1960's - 1970's

SPU: Laurel Anderson Tindall Tindall, Laurel Anderson/ Gymnastics Incorporated UW /1972-1973/ SPU 1974 -1975. National Vault champ 1973 and 1975. Seattle Pacific University coach from 1976 to present. SPU won 3 National Division II titles, 15 national champions and 38 of her gymnasts have been All-American. Coached at Jerry Penney's Christmas Camps in the 1970's. USGF/USAG Regional Chair 1979-1996. Head Coach of Falcon Gymnastics Club. Present Brevet level Woman's judge. WA. USAG Hall of Fame 2004.

Debbi HalleUW
Priscilla Taylor Hickey 1971, 1972
Louise Grant Sussman 1960's
Joyce Tanac Schroeder 1972
Karen Patoile Wisen 1964-66
Dale McClements
Carol Elsner

1980's

Hilarie Portell, Gym Plus, U of Utah
Annie Marquett, Gym Plus, U of Oregon
Jeanie Hiatt, Gym Plus, SPU

Tina Barnes 1985-88 OSU
Tina became Oregon State’s fifth All-American in 1985 when she placed fourth on vault at the NCAA Championships. Earned repeat All-America honors in 1988 with a seventh-place finish on vault.

Pierce, Linda (Goos)  NWA Oregon State, Oregon State
1988-91; elite level Northwest Aerials gymnast - but started at the UW club program (non-competitive) with Dick Foxal, then to George Lewis and then to Patti Gable at NWA. 1982, '85, and '87 WA. State AA Champ;1982, 1986, and1987 USGF Class 1 Regional AA Champ; 1983 USGF Elite Zone AA Champ; 1988 Oregon State University MVP as a freshman! 1990 and '91 NCAA Academic All American Gymnast; 1991 Pac-10 Conference All Decade Team. 2007 USAG WA. Hall of Fame Inductee.

Barrios, Roni, PSSG, Cal State Fullerton
Elite gymnast for Brad Loan. Went on to and to coach club in CA. Coaches in Arizona at Flames. Inducted into the USAG WA Hall of Fame in 2008.

Rogers, Taunia   PSSG, Cal-State Fullerton. Won all four events and the all-around title at the 1982 High School State Meet. Won all-around, vault, beam and tied for first in floor in the 1981 state meet. Her nine state titles are the second most first places at the high school state meet, only bested by Liz Grajewski of the 2000,2001,and 2002 state meets. Five-time All-American at Cal-State Fullerton.

Christi Clifford, LEGA, Cal-State Fullerton
Cristi Clifford was the Big West Conference Championon both uneven parallel bars and balance beam in 1993 while still ranking among the top 20 in every event except for, ironically, uneven parallel bars.

Yumi Modre, (Pringle) PSSG, UW
Yumi was the most decorated UW gymnast, started her UW career in 1985 with a serious knee injury. At the 1986 NCAA Championships, she finished 4th on beam, which made her the first Washington All-American. She was the NorPac Gymnast of the Year of 1986. She was a 7-time All American. In Pac-10, Yumi was a five-time champion. She was named the University’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1987. In 1988 she was in the top 10 in three events at NCAA Championships and at the 1989 Championships, she was injured in the warmups. 1995 UW Hall of Fame Inductee. A one-armed diomidoff was named for her. USAG WA Hall of Fame 2006 Inductee.

Member of U.S. teams at 1983 World Championships and Pan American Games, where she won a gold medal on floor exercise and silver in all-around. Ninth at 1984 Olympic Trials and named first alternate to U.S. Olympic team.

Rachel Anderson, Gym Plus, SPU
Kari Kelly, Gym Plus, SPU
Amy Metcalf, Gym Plus, UW
Jenny Ehlers, Gym Plus, UW
Gretchen Strothers, Gym Plus, UW

Linda Haverly Lutz, Academy of Olympic Gymnastics/ Washington Gymnastics/Gymnastics Unlimited; University of Oklahoma
State-1st place on Bars and her team was Class 1 champs. Team mates included Erin Brewer, DeAnne Dengate, Lisa Pizl, Heather Starr and Staci Wicklund.
1987 Class 1 State 1st place team and Region 2 champ on Bars and 2nd AA. At JO Nationals; 2nd on Bars. 1988 Class 1 State 1st place team; Westerns 5th AA and JO participant.
1989 Class 1 State 1st place team; Regional champ on BB and 2nd AA. JO Nationals 2nd Bars.
University of Oklahoma gymnast. They won the Big 8 team championship in 1991 and 1993. 1992 Bar champ; 1993 she was team co-captain.

