault and 9.825 on bars … for the season, had RQS of 9.81 on bars to rank 14th in the Southeast Region and fourth in the EAGL … had an RQS of 9.795 to rank 24th in Southeast Region on floor … also ranked 24th in region on vault with 9.785 RQS.
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and sixth on vault with a season-best 9.8 score prior to injury … missed next three meets while rehabbing injury … made triumphant return to lineup following a month-long absence and scored a season-best 9.8 points on floor in final career home meet against Penn State (3/8) … continued to make presence felt on team following injury, competing in three events at Iowa State (3/13) and matching a season-best bars score with 9.825 points … finished 10th overall with 38.675 points at EAGL Championship (3/21) … meet included showings of 9.8 on vault, 9.75 on bars and 9.7 on floor … bars RQS of 9.775 ranked 23rd in region … vault average of 9.7 on five attempts … EAGL allAcademic Team.
2007 (Sophomore) – Saw action in all 13 meets, mostly in three events: vault, bars and floor … totaled 353.1 points … was ranked fifth in the EAGL on bars
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2009 (Senior) – Bravely battled back from a near season-ending elbow injury during her fourth year with the Mountaineers … though sidelined for four meets, continued to make solid contributions towards team effort, especially on the uneven bars … earned 182.575 points in eight meets, including her lone all-around appearance at the 2009 EAGL Championship … opened season with 9.7 bars showing at Georgia (1/9) … scored 9.8 points on bars and tied with Bieski for third place against Pitt (1/23) … also nabbed a 9.775 vault score … put together a solid showing against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31), finishing third on bars with 9.825 points and scoring 9.775 points on vault … was on track to best all-around meet of season at George Washington (2/9) before dislocating her elbow on the last pass of her floor routine … finished first on bars with 9.8 points
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An all-arounder who developed competitive skills in all four events … proved to be a fighter as she battled back from near season-ending injury during last year … exceptional on vault and bars … fierce competitor … had a difficult floor routine … scored 1,000 career points … tremendous athlete who had a breakout junior season ... strong with outstanding skills ... capable of performing eye-catching tricks on floor … competed in every meet in her collegiate debut ... was one of the most highly-touted recruits in the country.
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and 15th in the Southeast Region … eight scores of 9.75 or better on bars … set a season high on vault with a 9.85 in first meet of the year at home (1/12) … that score earned third place … 9.7 on vault and 9.5 on floor at Pitt (1/19) … 9.7 on vault and 9.675 on bars at Kentucky (1/26) … 9.75 on vault and 9.7 on bars to place ninth in both in five-team home meet (2/3) … team-high 9.775 on floor at UNH (2/10) … also finished third on bars with 9.8 … had one of her best meets of the year at NC State (2/17) … vaulted a 9.8, went 9.7 on bars and 9.75 on floor … seasonhigh 9.85 on bars vs. Michigan State (2/23) … 9.8 on bars at Ohio State (3/4) … 9.775 on vault and 9.75 on bars at Arkansas (3/9) … solid meet in three events on senior day (3/17) … went 9.775 on vault, tied season high with 9.85 on bars and scored 9.7 on floor … her 9.85 on bars ranked second at the meet … stepped up at EAGL Championship (3/30) … 9.725 on vault, tied for sixth on bars with 9.825 … also turned in a 9.75 on floor … performed well in three events at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/14) … vaulted a 9.8 for 23rd and swung a 9.775 on bars for 13th … posted a 9.55 on floor … had an RQS of 9.77 on vault with an average of 9.6 … averaged 9.6 on bars with a 9.805
RQS (third on the team) … had an RQS of 9.64 on floor. 2006 (Freshman) – Second team all-EAGL gymnast on vault and bars ... all-arounder who ended the season as a three-event specialist on vault, bars and floor ... saw action in all 13 meets and six as an all-arounder ... all-around RQS of 38.005 ranked 13th in the EAGL, 16th in the Southeast Region ... career-high 38.9 in quadmeet (2/5) ... vault RQS of 9.78 ranked third on the team, 14th in the EAGL and 26th in the Southeast Region ... first career event win was career-high 9.85 vault at Pitt (3/7) ... won two more meets on vault giving her three on the season ... 9.8 vault at EAGL Championship (3/25) placed 16th ... last six vaults were 9.75 or higher ... bars RQS of 9.785 ranked third on the team, tied for ninth in the EAGL and was tied for 19th in the Southeast Region ... career-high 9.875 on bars set at Florida (2/10) ... no falls on bars all season ... four bars scores of 9.8 or higher ... eight of 9.75 or higher ... placed in top five in nine of 13 meets on bars ... floor RQS of 9.795 ranked third on the team, tied for 11th in the EAGL and was 20th in the Southeast Region ... personal-best 9.85 in home quad meet (2/5) ... highest season floor finish was second-place tie of
Erica Watson’s Career Highs Vault 9.85 Bars 9.9 Beam 9.8 Floor 9.85 All-Around 39.325
at Pitt with James Madison vs. Michigan,James Madison vs. North Carolina vs. North Carolina at EAGL Championship vs. George Washington, Iowa and Ohio State vs. North Carolina
Erica Watson’s Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Meets 13 13 11 8 45
AA 6 0 8 1 15
Total Points 384.4 353.1 367.125 182.575 1,287.2
3/7/06 1/12/07 2/15/08 2/15/08 3/29/08 2/5/06 2/15/08
9.825 in home finale (3/18) ... placed eighth at EAGL meet (3/25) with a 9.8 on floor ... 19 top-five finishes (nine on bars, five on floor, four on vault and one on beam) ... two-time EAGL Rookie of the Week (1/18, 3/14) ... was named to the EAGL all-Academic Team. Personal - Daughter of Ben and Kim Watson ... two brothers ... birthday is May 16 ... attended Pennsbury High ... honor roll ... home gym is WillMoor Gymnastics in Mt. Laurel, N.J. ... coached by Valentina Pintchouk, Kim Bonus and Craig Tetreault ... five-year level 10 competitor ... five-time junior national qualifier ... third place all-around at 2003 junior nationals ... also placed fifth on floor and bars and eighth on vault at 2003 junior nationals ... placed seventh on floor and ninth on vault at 2005 junior nationals ... placed seventh on vault at 2004 junior nationals ... placed fifth on bars at 2002 junior nationals ... placed eighth on floor and bars at 2001 junior nationals ... 2000 New Jersey state champion ... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll ... majored in physical education and athletic coaching.
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SCHOOL RECORDS WVU Team Records Event
Score Opponent
COACHING STAFF
Vault 49.525 Bars 49.45 Beam 49.55 Floor 49.7 Total 197.4
EAGL Championship George Washington and Rutgers Rhode Island George Washington and Rutgers Pitt and James Madison George Washington Pitt and James Madison
Location (Date)
Pittsburgh, Pa. (3/20/04) Morgantown, W.Va. (3/12/00) Morgantown, W.Va. (2/23/97) Morgantown, W.Va. (3/14/98) Pittsburgh, Pa. (3/9/04) Morgantown, W.Va. (3/4/01) Pittsburgh, Pa. (3/9/04)
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Event
Score
Gymnast
Vault 10.00 Jessica Bartgis 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 Nikki West 10.00 Nikki West 10.00 Nikki West 10.00 Kristin Quackenbush 10.00 Nikki West 10.00 Nikki West 10.00 Kristin Quackenbush 10.00 Dainty Mae Hiser Bars 10.00 Umme Salim Beam 9.975 Rebecca Slobig Floor 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 Kristen Macrie 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 Dinorh Boyd 10.00 TeShawne Jackson 10.00 Kristin Quackenbush 10.00 Kristin Quackenbush 10.00 Kristin Quackenbush 10.00 Lajuanda Moody All-Around 39.675 Janรกe Cox
Opponent
Location (Date)
Cornell Morgantown, W.Va. (02/08/04 EAGL Championship Chapel Hill, N.C. (3/24/01) George Washington Morgantown, W.Va. (3/4/01) William & Mary Morgantown, W.Va. (2/17/01) North Carolina State with Rhode Island & William & Mary Raleigh, N.C. (2/11/2000) Ball St., Maryland, Rutgers Morgantown, W.Va. (3/20/99) Rutgers, Temple, Ursinus Piscataway, N.J. (2/27/99) George Washington & Rutgers Morgantown, W.Va. (3/13/98) George Washington, Massachusetts& Rutgers Morgantown, W.Wa. (3/15/97) Rhode Island Morgantown, W.Va. (2/23/97) Pitt Morgantown, W.Va. (1/18/97) Pitt & Indiana, Pa. Morgantown, W.Va. (2/22/94) Temple & Pitt Morgantown, W.Va. (3/10/92) George Washington & Rutgers Morgantown, W.Va. (3/14/98) Minnesota, North Carolina State Morgantown, W.Va. (2/20/99) Florida, New Hampshire Cornell, Yale Morgantown, W.Va. (3/16/03) Kent State Kent, Ohio (3/11/01) George Washington Morgantown, W.Va. (3/4/01) George Washington Morgantown, W.Va. (3/4/01) William & Mary Morgantown, W.Va. (2/17/01) George Washington, Massachusetts & Rutgers Morgantown, W.Va. (3/15/97) Rhode Island Morgantown, W.Va. (2/23/97) Rutgers Morgantown, W.Va. (3/23/96) Kent State Morgantown, W.Va. (2/27/94) Bowling Green Morgantown, W.Va. (3/13/04)
Team - NCAA Regional Vault 49.275 Bars 49.15 Beam 48.85 Floor 49.225 Team Score 195.475 Highest Finish Second
4/8/95, Towson, Md. 4/4/98, Athens, Ga. 4/6/02, Morgantown, W.Va. 4/10/99, Morgantown, W.Va. 4/1/00, Minneapolis, Minn. 4/10/99, Morgantown, W.Va. 4/1/00, Minneapolis, Minn.
COACHING STAFF
Nikki West, 4/5/97, Lexington, Ky. Kelly Foley, 4/4/98, Athens, Ga., 4/1/2000,Minneapolis, Minn.; Umme Salim, 4/4/98, Athens, Ga. Gretchen Richter, 4/3/04, Raleigh, N.C. Kristin Quackenbush, 4/5/97, Lexington, Ky. Janáe Cox, 4/3/04, Raleigh, N.C. Dainty Mae Hiser, first on vault in 1991; Danielle Lilly, tie-first on beam in 1997; TeShawne Jackson, first on floor in 2000; Kristen Macrie, tie-first on floor in 2001
Vault 48.775 Bars 48.475 Beam 48.175 Floor 48.750 Team Score 194.175 Highest Finish 12th
4/15/00, Boise, Idaho 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho 4/20/95, Athens, Ga., 4/22/99, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho
RECORD BOOK
Team - NCAA Championship
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Vault 9.95 Kristin Quackenbush, 4/13/96, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bars 9.8 Kristen Macrie, 4/15/00, Boise, Idaho Beam 9.85 TeShawne Jackson, 4/18/02, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Floor 9.875 Kristin Quackenbush, 4/20/95, Athens, Ga. All‑Around 39.175 Kristin Quackenbush, 4/13/96, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Highest Individual Finish Kristin Quackenbush, tie-third on vault in 1996
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Vault 9.95 Bars 9.9 Beam 9.9 Floor 9.975 All‑Around 39.35 Highest Indiv. Finish
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Individual - NCAA Regional
2010 PREVIEW
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MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
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EAGL
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2010 MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDIA
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TOP 50 TEAM SCORES Rank Score 1. 197.4 2. 197.35 3. 197.3 4. 197.275 5. 197.15 6. 197.05 7. 196.8 8. 196.725 9. 196.6 10. 196.475 11. 196.375 13. 196.275 15. 196.25 16. 196.175 17. 196.075 18. 196.050 19. 196.025 20. 196.0 22. 195.975 24. 195.925 26. 195.875 27. 195.725 28. 195.65 31. 195.625 32. 195.5 35. 195.475 37. 195.425 39. 195.4 40. 195.375 41. 195.3 44. 195.275 49. 195.25
Opponent at Pitt with James Madison vs. Rhode Island vs. Bowling Green vs. George Washington and Rutgers at Kent State at EAGL Championship vs. Arkansas vs. Cornell vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison vs. Arizona State vs. Michigan and Maryland at EAGL Championship at Penn State vs. Massachusetts and Radford vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State vs. Minnesota, New Hampshire and Rutgers vs. George Washington at EAGL Championship at EAGL Championship George Washington and Rutgers at EAGL Championship at Michigan State with Ohio State vs. Michigan Penn State George Washington, Massachusetts and Rutgers vs. Southern Utah New Hampshire Temple at EAGL Championship Michigan State at Penn State with Boise State at EAGL Championship at EAGL Championship at Atlantic 10 Championship at Nebraska with Southern Utah at NCAA Region 2 Championship Kentucky vs. Penn State, Ball State vs. Ball State, Maryland and Rutgers vs. Pitt, Temple, Towson EAGL Championship Pitt with Denver at Massachusetts with MIT vs. North Carolina vs. Rutgers, Temple, Yale NCAA Regional NCAA Regional vs. Pitt at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown at Penn State with Rhode Island and Yale at Rhode Island with New Hampshire and Yale
Year 2004 1997 2004 2000 2001 2004 2003 2004 2001 2000 2004 2001 2002 2000 2004 2008 2001 2008 2002 1998 1997 2004 2002 2009 1997 2005 1998 2009 2003 1998 2000 2009 1998 1995 2000 2000 2009 2005 1999 1999 2007 2004 1998 2008 2007 2004 1999 1997 2009 2004 2001
Kristin Quackenbush 1994 NCAA Vault (second team) Floor (second team) 1995 NCAA Floor (second team) 1996 NCAA Vault (first team) Floor (second team) All‑Around (second team) Lajuanda Moody 1994 NCAA Beam (second team)
AIAW Regional Champions Year 1982 1982
Gymnast Vicki Moore Shari Retton
Region North East North East
Event Bars Floor
Region East East Southeast Southeast Region 2 North Central
Event Beam Bars Vault Beam Floor Floor
NCAA Regional Champions Year 1983 1983 1991 1997 2000 2001
Gymnast Jan Funderburk Shari Retton Dainty Mae Hiser Danielle Lilly TeShawne Jackson Kristen Macrie
Shari Retton 1982 AIAW Vault (first team) Bars (first team) Floor (first team) All‑Around (first team)
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Kristen Macrie 2000 NCAA Bars (second team)
2010 PREVIEW
Janáe Cox 2007 NCAA Floor (first team)
Name (Event) Jan Funderburk (all-around) Jan Funderburk (all-around) Cathie Price (all-around) Dainty Mae Hiser (vault) Lajuanda Moody (all-around) Lajuanda Moody (all-around) Lajuanda Moody (all-around) Kristin Quackenbush (all-around) Kristin Quackenbush (all-around) Danielle Lilly (beam) Dinorh Boyd (all-around) Kristen Macrie (floor) TeShawne Jackson (all-around) Janáe Cox (all-around) Janáe Cox (all-around) Janáe Cox (all-around) Mehgan Morris (all-around)
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Year 1984 1985 1987 1991 1991 1993 1994 1994 1996 1997 2001 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2009
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CAREER 10.0 and 9.9 SCORES Career 10.00 Scores All Events 7 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 5 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 5 Nikki West (1996-99) 1 Kristen Macrie (1999-02) 1 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 1 Dainty Mae Hiser (1991-92) 1 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) 1 Umme Salim (1995-98) 1 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) Vault 5 Nikki West (1996-99) 4 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 2 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 1 Dainty Mae Hiser (1991-92) 1 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) Bars 1
Umme Salim (1995-98)
Floor 3 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 3 TeShawne Jackson (2000-02) 1 Kristen Macrie (1999-01) 1 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 1 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94)
Career 9.9+ Scores
All Events 48 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 35 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 33 Janáe Cox (2004-07) 29 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 26 Kristen Macrie (1999-02) 22 Mehgan Morris (2006-09) 18 Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) 17 Nikki West (1996-99) 16 Kari Williams (2002-05) 15 Jessica Nonnemacher (1996-98) 13 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) 13 Shirley Lee (1997-00) 13 Umme Salim (1995-98) 12 Danielle Lilly (1997-00) 12 Rebecca Slobig (1996-99) 10 Kelly Foley (1997-00) 9 Karla Hairston (1993-96) 8 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) 6 Jaime Hill (1999-01) 6 Gretchen Richter (2003-06) 5 Chelsi Tabor (2007-present) 4 Amy Bieski (2008-present) 3 Tynisha Dennis (2004-07) 3 Cheryl Goldenfield (2004-07) 3 Christen Simpson (1999-02)
3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jaime Gold (2005-08) Allison Gaidish (1998-01) Carri Nagle (2002-05) Tina Maloney (2009-present) Kiersten Spoerke (2007-present) Erica Watson (2006-09) Amie Bouchier (2004-07) Dainty Mae Hiser (1991-92) Shannon Migli (1992-95)
Vault 23 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 17 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 16 Kari Williams (2002-05) 15 Nikki West (1996-99) 9 Karla Hairston (1993-96) 6 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 6 Janáe Cox (2004-07) 5 Chelsi Tabor (2007-present) 4 Jessica Bartgis (2002-05) 3 Jaime Gold (2005-08) 2 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) 1 Tina Maloney (2009-present) 1 Amy Bieski (2008-present) 1 Gretchen Richter (2003-06) 1 Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) 1 Kristen Macrie (1999-02) 1 Dainty Mae Hiser (1991-92) 1 Umme Salim (1995-98) 1 Kelly Foley (1997-00) 1 Shirley Lee (1997-00) Bars 14 Mehgan Morris (2006-09) 9 Kelly Foley (1997-2000) 6 Jaime Hill (1999-01) 6 Umme Salim (1995-98) 5 Janáe Cox (2004-07) 4 Kristen Macrie (1999-01) 4 Danielle Lilly (1997-00) 4 Rebecca Slobig (1996-99) 3 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 3 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 2 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) 2 Carri Nagle (2002-05) 2 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 2 Christen Simpson (1999-02) 2 Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) 1 Jessica Nonnemacher (1996-00) Beam 8 7 5 5 5
Danielle Lilly (1997-00) Janáe Cox (2004-07) Umme Salim (1995-98) Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) Rebecca Slobig (1996-99)
4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Kristen Macrie (1999-02) Jessica Nonnemacher (1996-00) Cheryl Goldenfield (2004-07) Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) Gretchen Richter (2003-06) Allison Gaidish (1998-01) Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) Kiersten Spoerke (2007-present) Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) Amie Bouchier (2004-07) Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) Shirley Lee (1997-00)
Floor 21 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 17 Kristen Macrie (1999-02) 15 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 15 Janáe Cox (2004-07) 15 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 13 Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) 11 Shirley Lee (1997-00) 11 Jessica Nonnemacher (1996-00) 9 Mehgan Morris (2006-09) 6 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) 3 Amy Bieski (2008-present) 3 Tynisha Dennis (2004-07) 3 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) 2 Gretchen Richter (2003-06) 2 Nikki West (1996-99) 1 Shannon Migli (1992-95) 1 Umme Salim (1995-98) 1 Christen Simpson (1999-02) 1 Rebecca Slobig (1996-99) Career 39.0+ All-Around Scores 37 Janáe Cox (2004-07) 24 Kristen Macrie (1999-02) 18 Jessica Bartgis (2001-05) 16 Kristin Quackenbush (1994-97) 15 Mehgan Morris (2006-09) 15 TeShawne Jackson (2000-03) 12 Dinorh Boyd (2000-03) 11 Umme Salim (1995-98) 11 Amanda Halovanic (2000-03) 8 Lajuanda Moody (1991-94) 7 Amy Bieski (2008-present) 5 Kelly Foley (1997-00) 4 Karla Hairston (1993-96) 3 Nikki West (1996-98) 2 Jessica Nonnemacher (1996-00) 2 Shirley Lee (1997-00) 2 Erica Watson (2006-09) 1 Christen Simpson (2000-02)
Vault Individual: 10.0 Dainty Mae Hiser, West Virginia, 3/10/92 Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia, 2/22/94 Jenny Hansen, Kentucky, 4/9/94 Jenny Hansen, Kentucky, 2/18/96 Nikki West, West Virginia, 1/18/97 Nikki West, West Virginia, 2/23/97 Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia, 3/15/97 Nikki West, West Virginia, 3/14/98 Nikki West, West Virginia, 3/20/99 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia, 2/17/01 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia, 3/4/01 Jessica Bartgis, West Virginia, 2/8/04 Team: 49.500 Louisiana State (2007 NCAA Southeast Regional), 4/14/07
Uneven Parallel Bars Individual: 10.0 Umme Salim, West Virginia, 3/14/97 Team: 49.575 Alabama (Southeast Regional), 4/6/02 (WVU Record: 49.45 vs. Rhode Island, 2/23/97; vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 3/14/98)
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2010
Individual: 10.0 Team: 49.7
Lajuanda Moody, West Virginia, 2/27/94 Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia, 3/23/96 Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia, 2/23/97 Kristin Quackenbush, West Virginia, 3/15/97 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia, 2/17/01 Dinorh Boyd, West Virginia, 3/4/01 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia, 3/4/01 TeShawne Jackson, West Virginia, 3/16/03 West Virginia vs. George Washington, 3/4/01
All-Around Individual: 39.75 Jenny Hansen, Kentucky, 4/9/94 Elise Ray, Michigan, 2/22/04 (WVU individual record: 39.675 by Janรกe Cox vs. Bowling Green, 3/13/04) Team: 197.9 Alabama (Southeast Regional), 4/6/02 (WVU Record: 197.35 vs. Rhode Island, 2/23/97)
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Floor Exercise
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1. 3,492 NCAA Southeast Regional, 4/19/94 (West Virginia, Florida, George Washington, Georgia, Kentucky, NC State, Towson) 2. 3,269 Penn State, 2/1/97 3. 3,074 NCAA Southeast Regional, 4/14/07 (West Virginia, Auburn, LSU, North Carolina, NC State, UCLA) 4. 2,767 George Washington, Massachusetts, Rutgers, 3/15/97 5. 2,339 NCAA Region 6 Championship, 4/10/99 (West Virginia, Alabama, NC State, Maryland, Ohio State, Towson) 6. 2,213 New Hampshire, 1/24/98 7. 2,001 NCAA Southeast Regional, 4/6/02 (West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan St., Minnesota, North Carolina) 8. 1,847 Auburn, Maryland, Radford, 2/14/98 9. 1,788 Nebraska, Penn State, James Madison, 2/10/01 10. 1,731 Michigan, Towson, 1/11/97 11. 1,648 EAGL Championship, 3/30/96 (West Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt, Rutgers, Towson)
Rebecca Slobig, West Virginia, 2/20/99 Elise Ray, Michigan, 2/22/04 Alabama (Southeast Regional), 4/6/02 (WVU record: 49.3 vs. Penn State, Nebraska and James Madison, 2/10/01; vs. NC State and Ohio State, 1/18/04)
MEDIA
Top Attendance Marks at WVU Coliseum
Individual: 9.975 Team: 49.725
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91
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MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
TOP EVENT SCORES Vault
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW
10.00 Jessica Bartgis vs. Cornell, 2004 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. George Washington, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. William & Mary, 2001 TeShawne Jackson at North Carolina State with Rhode Island and William & Mary, 2000 Nikki West vs. Ball State, Maryland and Rutgers, 1999 Nikki West at Rutgers, Temple and Ursinus, 1999 Nikki West vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush vs. George Washington, Massachusetts and Rutgers, 1997 Nikki West vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Nikki West vs. Pitt, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt and Indiana, Pa., 1994 Dainty Mae Hiser vs. Temple and Pitt, 1992 9.975 Kari Williams vs. Penn State and Ball State, 2005 Kristen Macrie vs. Kentucky, Massachusetts and George Washington, 2002 Dinorh Boyd vs. Massachusetts and Radford, 2000 TeShawne Jackson vs. Massachusetts and Radford, 2000 TeShawne Jackson vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Karla Hairston at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1995
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Kristen Macrie
9.95 Jessica Bartgis at EAGL Championship, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2004 Kari Williams at Michigan State with Ohio State, 2004 Kari Williams vs. Bowling Green, 2004 TeShawne Jackson, Penn State and Rutgers, 2003 Dinorh Boyd vs. George Washington, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Nikki West at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Championship Finals, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Championship Prelims, 1996 Umme Salim vs. Rutgers, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Temple, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1994 9.925 Chelsi Tabor vs. North Carolina, 2008 Kari Williams vs. Southern Utah, 2005 Jessica Bartgis at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Cornell, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan and Maryland, 2004 Gretchen Richter at EAGL Championship 2004 Kari Williams vs. Cornell, 2004 Kari Williams at EAGL Championship, 2004 Kari Williams vs. New Hampshire, Cornell, Florida and Yale, 2003
TeShawne Jackson at Central Michigan, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. Eastern Michigan, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at Nebraska with Arizona State and Ohio State, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at Michigan, 2001 TeShawne Jackson at Ohio State, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Ohio State, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Rhode Island, with New Hampshire and Yale, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. Kent State and Towson, 2001 Rebecca Slobig vs. George Washington, 1999 Nikki West at Massachusetts, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush at EAGL Championship, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush at Utah State, 1996 Karla Hairston at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1995 Karla Hairston at LSU Invite, 1995 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1994 9.90 Chelsi Tabor at EAGL Championship, 2009 Tina Maloney at EAGL Championship, 2009 Chelsi Tabor vs. Penn State, 2009 Amy Bieski vs. Pitt, 2009 Chelsi Tabor at NCAA Regional, 2008 Chelsi Tabor at EAGL Championship, 2008 Jaime Gold vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers, 2008 Janáe Cox at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2007 Jaime Gold at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2007 Jaime Gold vs. Penn St., GW, Kent St. and Wilson, 2007 Kari Williams at Rutgers with Bridgeport, 2005 Kari Williams at Pitt, 2005 Jessica Bartgis vs. Denver and Pitt, 2004 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Kari Williams at Penn State with Rhode Island, 2004 Kari Williams vs. Michigan and Maryland, 2004 Kari Williams at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2004 Amanda Halovanic at Denver with Arizona, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at Denver with Arizona, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. Arkansas, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. George Washington, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at Pitt with Kent State and Ball State, 2003 Kari Williams vs. Eastern Michigan, 2002 Kari Williams vs. Penn State with Rutgers, 2002 Kari Williams at Nebraska with Arizona State and Ohio State, 2002 TeShawne Jackson vs. Michigan, 2002 TeShawne Jackson vs. Pitt and Rutgers, 2002 Dinorh Boyd vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 TeShawne Jackson at Towson, 2000 TeShawne Jackson vs. Arizona State, 2000 Shirley Lee at North Carolina State with Rhode Island and William & Mary, 2000 Kristen Macrie vs. Pitt, Temple and Towson, 1999 Nikki West vs. Michigan State, 1998 Nikki West at Penn State, 1998 Nikki West vs. Temple, 1998 Nikki West vs. George Washington, Massachusetts and Rutgers, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Alabama, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Temple, 1997 Nikki West at Temple, 1997 Kelly Foley vs. Penn State, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt, 1997 Karla Hairston at EAGL Championship, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rutgers, 1996 Karla Hairston vs. Rutgers, 1996
Mountaineers
TOP EVENT SCORES
Erica Watson
Balance Beam
9.975 Rebecca Slobig vs. Minnesota and North Carolina State, 1999 9.95 Jessica Bartgis at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Gretchen Richter at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Allison Gaidish vs. George Washington, 2001 Danielle Lilly at Penn State with Boise State, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. Arizona State, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW
9.925 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2005 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Dinorh Boyd at EAGL Championship, 2003 Dinorh Boyd vs. New Hampshire, Cornell, Florida and Yale, 2003 Dinorh Boyd vs. Arkansas, 2003 Kristen Macrie vs. Michigan, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Kristen Macrie at Towson, 2002 Amanda Halovanic at Massachusetts, 2001 Danielle Lilly at North Carolina State with Rhode Island and William & Mary, 2000 Umme Salim at EAGL Championship, 1998 Jessica Nonnemacher at Massachusetts, 1998 Umme Salim vs. New Hampshire, 1998 9.90 Kiersten Spoerke vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers, 2009 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan and James Madison, 2007 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2006 Cheryl Goldenfield at Pitt with James Madison, 2006 Janáe Cox at Eastern Michigan with Kent State, Southern Utah, 2005 Amie Bouchier vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Cornell, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan and Maryland, 2004 Cheryl Goldenfield vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State, 2004 Cheryl Goldenfield vs. Cornell, 2004 Gretchen Richter at EAGL Championship, 2004 Gretchen Richter at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2004 Amanda Halovanic at EAGL Championship, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2003 Dinorh Boyd at Michigan with Kent State, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. Michigan, 2002 Amanda Halovanic vs. George Washington, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Allison Gaidish vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. Kentucky, Ohio State and Rutgers, 1999
RECORD BOOK
10.00 Umme Salim vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 9.95 Mehgan Morris vs. George Washington and Maryland, 2008 Amanda Halovanic vs. George Washington, 2003 Dinorh Boyd vs. George Washington, 2001 Jaime Hill at Rhode Island with New Hampshire and Yale, 2001 Kristen Macrie at EAGL Championship, 2000 Kelly Foley at Penn State with Boise State, 2000 Umme Salim at EAGL Championship, 1998 9.925 Mehgan Morris vs. Penn State, 2009 Mehgan Morris vs. Rutgers, Bridgeport, URI, Ursinus, 2008 Mehgan Morris vs. Rutgers and Temple, 2006 Jessica Bartgis vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 Jaime Hill at EAGL Championship, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Kent State, 2001 Jaime Hill vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Jaime Hill at Massachusetts, 2001 Kelly Foley vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Danielle Lilly at Penn State with Boise State, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. Arizona State, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Danielle Lilly vs. Ball State, Maryland and Rutgers, 1999 Rebecca Slobig vs. George Washington, 1999
Gretchen Richter
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Uneven Parallel Bars
Umme Salim vs. Michigan State, 1998 Umme Salim at Towson, 1998 Jessica Nonnemacher vs. New Hampshire, 1998 Umme Salim vs. Rhode Island, 1997 9.90 Mehgan Morris at Iowa State, 2009 Mehgan Morris vs. North Carolina, 2008 Erica Watson vs. North Carolina, 2008 Mehgan Morris vs. Rutgers, Yale, Temple, 2007 Janáe Cox at Arkansas with Pitt and New Hampshire, 2007 Mehgan Morris at Ohio State with Kentucky and GW, 2007 Mehgan Morris at Michigan State, 2007 Mehgan Morris at New Hampshire with Michigan St. and Brown, 2007 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2006 Mehgan Morris at Pitt with James Madison, 2006 Mehgan Morris at Florida with Arkansas and North Carolina, 2006 Mehgan Morris vs. George Washington, Iowa and Ohio State, 2006 Jessica Bartgis vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State, 2004 Janáe Cox at Michigan State with Ohio State, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Carri Nagle vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State, 2004 Carri Nagle at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 TeShawne Jackson at Pitt with Ball State and Kent State, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2002 Kristen Macrie at EAGL Championship, 2002 TeShawne Jackson vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Christen Simpson at Michigan State, 2002 Christen Simpson at Kent State, 2001 Jaime Hill vs. George Washington, 2001 Jaime Hill at Ohio State, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Massachusetts, 2001 Amanda Halovanic vs. Rutgers, 2001 Kelly Foley vs. Minnesota and North Carolina State, 1999 Rebecca Slobig vs. Minnesota and North Carolina State, 1999 Umme Salim at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1998 Kelly Foley at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1998 Kelly Foley at EAGL Championship, 1998 Kelly Foley vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Rebecca Slobig vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Rebecca Slobig vs. Michigan State, 1998 Rebecca Slobig at Towson, 1998 Kelly Foley at EAGL Championship, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Kelly Foley vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt, 1997
MEDIA
Karla Hairston at Penn State, 1996 Nikki West at Rhode Island, 1996 Karla Hairston at Oregon State, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1995 Karla Hairston at Massachusetts, 1995 Karla Hairston vs. Temple, 1995 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Oregon State and Rhode Island, 1995 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Championship, 1994 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Kent State, 1994 Lajuanda Moody at Pitt, 1993 Lajuanda Moody at Ohio State, 1993
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
2010
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2010 MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW RECORD BOOK WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDIA
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Mountaineers
TOP EVENT SCORES Rebecca Slobig vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Shirley Lee vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Umme Salim vs. Auburn, Maryland and Radford, 1998 Rebecca Slobig vs. Auburn, Maryland and Radford, 1998 Jessica Nonnemacher vs. New Hampshire, 1998 Danielle Lilly at EAGL Championship, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1995 Lajuanda Moody vs. Kent State, 1994 Lajuanda Moody at Ohio State, 1993 Lajuanda Moody at Kentucky, 1993
Floor Exercise
10.00 TeShawne Jackson vs. New Hampshire, Florida, Cornell and Yale, 2003 Kristen Macrie at Kent State, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. George Washington, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. George Washington, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. William & Mary, 2001 Kristin Quackenbush vs. George Washington, Massachusetts and Rutgers, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rutgers, 1996 Lajuanda Moody vs. Kent State, 1994 9.975 Kristen Macrie vs. Kentucky, Massachusetts and George Washington, 2002 Dinorh Boyd at EAGL Championship, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Amanda Halovanic at Massachusetts, 2001 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Temple, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rutgers, 1995 9.95 Mehgan Morris vs. Kentucky, 2009 Mehgan Morris vs. Temple, 2009 Mehgan Morris vs. Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers, 2009 Mehgan Morris at EAGL Championship, 2008 Jessica Bartgis vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2004 Dinorh Boyd at EAGL Championship, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. George Washington, 2003 Dinorh Boyd vs. Eastern Michigan, 2003 Amanda Halovanic at EAGL Championship, 2002 Kristen Macrie at EAGL Championship, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. Central Michigan, 2002 Amanda Halovanic vs. Michigan, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. Michigan, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. Pitt and Rutgers, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Kent State, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. George Washington, 2001 Amanda Halovanic vs. George Washington, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. William & Mary, 2001 Amanda Halovanic vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Kristen Macrie at Rhode Island with New Hampshire and Yale, 2001 Kristen Macrie at Massachusetts, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Massachusetts, 2001 Jessica Nonnemacher at Massachusetts, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush at EAGL Championship, 1997
Jessica Nonnemacher vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at UNH Invite, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Rhode Island, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Kentucky, 1996 Lajuanda Moody vs. Pitt and Indiana, Pa. 1994 9.925 Mehgan Morris vs. Penn State, 2009 Mehgan Morris vs. Pitt, 2009 Tynisha Dennis vs. Penn St., GW, Kent State and Wilson, 2007 Tynisha Dennis vs. Michigan and James Madison, 2007 Janáe Cox vs. New Hampshire and William & Mary, 2006 Janáe Cox vs. George Washington, Iowa and Ohio State, 2006 Tynisha Dennis vs. Auburn, Michigan State and Kent State, 2005 Jessica Bartgis vs. Michigan and Maryland, 2004 Jessica Bartgis at North Carolina State with North Carolina, 2004 Janáe Cox at North Carolina State with North Carolina, 2004 Gretchen Richter vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Dinorh Boyd vs. George Washington, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. Eastern Michigan, 2003 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2002 Amanda Halovanic at New Hampshire with Pitt and Yale, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at New Hampshire with Pitt and Yale, 2002 TeShawne Jackson vs. Michigan, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Dinorh Boyd vs. Pitt and Rutgers, 2002 Kristen Macrie at Towson, 2002 Amanda Halovanic at Kent State, 2001 TeShawne Jackson at Kent State, 2001 Amanda Halovanic vs. William & Mary, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 TeShawne Jackson at Massachusetts, 2001 Amanda Halovanic vs. Kent State and Towson, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. Kent State and Towson, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. Arizona State, 2000 TeShawne Jackson vs. at North Carolina State with Rhode Island and William & Mary, 2000 TeShawne Jackson vs. Arizona State, 2000 Shirley Lee vs Ohio State and Rhode Island, 2000 Shirley Lee vs. Arizona State, 2000 Kristen Macrie vs. Arizona State, 2000 Jessica Nonnemacher vs. New Hampshire, 1998 Jessica Nonnemacher at Pitt, 1998 Jessica Nonnemacher at EAGL Championship, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Utah State, 1996 Jessica Nonnemacher at Rhode Island, 1996