Summer McCain LEGA North, Bellingham, SU

Kim Carey, LEGA North, Bellingham, SPU 1997

Kim Rushing, NWA, OSU

Lori Whitwer, NWA, Iowa

Kathy Kradock, SPU

Jessica Marshall Hart NWA coached by Dan and Linda Young. U of Arizona 1992-1996. Was an all arounder freshman year and competed in the NCAA division 1 Finals (Super Six) as a team in 1993 in Corvalis, OR. Went on to compete as a vault specialist in 1996 in the NCAA team finals in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where U of A placed 7th as a team. Coached in Arizona, moved to Southern CA and began judging. Moved to Nor CA and then to WA.

Tiffani White, NASA/Grace, 2000 OSU

PRE-OREGON STATE: Was a Senior National Elite gymnast for three years. Placed fifth on beam at the 1999 Level 10 national championship. Floor exercise champion at the 1996 American Classic and was the beam champion at the 1996 U.S. Classic. 1997, she participated in an exhibition with the U.S. Olympic Team at Key Arena in Seattle.

Annie Campbell, Leading Edge Gymnastics, OSU 2000-02, 04: coached by Betsy Woodruff. 1st AA, at USAIGC championships. 1st on vault at American Classics. Competed in Mexico as member of the Pacific Northwest All-Stars. Oregon State University gymnast. In 2002 Annie Campbell missed the NCAA Gymnastics Championships as a result of an injury suffered in practice. The junior all-around stand out at OSU ruptured the Achilles' tendon in her left leg while working on her floor routine in practice. Prior to the injury, Campbell had been enjoying her finest season as a Beaver. She set or tied career highs on all four events this season and ranked 12th nationally on floor and 23rd on beam. She was named to the All-Pacific-10 Team as an all-arounder, and she won the NCAA West Region Championship on floor after a 9.975 on the event. Campbell had won 10 individual titles that year, most on the team, and she'd scored a 9.90 or better 12 times during the season. Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week March 16, 2002.

Fluhrer, Caroline born 1982, Cascade Elite gymnast -Stanford: Club/High School: Three-time champion in the all-around at Level 10 Regionals ... Won the all-around at Regionals in 1994, 1997 and 1998 ... Competed with the U.S. National Team in the 2000 American Classic ... Finished fourth in the all-around at 1998 Level 10 Nationals ... Reached the finals on both beam and bars at the 1998 Level 10 Nationals ... Bar finalist at the 1997 Level 10 Nationals ... Member of the Junior National Elite Team from 1995-1996 ... Graduated with honors from Lakeside High School ... AP Scholar.
As a Junior in 2003: Team co-captain ... Earned Second-Team All-America honors on bars ... Competed in the all-around twice, scoring a 39.475 in both the Oklahoma and Pac-10 meets ... NACGC Academic All-American. 2002: Recorded a 39.150 All-Around score at the NCAA Championships, her first appearance in the All-Around since Feb. 10 due to injury ... Took first place honors on bars with a 9.925 at NCAA Regionals in Denver. Earned NACGA Academic All-America honors ... 2002 Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team Selection. As a Freshman in 2001: Provided a huge spark for the Cardinal in her rookie campaign ... Named to the Pac-10 All-Conference team for the All-Around and vault ... Posted a 9.975 on vault at the Pac-10 Championships to tie for first place and tie the school's all-time record...Tied for sixth in the All-Around with a 38.825 at the NCAA Regionals to guide the Cardinal into the finals ... Also at NCAA Regionals, placed fourth on the vault (9.875), tied for fifth on bars (9.875) and tied for 10th on the floor exercise (9.825) ... Earned 2001 "Most Consistent- Vault" Team Award.