All - Around
39.675 Janáe Cox vs. Bowling Green, 2004 39.65 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 39.625 Jessica Bartgis at Pitt with James Madison, 2004 39.6 Jessica Bartgis vs. Bowling Green, 2004 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt, 1997 39.575 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2002
Amie Bouchier
39.55 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan and Maryland, 2004 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2004 Kristen Macrie at Kent State, 2001 Kristen Macrie at EAGL Championship, 2002 39.525 Dinorh Boyd at Kent State, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. Pitt and Rutgers, 2002 39.5 Mehgan Morris vs. Penn State, 2009 Jessica Bartgis at EAGL Championship, 2004 Janáe Cox at Michigan State with Ohio State, 2004 TeShawne Jackson vs. Penn State and Rutgers, 2003 TeShawne Jackson vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. James Madison, Kent State and Maryland, 2002 Teshawne Jackson vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Rhode Island with New Hampshire and Yale, 2001 TeShawne Jackson vs. Penn State with Rutgers, 2003 39.475 Mehgan Morris vs. Kentucky, 2009 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2005 Kristen Macrie vs. Michigan, 2002 Umme Salim vs. Rhode Island, 1997
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES RECORD BOOK
2009 REVIEW
Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rutgers, 1996 Lajuanda Moody at Texas Women’s University, 1994 39.20 Mehgan Morris at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2008 Erica Watson vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers, 2008 Mehgan Morris vs. North Carolina, 2008 Jessica Bartgis at EAGL Championship, 2005 Amanda Halovanic at EAGL Championship, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. William & Mary, 2001 Umme Salim vs. Michigan State, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush at UNH Invite, 1997 Karla Hairston vs. Penn State and Kent State, 1995 Lajuanda Moody at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1993 39.175 Mehgan Morris at Iowa State, 2009 Mehgan Morris at Oklahoma with Missouri and Brown, 2009 Amy Bieski vs. Pitt, 2009 Janáe Cox at NC State with William & Mary, GW and Nebraska, 2007 Jessica Bartgis vs. Auburn, Michigan State and Kent State, 2005 Kristen Macrie at EAGL Championship, 2001 Kristen Macrie at Michigan, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. William & Mary, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. Kent State and Towson, 2001 Dinorh Boyd at Pitt with Brown, 2001 Kristen Macrie at Nebraska Invitational, 2000 Nikki West vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Championship, 1996 Kristin Quackenbush at NCAA Southeast Regional, 1996
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Kristin Quackenbush at Auburn Invite, 1997 Nikki West vs. Rhode Island, 1997 Umme Salim vs. Kentucky, 1996 39.275 Amy Bieski vs. Minnesota, UNH, Rutgers, 2008 Janáe Cox at Michigan, 2005 Kristen Macrie at Towson, 2002 Dinorh Boyd at EAGL Championship, 2001 Shirley Lee vs. Pitt, Temple and Towson, 1999 Kristin Quackenbush at EAGL Championship, 1996 39.25 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan and James Madison, 2007 Janáe Cox at Eastern Michigan with Kent State and Southern Utah, 2005 TeShawne Jackson at Denver with Arizona, 2003 TeShawne Jackson, NCAA Regional, 2002 Kristen Macrie vs. Kentucky, Massachusetts and George Washington, 2002 Amanda Halovanic vs. William & Mary, 2001 Amanda Halovanic at Pitt with Brown, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. Ball State, Maryland and Rutgers, 1999 Kelly Foley vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Karla Hairston vs. Rutgers, 1995 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Massachusetts and Pitt, 1995 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Pitt and Indiana, Pa., 1994 39.225 Amy Bieski vs. Kentucky, 2009 Janáe Cox at Kentucky with North Carolina and Maryland, 2007 Jessica Bartgis vs. Southern Utah, 2005 Janáe Cox at North Carolina State, 2005 Janáe Cox vs. Penn State and Ball State, 2005 Janáe Cox vs. Cornell, 2004 Dinorh Boyd at Penn State, 2002 Umme Salim vs. Auburn, Maryland and Radford, 1998
Umme Salim
MEDIA
39.45 Janáe Cox at Pitt with James Madison, 2006 Jessica Bartgis vs. Cornell, 2004 Dinorh Boyd vs. Kent State and Towson, 2001 Umme Salim at EAGL Championship, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush vs. Rhode Island, 1997 39.425 Janáe Cox vs. New Hampshire and William & Mary, 2006 Janáe Cox at North Carolina State with North Carolina, 2004 Amanda Halovanic at EAGL Championship, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at Penn State, 2002 Amanda Halovanic vs. Michigan, 2002 Kristen Macrie at Massachusetts, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. Massachusetts and Radford, 2000 Jessica Nonnemacher vs. New Hampshire, 1998 39.40 Mehgan Morris at EAGL Championship, 2008 Jessica Bartgis at Michigan State with Ohio State, 2004 Janáe Cox vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State, 2004 TeShawne Jackson vs. Michigan, 2002 TeShawne Jackson vs. Kentucky, Massachusetts and George Washington, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at Kent State, 2001 Kristen Macrie vs. George Washington and Rutgers, 2000 Kristin Quackenbush at Temple, 1997 Kristin Quackenbush at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1995 39.375 Janáe Cox vs. George Washington, Iowa and Ohio State, 2006 Jessica Bartgis at North Carolina State with North Carolina, 2004 Janáe Cox at Penn State with Rhode Island, 2004 Kristen Macrie vs. Central Michigan, 2002 TeShawne Jackson at EAGL Championship, 2001 Dinorh Boyd vs. Nebraska, Penn State and James Madison, 2001 Karla Hairston at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1995 39.35 Mehgan Morris vs. Temple, 2009 Janáe Cox vs. Southern Utah, 2005 Janáe Cox at NCAA Southeast Regional, 2004 Amanda Halovanic at EAGL Championship, 2003 Dinorh Boyd at Michigan with Kent State, 2003 Kristen Macrie at New Hampshire with Pitt and Yale, 2002 Kristen Macrie at Rhode Island with New Hampshire and Yale, 2001 Lajuanda Moody at Atlantic 10 Championship, 1992 39.325 Erica Watson vs. North Carolina, 2008 Janáe Cox at EAGL Championship, 2007 Janáe Cox vs. Rutgers, Yale, Temple, 2007 Janáe Cox vs. Michigan State, 2007 Janáe Cox vs. Pitt, 2005 Janáe Cox vs. Auburn, Michigan State and Kent State, 2005 TeShawne Jackson at Pitt with Ball State and Kent State, 2003 39.30 Mehgan Morris at EAGL Championship, 2009 Jessica Bartgis vs. Arkansas, 2003 Amanda Halovanic vs. Arkansas, 2003 Umme Salim at Massachusetts, 1998
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TOP EVENT SCORES
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MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
CAREER RECORDS Career Meets Competed In
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW EAGL 2009 REVIEW
Beth Foltz, 1988-91 Andrea DeFelice, 1987-90 Yvette Clark, 1988-91 Janรกe Cox, 2004-07 Jaime Gold, 2005-08 Katie McGregor, 2005-08 Mehgan Morris, 2006-09 Lajuanda Moody, 1991-94 Karen Kirszenstein, 1987-90 Lisa Reed, 1989-92 Jana Perry, 1990-93 Kristen Macrie, 1999-2002 Alyssa DeSantis, 2003-06 Kristin Quackenbush, 1994-97 Christen Simpson, 1999-2002 Shannon Migli, 1992-95 Kari Williams, 2002-05 Tynisha Dennis, 2004-07 Kelly Foley, 1997-00 Umme Salim, 1995-98 Nikki West, 1996-99 Rebecca Slobig, 1996-99 Danielle Lilly, 1997-00 Jessica Rohm, 1999-2002 Erica Watson, 2006-09 Dinorh Boyd, 2000-02 TeShawne Jackson, 2000-02 Jessica Bartgis, 2001-05 Amanda Halovanic, 2000-02 Cheryl Goldenfield, 2004-07
Career All-Around Meets
RECORD BOOK WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDIA
96
58 55 55 55 54 53 52 52 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 49 49 49 48 48 48 47 46 46 45 45 45 44 44 44
Cheryl Goldenfield
Christen Simpson
Janรกe Cox, 2004-07 Kristin Quackenbush, 1994-97 Lajuanda Moody, 1991-94 Umme Salim, 1995-98 Andrea DeFelice, 1987-90 Jana Perry, 1990-93 Kristen Macrie, 1999-2002 Yvette Clark, 1988-91 Karla Hairston, 1993-96 Shannon Migli, 1992-95 Jessica Bartgis, 2001-05 TeShawne Jackson, 2000-02 Beth Foltz, 1988-91 Dinorh Boyd, 2000-02 Amanda Halovanic, 2000-02 Mehgan Morris, 2006-09 Dainty Mae Hiser, 1991-92 Amy Bieski, 2008-present Shirley Lee, 1997-00 Kelly Foley, 1997-00 Nikki West, 1996-99
50 48 47 47 43 43 40 39 36 35 34 32 31 30 30 25 25 22 22 16 16
Points 570.05 556.8 541.025 537.0 535.75 534.5 525.0 518.25 516.05 515.575 513.4 511.475 508.825 506.625 504.575 503.2375 501.75 501.65 498.3 496.85 495.875 494.775 494.45 490.45 488.25 486.5 485.7 485.675 481.45 473.75 472.55 469.75 469.55 469.10 466.625 466.5 464.7 461.175 459.75 456.2
COACHING STAFF MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2010 PREVIEW
AA/MC* 15/15 14/15 14/14 13/14 13/14 14/15 8/16 12/15 14/14 12/14 11/14 13/13 11/15 13/13 12/14 12/14 12/15 13/13 13/13 13/14 12/14 12/13 12/15 13/14 6/16 13/13 12/14 6/12 11/14 10/13 8/15 12/12 12/12 12/12 10/13 10/15 10/13 12/12 9/13 12/12
EAGL
Season Points Lajuanda Moody, 1992 Janáe Cox, 2007 Jessica Bartgis, 2005 Dinorh Boyd, 2001 Janáe Cox, 2005 Beth Foltz, 1989 Susie Pierce, 1990 Yvette Clark, 1989 Susie Pierce, 1991 Mehgan Morris, 2008 Amy Bieski, 2008 Janáe Cox, 2004 Jana Perry, 1992 TeShawne Jackson, 2002 Kristen Macrie, 2001 Kristin Quackenbush, 1996 Dainty Mae Hiser, 1992 Umme Salim, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush, 1994 Dainty Mae Hiser, 1991 Kristen Macrie, 2000 Amanda Halovanic, 2001 Karen Kirszenstein, 1988 Yvette Clark, 1988 Beth Foltz, 1990 Lajuanda Moody, 1991 Yvette Clark, 1991 Jessica Nonnemacher, 1996 Jana Perry, 1990 Lajuanda Moody, 1994 Cyndi Gacek, 1988 Jessica Bartgis, 2004 Kristen Macrie, 2002 Mehgan Morris, 2009 Janáe Cox, 2006 Andrea DeFelice, 1990 Kelly Foley, 2000 Kristin Quackenbush, 1995 Shirley Lee, 1998 Umme Salim, 1996 * - All-Arounds/Meets Competed
Season All-Around Meets Competed Gymnast, Year Meets 1. Lajuanda Moody, 1992 15 2. Jessica Bartgis, 2005 14 Beth Foltz, 1989 14 Susie Pierce, 1991 14 Janáe Cox, 2007 14 6. Dainty Mae Hiser, 1991 13 Lajuanda Moody, 1991 13 Kristin Quackenbush, 1994 13 Umme Salim, 1998 13 Yvette Clark, 1988 13 Dinorh Boyd, 2001 13 TeShawne Jackson, 2002 13 Janáe Cox, 2004 13 Janáe Cox, 2005 13 15. Mehgan Morris, 2009 12 Mehgan Morris, 2008 12 Karen Kirszenstein, 1988 12 Yvette Clark, 1989 12 Yvette Clark, 1991 12 Dainty Mae Hiser, 1992 12 Kristin Quackenbush, 1995 12 Kristin Quackenbush, 1996 12 Umme Salim, 1996 12 Kristen Macrie, 2000 12 Amanda Halovanic, 2001 12 Kristen Macrie, 2001 12 Kristen Macrie, 2002 12 Jessica Bartgis, 2004 12 29.Amy Bieski, 2009 11 Amy Bieski, 2008 11 Jana Perry, 1990 11 Jana Perry, 1992 11 Amanda Halovanic, 2002 11 34.Janáe Cox, 2006 10 Andrea DeFelice, 1990 10 Lajuanda Moody, 1994 10 Kelly Foley, 2000 10 Christen Simpson, 2002 10
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AA/MC* Points 50/55 2,070.65 47/52 1,933.7 48/50 1,891.9375 40/51 1,852.025 43/51 1,811.375 47/48 1,810.025 31/58 1,795.325 39/55 1,739.55 30/52 1,719.675 35/49 1,680.925 29/51 1,636.95 23/50 1,623.975 36/46 1,605.1 43/55 1,520.6 31/51 1,487.325 34/44 1,471.125 16/48 1,399.0 16/49 1,396.3 23/44 1,377.35
RECORD BOOK
Career Points Janáe Cox, 2004-07 Lajuanda Moody, 1991-94 Kristin Quackenbush, 1994-97 Kristen Macrie, 1999-2002 Jana Perry, 1990-93 Umme Salim, 1995-98 Beth Foltz, 1988-91 Yvette Clark, 1988-91 Dinorh Boyd, 2000-03 Shannon Migli, 1992-95 TeShawne Jackson, 2000-03 Mehgan Morris, 2006-09 Karla Hairston, 1993-96 Andrea DeFelice, 1987-90 Amanda Halovanic, 2000-03 Jessica Bartgis, 2001-05 Nikki West, 1996-99 Kelly Foley, 1997-00 Susie Pierce, 1989-91 *All-Arounds/Meets Competed
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
CAREER/SEASON RECORDS
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
Mountaineers
MEDIA
2010
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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS EAGL Champions (1996-present)
Atlantic 10 Champions (1983-95)
Team Championships West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia
Score 194.6 196.0 195.5 196.375 197.050 196.050
Year 1996 1997 1998 2001 2004 2008
Team Championships West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia
Score 191.90 192.70 190.79 195.50
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995
All-Around Name Kristin Quackenbush Kristin Quackenbush Umme Salim TeShawne Jackson TeShawne Jackson Janรกe Cox Mehgan Morris
Score 39.275 39.1* 39.45 39.375 39.575 39.475* 39.300
Year 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2005 2009
All-Around Name Jan Funderburk Yvette Clark Lajuanda Moody Lajuanda Moody Lajuanda Moody Kristin Quackenbush Kristin Quackenbush
Score 36.95 37.95* 38.30* 39.35 39.20 39.00 39.40
Year 1984 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Vault Name Kristin Quackenbush Nikki West TeShawne Jackson TeShawne Jackson Jessica Bartgis Janรกe Cox Tina Maloney Chelsi Tabor
Score 9.925 9.875 10.0 9.925 9.95* 9.95* 9.90* 9.90*
Year 1996 1998 2001 2002 2004 2004 2009 2009
Vault Name Cathie Price Maureen Repmann Yvette Clark Kristin Quackenbush Karla Hairston
Score 9.45 9.35 9.65 9.95 9.975
Year 1985 1987 1989 1994 1995
Uneven Parallel Bars Name Umme Salim Kristen Macrie Jaime Hill Mehgan Morris Mehgan Morris
Score 9.95 9.95 9.925* 9.85 9.85*
Year 1998 2000 2001 2008 2009
Balance Beam Name Jessica Nonnemacher Danielle Lilly Umme Salim Amanda Halovanic Dinorh Boyd Janรกe Cox Shelly Purkat
Score 9.825* 9.9* 9.925 9.875* 9.925* 9.925 9.875*
Year 1996 1997 1998 2002 2003 2005 2009
Floor Exercise Name Score Kristin Quackenbush 9.95 Shirley Lee 9.775* Nikki West 9.775* Shirley Lee 9.900* Dinorh Boyd 9.95 Mehgan Morris 9.95* Mehgan Morris 9.85* * Tied for championship
Year 1997 1998 1998 1999 2003 2008 2009
Uneven Parallel Bars Name Jan Funderburk Jan Funderburk Lajuanda Moody Lajuanda Moody Karla Hairston
Score 9.45 9.35 9.85 9.80 9.875
Year 1984 1985 1992 1993 1995
Balance Beam Name Lajuanda Moody Karla Hairston Lajuanda Moody Kristin Quackenbush
Score 9.80 9.80* 9.75 9.90
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995
Floor Exercise Name Score Andrea DeFelice 9.65 Susie Pierce 9.65 Lajuanda Moody 9.75 Lajuanda Moody 9.90* Lajuanda Moody 9.85 Kristin Quackenbush 9.80 Kristin Quackenbush 9.85 * Tied for championship
Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
2008 EAGL Champions
Outstanding Senior Gymnast Kristin Quackenbush 1997 Umme Salim 1998 Kelly Foley 2000 Kristen Macrie 2002 Janáe Cox 2007 Mehgan Morris 2009 Rookie of the Year Janáe Cox Mehgan Morris
2004 2006
Coach of the Year Linda Burdette
1996, 1998, 2001
All‑League Team ‑ Vault First Team Karla Hairston 1996 Kristin Quackenbush 1996, 1997 Nikki West 1997, 1998, 1999 Umme Salim 1998 Kristen Macrie 1999 TeShawne Jackson 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Dinorh Boyd 2001 Kari Williams 2002, 2005 Janáe Cox 2004, 2006, 2007 Jaime Gold 2006, 2007 Chelsi Tabor 2008, 2009 Amy Bieski 2009 Second Team Nikki West Kelly Foley Dinorh Boyd Amanda Halovanic Jessica Bartgis Kari Williams Jaime Gold Erica Watson Amy Bieski Emily Kerwin Tina Maloney
1996 1997, 1998 2000 2001 2004 2004 2005, 2008 2006 2008 2009 2009
All‑League Team ‑ Bars First Team Kristin Quackenbush 1996, 1997 Umme Salim 1997, 1998 Kelly Foley 1998, 2000 Rebecca Slobig 1999 Dinorh Boyd 2001
Second Team Karla Hairston Umme Salim Kelly Foley Rebecca Slobig Danielle Lilly TeShawne Jackson Kristen Macrie Alyssa DeSantis Carri Nagle Janáe Cox Erica Watson Amy Bieski
1996 1996 1997, 1999 1998 2000 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008, 2009
All‑League Team ‑ Beam First Team Karla Hairston 1996 Jessica Nonnemacher 1997, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush 1997 Umme Salim 1998 Rebecca Slobig 1999 Danielle Lilly 1999, 2000 Amanda Halovanic 2001 Kristen Macrie 2002 Janáe Cox 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Gretchen Richter 2004 Cheryl Goldenfield 2005 Mehgan Morris 2008 Kiersten Spoerke 2009 Second Team Jessica Nonnemacher Umme Salim Rebecca Slobig Dinorh Boyd Alyssa DeSantis Cheryl Goldenfield Kiersten Spoerke Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat
1996 1996 1997, 1998 2001, 2003 2004 2006 2008 2009 2009
All‑League Team ‑ Floor First Team Jessica Nonnemacher 1996, 1997, 1998 Kristin Quackenbush 1996, 1997 Shirley Lee 1998, 2000 Rebecca Slobig 1998, 1999 TeShawne Jackson 2001, 2002, 2003 Kristen Macrie 2001, 2002 Janáe Cox 2005, 2006, 2007
Tynisha Dennis Amy Bieski Mehgan Morris Kiersten Spoerke
2005, 2007 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2009
Second Team Nikki West Kristen Macrie Dinorh Boyd Amanda Halovanic Janáe Cox Cheryl Goldenfield Mehgan Morris Shelly Purkat Naja Johnson
1996, 1999 2000 2001, 2003 2002 2004 2006 2006 2008 2009
All‑League Team ‑ All‑Around First Team Karla Hairston 1996 Kristin Quackenbush 1996, 1997 Umme Salim 1996, 1997, 1998 Shirley Lee 1998 Kristen Macrie 2000, 2001, 2002 Dinorh Boyd 2001 Janáe Cox 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Jessica Bartgis 2005 Amy Bieski 2008, 2009 Mehgan Morris 2008, 2009 Second Team Nikki West Amanda Halovanic TeShawne Jackson Jessica Bartgis
1997, 1998 2001 2002, 2003 2004
COACHING STAFF
2001 2002 2004, 2006, 2007 2005 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2008 2009 2009
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Scholar Athlete of the Year Amanda Halovanic 2003
Jaime Hill Christen Simpson Janáe Cox Jessica Bartgis Mehgan Morris Erica Watson Naja Johnson Nicole Roach
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1997 1998 2001 2007
Amy Bieski, Mehgan Morris & Erica Watson
MEDIA
Gymnast of the Year Kristin Quackenbush Umme Salim Dinorh Boyd Janáe Cox
EAGL
West Virginia University was a charter member of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL). Competition began in 1996 as West Virginia hosted the inaugural championship. Other EAGL members include Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt, Rutgers and George Washington. Towson was a member of the EAGL from 1996-2004 and George Washington’s first year was in 2005.
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EAGL Honors
RECORD BOOK
CONFERENCE HONORS
MOUNTAINEER GYMNASTICS
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CONFERENCE HONORS Atlantic 10 Honors From 1983‑95, West Virginia University was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and collected 71 conference awards. The league recognized an all‑conference team on all four events plus the all‑around and awarded four individual honors from 1983‑94. In 1995, the league awarded only a gymnast of the year and a freshman of the year. The Atlantic 10 also awarded an all‑academic team from 1983‑95.
Gymnast of the Year Jan Funderburk* Cathie Price Cyndi Gacek* Lajuanda Moody Jana Perry* Karla Hairston* Kristin Quackenbush* *co‑winner
1985 1987 1988 1992 1993 1995 1995
All‑Conference Team ‑ Beam Jan Funderburk 1983 Jan Funderburk 1984 Heather Meyers 1989 Lajuanda Moody 1991 Lajuanda Moody 1992 Lajuanda Moody 1993 Lajuanda Moody 1994
All‑Conference Team ‑ Floor Jan Funderburk 1983 Jan Funderburk 1985 Cathie Price 1985 Andrea DeFelice 1988 Andrea DeFelice 1989 Susie Pierce 1990 Lajuanda Moody 1991 1992 Outstanding Freshman Gymnast Lajuanda Moody Lajuanda Moody 1994 Lajuanda Moody 1991 Elizabeth Byrnes 1992 All‑Conference Team ‑ All‑Around Karla Hairston 1993 Jan Funderburk 1983 Kristin Quackenbush 1994 Jan Funderburk 1984 Umme Salim 1995 Jan Funderburk 1985 Cathie Price 1985 Coach of the Year Andrea DeFelice 1987 Linda Burdette 1986 Yvette Clark 1989 Linda Burdette 1989 Lajuanda Moody 1991 Lajuanda Moody 1993 All‑Conference Team ‑ Vault Lajuanda Moody 1994 Jan Funderburk 1983 Cathie Price 1985 Maureen Repmann 1987 Yvette Clark 1988 Yvette Clark 1989 Lisa Reed 1989 Lajuanda Moody 1991 Lajuanda Moody 1993 Kristin Quackenbush 1994 Outstanding Senior Gymnast Shari Retton 1985 Cathie Price 1987 Andrea DeFelice 1990 Yvette Clark 1991 Dainty Mae Hiser 1992
All‑Conference Team ‑ Bars Jan Funderburk 1983 Jan Funderburk 1984 Shari Retton 1984 Jan Funderburk 1985 Cathie Price 1985 Bev Fry 1987 Andrea DeFelice 1988 Yvette Clark 1989 Andrea DeFelice 1989 Jana Perry 1992 Karla Hairston 1994
Jan Funderburk
All-Academic Team First Team Cathie Price Jessica Nonnemacher Amanda Halovanic Janáe Cox
1987 1997, 1998 2002, 2003 2007
NACGC/W Scholastic All-Americans Cathie Price Karen Kirszenstein Kendra Ruppert Jana Perry Susie Pierce Wendy Crumbaker Adriana Manago Jessica Nonnemacher Kristin Quackenbush Shelley White Kelly Foley Shirley Lee Danielle Lilly Debora Santiago Amanda Halovanic Aimee Brown Janáe Cox Lequita Williams Jessica Bartgis Amie Bouchier Jaime Gold Cheryl Goldenfield Margaret Ann Moore Alyssa DeSantis Rachel Hardin Kara Weaver Heather Izer Kiersten Spoerke Stephanie Keaton Shelly Purkat Jenn Sharon
1987 1990 1990 1991 1991 1994 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 1996, 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 2001, 2002, 2003 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005 2005 2005, 2006, 2007 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2005, 2006, 2007 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2006 2006, 2007, 2008 2006, 2007, 2008 2007, 2008, 2009 2007, 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2009
Jaime Gold
Academic All‑Atlantic 10 Cathie Price Karen Kirszenstein Susie Pierce Jana Perry Karla Hairston
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2005, 2006, 2007 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2005 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2006, 2007 2006 2006 2006, 2009 2007 2007, 2008, 2009 2007, 2008, 2009 2007, 2008, 2009 2007 2007, 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2008, 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
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Amie Bouchier Jaime Gold Rachel Hardin Margaret Ann Moore Carri Nagle Kara Weaver Cheryl Goldenfield Katie McGregor Sabrina Noonan Erica Watson Tynisha Dennis Heather Izer Shelly Purkat Kiersten Spoerke Elizabeth White Ashley Wilson Chelsi Tabor Amy Bieski Naja Johnson Stephanie Keaton Faye Meaden Tina Maloney Nicole Roach Jenn Sharon Jessica Young
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2002 2007
1996 1996, 1997, 1998 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 1996, 1997 1996, 1997 1997, 1998, 1999 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 1997, 1998, 1999 1997, 1998 1998 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 1999 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2000 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 2000, 2003 2001, 2004, 2005 2001, 2002 2001, 2002 2001, 2002 2001 2001, 2002 2002, 2003 2002, 2003 2002 2003, 2004 2003, 2004, 2006 2003 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005
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Third Team Amanda Halovanic Janáe Cox
Karla Hairston Adriana Manago Jessica Nonnemacher Kristin Quackenbush Umme Salim Kelly Foley Shirley Lee Danielle Lilly Nikki West Shelley White Rebecca Slobig Jessica Rohm Debora Santiago Christen Simpson Jen Cooper Amanda Halovanic Melissa Mascaro Jessica Bartgis Michelle Cina Jaime Hill Kristen Macrie Julie Mazzant Allison Pratus Emily Duryea Ashley Scalercio Kari Williams Casey DePerro Alyssa DeSantis Gretchen Richter Aimee Brown Janáe Cox Lequita Williams
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All-Americans Second Team Cathie Price 1987 Jessica Nonnemacher 1997, 1998
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TEAM AWARDS Most Valuable Gymnast
This award, presented annually by the WVU athletic department since the initial season of gymnastics in 1974, is voted upon by members of the gymnastics team. 1974 Teresa Lucas 1975 Dana Davis 1976 Lavon Smith 1977 Dana Davis 1978 Lisa Neutze 1979 Lisa Neutze 1980 Lisa Neutze 1981 Lisa Neutze 1982 Donna Donati 1983 Shari Retton 1984 Jan Funderburk 1985 Jan Funderburk 1986 Cathie Price 1987 Cathie Price 1988 Cyndi Gacek 1989 Andrea DeFelice 1990 Andrea DeFelice 1991 Susie Pierce 1992 Lajuanda Moody 1993 Karla Hairston 1994 Lajuanda Moody 1995 Karla Hairston 1996 Kristin Quackenbush 1997 Kristin Quackenbush 1998 Umme Salim 1999 Rebecca Slobig 2000 Kristen Macrie 2001 Dinorh Boyd 2002 TeShawne Jackson 2003 Alyssa DeSantis 2004 Janáe Cox 2005 Janáe Cox 2006 Mehgan Morris 2007 Janáe Cox 2008 Amy Bieski, MehganMorris 2009 Mehgan Morris
Janáe Cox
John Quackenbush Award for Mountaineer Spirit
The John Quackenbush Award for Mountaineer Spirit is presented annually to the gymnast who displays the most perseverance and enthusiasm for the sport of gymnastics. The award is named in honor of the late John Quackenbush, a great parent and friend of the Mountaineer gymnastics program. Each spring, members of the WVU gymnastics team vote on the gymnast who best exemplifies these characteristics to honor the memory of John Quackenbush. 1997 Kristin Quackenbush 1998 Allison Gaidish 1999 Rebecca Slobig 2000 Danielle Lilly 2001 TeShawne Jackson 2002 Julie Mazzant 2003 Julie Mazzant TeShawne Jackson 2004 Gretchen Richter 2005 Amie Bouchier 2006 Gretchen Richter 2007 Jaime Gold 2008 Kara Weaver 2009 Erica Watson
Joseph Medrick Award
Named after a longtime Mountaineer gymnastics supporter who initiated the award in 1981, the Joseph Medrick Award signifies the all-around gymnast with the highest scoring average for the season. 1981 Lisa Neutze 1982 Shari Retton 1983 Jan Funderburk 1984 Jan Funderburk 1985 Jan Funderburk 1986 Cathie Price 1987 Cathie Price 1988 Andrea DeFelice 1989 Yvette Clark 1990 Susie Pierce 1991 Lajuanda Moody 1992 Lajuanda Moody 1993 Lajuanda Moody 1994 Lajuanda Moody 1995 Karla Hairston 1996 Kristin Quackenbush 1997 Kristin Quackenbush 1998 Umme Salim
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Kelly Foley Kristen Macrie Dinorh Boyd Kristen Macrie TeShawne Jackson Janáe Cox Janáe Cox Janáe Cox Janáe Cox Mehgan Morris Mehgan Morris
Sally Medrick Award
Named in honor of a strong supporter of West Virginia gymnastics, the Medrick family first donated this award in 1981. It is awarded to the most improved gymnast of the year as voted upon by team members. 1981 Nettie Angotti 1982 Dawn Prevost 1983 Maria Ciocca 1984 Chris Schenck 1985 Cathie Price 1986 Bev Fry Lynn Olson 1987 Angela Hunter 1988 Beth Foltz 1989 Beth Foltz 1990 Jennifer Kearney 1991 Beth Foltz 1992 Kim Ruppert Lisa Reed 1993 Becky Morrison 1994 Wendy Crumbaker 1995 Jenni Kaye Adriana Manago 1996 Jodi Barnes Nikki West 1997 Jodi Barnes 1998 Shirley Lee 1999 Christen Simpson 2000 Melissa Mascaro 2001 Jessica Bartgis 2002 Kari Williams 2003 Kari Williams 2004 Amie Bouchier 2005 Aimee Brown Margaret Ann Moore 2006 Aimee Brown 2007 Kara Weaver 2008 Ashley Wilson 2009 Alysha Pretzello
Linda Burdette-Good 35 Seasons 1975‑2009 Record: 612-244-4 Only the second coach in the history of West Virginia gymnastics, Burdette-Good has constantly worked to upgrade the Mountaineer program. She has taken the program from its infancy as a member of the West Virginia Conference in the AIAW all the way to the NCAA Championships. The WVU alumna has coached All‑ Americans Janàe Cox, Lajuanda Moody, Kristin Quackenbush and Shari Retton and was named 1995 NCAA Southeast Regional coach of the year. In 2004, she eclipsed the 500-win milestone, and in 2009, she amassed over 600 victories, making her the all-time winningest Mountaineer coach with a WVU team. 1975 (7‑5) - Coach Linda Burdette 75.80 Slippery Rock 61.25 at Kent State 96.00 Fairmont State 72.35 at Frostburg State 70.46 at Fairmont State 77.65 SUNY‑Brockport Frostburg State 75.70 at Indiana, Pa. Franklin & Marshall Fairmont State 82.55 at Pitt Youngstown State
90.90 92.45 67.28 61.80 50.00 75.60 53.30 80.00 68.00 59.55 86.75 89.10
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1976 (7‑4) - Coach Linda Burdette 83.22 Frostburg State 78.00 at Slippery Rock 79.75 at Pitt 85.85 Youngstown State
56.14 96.00 80.35 86.90
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1978 (7‑2) - Coach Linda Burdette 122.30 at Frostburg State 103.25 131.65 at Slippery Rock 131.55 129.85 Pitt 134.05 135.83 Towson 131.92 129.60 Youngstown State 111.70 131.02 at Indiana, Pa. 110.55 129.45 Clarion 144.50 128.80 William & Mary 108.629 Maryland‑Baltimore County 100.179
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OAISW Ohio Championships at Ohio State (6 teams) 1. Kent State 139.80; 2. Bowling Green 138.05; 3. Ohio State 133.55; 4. West Virginia 128.10; 5. Miami, Ohio 115.60; 6. Youngstown State 113.00. 1979 (6‑10) - Coach Linda Burdette 116.65 Frostburg State James Madison 119.05 at Pitt 121.15 Kent State 122.15 at Ohio State Eastern Kentucky Bowling Green 119.85 Slippery Rock Penn State 120.70 at Towson North Carolina Springfield 124.85 Indiana, Pa. 126.50 at Clarion 120.95 William & Mary 125.70 at Youngstown State
100.70 103.50 130.15 129.70 130.30 125.75 127.35 115.65 138.30 127.30 125.75 124.30 106.50 142.65 113.65 111.78
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MAIAW Regional at West Virginia (14 teams) 1. Kent State 134.20; 2. Indiana State 131.65; 3. Southern Illinois 131.35; 4. Bowling Green 131.25; 5. Ohio State 128.75; 6. Michigan 128.45; 7. Michigan State 128.35; 8. Illinois 127.45; 9. Illinois‑Chicago 126.65; 10. West Virginia 125.60; 11. Central Michigan 121.90; 12. Indiana 121.50; 13. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 117.15; 14. Illinois State 116.65. At the conclusion of the 1978‑79 season, West Virginia joined the EAIAW.
133.15 122.70 105.90 113.00 119.10 133.30 134.30 124.75 133.70 131.40 129.35 117.35 111.65 130.00 130.90 124.53 91.35 123.50 114.50 78.90
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EAIAW Regional at Penn State (8 teams) 1. Penn State 148.55; 2. West Virginia 135.70; 3. Massachusetts 134.35; 4. Yale 132.70; 5. New Hampshire 132.40; 6. Pitt 131.55; 7. Cornell 125.90; 8. Rutgers 122.15. 1981 (20‑3) - Coach Linda Burdette 126.00 at Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire 131.90 at Pitt James Madison 130.05 Kent State 134.90 Ohio State Bowling Green Indiana, Pa. 127.10 James Madison 139.00 Frostburg State 138.65 Slippery Rock 136.20 at Miami, Ohio Eastern Kentucky Ball State Notre Dame 125.85 William & Mary 135.90 Clarion Youngstown State 129.35 Pitt 133.85 Temple Maryland Penn
123.80 112.10 130.35 137.80 122.85 127.15 132.60 126.60 109.90 123.50 102.70 128.40 130.95 128.10 135.20 129.85 110.80 130.55 118.55 138.80 106.80 129.25 130.80
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EAIAW Regional at Pittsburgh (8 teams) 1. Penn State 145.75; 2. Pitt 142.45; 3. New Hampshire 140.10; 4. West Virginia 135.10; 5. Massachusetts 134.95; 6. Clarion 131.80; 7. Maryland 130.30; 8. Penn 125.05. 1982 (18‑7) - Coach Linda Burdette 135.80 at Indiana, Pa. 138.85 Frostburg State Southern Illinois 132.10 at Ohio State Eastern Michigan Southern Illinois 132.10 at Kent State Michigan State Ohio State 142.30 Florida 132.90 at Slippery Rock
116.95 109.90 92.10 133.10 130.00 92.50 131.10 138.10 138.35 142.10 134.15
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91.44 129.25 123.95 146.20 134.75 124.40 85.30 113.63 105.60 105.50 143.52
1977 (5‑6) - Coach Linda Burdette 108.73 Frostburg State 115.25 Slippery Rock 113.20 at Pitt 106.55 at Clarion 116.45 at Kent State Bowling Green 117.70 at Youngstown State Ohio State 112.05 at Indiana, Pa. Frostburg State 118.78 Clarion
1980 (15‑5) - Coach Linda Burdette 127.10 at Pitt James Madison Maryland 133.89 at Frostburg Towson 131.15 at Kent State Michigan Illinois‑Chicago 131.00 at Bowling Green Ohio State 132.45 Slippery Rock 135.00 Frostburg Youngstown 136.95 at Indiana, Pa. 136.80 Pitt 135.03 at Clarion 138.95 Georgetown 134.80 Maryland Penn Temple
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In 1974, gymnastics, basketball and tennis began intercollegiate competition as the first three women’s varsity sports at West Virginia University.
95.85 67.05 75.55 60.00 80.85 84.15 77.65
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1974 (5‑2) - Coach Nanette Schnaible 81.96 at Pitt 81.81 W 69.70 at Frostburg State 51.70 W Fairmont State 32.10 W 72.25 Fairmont State 38.40 W 73.30 at Fairmont State 47.10 W 71.50 at Slippery Rock 91.35 L 67.60 at SUNY‑Brockport 79.30 L
Towson Indiana, Pa. at Indiana, Pa. Franklin & Marshall at Ohio State at Eastern Kentucky Miami, Ohio
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Armed with a thrifty $6,000 budget, Schnaible, West Virginia’s first gymnastics coach, took a team consisting of mostly former club gymnasts and guided WVU to a 5‑2 record. Schnaible’s lone season at the helm of the fledgling program produced wins against Pitt, Fairmont State (twice) and Frostburg State (twice).
86.80 80.70 76.95 80.88 84.50
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Nanette Schnaible 1 Season 1974 Record: 5‑2
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131.70 136.60 137.80 141.00 138.40 141.95
at Duke Kentucky Alabama Maryland James Madison North Carolina Penn State at Clarion Pitt North Carolina State at Youngstown State Maryland Penn Temple
Forfeit 129.85 140.30 133.50 124.45 133.45 141.85 134.00 138.85 129.95 115.00 140.35 135.55 112.75
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EAIAW Regional at Clarion (8 teams) 1. West Virginia 139.25; 2. Yale 138.35; 3. Maryland 137.35; 4. Clarion 136.55; 5. Rhode Island 135.35; 6. Cornell 134.95; 7. Penn 132.75; 8. Northeastern 129.05. AIAW National Championships at Memphis (12 teams) 1. Florida 143.90; 2. Alabama 142.85; 3. West Virginia 141.40; 4. Georgia 141.30; 5. Ohio State 141.05; 6. Brigham Young 140.85; 7. Minnesota 140.65; 8. Oklahoma State 138.80; 9. Utah State 137.45; 10. Oral Roberts 136.95; 11. Washington State 134.40; 12. Southern Illinois 133.25. West Virginia’s affiliation with NCAA regional and championship competition began with the 1983 season.
1983 (24‑8) - Coach Linda Burdette 162.30 at Slippery Rock James Madison Duke 168.65 at Kent State Youngstown State 169.30 New Mexico Clarion
157.95 155.25 160.85 169.50 129.15 165.95 152.10
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167.55 168.80 172.93 173.40 177.40 169.95 173.60 171.40 169.60 169.65
Indiana, Pa. at Pitt Michigan State Alabama at North Carolina State Duke at North Carolina Jacksonville State Nebraska at Penn State Pitt Florida Ohio State Kent State Slippery Rock at Temple Maryland Penn Kentucky
Atlantic 10 Championship at Rhode Island 1. Penn State 2. Massachusetts 3. West Virginia 4. Rhode Island 5. Temple 6. Rutgers 7. George Washington
152.25 161.00 161.90 178.95 171.46 Forfeit 170.00 164.35 177.80 175.65 165.20 180.85 175.40 168.30 164.25 163.95 160.05 157.40 165.70
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176.55 173.00 171.25 165.00 158.65 146.00 139.90
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NCAA East Regional at West Virginia (7 teams) 1. Ohio State 177.80; 2. New Hampshire 176.85; 3. Penn State 176.80; 4. West Virginia 173.70; 5. Massachusetts 169.05; 6. North Carolina State 168.30; 7. Duke 167.85. West Virginia was switched from the NCAA East to the NCAA Southeast Region after the 1983 campaign.
1984 (13‑9) - Coach Linda Burdette 167.60 James Madison 163.25 at Ohio State Nebraska 150.80 at Kent State Bowling Green 163.15 at Clarion 160.35 at Slippery Rock 164.65 Pitt 176.20 at Florida 172.10 at Bowling Green 167.60 Penn State 173.25 Indiana, Pa. 171.40 at Penn Maryland Temple 175.30 North Carolina State
161.00 179.45 170.20 168.95 168.40 157.05 159.05 178.10 188.05 175.20 169.60 170.00 151.10 171.35 164.45 171.05
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Atlantic 10 Championship at Rhode Island 1. Penn State 2. West Virginia 3. Massachusetts 4. Rhode Island 5. Temple 6. Rutgers 7. George Washington
182.35 177.05 171.55 169.40 169.25 158.75 122.65
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (6 teams) 1. Florida 187.95; 2. Georgia 181.85; 3. West Virginia 174.35; 4. North Carolina State 174.20; 5. North Carolina 173.40; 6. Maryland 172.00. 1985 (23‑5) - Coach Linda Burdette 176.90 James Madison 177.80 Kentucky 174.40 at Kentucky 172.80 at James Madison Pitt Maryland Kent State North Carolina State
141.45 159.15 174.60 137.15 171.70 171.25 167.35 163.20
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Georgia (6 teams) 1. Florida 186.95; 2. Georgia 182.60; 3. West Virginia 176.80; 4. North Carolina 176.15; 5. Maryland 170.30; 6. Kentucky 167.50. 1986 (16‑11‑1) - Coach Linda Burdette 165.60 Kent State Clarion Slippery Rock 170.35 at Kentucky Ohio State Ball State 168.40 at Clarion 171.35 at Kent State 170.20 at James Madison North Carolina Auburn 173.50 at Florida Nebraska Minnesota 175.85 at Penn State Indiana, Pa. 177.50 Pitt Maryland 176.95 Ohio State
159.95 147.45 133.45 169.10 178.35 162.45 163.60 171.55 163.50 176.40 165.25 181.70 177.70 173.85 182.95 171.20 177.50 177.00 184.85
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Atlantic 10 Championship at Rhode Island 1. Penn State 2. West Virginia 3. Temple 4. Rhode Island 5. Massachusetts 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers
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NCAA Southeast Regional at West Virginia (6 teams) 1. Georgia 186.80; 2. Florida 185.40; 3. North Carolina 180.65; 4. Kentucky 180.40; 5. Maryland 179.50; 6. West Virginia 178.40. 1987 (13‑7) - Coach Linda Burdette 175.10 at Penn State 170.30 North Carolina State 176.70 Kent State 176.55 North Carolina 174.20 at Maryland 177.90 at Indiana, Pa. 175.35 at Temple Maryland Penn 175.60 at Louisiana State Rhode Island 179.35 at Houston Baptist 183.35 at Florida 181.55 Kentucky
179.00 164.90 167.25 175.60 179.00 170.20 175.90 177.40 161.50 186.05 174.25 160.20 190.80 179.25
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Atlantic 10 Championship at Rhode Island 1. Penn State 2. West Virginia 3. Rhode Island 4. Temple 5. Massachusetts 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers
182.15 177.25 173.10 170.75 167.00 161.85 58.75
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (7 teams) 1. Florida 187.90; 2. Georgia 186.70; 3. West Virginia 182.30; 4. Maryland 181.80; 5. Kentucky 180.05; 6. William & Mary 174.35; 7. Towson 173.15.
Coach Linda Burdette-Good
1988 (16‑11) - Coach Linda Burdette 175.00 Penn State Maryland Indiana, Pa. 179.00 Towson 176.15 at North Carolina State Radford 178.55 at North Carolina Maryland 173.45 at New Hampshire Michigan State North Carolina 179.30 at Kentucky 179.00 Florida 180.00 at Kent State 176.85 at Penn Temple 175.40 at Auburn North Carolina 177.35 at Georgia College 180.30 Radford
176.65 176.25 172.70 180.10 159.65 169.55 177.30 182.90 176.35 182.30 172.85 182.90 Forfeit 182.65 171.05 173.75 182.30 179.25 172.55 169.90
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Atlantic 10 Championship at Temple 1. Penn State 2. West Virginia 3. Temple 4. Rhode Island 5. Massachusetts 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers
186.05 182.30 180.20 179.10 177.90 177.25 168.50
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at North Carolina Indiana State Temple
NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (7 teams) 1. Georgia 189.80; 2. Florida 189.10; 3. Towson 184.00; 4. Kentucky 183.45; 5. Maryland 181.40; 6. West Virginia 181.00; 7. North Carolina 178.00. 1989 (19‑10) - Coach Linda Burdette 175.75 at Penn State 181.90 at Maryland 181.85 George Washington 183.85 Kentucky 183.95 at William & Mary George Washington 184.35 Kent State 182.80 at Towson Northeastern 183.10 at Florida Oklahoma Minnesota Michigan State Maryland 184.75 North Carolina 182.65 North Carolina State Indiana, Pa. Temple 185.35 at Louisiana State Maryland North Carolina State 185.35 New Hampshire
185.80 182.50 178.50 181.70 182.50 178.90 175.65 184.40 182.05 192.30 187.45 185.60 185.35 182.25 182.60 180.95 181.35 180.30 189.85 186.95 183.05 184.95
Atlantic 10 Championship at George Washington 1. Penn State 186.85 2. West Virginia 185.55 3. Temple 184.30 4. Massachusetts 180.95 5. George Washington 180.30 6. Rhode Island 180.25 7. Rutgers 178.00
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179.35 177.60 175.00 168.55 165.75 163.85 152.55
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Atlantic 10 Championship at West Virginia 1. Penn State 2. West Virginia 3. Temple 4. Rhode Island 5. Massachusetts 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers
173.55 163.00 173.70 167.40 178.55 173.85 182.10 171.50 170.15 177.20 173.15 163.05 174.30 179.50
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North Carolina Kent State Bowling Green Clarion at Pitt Oklahoma State at Penn State at Indiana, Pa. Eastern Michigan at Maryland Temple Penn at Radford at North Carolina
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Kentucky (7 teams) 1. Georgia 193.20; 2. Florida 191.05; 3. Maryland 186.15; 4. Towson 185.05; 5. Kentucky 182.80; 6. North Carolina State 182.30; 7. West Virginia 181.55.