Willis, Onnie From Tacoma. PSSG gymnast for Brad Loan and Cathy Sutherland. 1996 USA Jr. National Team and 8th place at American Classics. Competed in three U.S. Championships. National AA, Vt. And Beam champ 1998.
UCLA gymnast. 2002 Pac-10 all-around champion with a score of 39.625. Also won the conference bars title (season-high 9.95). Earned first-team All-America honors on bars, floor and all-around. Second-team All-American on vault. Recorded two perfect 10s (vault and floor) on Mar. 3 at the UCLA Invite. Earned All-Pac-10 honors in the all-around and on vault. First-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection with a 3.66 GPA in Psychology. Team co-captain. 2001 Became UCLA's first-ever NCAA all-around champion after tying Michigan's Elise Ray for first place at the NCAA Championships with a 39.525. NCAA runner-up on bars and placed fifth on floor. Honda Award nominee. One of just two athletes to earn All-America honors on all four events and the all-around. First-team All-American on bars, beam, floor and all-around. Second-team All-American on vault.Recorded her first perfect 10 of the season on vault. At her next meet, she scored her first career 10 on floor. West Regional co-champion on vault.Selected the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week Feb. 13-21 after her performance at Oregon State. NACGC Scholastic All-American. Team co-captain. 2000 First-team All-American on vault with a fifth-place finish. Second-team All-American on bars and floor. Established new freshman school records on vault (10.0), bars (9.975), floor (tied, 9.95) and all-around (39.525). Her 10.0 on vault Feb. 20 at the UCLA Invitational was the first-ever perfect mark by a UCLA freshman and a UCLA Invitational first. Pac-10 runner-up on bars. UCLA's Co-Rookie of the Year. Club Five-year elite gymnast at Puget Sound Gymnastics under coaches Brad Loan and Cathy Sutherland. Was selected her club's Top Performer of the Year three times. Named the 1999 Tacoma Athletic Commission Athlete of the Year and the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Western Washington � J.O. National all-around, vault and beam champion in 1998. Made the 1996 USA Junior National Team after an eighth-place showing at the American Classic. Chosen to compete for the U.S. at the 1993 Japan Tour. Competed in three U.S. Championships. Personal Describes her team's win at the 1998 Junior Olympic Nationals as the greatest meet of her life and her biggest athletic thrill. Earned four varsity letters as a long and triple jumper at Wilson HS in Tacoma. 1999 State Triple Jump Champion and state bronze medalist in the long jump (career-best mark of 17-11) Set the school record in the triple jump (career-best 38-5 1/2) her freshman year. Four-time team MVP.1999 track team captain. Full name is Leoandra Elaine Willis. Born October 5, 1980 in Santa Maria, CA.

Tiffany Putman BSU From LEGA North, Bellingham

Tashi Simontin, NWA, UW

Ty Burgess, NWA, PSSG, Michigan

Liz Grajewski, University of Iowa, born 1983; 2006 - earned Big Ten Sportsmanship award... academic all-Big Ten. 2005 - team co-captain... academic all-Big Ten. 2004 -tied for ninth on beam at NCAA regionals (9.825)... academic all-Big Ten. 2003 - voted Most Hawkeye Spirit. High School Kentwood- Competed at Level 10 Nationals from 1999-2003... finished 13th in all-around in 2001 with a 37.7... placed eighth on vault with a 9.5 in 2000... in 1999, finished eighth on vault (9.4).

Dodd, Mylan  CEG, U.CA. Berkeley,  born 1983 in Seattle. Gymnast at Cascade Elite under Coach Frank Lee. Member of the National Team 1998-2001. 14th on FX and 16th on vault at the 1998 US Championships. 1999 World Team Trials. 16th AA at the 2000 U.S.Championships. As a Freshman and Soph. at U.CA. Berkeley, made the NCAA Championships.

2004: Pac-10 beam co-champion with a career and school-best 9.950, Cal's first conference beam champion. 39.500 in all-around at Pac-10 Championships was seventh. NCAA West Regionals, finished T-16th on floor (9.825) and 10th in the all-around (39.150).
2003: Posted one of the greatest individual seasons in Cal history, competing in every event in every meet for the Bears, including the NCAA Championships and NCAA Regional Championships. NCAA Championships, finished 13th on bars (9.775), 25th on vault (9.700), 28th on floor (9.750), 39th on beam (9.200) and 23rd in the all-around (38.425). NCAA Regionals, finished 4th in all-around (39.275), seventh-place on floor (9.850), ninth on bars (9.800) and 10th on beam (9.850). Pac-10 Championships, seventh in the all-around (39.500), seventh on bars (9.900), ninth on floor, 11th on beam (9.875) and 22nd on vault (9.800). Was ranked 17th in the nation with an average all-around mark of 39.086. Named Inside Gymnastics Gymnast of the Week (3/2) and Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week (3/15). Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic.
2002: Qualified for NCAA West Regionals and Pac-10 Championships in all four events, posting top all-around Cal individual score of season (39.325) Conference championships - 11th in all-around competition (38.875), 19th on bars (9.800), 21st on beam (9.750), 32nd in floor (9.700) and 38th on vault (9.625).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Member of U.S. Senior National (1999-00) and Junior Team (1998),qualified for World Trials (1999).