MEDIA
181.45 179.50 178.25 178.10 180.15 179.40 178.35 174.00
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ALL-TIME SCORES 1990 (21‑11) - Coach Linda Burdette 179.25 Georgia Ohio State Wisconsin Indiana, Pa. 184.10 at North Carolina George Washington 182.15 at Kentucky 182.55 at Kent State 182.90 William & Mary 184.15 Towson 182.60 Bowling Green Iowa Rhode Island 185.45 at Indiana, Pa. 180.15 at Temple Vermont 184.05 at Georgia Utah State Kentucky Brigham Young North Carolina 181.05 at Auburn 185.55 at Utah Oklahoma 186.45 Rutgers
188.05 181.15 178.80 175.50 179.90 178.15 182.10 179.80 182.05 184.65 178.80 177.80 176.80 183.55 179.50 175.85 191.75 186.90 185.40 185.20 184.00 186.65 193.10 185.10 180.40
Atlantic 10 Championship at Massachusetts 1. Penn State 187.45 2. Massachusetts 184.90 3. West Virginia 183.10 4. Temple 178.35 5. Rutgers 178.15 6. George Washington 176.25 7. Rhode Island 175.55
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (7 teams) 1. Georgia 193.350; 2. Florida 190.425; 3. Kentucky 188.825; 4. Towson 188.775; 5. West Virginia 186.85; 6. William & Mary 184.45; 7. North Carolina State 183.275.
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1991 (23‑7) - Coach Linda Burdette 181.60 Penn State Rutgers Indiana, Pa. 185.05 at Towson 186.00 James Madison 186.50 Michigan William & Mary 184.10 at Indiana, Pa. 183.85 at Ohio State Bowling Green Kent State Denver 188.35 at Michigan State Florida Michigan 184.95 Auburn Temple Maryland 187.95 at Missouri Wisconsin 185.85 at Nebraska 184.75 at Massachusetts New Hampshire 186.45 at Pitt
186.75 178.80 176.15 185.45 177.90 183.35 183.20 181.80 183.50 181.25 179.70 178.80 186.05 189.05 185.55 187.55 183.65 180.05 188.05 183.85 185.00 183.05 180.55 186.90
Atlantic 10 Championship at George Washington 1. Penn State 189.65 2. West Virginia 186.55 3. Massachusetts 185.25 4. George Washington 185.25 5. Rhode Island 182.85 6. Rutgers 178.30 7. Temple 116.45
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Georgia (7 teams) 1. Georgia 194.275; 2. Florida 191.175; 3. West Virginia 189.775; 4. Towson 187.30; 5. North Carolina 185.825; 6. George Washington 185.525; 7. Maryland 183.90.
1992 (26‑7‑1) - Coach Linda Burdette 185.50 at Pitt Michigan 187.25 Kentucky Towson 188.90 at Florida Michigan State Minnesota 187.10 Bowling Green North Carolina 189.60 at North Carolina State James Madison North Carolina 189.10 at William & Mary James Madison Northeastern 189.55 Missouri Indiana, Pa. 185.60 at Georgia Michigan 191.10 Michigan State Ohio State 190.00 Temple Pitt 182.50 at UCLA 188.10 at UC Davis Sacramento State 191.40 at Penn State New Hampshire Massachusetts
176.50 185.95 184.60 187.20 192.35 188.90 187.85 180.90 179.75 190.25 186.35 185.45 188.30 187.50 180.35 188.80 178.65 196.00 189.30 189.65 187.30 183.35 181.25 192.25 186.55 178.40 194.75 188.55 186.45
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Atlantic 10 Championship at Rhode Island 1. West Virginia 2. George Washington 3. Temple 4. Massachusetts 5. Rhode Island 6. Rutgers
191.90 189.75 189.45 189.40 189.10 183.55
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (7 teams) 1. Georgia 196.55; 2. Florida 191.475; 3. Towson 189.075; 4. George Washington 186.875; 5. Kentucky 185.075; 6. West Virginia 184.975; 7. North Carolina State 183.55. 1993 (17‑5) - Coach Linda Burdette 182.55 at Michigan Pitt 186.25 at Towson Massachusetts 188.85 North Carolina State Indiana, Pa. 191.20 Penn State Indiana, Pa. 188.20 at Kentucky Indiana, Pa. 190.75 at Ohio State 191.10 George Washington 188.25 at Georgia Penn State Massachusetts 190.00 at Pitt Indiana, Pa.
188.50 181.40 186.15 183.10 185.25 161.40 190.65 139.55 191.95 177.05 191.55 185.90 197.55 193.15 186.55 188.30 180.30
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Atlantic 10 Championship at West Virginia 1. West Virginia 192.70 2. George Washington 190.05 3. Massachusetts 189.25 4. Rhode Island 188.00 5. Temple 183.75 6. Rutgers 182.30
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1995 (15‑6) - Coach Linda Burdette 185.525 at Pitt 181.90 W Michigan 189.65 L 191.725 Oregon State 193.20 L Rhode Island 182.85 W 188.575 at Towson 187.90 W James Madison 183.25 W 191.25 Temple 180.525 W 191.475 at Massachusetts 190.85 W 190.725 Massachusetts 190.925 L Pitt 186.325 W 193.60 Penn State 194.30 L Kent State 188.275 W 191.75 at Louisiana State 196.30 L Oklahoma 193.00 L Centenary 187.70 W 193.85 Rutgers 186.20 W Atlantic 10 Championship at Temple 1. West Virginia 2. George Washington 3. Massachusetts 4. Temple 5. Rhode Island 6. Rutgers
195.50 190.675 189.70 188.15 187.725 185.925
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Towson (7 teams) 1. Georgia 197.575; 2. Florida 195.70; 3. West Virginia 193.325; 4. Kentucky 192.00; 5. North Carolina State 191.60; 6. Towson 190.125; 7. George Washington 188.025.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 1996 (17‑9) - Coach Linda Burdette 190.725 at Michigan 194.75 Pitt 187.3 188.6 Georgia # 195.4 Kentucky # 188.525 Louisiana State # 189.025 189.375 at Oregon State 194.075 193.7 Temple 188.775 194.4 Kentucky 192.825 192.425 at Rhode Island 188.2 191.225 at Utah State 192.025 UC Davis 185.125 192.35 at California 193.925 Ball State 190.925 WBoise State 191.15 UC Santa Barbara 187.25 Michigan State 193.575 191.775 at Penn State 192.875 Nebraska 194.15 194.85 Rutgers 188.35 # - Bahamas Sunshine Cup at Nassau, Bahamas EAGL Championship at West Virginia 1. West Virginia 2. Towson 3. North Carolina State 4. Maryland 5. New Hampshire 6. North Carolina 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
194.6 193.725 192.3 192.15 191.7 189.3 189.15 188.0
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191.85 190.2 190.0 192.45 192.25 191.425 185.975 189.45 192.45 191.875 196.35 191.625 196.85 193.75 191.65 192.575 192.525 191.075
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EAGL Championship at North Carolina State 1. West Virginia 196.0 2. North Carolina State 195.1 3. New Hampshire 193.1 4. Pitt 192.85 5. North Carolina 192.325 6. Towson 192.1 7. Maryland 191.775 8. Rutgers 190.05
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Kentucky (7 teams) 1. Florida 195.75; 2. Georgia 195.725; 3. West Virginia 193.15; 4. North Carolina State 192.9; 5. Kentucky 192.875; 6. Towson 192.85; 7. George Washington 189.575.
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1997 (22-3) - Coach Linda Burdette 193.45 Michigan Towson 195.275 Pitt 194.7 Penn State 194.8 at New Hampshire Michigan State Temple 194.275 at Temple 197.35 Rhode Island 193.775 at Auburn Louisiana State Michigan State 192.525 at Alabama Michigan State Southeast Missouri State 195.925 George Washington Massachusetts Rutgers
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NCAA Southeast Regional at West Virginia (7 teams) 1. Georgia 196.775; 2. Florida 192.55; 3. North Carolina State 191.175; 4. Kentucky 190.825; 5. Towson 190.575; 6. George Washington 189.65; 7. West Virginia 188.325.
NCAA National Championships at Georgia (12 teams) 1. Utah 196.65; 2t. Alabama 196.425; 2t. Michigan 196.425; 4. UCLA 196.15; 5. Georgia 196.075; 6. Oregon State 194.85; 7. Florida 195.425; 8. Penn State 194.15; 9. Louisiana State 193.025; 10. Brigham Young 191.975; 11. Nebraska 191.75; 12. West Virginia 189.65.
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Atlantic 10 Championship at George Washington 1. West Virginia 190.70 2. George Washington 190.35 3. Massachusetts 189.925 4. Rhode Island 186.125 5. Temple 186.10 6. Rutgers 185.025
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1994 (18‑5) - Coach Linda Burdette 186.75 Michigan 187.625 Pitt 160.075 188.375 New Hampshire 189.675 at Penn State 187.775 Minnesota 183.850 186.775 Towson 187.60 188.00 at Temple 183.20 Northeastern 181.25 187.825 at North Carolina State 189.675 New Hampshire 185.80 Missouri 183.425 190.325 Pitt 181.375 Indiana, Pa. 129.55 191.55 Kent State 188.325 188.875 at Florida 193.925 189.00 at Arizona 188.525 188.175 at Texas Women’s University 188.150 Northern Illinois 187.00
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (7 teams) 1. Georgia 196.95; 2. Florida 195.375; 3. Kentucky 193.925; 4. Towson 192.65; 5t. West Virginia 191.875; 5t. North Carolina State 191.875; 7. Maryland 189.9.
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ALL-TIME SCORES 1998 (23-4) - Coach Linda Burdette 190.6 at George Washington 192.025 at Pitt 195.725 New Hampshire 192.675 at Towson Temple 192.6 Temple 194.925 Auburn Maryland Radford 195.3 at Massachusetts M.I.T. 192.925 at Penn State Arizona Temple 190.6 at Arizona State Ball State Central Michigan 195.65 Michigan State 196.0 George Washington Rutgers EAGL Championship at Rutgers 1. West Virginia 2. New Hampshire 3. North Carolina State 4. Maryland 5. Towson 6. Pitt 7. North Carolina 8. Rutgers
184.55 187.875 192.225 191.675 180.45 186.175 190.725 190.125 186.6 193.075 174.4 195.725 194.475 186.775 195.875 184.325 192.8 194.275 192.525 190.325 195.5 193.85 193.825 192.675 192.45 192.225 190.975 190.875
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Georgia (7 teams) 1. Georgia 198.575; 2. Florida 197.075; 3. North Carolina State 195.125; 4. West Virginia 194.8; 5. Kentucky 192.15; 6. George Washington 190.45; 7. Maryland 190.1. 1999 (19-7) - Coach Linda Burdette 188.45 vs. SE Missouri St # 195.375 Pitt Temple Towson 195.000 Kentucky Ohio State Rutgers 193.1 at Maryland Temple 195.175 Minnesota North Carolina State 193.65 at Rutgers Temple Ursinus 193.925 George Washington 189.875 at Minnesota 195.400 Maryland Ball State Rutgers
184.375 191.325 184.6 190.35 192.575 192.35 191.55 195.175 183.15 192.425 193.2 192.325 187.675 177.45 193.575 194.375 193.1 191.625 191.425
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EAGL Championship at Maryland 1. North Carolina State 2. Maryland 3. New Hampshire 4. North Carolina 5. Towson 6. West Virginia 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
196.05 195.475 194.8 194.675 194.325 194.1 192.85 192.375
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NCAA National Championship at Salt Lake City, Utah (12 teams) 1. Georgia 196.850; 2. Michigan 196.550; 3. Alabama 195.950; 4. Arizona State 195.900; 5. UCLA 195.850; 6. Nebraska 194.800; 7. Utah 195.475; 8. Penn State 194.775; 9. Louisiana State 194.475; 10. Florida 194.000; 11. Stanford 194.000; 12. West Virginia 191.850. # at Maui Invitational 2000 (19-10) - Coach Linda Burdette Ball State Cardinal Classic 190.825 at Ball State 193.475 Illinois-Chicago 190.425 Illinois 188.3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 175.8 193.850 Ohio State 193.95 Rhode Island 185.225 194.675 at Towson 194.175 196.275 UMass 190.175 Radford 187.675 N.C. State Hearts Invitational 194.450 at N.C. State 196.225 Rhode Island 191.45 William & Mary 190.7 Radford 189.0 195.625 at Penn State 195.85 Boise State 193.375 Nebraska Masters Classic 195.475 at Nebraska 196.775 Southern Utah 193.075 Utah State 192.75 196.475 Arizona State 195.3 194.525 at Kentucky 195.525 197.275 George Washington 194.375 Rutgers 193.9 EAGL Championship at Pitt 1. North Carolina State 2. Pitt 3. Maryland 4. Towson 5. West Virginia 6. New Hampshire 7. North Carolina 8. Rutgers
196.0 195.275 195.05 195.025 194.7 194.55 194.475 191.8
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NCAA Region 2 Championship at Minnesota (6 teams) 1. Utah 196.325; 2. West Virginia 195.475; 3. Denver 195.45; 4. Minnesota 194.75; 5. Utah State 192.95; 6. Southern Utah 191.8. 2001 (21-3) - Coach Linda Burdette 192.375 at Pitt Brown 193.325 Rutgers 195.175 Kent State Towson 194.400 at Massachusetts 195.250 at Rhode Island New Hampshire Yale 196.600 Nebraska Penn State James Madison 194.750 William & Mary 195.200 at Ohio State 196.075 George Washington 197.150 at Kent State 193.675 at Michigan
188.9 183.45 189.025 193.75 193.275 191.925 193.25 194.65 192.3 197.05 194.925 190.1 189.8 197.075 194.025 196.3 197.575
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EAGL Championship at North Carolina 1. West Virginia 2. Maryland 3. Towson 4. New Hampshire 5. North Carolina 6. North Carolina State 7. Rutgers 8. Pitt
196.375 195.875 194.6 194.375 193.325 193.275 191.825 191.025
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NCAA North Central Regional at Utah (6 teams) 1. Utah 194.075; 2. Denver 193.9; 3. Iowa State 193.375; 4. West Virginia 192.4; 5. Utah State 191.2; 6. Air Force 190.2. 2002 (25-8) - Coach Linda Burdette 189.925 at Michigan State 194.65 L Iowa State 195.175 L Western Michigan 188.025 W 195.2 Pitt 190.95 W Rutgers 191.95 W 192.6 at Towson 192.0 W
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NCAA Region 6 Championship at WVU (6 teams) 1. Alabama 196.625; 2. West Virginia 195.275; 3. North Carolina State 194.900; 4. Maryland 194.125; 5. Ohio State 193.050; 6. Towson 192.850.
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NCAA Southeast Regional at West Virginia (6 teams) 1. Alabama 197.9; 2. Minnesota 196.05; 3. West Virginia 194.85; 4. North Carolina 194.825; 5. Kentucky 194.225; 6. Michigan State 193.15. 2003 (15-12) - Coach Linda Burdette 193.975 at Pitt Ball State Kent State 192.275 at Central Michigan 194.775 Eastern Michigan 195.225 at Michigan Kent State 192.975 at Maryland 194.9 Penn State Rutgers 195.15 George Washington 191.9 at Rhode Island Temple 196.8 Arkansas 195.075 Florida New Hampshire Yale Cornell 194.4 at Denver Arizona
190.95 192.825 193.825 193.725 192.2 195.4 194.925 193.775 195.45 192.4 195.175 190.475 187.625 195.15 197.125 193.925 191.5 189.725 195.325 193.6
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EAGL Championship at New Hampshire 1. New Hampshire 2. North Carolina State 3. North Carolina 4. Maryland 5. Towson 6. West Virginia 7. Pitt 8. Rutgers
196.75 196.675 196.025 195.775 195.775 195.65 193.975 193.025
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2004 (20-6-1) - Coach Linda Burdette 192.775 at Arkansas 195.575 vs. Minnesota 194.675 vs. Illinois-Chicago 189.55 196.25 North Carolina State 193.275 Ohio State 195.6 195.3 Pitt 195.3 Denver 192.675
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195.675 189.325 189.25 191.975 96.2 194.95 196.775 194.8 196.95 197.025 196.525 191.7 193.375
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197.050 196.725 196.600 196.050 196.025 195.950 194.650 192.475
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NCAA Southeast Regional at North Carolina State (6 teams) 1. UCLA 197.325; 2. Nebraska 196.375; 3. North Carolina 196.350; 4. West Virginia 195.275; 5. Maryland 194.575; 6. North Carolina State 194.375. 2005 (17-7-1) - Coach Linda Burdette 190.525 at Kent State 192.925 at Pitt 192.1 North Carolina 195.875 Southern Utah 195.425 Penn State Ball State 193.125 at Michigan 193.55 at Cornell 193.15 at Rutgers vs. Bridgeport 194.6 Auburn Michigan State Kent State 194.925 Pitt 194.85 at Eastern Michigan vs. Kent State vs. Southern Utah 194.55 at North Carolina State
190.875 185.5 192.2 194.7 196.65 190.975 196.95 189.625 192.525 185.725 194.9 193.675 193.725 193.35 194.175 192.975 193.9 195.325
EAGL Championship at North Carolina State 1. North Carolina 195.975 2. West Virginia 195.200 Maryland 195.200 4. North Carolina State 194.975 5. George Washington 194.2 6. New Hampshire 193.25 7. Rutgers 192.625 8. Pitt 191.1
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (6 teams) 1.Florida 196.575; 2. Georgia 195.15; 3. Denver 194.075; 3. North Carolina 194.075; 5. West Virginia 193.675; 6. North Carolina State 193.575. 2006 (22-8) - Coach Linda Burdette 188.125 at Auburn 195.3 L 190.675 at Penn State 194.4 L Michigan 194.825 L Cornell 181.175 W 192.55 North Carolina State 191.1 W
195.1 194.2 193.625 194.9 194.075 194.875 194.45 194.625
Ohio State Iowa George Washington at Florida Arkansas North Carolina at Southern Utah New Hampshire William & Mary at North Carolina Pitt Penn at Pitt James Madison California Pitt Rutgers Temple
EAGL Championship at Rutgers 1. North Carolina 2. North Carolina State 3. West Virginia 4. New Hampshire 5. Maryland 6. George Washington 7. Rutgers 8. Pitt
194.5 192.25 190.975 196.95 194.025 193.125 194.7 190.875 184.65 193.375 193.5 185.7 193.325 185.7 191.0 188.7 190.225 186.175
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Georgia (6 teams) 1. Georgia 197.425; 2. Nebraska 196.35; 3. Missouri 195.325; 4. North Carolina 194.3; t5. West Virginia 193.925; t5. North Carolina State 193.925. 2007 (28-9) - Coach Linda Burdette 194.800 Michigan James Madison 193.150 at Pitt Maryland Michigan State 192.875 at Kentucky North Carolina Maryland 194.625 Penn State Wilson College George Washington Kent State 193.075 at New Hampshire Michigan State Brown 194.700 at NC State William & Mary George Washington Nebraska 194.875 Michigan State 194.325 at Ohio State Kentucky George Washington 194.300 at Arkansas Pitt New Hampshire 195.275 Rutgers Temple Yale 194.650 at Minnesota
194.85 L 182.475 W 190.725 W 189.375 W 192.15 W 193.775 L 191.95 W 191.55 W 195.625 L 147.7 W 191.375 W 192.275 W 193.925 L 194.0 L 184.5 W 194.6 W 186.225 W 191.175 W 196.975 L 194.275 W 195.825 L 194.15 W 189.55 W 196.25 L 193.35 W 192.65 W 190.225 W 189.975 W 186.925 W 194.625 W
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196.425 196.025 194.825 194.725 194.375 194.275 192.7 192.35
195.25 196.725 196.375 195.975 195.3 197.4 197.3
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193.925 193.225 189.65 193.775 193.875 187.55 196.1 197.15 194.6 193.6 195.275 192.575 192.1 194.475 192.75
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195.125 194.4 195.975 194.75 193.075 194.55 196.425
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ALL-TIME SCORES EAGL Championship at Maryland 1. NC State 2. West Virginia 3. North Carolina 4. Pitt 5. George Washington 6. Rutgers 7. New Hampshire 8. Maryland
195.475 195.300 194.925 194.150 192.775 192.600 191.525 191.175
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NCAA Southeast Regional at West Virginia (6 teams) 1. UCLA 195.975; 2. LSU 195.950; 3. West Virginia 194.775; 4. Auburn 193.950; 5. NC State 193.950; 6. North Carolina 193.875. 2008 (23-8) - Coach Linda Burdette 192.125 Oklahoma Iowa Wisconsin-Whitewater 190.3 at Michigan Arkansas 193.05 at Maryland 192.7 Oklahoma George Washington William & Mary 195.15 at Penn State 192.75 at LSU Auburn 195.275 North Carolina 193.925 at Rutgers URI Bridgeport Ursinus 194.025 at Pitt 194.55 at George Washington Maryland 196.175 Minnesota New Hampshire Rutgers 194.025 Ohio State
195.175 L 192.875 L 181.55 W 196.075 L 195.25 L 192.55 W 196.55 L 192.05 W 187.425 W 193.375 W 197.050 L 195.475 L 195.075 W 189.9 W 189.9 W 187.625 W 185.25 W 191.975 W 192.65 W 192.5 W 195.375 W 193.4 W 188.575 W 194.775 L
EAGL Championship at WVU 1. West Virginia 2. NC State 3. New Hampshire 4. North Carolina 5. Maryland 6. Pitt 7. George Washington 8. Rutgers
196.050 195.475 194.55 193.95 193.375 193.175 192.975 189.025
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NCAA Southeast Regional at Florida (6 teams) 1. Florida 197.525; 2. UCLA 196.625; 3. Nebraska 196.100; 4. West Virginia 194.825; 5. NC State193.825; 6. North Carolina 191.825. 2009 (15-8) - Coach Linda Burdette 194.075 at Georgia 195.425 L 193.7 at Michigan State 194.2 L
Iowa llinois State 194.775 Pitt 193.925 Maryland George Washington Rutgers 195.125 at George Washington 195.65 Temple 195.25 at Oklahoma Missouri Brown 195.425 Kentucky 195.925 Penn State 194.925 at Iowa State EAGL Championship at NC State 1. NC State 2. West Virginia
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194.35 190.7 192.7 194.475 191.775 187.95 193.15 191.625 196.375 196.225 185.95 194.65 196.225 194.9
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3. North Carolina 4. Pitt 5. New Hampshire 6. Maryland 7. George Washington 8. Rutgers
194.825 194.675 194.65 194.525 193.05 189.125
NCAA Southeast Regional at NC State (6 teams) 1. Georgia 197.700; 2. Penn State 195.800; 3. Nebraska 195.450; 4. West Virginia 194.225; 5. North Carolina 194.125; NC State 193.80.
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Northeastern Northern Illinois Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pitt Radford Rhode Island Rutgers Sacramento State Slippery Rock Southeast Missouri State Southern Illinois Southern Utah Springfield SUNY‑Brockport Temple Texas Woman’s University Towson UCLA Ursinus Utah Utah State Vermont Western Michigan William & Mary Wilson Wisconsin Wisconsin-Oshkosh Wisconsin-Whitewater Yale Youngstown State
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CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 1982 AIAW Championships Led by an unheralded freshman from Fairmont, W.Va.,
named Shari Retton, the 1982 gymnastics team surprised the country by finishing third at the AIAW championships in Memphis, Tenn. Coach Linda Burdette’s Mountaineers, at the University’s first‑ever national championships, finished behind first‑place Florida and runner‑up Alabama, and ahead of national powers Georgia, Ohio State, Brigham Young and Washington State, among others. Retton captured first team All‑America honors on the vault, uneven parallel bars, floor exercise and the all‑around. WVU qualified for the championships by winning the EAIAW Regional at Clarion State. The Mountaineers scored 139.25 points to edge Yale’s 138.35. That title is still WVU’s only regional championship. The 1982 season saw 18 wins against seven losses. The biggest win of the season was a 142.30‑142.10 victory against eventual national champion Florida, a meet that WVU won on the last gymnast of the last rotation. The 142.30 points was a school record at the time. Also during the 1982 season, West Virginia beat Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Maryland and Pitt. A side note to the season were Retton’s ties to the athletic world. Her younger sister, Mary Lou, went on to become an Olympic Gold Medalist. Her father, Ronnie, played basketball for the Mountaineers from 1957‑59. After winning four letters and graduating, Retton later married Mike Timko, a former Mountaineer quarterback (1985‑87). The 1982 season was WVU’s last year in the AIAW after a nine‑year association. The Mountaineers began NCAA competition with the 1983 season.
1995 NCAA Championships After years of being on the outside looking in, the 1995 WVU gymnastics team took the step to the next level with an at‑large bid to the 1995 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. The senior‑led group found the right mix of talent, desire, experience and coaching and put it all together when it counted - at the NCAA Southeast Regional. In fact, the whole season was something magical. Ten team records were set or tied throughout the course of the year, while five individual marks were reached. The 15‑6 Mountaineers won their fourth-straight Atlantic 10 title and Karla Hairston and Kristin Quackenbush were named Atlantic 10 Gymnasts of the Year, while Umme Salim garnered A10 Freshman of the Year honors. Coach Linda Burdette was named NCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the Year. Freshman Adriana Manago earned NACGC/W scholastic All‑America status, while WVU’s first‑ever trip to the NCAA Championship was highlighted by Quackenbush, the talented sophomore all‑arounder who earned second‑team All‑America honors on the floor exercise.
The most rewarding accomplishment of the 1995 season was that of WVU’s three seniors, Liz Byrnes, Jenni Kaye and Shannon Migli, all of whom overcame injuries that plagued them their first three years in Morgantown to become major contributors in WVU’s run to the championships. Pictured here are the members of WVU’s 1995 NCAA team (left to right): Front Row: Allison Poteet and Lauren Schneider; Second Row: Umme Salim, Angel Ricciulli, Karla Hairston and Adriana Manago; Third Row: Jenni Kaye, Liz Byrnes and Shannon Migli; Fourth Row: Kristen Fearney, Kristin Quackenbush and Leigh Miller.
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What appeared initially as a tragedy for the 1999 West Virginia gymnastics team was actually an awakening. The Mountaineers had attained a 17-2 record prior to the East Atlantic Gymnastics League meet and entered the meet as one of only three schools from the EAGL ranked in the Top 25. For the first time since the inception of the EAGL in 1996, the Mountaineers failed to win the EAGL crown in 1999. But, despite finishing an uncharacteristic sixth at the EAGL Championship at Maryland, the Mountaineers couldn’t have scripted a more opportune time to amend that setback, regroup, and really let their true colors show than at the NCAA Regionals before the home crowd. West Virginia hosted the NCAA Region 6 Championship at the WVU Coliseum, which assembled five of the top 25 teams in the country, including No. 2 Alabama. The Mountaineers showcased their most brilliant talent at this meet and attained a 195.275 team score, placing them second in their region behind Alabama and qualifying them for their second trip to the national championship in five years. Although the Mountaineers placed 12th at the NCAA Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah, coach Linda Burdette had plenty of reasons to be proud of her squad. Five WVU
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team knew this team would be a special one. Focused around some exciting newcomers and perhaps the most storied senior class in school history the Mountaineers were destined to rewrite the WVU record book. West Virginia posted a 19-10 record and established four of the top 10 team scores in school history, including three of the top four. The Mountaineers also set school event records on the vault and beam and tied the school mark on bars. But despite its record-setting season, WVU struggled at the EAGL Championship, finishing a disappointing fifth. With a sour taste in their mouths the 2000 Mountaineers were determined to do what no other WVU team had done before - earn a trip to the NCAA Championship for a second-straight season. To do that West Virginia had to finish in the top two slots at the Region 2 Championship meet in Minneapolis, Minn. Not an easy task considering the competition, which included No. 3 Utah and Top 25 teams Denver and Minnesota. The Mountaineers, largely behind the efforts of seniors Kelly Foley and Danielle Lilly, managed to scrap and claw their way to a second place finish. West Virginia proved its shaky performance at the EAGL meet to be an aberration by simply being more consistent than the opposition and earning a trip to the NCAA Championship in Boise, Idaho. Although the Mountaineers finished in 12th place the 2000 season stands out as one where WVU showed tremendous determination and heart. The individual talent was amazing, but it was how the 2000 Mountaineers jelled together that made the West Virginia coaching staff the proudest. Sophomore Kristen Macrie proved to be the heart and soul of the team and was WVU’s most consistent gymnast throughout the year. Despite not leading the team in any individual event, Macrie’s consistency was her calling card for the season. The freshman class, which was called “the best recruiting class ever,” by coaches in the preseason, lived
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2000 NCAA Championships From the very start those around the 2000 gymnastics
up to its billing with TeShawne Jackson and Dinorh Boyd turning in numerous top five finishes, while Amanda Halovanic found her niche for the Mountaineers on vault and floor. But the 2000 season will forever be linked to its senior class of Foley, Lilly, Shirley Lee and Jessica Nonnemacher. Foley and Lilly provided much of the leadership, with each enjoying her finest season as a Mountaineer. Lee saw her season cut short at the midway point, but her early season performances provided the underclassmen with the opportunity to find their stride. One of the lasting images of the 2000 season will be of Nonnemacher, who despite being told by doctors in 1998 that her career was over, returned to compete on bars. Pictured below are members of WVU’s 2000 NCAA team (left to right): Front Row: TeShawne Jackson, Jessica Rohm, Kelly Foley, Shirley Lee and Dinorh Boyd; Second Row: Jen Cooper, Danielle Lilly, Jessica Nonnemacher, Kristen Muirhead and Erin Signoracci; Third Row: Kristen Macrie, Allison Pratus and Melissa Mascaro; Back Row: Allison Gaidish, Jaime Hill, Amanda Halovanic and Christen Simpson.
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gymnasts earned all-EAGL notice and for the fourthstraight season, the Mountaineers were undefeated in the Coliseum in regular season competition. One of the most significant of those wins came on February 20, when the Mountaineers defeated Minnesota and North Carolina State, giving Burdette the 400th and 401st victories of her career. She became the fourth coach in school history to reach that milestone. Senior Nikki West punctuated her stellar vaulting career with two more perfect 10.0s in 1999. West scored five 10.0s on vault, tying her with former WVU gymnast Kristin Quakenbush for the second most perfect scores in school history. Pictured to the right are members of WVU’s 1999 NCAA team (left to right): Front Row: Nikki West and Debora Santiago; Second Row: Jaime Hill and Jessica Rohm; Third Row: Christen Simpson, Kristen Macrie and Kelly Foley; Fourth Row: Shirley Lee and Danielle Lilly; Fifth Row: Allison Pratus, Rebecca Slobig, Shannon Cox, Allison Gaidish and Jessica Nonnemacher.
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Shari Retton Timko was WVU’s first women’s sports All-American, earning firstteam honors in the all-around, floor exercise, uneven bars and vault at the 1982 AIAW national gymnastics championships in Memphis. A four-year letterwinner, Retton, just a freshman, helped the 10th-seeded Mountaineers finish third at those national
championships, while she posted a third place individual finish in the all-around (36.30). A two-time team captain, Retton went on to earn a number of accolades, including NCAA regional balance beam champion, Most Valuable Gymnast and Atlantic 10 Senior of the Year. WVU qualified for the NCAA regionals each year during her career. She was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. The daughter of Ronnie Retton, who captained WVU’s 1959 NCAA runner-up basketball team, the Fairmont, W.Va., native is the older sister of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton; their brother Ron played baseball at WVU. Married to former WVU quarterback Mike Timko, Shari currently lives in Houston, Pa.
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KRISTIN QUACKENBUSH National Honors
1997 Red Brown Cup winner 1997 WVU Most Valuable Gymnast 1997 Joseph Medrick Award winner 1997 John Quackenbush Award winner 1997 Team Captain 1996 Red Brown Cup winner 1996 WVU Most Valuable Gymnast 1996 Joseph Medrick Award winner 1996 Team Captain
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2009 WVU Sports Hall of Fame inductee WVU’s first-ever AAI American Award winner Six All-American awards Five perfect 10s Two 10s in the same meet (March 15, 1997) Qualified for three straight NCAA Championships Highest finish at the NCAA Championships (third on vault, 1996) First two-time Red Brown Cup winner
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Vault - 10.00, set in 1994 as a freshman and tied as a senior Uneven Bars - 9.9, set in 1997 as a senior* Balance Beam - 9.9, set in 1995 as a sophomore* Floor Exercise - 10.00, set in 1996 as a junior, and tied twice as a senior All-Around - 39.6, set in 1997 as a senior* *Record was later broken
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1997 NACGC Scholastic All-American 1997 EAGL all-Academic 1996 NACGC Scholastic All-American 1996 EAGL all-Academic 1995-97 Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll Also on the WVU Dean’s List and President’s List
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1997 AAI American Award Winner (national collegiate gymnast of the year) 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year for West Virginia 1996 NCAA first team All-American - vault 1996 NCAA second team All-American - floor & all-around 1995 NCAA second team All-American - floor 1994 NCAA second team All-American - floor & vault
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NCAA first team All-American on floor (1st since 2000, third first team member ever) Three-time individual national qualifier in the all-around (only 2nd Mountaineer to do that) Took 13th on floor at 2007 nationals
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2007 Gymnast of Year 2007 Most Outstanding Senior Gymnast 11 times the EAGL Gymnast of the Week 17 first team All-EAGL honors 2007 first team vault, bars, beam, floor, all-around 2006 first team vault, bars, beam, floor, all-around 2005 EAGL All-Around champion 2005 EAGL Balance Beam champion 2005 first team all-around, beam, floor 2005 second team bars 2004 Rookie of the Year 2004 EAGL Vault Champion 2004 first team vault, bars, beam, all-around 2004 second team floor
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All-time leading scorer First 2,000 point scorer Most all-arounds competed (50) 37 scores of 39.0 or better in all-around Third in career 9.9 scores with 33 Second in career meets competed with 55 Holds top two all-around scores in WVU history 14th gymnast to qualifiy for NCAAs as an individual, 11th as an all-around Captain both sophomore and junior years Just the second WVU gymnast to enter collegiate action as a Level 10 champion (Kristin Quakenbush)
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2007 ESPN/CoSIDA third team Academic All-America 4-time academic all-EAGL 4-time NACGC Scholastic All-America Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll
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Vault 9.95 Bars 9.925 Beam 9.925 Floor 9.95 All-Around 39.675*
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Janáe Cox’s Career Statistics Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 Totals
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Total Points 511.475 535.75 466.625 556.8 2,070.65
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Michelle David 1989 Dana Davis 1975-76-77C-78C Andrea DeFelice 1987-88C-89C-90C Tynisha Dennis 2004-05-06-07 Casey DePerro 2003-04 Alyssa DeSantis 2003-04-05-06 Christy DeVoe 1989 Mary Dickson 1974-75 Mary Beth Dodson 1978-79-80-81 Donna Donati 1979-80-81-82C Emily Duryea 2001-02-03-04
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Karla Hairston 1993-94-95C-96C Amanda Halovanic 2000-01-02C-03C Rachel Hardin 2005-06-07-08C Barb Hegedus 1988 Jaime Hill 2000-01 Dainty Mae Hiser 1991-92C Mary Hooper 1989 Angela Hunter 1987 Melcina Hunter 1974-75-76-77
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Dawn Mackley 1977 Kristen Macrie 1999-00-01-02C Tina Maloney 2009 Adriana Manago 1995-96-97C-98C Sharon Manley 1977-79C-80C Melissa Mascaro 2000-01-02-03C Julie Mazzant 2002-03 Jamie McClimans 1979-80
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Becky Bailey Cara Bailey Jodi Barnes Jessica Bartgis Tanya Barton Susan Biddle Amy Bieski Lisa Bietler Jackie Blair Shauna Boston Amie Bouchier Dinorh Boyd Aimee Brown Elizabeth Byrnes
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Jackie Ridenour 1980-81 Nicole Roach 2009 Garnet Robinson 1975-76-77 Jessica Rohm 1999-00-01C-02C Amy Ross 1988 Vanessa Rotruck 1975-76-78 Liz Rouse 2006-07 Kendra Ruppert 1988-89-90 Kim Ruppert 1990-91-92-93
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Umme Salim 1995-96-97-98 Debora Santiago 1996-97-98-99 Ashley Scalercio 2002 Chris Schenck 1983-84-85-86C Lauren Schneider 1995-96 Karen Schriever 1982-84-85 Barb Shank 1974 Jenn Sharon 2009 Erin Signoracci 2000-01-02-03 Danis Sill 1979-80-81 Lynn Silvestri 1989-90 Christen Simpson 1999-00-01-02 Doreen Slimm 1982-83-84 Rebecca Slobig 1996-97-98-99 Lavon Smith 1974-75-76C-77C Terra Smith 1985-86 Suzanne Soto 1998 Kiersten Spoerke 2007-08-09 Wendy Sturn 1974-75
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Erica Watson 2006-07-08-09 Kara Weaver 2005-06-07-08 Nikki West 1996-97-98C-99C Elizabeth White 2007 Shelley White 1997 Kari Williams 2002-03-04C-05C Lequita Williams 2004-05 Ashley Wilson 2007-08-09C
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY West Virginia University is a leading 21st century land-grant institution that is improving people’s lives through teaching, discovery and outreach. The University’s top priority is education. Here, teaching means much more than lecturing. WVU faculty are mentors who engage and involve students through service learning projects, hands-on research, the newest technology, study-abroad programs and innovative curricula. Students emerge from WVU with a broad liberal arts education and a thorough preparation for successful careers. Fall 2008 student enrollment on the main campus was 28,840, the highest in WVU history. And beyond record numbers, the incoming freshman class continued a pattern of increasingly high academic credentials. WVU offers 185 degree programs from the bachelor’s through the doctoral and first-professional levels. In 2007-08, WVU awarded 5,806 degrees. The University offers a wide array of majors, including a highly competitive doctoral program in physical therapy, the nation’s first entirely web-based integrated marketing communications master’s degree, and high quality engineering, education, business, agriculture, creative arts, and journalism programs. A partnership with the FBI created the world’s first university-level degree program in forensic and investigative science. Students study the biology and chemistry of crime-fighting and prepare to create technologies that enhance safety in an ever more dangerous world. The schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy offer a wide range of health science programs at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. WVU is also home to the state’s only law school. WVU students receive more than $215 million a year in grants, loans, work study, fee waivers and scholarships. Awards are based on financial need and academic ability. About 70 percent of WVU
undergraduates receive some financial aid; almost half of the aid given to resident undergraduates is as grants and scholarships. Donors to WVU have contributed to the institution’s growing national stature. In the past year, the WVU Foundation disbursed over $43 million on behalf of the University, and over the past 10 years, it has provided WVU over $360 million in direct support. The Foundation’s assets are in excess of $700 million and its endowment is in excess of $310 million.