April Boone, NWA, Gym East - Arizona State; A 2003 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Seattle, Wash., honor student and member of the National Honor Society. Coached by John and Tammy Carney at Gymnastics East in Bellevue, WA. 1999 AA champ at Level 9 Westerns. As a level 10 gymnast, placed 9th on the bars at the 2002 Junior Olympic National Championships. Placed first in the all-around at the Level 10 Regional Meet in 2000 and 2002. Placed second in the all-around at the 2003 Level 10 Regional Meet and seventh at Nationals.Competed in Santiago, Chile in 2000 where she placed second in the all-around. Pacific-10 Conference Gymnast of the Week for March 13 - 19, 2007; Team Captain 2007

Aimee Goheen, Gym East (2004 National Team Member)- Auburn
2008:
Scored 9.700 on bars at NCAA Northeast Regional. Competed bars scoring 9.800 at SEC Championship. SEC Academic Honor Roll
2007:
9.725 on bars at Regionals... Scored a 9.725 on bars and a 9.600 on beam at SEC's. Academic All-American, SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2006:
Tied for 11th on bars with a 9.750 at Northeast Regional.Finished 10th on bars at Super Six with a 9.825. SEC Academic Honor Roll, Academic All-American
2005:
Competed on bars at the NCAA Championship. Won a share of the bar title at the Central Regional with a score of 9.850. SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll, Auburn Gymnastics Freshman of the Year, NCAA Championship - Individual Event Qualifier. NCAA Central Regional Bar Champion

Tasha Smith, Gymnastics Express, OSU.

2009 9.85 on the floor to tie for sixth in the preliminary round and earned second team status.
2008 NCAA West Regional Floor Exercise Co-Champion..All-Pac-10 First Team, Vault & Floor Exercise; Pac-10 Vault & Floor Exercise Champion. Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week, Feb. 19-25 Pac-10 Specialist of the Week, Feb. 12-18.
2007 First Team All-American, Vault. South Central Floor Exercise Champion. All-Pac-10 Conference, All-Around. Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week, Feb. 20-26.
2006 Second Team All-American, Vault. 2006 Pac-10 Vault Champion. Pac-10 Floor Exercise Champion. All-Pac-10 Conference, Floor Exercise. Co-Female Newcomer of the Year (OSU)

National team member in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Won national title on vault in 2005 and on floor exercise in 2003. Finished second in the all-around at Junior Nationals in 2002 and 2005 and finished third in 2003. Trained at under coaches Jeff and Linda Lutz.

Rebecca Engberg, Gym East - University of Pennsylvania
2009, 2010
2011: ECAC & USAG All-Academic Team Member. Compteted on bars at the USAG Championships.

Club/High School: Level 10 gymnast. Two-time Western National qualifier (Levels 9-10). Washington state champion in beam. Second in bars, beam, floor and all-around at regionals. Qualified to 2008 Level 10 Junior Olympic National meet. Level 9 in 2007. Fourth place in the all-around at Western Nationals, fifth in beam and floor. Regional all-around and beam champion, second in vault and bars, State champion in vault.

Jennifer Kesler, Gym East Snohomish, NWA, Gym East - Oregon State University

At OSU: 2011 - Jen earned first team All-America status for the first time in her career as a senior. She scored 9.90 to tie for top honors in the semifinal and scored 9.875 in event finals to finish second overall.
2009 All-American Second Team, Uneven Bars, Pac-10 Co-Champion, Uneven Bars, All-Pac-10 First Team, Uneven Bars.
2008 All-American Second Team, Uneven Bars, NCAA West Regional Uneven Bars Champion.

Five-time Level 10 national champion, earned the all-around titles and vault titles in 2006 and 2007, won the national title on the uneven bars in 2007; second at nationals on balance beam to 2006 and 2007. A four-time Junior Olympic National Team Member. Level 9 second place all-around finisher at Western Nationals, eight-time regional champion, trained at Gymnastics East under John and Tammy Carney and Kim Thomson.

Lauren Brooks Phelps, AGC, 2002 UW
Vault champion and fourth on all-around in AA high school championships in 1998, National qualifier in 1999 and 2000, competed in Puerto Rico in June 2001.

Dominique Ingram, AGC, U of Alaska 2002-2005
2006: Managed to earn All-MPSF second-team honors on both bars and floor despite struggling through much of the season with nagging injuries. MPSF Championships floor (4th, 9.7) bars (t-5th, season-high 9.75) at season vault average of 9.575 ranked No. 4 in UAA history.

2005: Earned fourth, fifth and sixth All-America certificates of her career with fourth-place finishes in the all-around and on bars and vault at USAG Collegiate Championships. Tied for Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title on vault with her season-high score. Became eighth Seawolf ever to qualify for NCAA Div. I West Regional meet, where she tied for 30th (9.65) on vault. Season-best 9.8 bars routine tied for sixth-best in school history. Earned MPSF Gymnast of the Week honor Feb. 11-12. Broke own school record with a season average of 9.662 on bars. Only MPSF gymnast to earn first-team honors on four different events vault, bars, floor and all-around.

2004: Won national titles on floor (9.9) and vault (9.925) at USAG Collegiate Championships, becoming the third national champ in school history and just the second Seawolf to win multiple titles. All-America honors for her third-place finish in the all-around (38.750) at USAGs. MPSF Championships, tied for second on vault (9.85), tied for fourth on floor (9.925) and placed fifth in the all-around (school-record 39.125) MPSF co-Gymnast of the Week honors Feb. 9 and Feb. 16 and named to MPSF All-Conference First Team on vault and bars and Second Team on floor.

BEFORE UAA: 2003 level 10 regional champion on bars, beam and all-around and placed eighth on bars at Junior Olympics Nationals. 12th in the all-around, third on vault, fourth on uneven bars and ninth on floor exercise at 2002 J.O. Nationals. Represented United States at the 2001 International All-Star Meet in Puerto Rico.

Taylor Miller, Gym East - Cal State Fullerton
FRESHMAN (2008): Bars specialist for the Titans, named to the Western Athletic Conference All-Academic team and the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches Academic Honor Roll.
CLUB
2004 level 8 state and regional champion: second in the all-around at the 2005 level 9 regionals; second in the all-around at the 2006 level 10 state and regional competitions; fifth on beam and 33rd in the all-around at the 2006 level 10 nationals; second in the all-around at 2007 level 10 state and regional championships; tied for 28th in the all-around at the 2007 level 10 nationals. 2002-04 "Ms. Beam" award winners. 2005-06 "Ms. Vault" award winner.

Kelli Fournier, Gym East - San Jose State University
2007-2010: Mainly a beam specialist.
CLUB:  Fournier competed for Gymnastics East in Bellevue, Wash., for coaches John and Tammy Carney.  In 2006, she was a Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championship qualifier. Fournier was the 2005 Washington state vault champion and the regional vault, bars and all-around champion. That year, she was a national qualifier. Fournier placed second at the 2004 Western National Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Fournier graduated from Bellevue Christian High School in 2006.

Jessica Khoshnood, Gym East - San Jose State University
2006- 2010: Khoshnood competed primarily on the bars and floor.
CLUB: Khoshnood competed for Gymnastics East and coaches John and Tammy Carney.  A teammate of Kelli Fournier during club season, Khoshnood was the 2006 state and region II champion in the all-around.  At the 2006 Junior Olympic National Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around, fifth on the bars and eighth on the beam.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Khoshnood graduated from Newport High School in 2006.