The State’s Flagship University Located in Morgantown, WVU’s main campus is within easy traveling distance of the metropolitan areas of Pittsburgh, Pa., about 70 miles to the north, and Baltimore and Washington, D.C., about 200 miles to the east. Morgantown itself is a comfortably sized community of more than 50,000, including WVU students. Recently,
national media outlets such as CNBC have spotlighted Morgantown as an oasis of economic strength in the midst of a global recession. Careerbuilder. com ranked the city as one of the “25 Best Cities to Find a Job.” In recent years, Morgantown has earned many other accolades. The city was named the No. 1 one
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to craft team presentations or watch assigned films on DVD. At other study areas, powerful PCs offer blazing Internet connections. The library also provides laptops with wireless Internet connections for use throughout the building. In the Life Sciences Building, psychology and biology students learn in sophisticated research labs and multimedia-equipped lecture halls. The building houses a computer lab, therapy and observation rooms and a greenhouse. To help students maintain physical and mental health, the Student Recreation Center offers a six-lane lap pool and a warmer leisure pool; a 20-person whirlpool; seven courts for basketball, volleyball, and badminton; fitness machines and free weights covering 17,000 square feet; and a 50foot climbing wall. In 2006, Lincoln Hall opened as WVU’s first residence hall to operate on an innovative residential college model. Another new residence hall is opening this summer to house high achieving students who participate in the WVU Honors College. Not all WVU students are in Morgantown. Potomac State College in Keyser and WVU Institute of Technology in Montgomery are divisions of WVU. The WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center has divisions in Charleston and Martinsburg. WVU offers many online courses and degree programs for students and professionals around the world.
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“Best Workplaces for Commuters” for its innovative and effective transportation services for employees and students. The University strives constantly to improve its facilities to offer students a top-notch living and learning experience. Several buildings on the Downtown Campus have recently undergone complete renovations to meet the educational needs of 21st century learners. Colson Hall now houses the Department of English. A $28 million renovation turned Brooks Hall into an environmentally friendly “green building” that houses the Department of Geology and Geography. Oglebay Hall, one of ten campus buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, underwent a $23 million renovation to become a state-of-the-art home to WVU’s Forensic and Investigative Science Program. A new lecture hall, Ming Hsieh Hall, opened adjacent to Oglebay. Cutting-edge learning tools also await students at the Downtown Campus Library. Group viewing rooms with large plasma screens and wireless keyboards enable students
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small city in America by BizJournals. com and the best small city in the East by Prometheus Publications. Forbes magazine named Morgantown the nation’s 5th “Best Small Metro,” and Inc., an online entrepreneurial website and magazine, ranked it 15th in “Overall Best Cities.” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine listed it 29th among “50 Smart Places to Live.” Recreational and job opportunities were among the factors Men’s Journal cited in naming Morgantown the nation’s third-best small city. A parenting magazine ranked Monongalia County as having one of the country’s top 100 school districts. And WVU’s campus offers one of the nation’s safest college environments—Reader’s Digest ranked it 18th among 135 U.S. colleges and universities and gave WVU an A for its strong commitment to safety. WVU’s main Morgantown location includes three distinct campuses — Downtown, Evansdale and the Health Sciences campus. The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system— named top people-mover in the nation — has shuttled people among the campuses since the U.S. Department of Transportation built it 30 years ago. WVU was named one of the nation’s
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The WVU community takes pride in its top-notch faculty. Many are nationally and internationally recognized experts in their fields. In the past 19 years, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has honored 16 WVU faculty as West Virginia Professors of the Year. Eight WVU faculty have been named Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation, and University faculty consistently win Fulbright grants that provide teaching and research opportunities around the globe. The work of outstanding teachers is reflected in students’ accomplishments. WVU has
schools earned that distinction in 1996, the inaugural year. WVU students are nurtured and challenged. The University Honors College involves about 1,400 students each year. WVU’s commitment to students does not focus solely on the high achiever, however. The University supports all students by continually improving the libraries, providing learning centers, computer labs, health service, a counseling center, a disabilities office, a career planning and placement center and an array of other student services.
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produced 25 Rhodes Scholars. Many students have received other prestigious scholarships; WVU students have received 20 Truman Scholarships, 32 Goldwater Scholarships, two Udall Scholarships and two Marshall Scholarships. In 2006, a WVU student was the only person in the nation to win the Goldwater and the Truman awards; in 2009, a previous WVU Truman Scholarship winner received the Goldwater Scholarship and placement on USA Today’s All-USA College Academic First Team. WVU is a Truman Honor Institution — only 17
The Center for Civic Engagement helps students help others while growing intellectually through service-learning projects and trips. WVU offers a comprehensive First-Year Experience to help students adjust to college life. Advising, entertainment, and some classes take place in the residence halls, and faculty mentors live next door to help students make the most of their WVU experience. The Adventure WV Program is an outdoor orientation for first-year students at WVU. It offers participants challenging and exciting experiences and opportunities to learn about
themselves, future classmates, WVU, and West Virginia. A ceremony welcomes freshmen to campus each fall and introduces them to the University’s academic opportunities. The campus also celebrates the start of the academic year with FallFest, a major concert and activities that include film festivals, comedy acts, and more. WVUp All Night offers students free refreshments and safe, fun weekend activities. The unique Mountaineer Parents Club, which has chapters throughout West Virginia and across the nation, connects parents with campus life and provides support and encouragement to students. The club currently involves more than 20,000 families. A toll-free helpline (1-800-WVU-0096) enables parents to seek information or share compliments, suggestions and concerns. To enhance campus life, the University secures a wide range of entertainment — big-name concerts and lecturers, films, cultural events, art exhibits and special events such as Homecoming, Mountaineer Week (a tribute to Appalachian culture), and Fall Family Weekend. Many events, such as the Festival of Ideas lecture series, expose students to a rich diversity of cultures, theories and ideas. And, with more than 300 student organizations flourishing — including academic, service, political, religious and recreational groups — every student has a chance for extracurricular involvement. A unique student athletic boosters club, the Mountaineer Maniacs, supports 17 varsity sports programs. An award-winning marching band, some 325 members strong, is a source of pride statewide. WVU is committed to promoting diversity on campus and protecting the rights of all people to benefit from WVU educational opportunities. oneWVU is an initiative that draws upon the popularity of WVU athletics to raise awareness about diversity.
this fund to double private gifts that support research in key areas linked to economic development, health care and job growth. WVU is focusing its efforts on research in energy, health and biomedical sciences and security and intelligence. WVU, historically a leader in energy research, is poised to help our nation become energy independent and more environmentally responsible. Through the University’s new Advanced Energy Initiative, more than 100 skilled faculty members are performing research on issues such clean power generation, innovative coal extraction technology, and high efficiency engine and vehicle technology. They have executed nearly $100 million in energy-related research during the past four years alone. Researchers at WVU’s Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center contribute
to the health of the state and the world through cutting-edge projects that are focused on areas of health that are especially important to West Virginia. WVU is also the home of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, dedicated to the study of Alzheimer’s and other diseases that affect the brain. The University’s international leadership in biometrics led the FBI to name WVU its lead academic partner in biometrics research. Besides having worldwide significance on security issues, this partnership provides WVU students with an academic opportunity unmatched at any other institution in the United States. At WVU today, there are more than 60 specialized research centers and institutes.
health technicians. All Health Sciences students have access to the high-tech facilities on campus and participate in educational experiences in rural and urban areas of West Virginia. WVU’s health professionals serve more than a quarter-million people each year, at three medical campuses in Morgantown, Charleston and the Eastern Panhandle. In Morgantown,
the WVU Hospitals complex includes a children’s hospital, a psychiatric hospital, a trauma center, a cancer center and the state’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities. The WVU Eye Institute provides the entire state with vision-related health services.
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Since its founding in 1867 as a landgrant institution, WVU has developed into the state’s flagship research university. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classified WVU as a Research University (High Research Activity). University faculty members secure $141 million annually in sponsored contracts and research grants. WVU faculty members are studying gene mapping, developing new anticancer and anti-diabetic drugs, helping forensic investigators solve crimes, creating better materials for building bridges and conducting other cuttingedge research to help improve people’s lives. The state of West Virginia has created a Research Trust Fund to leverage public and private investments that will transform West Virginia’s economy. WVU will be able to tap into
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Sharing WVU knowledge with state citizens and the nation is a major component of the land-grant mission. For nearly 100 years, West Virginians have trusted their WVU Extension Service agents to be their local source of reliable and timely information. Working with more than 336,000 youths and adults each year, WVU’s Extension Service helps people improve their lives in all 55 counties of West Virginia. With an office in each county, WVU Extension faculty and staff are nurturing learning partnerships with families, businesses and local organizations. These partnerships bring results. Families live healthier, more satisfying lives; youths who “learn by doing” in 4-H develop leadership skills; farmers and others use resources more wisely; local firefighters and firstresponders employ the latest rescue techniques; and citizens revitalize their communities. The four Health Sciences schools at WVU train hundreds of West Virginians to serve as doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and
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Framed by WVU’s Downtown Campus on a beautiful fall day, the Clements family is proud to now be a part of the Mountaineer family. From left: Twins Maggie and Hannah, Tyler, Beth, Grace and Jim Clements. James P. Clements believes that great universities must operate on the principles of shared governance and community engagement in order to solve problems. Since becoming West Virginia University’s 23rd president on June 30, 2009, Dr. Clements has worked diligently to lay a foundation of cooperation for WVU, strengthening local and global partnerships that not only produce meaningful results for the University, but provide lasting benefits for all West Virginians. Dr. Clements often says that no university in the country means as much to its state as WVU means to West Virginia. In order to fortify that relationship, he plans to continue positioning the University as a 21st century land-grant institution, providing innovative academic and wellness programs for students, technologically advanced research for use around the globe and substantial service and health-care initiatives for the community. To achieve that vision, Dr. Clements invited input on a strategic plan, a proposal that will provide direction for the next 10 years, and establishes the groundwork for the next 100. The responses to his “Share Your Vision” survey formed themes around seven key areas that impact the vitality and reputation of the University:
academic and faculty excellence, research, undergraduate education, graduate education, state impact, health care and multiculturalism and internationalization. Dr. Clements has already announced several initiatives in support of the plan, including: creating a grants budget office to assist researchers; hiring 100 new faculty members to achieve goals directly related to WVU’s mission; building a new student health facility to increase wellness efforts; dedicating $1.5 million from capital funds to expand recreational space for students; and increasing research to position the University as a leader in fields such as energy, biometrics and health sciences. Additional priorities will be to continue offering world-class health care and to increase state outreach in the health sciences, to find more efficient and effective ways to use technology to drive progress, to increase the diversity of WVU’s learning community and to develop an even broader global focus in preparing students for new international opportunities. He also plans to focus on increasing student retention, increasing WVU’s doctoral program enrollment, enhancing leadership development and increasing operating funds, among
other goals. Dr. Clements’ previous experience in higher education demonstrates his ability to help achieve these objectives, guiding WVU to continued stability, growth and prominence. Before joining the Mountaineer family, Dr. Clements served as provost and vice president at Towson University, the second largest public university in Maryland. Under his leadership, Towson developed academic and student support programs that led to impressive increases in enrollment as well as retention and graduation rates. Towson’s externally-funded research increased by 36 percent during Dr. Clements’ tenure as provost. Prior to becoming provost, he served as Towson University’s vice president for economic and community outreach and as the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Computer & Information Sciences. He was a four-time recipient of Towson’s Faculty Member of the Year Award given by students at the University. With a background in computer science, Dr. Clements also brings technological savvy to his role as president. He has a B.S. in computer science and an M.S. and Ph.D. in operations analysis from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), as well as an M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. His project management textbook, in its fourth edition, is used in more than 20 countries and is published in four languages. In October 2009, he was named UMBC’s Alumnus of the Year in the Engineering and Information Technology category. Dr. Clements chairs the boards of the WVU Research Corporation, the West Virginia United Health System, WVU Hospitals and the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute Executive Advisory Board. He also serves as an ex-officio member of the WVU Foundation and WVU Alumni Association boards. He is married to Beth Clements, and they have four children – Tyler, twin daughters Hannah and Maggie, and Grace.
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planning and management of all home athletic contests, as well as the scheduling and the maintenance of the Coliseum and stadium; Pastilong was also on the board for the planning and building of Mountaineer Field. He remained director of athletic facilities until his promotion to associate athletic director in 1987. Prior to West Virginia, Pastilong served football coaching stints at Scott High in Madison, W.Va., and at Salem College, where he tutored the Tigers from 1969-75, winning more games than any other West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team during that period. He was also the school’s dean of health and physical education from 1972-75. He received his bachelor’s degree from WVU in physical education in 1966, and later earned a master’s degree from WVU. As a Mountaineer player, Pastilong lettered in 1964 and 1965, completing 37 of 115 passes for 728 yards and six touchdowns. Pastilong and his wife, Mona, have two daughters – Kim DeFelice and her husband, Anthony, and Amy Richter and her husband, Pat, and four grandsons, Michael and Nick DeFelice and Ryan and Shawn Richter.
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look no farther than WVU’s No. 30 national ranking in the U.S. Sports Academy Director’s Cup, the school’s best-ever finish in 2008. Success hasn’t just been limited to on the field, either, as community service has also been at the forefront of WVU’s recent successes. All of WVU’s sports are involved in various levels of community service from the football team and its affiliation with the WVU Children’s Hospital to the women’s basketball and gymnastics teams being involved in Breast Cancer Awareness through national “Think Pink” initiatives. Other varsity sports volunteer their time at local elementary schools’ read-a-louds and at other various community service initiatives. There’s no doubt that West Virginia University is currently experiencing a Golden Era. With great leadership, tremendous insight and a heartwarming personality, Ed Pastilong can proudly claim it all happened on his watch. Pastilong joined the athletic department as football recruiting coordinator in 1976 and two years later became its scholarship officer. In 1979, he was named assistant athletic director for facilities and operations. He spearheaded the
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The Pastilong Family – Front row (left to right): Michael and Nick DeFelice, Mona and Ed Pastilong, Shawn and Ryan Richter. Back row (left to right): Kim and Anthony DeFelice, Amy and Pat Richter
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It is truly a great time to be a Mountaineer. Just ask West Virginia University Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong. Never has total athletic success befallen Morgantown quite like it has over the last six years. And it’s all happened under Pastilong’s watch. During his 20-year tenure, Pastilong has spearheaded WVU’s growth into one of the nation’s finest athletic departments on and off the playing fields as it competes in 17 varsity sports. He’s done this through leadership efforts in meeting the demands of running a top-tier organization by keeping up with the times. His vision has helped guide, mold and shape the student-athlete experience into a positive one here at WVU through a successful, across-the-board, total athletic program. During his tenure, Pastilong has spearheaded more than $65 million in facility renovations, witnessed the department’s budget increase from $20 million to more than $40 million, steered WVU into the BIG EAST football conference in 1991 and into full-fledged member status in the league in 1995. He also initiated the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll, where more than 4,000 student-athletes have been recognized for outstanding work in the classroom, and the WVU sports Hall of Fame, where 120 former Mountaineers have been so honored. The facility upgrades and capital improvements alone have been staggering. Since 1989, WVU has made tremendous strides to its football facility, Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Suites to three sides of the stadium, Touchdown Terrace, the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility, new locker rooms, the Reynolds Family Academic Center and the Donald J. Brohard Hall of Traditions highlight the making of WVU’s football facility into one of the nation’s finest. Other facility improvements under Pastilong’s tenure include renovations to the WVU Coliseum and Hawley Field and the construction of Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, Cary Gym for Mountaineer Gymnastics and a stateof-the-art wrestling facility. And a new basketball practice facility is on the horizon in the near future. On the playing fields, the last six years have arguably been the most successful in the history of West Virginia University athletics. As proof,
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MOUNTAINEER EXCELLENCE Excellence in Mountaineer athletics flourished yet again in 2008-09 for West Virginia University, continuing a six year run that few other periods of time in the department’s history can rival as more successful. Rifle won its 14th NCAA Championship and first since 1998 with a comeback performance for the ages on day two of the event. Coach Jon Hammond garnered CRCA Coach the Year honors while seven Mountaineers were named All-Americans in an 11-1 season. Cross country finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, marking its highest ever finish at the event in school history. MarieLouise Asselin and Keri Bland garnered All-America honors along the way while Asselin became WVU’s first ever individual BIG EAST champion. Six runners earned All-Mid Atlantic honors. Football posted a 9-4 record, defeated North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl and
finished in the nation’s top 25 for the fourth consecutive season. Quarterback Patrick White set 23 WVU, BIG EAST and NCAA records, ending his career as the all-time leading rushing quarterback in college football history and the first to ever win four consecutive bowl games as a starter. White earned bowl MVP honors for the third straight season and earned Senior Bowl MVP honors as well. Ten Mountaineers garnered AllBIG EAST accolades. Kicker Pat McAfee was a Ray Guy Award national finalist as well as a Walter Camp AllAmerican with teammate Ryan Stanchek. Alex Ruoff, Da’Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks garnered All-BIG EAST accolades in leading the men’s basketball team to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five years with a 23-12 record. Ruoff garnered ESPN The Magazine All-American First Team honors as well as the BIG EAST Sportsmanship and Scholar of the Year awards. Women’s soccer qualified for its ninth consecutive NCAA tournament and won the BIG EAST’s American Division championship with a 14-3-6 record. Greer Barnes attained All-America and All-BIG EAST honors while teammate Carolyn Blank was named the league’s Midfielder of the Year. Seven Mountaineers
in all garnered All-BIG EAST honors. Women’s basketball qualified for the postseason WNIT with an 18-15 record. Sarah Miles earned the BIG EAST’s Most Improved Award while Liz Repella and Takisha Granberry garnered AllBIG EAST Second Team accolades. The duo also became just the second set of teammates in school history to each amass 500 or more points in the same season. Gymnastics qualified for its 26th NCAA Regional behind the
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senior Mehgan Morris, who was named the EAGL’s Outstanding Senior Gymnast. She was joined by eight other teammates on the all-conference list. The team posted a 15-8 overall record with a remarkable 10-2 EAGL conference mark. Outdoor track finished third at the ECAC Championships, tying a school record for the highest finish at the event in school history. Baseball finished third in the BIG EAST, tying a school record for most regular season wins with 36. Men’s soccer player Zach Johnson was named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year while teammate Gift Maworere earned allleague honors.
Kurt Brenner won an EWL Championship at 174 pounds while Morgan Calloway was named the BIG EAST’s Most Outstanding Women’s Swimming Performer. A program-best six Mountaineers qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship while rowing and volleyball made great strides in preparing for their futures.