Sarah Nagashima, Gym East - University of Arkansas
(2009) An All-American as a junior, Sarah Nagashima recorded the first top three finish in the NCAA event finals in school history. She finished third on beam with a 9.90. She earned All-America honors on the beam. She won the beam with a career-best 9.90 at the NCAA Championship Session II and matched that score two days later in the individual championship. She finished second with a 39.175 against No. 3 Georgia and a 39.150 to tie for 13th at the SEC Championship. On the bars, 9.850 in a tie for fourth at the NCAA South Central Regional. Named to the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women Academic Team and to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, she also received the team’s Dana McQuillian Award for representing the team above and beyond normal expectations.
(2008) Coming off an ankle injurey, Nagashima made her season debut in the third meet of the season. Nagashima was selected as the team’s Most Improved Gymnast for 2008 and earned selection to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
(2007)
Nagashima began her collegiate career the second meet of the season on the bars and became a regular in the event lineup. In addition to her gymnastics success, Nagashima earned selection to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll in 2007.
GYMNASTICS EAST
Nagashima earned a pair of regional and state all-around titles. In 2004, Nagashima also finished second at the Western Nationals and was named Gym East’s Gymnast of the Year. Her sophomore season saw Nagashima repeat her regional all-around title while winning the regional vault and bars competitions. Nagashima was again on the winner’s stand capturing the Washington state meet all-around title dominating the meet with first-place finishes on each of the individual events as well. She was second in the all-around at the Region II regionals winning the bars and beam titles and finished 16th in the all-around at the Junior Olympic Nationals. agashima earned a fourth-place showing on the beam in her first year at nationals.
Awards
SEC Freshman Academic Team 2007
SEC Academic Honor Roll 2008
All-American (1st team) 2009 (BB)
NACGC/W Academic Team 2009
SEC Academic Honor Roll 2009
Team Awards
Most Improved Gymnast 2008
Dana McQuillian Coaches Award 2009

Alyssa Strodel, Gym East - University of Arkansas (career ending ACL tear)
Prior to her injury, Strodel placed third as an all-arounder at the Metroplex Challenge with third-place showings on the vault and floor and a second-place finish on the beam. In 2007, she was the Hard Rock Invitational all-around champion, the Region 2 vault champion and finished third as an all-arounder at the Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships and was a Junior Olympic team member. Her high scores include a 9.775 on vault, a 9.7 on bars, a 9.75 on beam, a 9.6 on floor and a 38.3 as an all-arounder.

Kelsi Blalock, Gym East - Oregon State University. Born in Portland, Oregon. Kelsi was a two-time qualifier to the Olympic Training Center. Second in the all-around at Junior Olympic National Championships in 2007. Third in the all-around at 2009 J.O. Nationals and second on the balance beam. Eighth in the all-around at J.O. nationals. All-around at Region 2 championships four straight years. Ttrained aunder coaches Tammy Carney, Kim Thompson and Remus Dragan.

Kristina Baskett, PSSG - U of Utah,
Record holder at Utah- 35 AA wins, '09 MVP, All American (12 times)
2006–Bars (1st), Vault*
2007–Bars (4th)
2008–All-Around (3rd), Vault (2nd), Bars (6th), Floor (INJ, 14th)
2009–All-Around (2nd), Vault (3rd), Bars (3rd), Beam (3rd), Floor*
Finished 3rd at NCAA Nationals on three events and 2nd AA

Brittany Bilmeir, Gym East - Stanford
Club/High School: Four-time Junior Olympic Nationals competitor. Earned seven regional gold medals. Gold medal on balance beam in international competition in Santiago, Chile, in 2002. Woodinville High, Billmaier was named the 2003 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 2004: Redshirted the 2004 season. As a Sophomore in 2005: Did not compete due to injury.

Emily Marques, Issaquah, Gym East - Ursinus 2007

Jessica Rands, Gym East, Level 9 gymnast- Utah State, 2002. Had knee surgery in her sophomore year.

Cassandra Jusino, Naydenovs, Vancouver, WA and MAC, Portland, OR. ASU 2003-2006

High School/Club: 2003 graduate of Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, Ore... Sported a 3.08 grade point average... Elite gymnast from the Multnomah Athletic Club... Coached by Meg Doxtator and Ivan Alexov... Won the all-around in five of nine meets including state regionals and national competitions in 2003... In 2002, won first place on the vault at the 2002 Junior Olympic nationals... Won the vault every meet except for second-place at regionals and third at nationals in 2003... Placed first on bars in 1999 at the Junior Olympic Nationals... Made the Junior Olympic National team at age 11... Traveled and competed in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Japan. Coaching at VEGA in WA State.

Jenna Dudley, LEGA North, Air Force, Seattle Pacific U

2011: 2nd AA, tie for 1st on bars,at USAG Collegiate Championships at Colorado Springs, CO.

2010: MVP

2009: USAG All-American in the all-around...Mountain Pacific Sports Federation all-conference selection on the uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and all-around...NCAA Regional participant...placed 17th in the all-around at the regional meet.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Lynden Christian High School...member of the Presidential Honor Roll as a senior...competed at the club level for Leading Edge Gymnastics Academy North...coached by Betsy Woodruff...regional all-around champion as a senior...went four-for-four at the regional and national meets.

Kristen Omori UW, NWA

2009 (Senior): Competed in the vault in the first five meets of the season before suffering a career-ending knee injury... Recorded a season-high 9.775 on the vault at then-No. 2 Utah ... Named to the Pac-10 All-Academic first team.

2008 (Junior): Opened the season at Denver, but suffered an ankle sprain that sidelined her for the next two meets ... Returned to the Husky lineup on beam and floor against No. 8 UCLA ... Also stepped back into the vault rotation at the Chicago Style Invitational against UCLA, Stanford and Illinois ... Notched season-high marks on beam and floor at the quad meet ... Scored a season-high 9.8 on vault against second-ranked Utah, but suffered a season-ending ACL tear on her beam dismount later in the meet ... Earned second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors for her work outside the gym ... Also named recognized with the Provost Award for Academic Excellence.

2007 (Sophomore): Recipient of the Huskies' academic award, Creating Winners in the Classroom for her work as an aquatic and fishery science major ... Also honored as an Academic All-Pac-10 selection ... Missed the season opener, but then competed on vault, beam and floor in all but one meet (she competed on vault and beam only against Utah State) ... Scored her season-high mark on vault at Minnesota with a 9.85. Competed at the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA West Regional for the Huskies.

2006 (Freshman): Was selected as the Huskies' Freshman of the Year.

Attended Juanita High School ... Was a member of Honor Society, Spanish Club and Sophomore, Junior and Senior Cabinet ... Coached by Deni Maxwell and Guy Adsit at Northwest Aerials ... Competed in Chile in 2000 ... Was a Level 10 National Qualifier in 2004.

Ruby Engreitz UW, LEGA, NWA

2011
2010 Scored a 9.825 and tied for 12th on the bars at the NCAA Regional Championships on April 10 ... honored on 2010 Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team with a 3.66 GPA.

2009 NCAA West Regional with a 9.725 on vault and a 9.700 on bars.

Competed at Junior Olympic Nationals in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... named to the 2006 Region 2 All-Star Team that competed in Costa Rica, after capturing Regional titles in the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor.

Anna Epps: UW, Cascade Elite

2011 Missed the season with a foot injury.
2010 named 2010 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.

Took first place on floor, second on beam and third in the all-around at regionals in 2007 ... Junior Olympic National qualifier in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... member of the National Honor Society in high school.

Kristen Linton UW, SGA (Walk-on who later excelled at UW)

2011

2010 Linton hit a career-high tying and season-best 9.825 on the beam at the Pac-10 Championships, as well as a 9.800 on bars and a 9.775 on floor to earn a pair of top-10 finishes ... tied for eighth overall on beam and tied for ninth on bars ... became UW's first NCAA Regional Champion since 2004 with a score of 9.900 on the floor and finished ninth in the all-around scoring a 38.975 ... finished tying for 21st with a 9.800 on the floor at the NCAA Championships ... was awarded Pac-10 All-Academic Second-Team with a GPA of 3.44.
2009 named to the All-Pac-10 All-Academic second team
2008 Walk-on at UW

Graduated from Meadowdale High School ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... coached by Amy Linhardt and Igor Novosselov at Seattle Gymnastics ... a TOPS National team member in 1999 and 2000 ... four-time competitor at Junior Nationals (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007) ... placed 15th in the all-around and ninth on bars at the 2003 Junior Nationals in Colorado ... scored a 9.425 to take seventh place on beam at the 2007 Junior Nationals in Ohio.

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Shenshakea (Shakea) Sanders, AGC, U of Alaska
2011 (Jr.): Earned All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors on vault. Tied for runner-up honors on vault at MPSF Championships in Colorado Springs, tied for 10th on MPSFs on beam with 9.65.

2010 (So.): Landed two spots on All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation squad, posting league’s No. 2 on vault and No. 3 on floor. Tied for runner-up honors on vault with 9.75 at MPSF Championships.