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Marie Louise-Asselin, Cross Country Keri Bland, Cross Country Carolyn Blank, Women’s Soccer Brandi Eskew, NRA Clara Grandt, Outdoor Track Andy Lamson, NRA Kyle Smith, NRA Bryant Wallizer, NRA Pat White, Playboy
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Kayla Andrews, Swimming Marie Louise-Asselin, Cross Country Women’s Soccer, American Division Champions Morgan Callaway. Swimmer Lindsey Largo, Swimming Michael Walker, Swimming Kurt Brenner (174), Wrestling Meghan Morris, Gymnastics Shelly Purkat, Gymnastics Chelsi Tabor, Gymnastics Tina Maloney, Gymnastics
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ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team Doug Slavonic
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team Marie-Louise Asselin Andy Lamson
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team Marie-Louise Asselin, Cross Country/ Track Andy Lamson, Rifle Liz Repella, Women’s Basketball Alex Ruoff, Men’s Basketball Doug Slavonic, Football Ryan Stanchek, Football
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team Keri Bland, Cross Country/Track Deana Everett, Women’s Soccer Robin Rushton, Women’s Soccer
National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) Academic All-Americans Heather Izer Stephanie Keaton Shelly Purkat Jenn Sharon Kiersten Spoerke
Major Award Winners Keri Bland, Women’s Indoor Track, BIG EAST Most Outstanding Performer Carolyn Blank, Women’s Soccer, BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year, BIG EAST All-Tournament Team Morgan Callaway, Women’s Swimming, BIG EAST Most Outstanding Performer Jedd Gyorko, NCBWA District II Player of the Year Erica Henderson, BIG EAST AllTournament Team Zach Johnson, Men’s Soccer, BIG
EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Pat McAfee, Ray Guy Award National Finalist Sarah Miles, BIG EAST Most Improved Player Mehgan Morris, EAGL Outstanding Senior Gymnast Alex Ruoff, BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award and BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year Pat White, Meineke Car Care Bowl and Senior Bowl MVP
All-BIG EAST Alexandra Acker, Track and Field Kayla Andrews, Swimming and Diving Marie-Louise Asselin, Cross Country Greer Barnes, Women’s Soccer Vince Belnome, Baseball Scooter Berry, Football Keri Bland, Cross Country, Track and Field Carolyn Blank, Women’s Soccer and all-tournament Payton Brooks, Swimming and Diving Da’Sean Butler, Men’s Basketball Morgan Callaway, Swimming and Diving Chelsea Carrier, Track and Field Kaylin Christoper, Track and Field Amanda Cicchini, Women’s Soccer Mike Dent, Football Noel Devine, Football Dan DiBartolomeo, Baseball Devin Ebanks, Men’s Basketball Chris Enourato, Baseball Deanna Everett, Women’s Soccer George Farquhar, Swimming and Diving Takisha Granberry, Women’s Basketball
Amy Bieski, Gymnastics Naja Johnson, Gymnastics Emily Kerwin, Gymnastics Tina Maloney, Gymnastics Mehgan Morris, Gymnastics Shelly Purkat, Gymnastics Nicole Roach, Gymnastics Kiersten Spoerke, Gymnastics Chelsi Tabor, Gymnastics
All-GARC Brandi Eskew, Rifle Michael Kulbacki, Rifle Andy Lamson, Rifle Justin Pentz, Rifle Tommy Santelli, Rifle Kyle Smith, Rifle Bryant Wallizer, Rifle
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Baseball – 37-18 Men’s Basketball – 23-12, NCAA Tournament Cross Country – 4th place NCAA finish Women’s Basketball – 18-15, WNIT Second Round Football – 9-4, Meineke Car Care Bowl Champions (Final Ranking No. 23) Gymnastics – 15-8, 1 NCAA qualifier Rifle – 11-1, National Champions (Final Coaches Ranking No. 1) Rowing – 8th BIG EAST Men’s Soccer – 5-9-5 Women’s Soccer – 14-3-6, NCAA Second Round (Final Ranking No. 14) Men’s Swimming and Diving – 4-10, 4th BIG EAST Women’s Swimming – 4-11, 5th BIG EAST Tennis – 9-17 Track – 6 NCAA Indoor qualifiers, 3 NCAA Outdoor qualifiers Volleyball – 7-21 Wrestling – 8-4-2, 5 NCAA qualifiers
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Clara Grandt, Cross Country Billy Gross, Baseball Jedd Gyorko, Baseball Kate Harrison, Track and Field Erica Henderson, Women’s Soccer (alltournament) Mortty Ivy, Football Zach Johnson, Men’s Soccer Sarah Kosmak, Swimming and Diving Ellis Lankster, Football Lindsey Largo, Swimming and Diving Austin Markel, Baseball and alltournament Pablo Marmolejo, Swimming and Diving Gift Maworere, Men’s Soccer Pat McAfee, Football (Punter and Kicker) Blake Miller, Women’s Soccer Megan Mischler, Women’s Soccer Maritza Paredes, Swimming and Diving Justin Parks, Baseball Shaunna Purtell, Swimming and Diving Liz Repella, Women’s Basketball April Rotilio, Track and Field Alex Ruoff, Men’s Basketball Jock Sanders, Football Stephanie Shupe, Swimming and Diving Alison Spiker, Track and Field Ryan Stanchek, Football Tobias Streich, Baseball Jaryn Studer, Swimming and Diving Jarryd Summers, Baseball Michael Walker, Swimming and Diving Pat White, Football
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MSN recognizes that Mountaineer fans don’t just exist within state parameters. Those wishing to follow the WVU gymnastics team, but unable to travel to Morgantown, can now watch home meets live on their computers. All five of the Mountaineers’ 2010 regular season home meets, as well as the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regional, will be streamed live, and for free, at www.MSNsportsNET.com. Additionally, live stats are continuously updated throughout the meet. Meet-by-meet notes, weekly releases, updated statistics and in-depth profile features can also be found on the gymnastics page at www.MSNsportsNET.com Mountaineer TV Bring the Mountaineers home with MountaineerTV. Join now for live game webcasts, live audio, Mountaineer Magazine, Mountaineer Jammin’, special Internet-only football post-game analysis, web features and on-demand video plus hundreds of hours of classic video from the MSN archives. Memberships are available in monthly ($9.95) and annual ($99.95) packages. With the new Microsoft Silverlight player, all browsers are now supported. For free on-demand content, all you simply have to do is register one time with CBS College Sports, free of charge. Mountaineer TV Archives Members can watch complete game video from this season, classic Mountaineer game video, all Mountaineer Jammin’ and Mountaineer Magazine shows, features and special web-only content, plus much more. Mountaineer TV Live Live webcasts (video) and live audio require a Mountaineer-TV account, including press conferences, Mountaineer Magazine and Mountaineer Jammin’. On-demand video content, live men’s and women’s soccer and live women’s basketball content are free. Please note that TV has exclusive rights to live video. If a game is picked up for telecast, that game will not be available as a webcast unless otherwise noted. Live audio will be available regardless of the television coverage.
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MORGANTOWN, W.VA. As the “Scenic Mountain Home of West Virginia University,” Morgantown is at the very heart of Mountaineer Country. It is also among West Virginia’s fastest growing metropolitan areas. In its May 2006 “Boomtowns ‘06” edition, Kiplinger’s Magazine ranked Morgantown as the “Twenty-ninth Smartest Place to Live” among all U.S. cities with populations under 150,000. Most recently, in March of 2009, Forbes Personal Finance Magazine recognized Morgantown as the “Third Best Place for Business and Careers” in U.S. cities and The Sporting News recognized Morgantown as one of its top “Best Sporting Cities.” The Greater Morgantown area offers a unique blend of vitality and culture in a friendly atmosphere and has been commended for its low cost of living, excellent health care, low crime rate and easy accessibility. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 68 and 79, Morgantown is located within a short day’s drive of half the nation’s population. Just like real estate, outdoor recreation is all about location, location, location. And Morgantown, nestled deep within the Appalachian countryside, delivers a mountain of opportunities. From peddling to paddling - not to mention swinging a golf club or casting a fishing line - several options enable visitors to assemble a mixand-match sampler of favorite pastimes and exciting new experiences. There’s no need to leave the city limits to start enjoying fresh-air activities: nature is intertwined into the very fabric of this riverside community. The Caperton Trail, which runs along the Monongahela River for several miles, rolls past Hazel Ruby McQuain Riverfront Park and Amphitheater (a waterfront cultural and entertainment hub), the WVU Core Arboretum, and historic downtown. The Caperton Trail welcomes biking enthusiasts and connects to the Mon River Trail and the Decker’s Creek Trail, which has a 1,000 foot incline to nearby Preston County. This beautiful rail trail system allows bikers, joggers and walkers to view landscape of lush rhododendron (WV state flower) and tumbling waterfalls, foul and fauna. For high intensity adventure, try Class IV or V white water rafting in nearby Preston County along the Cheat River or Big Sandy River. Outfitters run familyfriendly Class III trips, and include rock climbing and paintball. Returning south off of Interstate
68, about 15 minutes outside of Morgantown, Coopers Rock State Forest features a panoramic overlook of the Cheat River Gorge that is absolutely breathtaking and an ideal spot for a picture. Next door is Chestnut Ridge State Park and both offer mountain biking and hiking on trails that go thru dense forest, along valleys and ridges, and streams. Try bouldering in “Rock City” too. The area is rich in heritage as well, that offers history buffs ample opportunities to explore the diverse architectural, commercial and social heritage. Historic walking tours, glass production and coal history to the first New Deal community created by Former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt in 1933 in Preston County. Lodging is seldom an issue for visitors. Morgantown offers a deep and diverse inventory of overnight accommodationsfrom budget to decidedly upscale, and from lodges to cabins, all coinciding with ample meeting and event facilities and space. If you are traveling from a great distance, Morgantown’s Municipal Airport offers shuttle flights to Morgantown an average of ten times a day. If you find yourself without a car, chartered and scheduled bus services are offered to and from Morgantown. The Mountain Line Transit Authority provides many routes around town. It also provides the Grey Line with a daily trip to Pittsburgh, about an hour away. But the most unique way to get around, or like a college student, is to travel by PRT, WVU’s own Personal Rapid Transit system. As the city continues to grow, so does the nightlife, shopping, dining, BIG EAST sports and many scheduled events that continue to call Morgantown home. It is not only a city with a variety of events throughout the year but also a place where you can hike a forest trail, raft a wild river, browse quaint shops, feast at great restaurants, or attend a show or art exhibit. These things are available all year around. Contact the Greater Morgantown Convention & Visitors Bureau for area information or to request a FREE Visitors’ Guide or log onto www.tourmorgantown. com to access their calendar of events online.
Did you know... • that six city parks cover 272 acres in Morgantown? • that the Caperton Trail named after former West Virginia governor Gaston Caperton, was converted from former railroad to recreational trails and winds along the Monongahela River for eight miles and is perfect for walking, running, biking or rollerblading? • that Morgantown is committed to economic development? With plans such as the Morgantown Area Economic Partnership and (MAP) Monongalia County Development Authority (MCDA), new and existing businesses can find assistance in such areas as capital financing, employee recruitment and training, sites and buildings, international trade a community and economic data. • that Morgantown was voted the best small city east of the Mississippi River and the third best small city in the U.S. in 1998 and again voted as the best small city in 2000? • the city’s Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system was the first of its kind in the world? • that Morgantown pays tribute to four of the most prominent people to come through the University City? Don Knotts, Jerry West, Milan Puskar and Don Nehlen each have streets named after him.
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Contact Information Gymnastics Contact/Graduate Assistant: Shannon McNamara E-mail: shannon.mcnamara@mail.wvu.edu Cell: (412) 592-4184 Office: (304) 293-9909 Fax: (304) 293-4105 Press Row: (304) 293-2821 Website: www.MSNsportsNET.com Mailing Address Sports Communications Office West Virginia University P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877
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Comprehensive Gymnastics Coverage All news releases are posted to MSNsportsNET.com. Media can access the latest happenings with Mountaineer gymnastics by checking in regularly to MSNsportsNET.com’s front page or the gymnastics page.
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Meet Coverage Meet releases are made available in a pdf format on MSNsportsNET.com. This complete informational packet will be available on the day preceding the meet. MSNsportsNET.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on West Virginia gymnastics. Extensive postmeet coverage can also be found on MSNsportsNET.com, including meet recaps, photo galleries from home meets and postmeet notes.
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Team Coverage Looking for information on any Mountaineer gymnast or coach? It’s all on MSNsportsNET.com. Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger. Statistics and Records Updated following each meet, MSNsportsNET.com is your place to find the latest stats for Mountaineer gymnastics. Not only will you find information on this season, but you will also be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective. And Much More Updated daily, MSNsportsNET.com also provides ticket information, radio and television listings, viewer surveys, trivia contests, links to other great sports sites, and information on West Virginia’s 16 other varsity sports. Log on by typing in www.MSNsportsNET.com to get the latest Mountaineer news.
Compliance Assistant Athletic Dirctor for Compliance, Patrick Hairston Senior Director of Compliance, Chad Wall Director of Compliance, Jordan Blizzard Compliance Coordinator, Harley King Equipment Managers Football, Dan Nehlen Varsity Sports, Bubba Schmidt Assistant Equipment Manager, Steven Bierer Assistant Equipment Manager, Tricia Lanum Facility Operations Director of Athletic Facilities and Operations, April Messerly Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations, Zach Eckert Maintenance Supervisor, Bryan Deem Electronics Engineer, Bill Shultz Secretary, Anita Pyles Athletic Maintenance, Bill Chesslo Athletic Maintenance, Jim Ughoc Athletic Maintenance, Rodney Satterfield Athletic Maintenance, Bill Brandt Athletic Maintenance, Jim Ford Athletic Maintenance, Doug Lemmon Athletic Maintenance, Greg Ridgeway Athletic Maintenance, Tim Long Athletic Maintenance, Jim Hartley Athletic Maintenance, Jerry Mahoney Athletic Maintenance, Ralph Shrout Athletic Maintenance, Scott Wolfe
Mountaineer Athletic Club Assistant Athletic Director/Executive Director, Athletic Development, Niles Eggleston Senior Director, Athletic Development, Gary McPherson Senior Director of Development, J Locklier Director of Major Gifts, Matt Borman Director of Development, John Matsko Director of Development, Frank Oliverio Development Associate, Donnie Young Development Associate, Casey Cunningham Development Coordinator, Jan Runner Administrative Secretary, Lisa Thomas Program Assistant, Kimberly Glass Student Services Educational Counselor, Sandy Cole-DeMent Educational Counselor, Donnie Tucker Educational Counselor, Ehren Green Educational Counselor, Erica Wycherley Educational Counselor, Paul Downey Academic Advisor, Mark Hanselman Psychologist for Athletics, Dr. Ed Etzel Athletic Training Coordinator of Athletic Medical Services, John Spiker Medical Director, Matt Lively Coordinator of Athletic Training Services, Randy Meador Football Athletic Trainer, Dave Kerns Assistant Football Trainer, Tony Corley Assistant Athletic Trainer, Kevin Kotsko Assistant Athletic Trainer, Allison Hetrick Assistant Athletic Trainer, Liz Bunn Assistant Athletic Trainer, Meredith Dotson Administrative Secretary, Donna Beatty Co-Ed Athletics Spirit Program Coordinator, Bobbi Mohrman Cheerleading Coach, Christy Davis Rifle Coach, Jon Hammond
Soccer Coach, Marlon LeBlanc Assistant, Bryan Green Assistant, Mark Carr Swimming Coach, Vic Riggs Assistant, Damion Dennis Assistant, Kyle Gallo
Women’s Athletics Basketball Coach, Mike Carey Assistant, George Porcha Assistant, Donchez Graham Assistant, Malikah Willis Director of Basketball Operations, Toni Kay Oliverio Office Administrator, Donna Cayton Rowing Coach, Jimmy King Assistant, Tina Griffith Assistant, Michael Wenker Cross Country/Track Coach, Sean Cleary Assistant, Jennifer Davis Assistant, Shelly Gallimore
Strength and Conditioning Director of Strength and Conditioning, Mike Joseph Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning, Andy Kettler Coordinator of Speed/Skill Development, Bryan Fitzpatrick Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning, Corey Twine Assistant Strength Coach, Luke Sage Assistant Strength Coach, Beth Byron Assistant Strength Coach, Jerry Handley Coordinator of Strength and Conditioning, Paul Chandler
Gymnastics Coach, Linda Burdette Assistant Head Coach, Jason Butts Assistant, Travis Doak
Men’s Athletics Baseball Coach, Greg Van Zant Assistant, Patrick Sherald Assistant, Tad Reida
Volleyball Coach, Veronica Hammersmith Assistant, Ashley Pappas Assistant, Bakeer Ganes
Basketball Coach, Bob Huggins Assistant, Billy Hahn Assistant, Erik Martin
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Mountaineer Sports Network Senior Producer/Director, Greg Shock Senior Producer/Director, Chris Ostein Production Specialist, Rachel Sikora
Head Football Coach, Bill Stewart Associate Head Coach/Director of Recruiting/Tight Ends, Doc Holliday Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Jeff Mullen Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers, Jeff Casteel Assistant Head Coach/Safeties, Steve Dunlap Assistant/Defensive Backs, David Lockwood Assistant/Wide Receivers, Lonnie Galloway Assistant/Running Backs, Chris Beatty Assistant/Offensive Line, David Johnson Assistant/Defensive Line, Bill Kirelawich Assistant Athletic Director, Football Operations, Mike Kerin Assistant to the Head Coach, Donnie Young Video Coordinator, Brett Kelley Director of High School Relations, Pat Kirkland Director of Player Development, Dale Wolfley Accounting Assistant, Rose Barko Administrative Associate, Kim Calandrelli Administrative Associate, Lori Rice Program Assistant II, Dixie Sisler
2009 REVIEW
Sports Communications Assistant Athletic Director, Communications, Michael Fragale Sports Information Director, Bryan Messerly Director of Football Communications, Mike Montoro Director of New Media, John Antonik Sports Publications Director, Joe Swan Associate Sports Information Director, Phil Caskey Assistant Sports Publications Director, Tim Goodenow Administrative Assistant, Lisa Ammons Program Assistant, Cheryl Maust Program Assistant, Amy Prunty
Ticket Sales Ticket Manager, Debby Travinski Coordinator, Premium Seating, Delania Bierer Systems Administrator, Doug Himes Assistant Ticket Manager, Derek Schrock Assistant Ticket Manager, Kelli Gatian Assistant Ticket Manager, Ryan Mayer
Soccer Coach, Nikki Izzo-Brown Assistant, Nikki Goodenow Assistant, Lisa Stoia Swimming Coach, Vic Riggs Assistant, Damion Dennis Assistant, Kyle Gallo Tennis Coach, Marc Walters
RECORD BOOK
Athletic Business Office Business Manager, Jerry Bowermaster Business Manager, Joyce Bucklew Program Assistant, Jenna Huggins Office Administrator, Sr., Ruby Shrout Senior Accountant, Gary Waters Administrative Assistant, Eleanor Lamb Travel Coordinator, Tammy Cavender Data Technician, Pam Bryan Administrative Assistant, Judy Cress
Assistant, Larry Harrison Director of Basketball Operations, Jerrod Calhoun Video Coordinator, Josh Eilert Senior Administrative Assistant, Debbie Lemley Administrative Associate, Amy Fluharty
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Athletic Director’s Office Office Administrator, Cathy Martin
Sports Marketing Assistant Athletic Director, Marketing and Sales, Brad Howe Sports Marketing Director, Matt Wells Assistant Sports Marketing Director, Nathaniel Zinn
Varsity Sports Program Assistant II, Sue Davis Administrative Assistant, Cindy Smith
MEDIA
Director of Athletics, Ed Pastilong Deputy Director of Athletics, Mike Parsons Senior Associate Athletic Director/FinanceAdministration, Russ Sharp Associate Athletic Director/Student Services, Garrett Ford Associate Athletic Director/Sports Development, Terri Howes
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SCORING INFORM ATION In collegiate team competition, six gymnasts perform on each of the four apparatuses (vault, uneven parallel bars, balance beam and floor exercise). The five best individual scores per event comprise the cumulative team total. Collegiate competition requires at least two judges to evaluate the score of an athlete’s performance. Their scores are averaged to arrive at a final mark. A perfect team score is 200, with top collegiate scores ranging between 193.00 and 198.00. Optional routines, choreographed to express the gymnasts’ skills that they perform best, are based on a score of 9.5 with a possibility of an additional five-tenths for completing more difficult skills and or combinations. Judges use the following categories to evaluate optional routines: Value parts (difficulty)............. 2.20 Special Requirements............... 2.00 Bonus elements......................... 0.50 Execution/composition............ 5.30 Total......................................... 10.00 Vault The vaulting event requires speed, quickness and explosive power. Vaults are divided into four categories: handsprings, forward saltos, backward saltos and vaults from a roundoff. This is just the fifth season that vaults from a roundoff will be permitted in collegiate competition. Each of these vaults is assigned a value of up to 10.0. Deductions are taken from the starting value of the vault. Basis for deductions stems from technical errors in the areas of pre-flight (approach to the horse), repulsion (the rise off the horse), and after-flight (distance and height from the horse). The gymnast must remain motionless upon landing or a deduction will be taken. The most common vaults are a handspring on-front somersault off, tucked position 9.8, piked position 9.9. Some of the more difficult vaults include a 1/2 on, 1/2 off front lay-out (10.0), full twisting lay-out Tsuk (10.0), pike front 1/2 (10.0), tuck 1/2 (9.9) and piked (9.9).
Uneven Bars A complete routine on the uneven bars comprises some 10 to 15 moves, consisting mainly of swinging and suspension skills utilizing both bars with many regrasps. A change of direction is required in the routine, while pauses for concentration, extra swings and uncharacteristic elements are to be avoided. The gymnast must change bars two times, and must have at least two flight elements. As mentioned above under scoring, bonus parts worth up to 0.5 can be awarded for completing difficult skills. On this event, some of the bonus moves include somersaulting release moves, difficult pirouette work and somersaulting dismounts. Balance Beam The routine must be composed of elements from the following groups: tumbling with and without flight, strength and dance (i.e. turns, leaps and body waves). Special requirements on the balance beam are a tumbling series, a large jump, a full turn and a series of skills combining dance and acrobatics. The routine must last between 1:10 and 1:30. Performing on the beam requires precise movement and intense concentration, as each wobble results in a deduction. Elements performed on the beam that receive bonus points are somersaulting mounts, double-back dismounts, double turns, one-arm handstands and jumps showing maximum flexibility. Floor Exercise Floor exercise is a combination of dance, tumbling and acrobatics performed to music. Creative and dynamic changes in rhythm and energy levels help to create an exciting routine where composition plays an important role. The exercise must last between 1:10 and 1:30. A routine consists of two or three tumbling “passes” and the gymnast must balance the difficulty of her tumbling skills and dance skills and should finish the routine as strongly as it was started. Bonus points are awarded on this event for more than two twists in the same somersault, a double-back preceded by a front or back somersault, a triple turn and certain unique dance elements. Specific deductions are taken for stepping off the mat and for being out of sync with the music.