2009 (Fr.): All-MPSF honors on vault and floor. 4th on both vault and floor at MPSF Championships as Seawolves captured first-ever league title. Most Improved Gymnast award at season-ending team banquet.

BEFORE UAA: Captured all-around, vault and floor titles at 2005 Western Nationals, finished 7th on floor at JO Nationals.

Nina Fogle, Metropolitan, Ball State 2007-2009

2008: Earned first letter, career best 9.6 on vault at Illinois-Chicago triangular meet, career best 9.35 on beam and 9.4 on floor against Kent State.

Club/High School: Competed for Yulia Hancheroff and Guenaddi Komissarov at Metropolitan Gymnastics; four-time level 10 national qualifier (2004-07); 10th place on the beam at level 10 nationals in 2004 and 2005; earned three letters at West Seattle H.S.; All-Metro League as a senior; 2005 state floor champion; 2006 Washington Intercollegiate Activities Association Academic Award

Anissa Madrid, Metropolitan, SPU

2008
2009
2010
2011 2nd on Beam, 7th on Bars at USAG Collegiate Championships at Colorado Springs, CO

Christina Sundgren, Mid Columbia, Southeast Missouri

2010: NCAA Regional alternate; Second Team All-MIC selection on bars, placed fourth on the bars with a score of 9.725 at the MIC Championships (3/27); NACGC Scholar Athlete; OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll; Southeast Scholar Athlete.
2009: NCAA Regional Qualifier on the bars; First Team All-MIC selection on the bars, placed fourth on the bars with a score of 9.800 at the MIC Championships; ranked second in the MIC with an RQS of 9.765 on the bars; NACGC Scholar Athlete; OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll; Southeast Scholar Athlete.
2008: NACGC Scholar Athlete; OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll; Southeast Scholar Athlete.
Mid-Columbia Gymnastics Club: Bars champion at the 2006 Regional Championships; 2005 Washington State Champion; second on bars at the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships in 2005; fourth on floor at the Region II Championship; honor roll student at Richland High School with a 3.95 grade point average.

2010's

Madison Kratzke, SGA, Cal Berkeley

Jessica Starcevich, Gym East, Cornell

Sammy VanderPutten, Gym East, Cornell
Prior to Cornell:
VanderPutten was a level 10 competitor, placing second in vault for the state and regional championships as well as for the national invitational tournament in 2011. A graduate of Mountlake Terrace HS, she was Valedictorian, a member of the National Honor Society and on the Honor Roll.

Kaycee Gassaway, Naydnov, BYU
2011
CLUB: Trained at Naydenov Gymnastics under Erika Bakacs and Dimitri Taskov, competed in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympics Level 10 National Championships. Won a national title on the uneven bars in 2006

Kaila Kilwein, PSSG/ROACH, Sacramento State

Full Scholarship to Sac State
2010: JO Nationals- 21st AA
2009: JO Nationals
2008: L9 Westerns- 16th AA
2007: L9 Westerns- 17th AA

As a freshman at Sac State in 2011, Kaila competed on bars and floor throughout the season. She had one performance on vault.

Dana Bonincontri, Gym East - University of Pennsylvania 2010. Club/High School: Level 10 five-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier (2005-09) ... 2009 state champion ... Placed fourth in all-around at the 2007 Nationals ... 2009 Gymnast of the Year.

2011- qualified for USAG College Nationals and was in finals for U of Penn and tied for 3rd place on bars and tied for 5th on floor. Dana also competed at NCAA Regionals this year.

Kaysha Heck, SGA, SPU 2009-2011

Kai Tindall, Falcon, SPU 2011

Corrine Wise, Metropolitan, SPU
2011 3rd on Beam at USAG Collegiate Championships at Colorado Springs, CO

Madison Podlucky, LEGA/AGC, UW 2012
2010 Washington State Champion, second in the all-around at Regionals and JO Nationals qualifier. 2009, JO National Qualifier as a first year level 10.

Kelsey Morris, LEGA, Boise State 2012

Cami Guyer, Gym East, San Jose State 2012
22nd in the all-around at the 2010 Junior Olympics in Dallas. Guyer was second in the all-around at the Level 10 state and regional championships as well. In 2009, she qualified for the Junior Olympics but did not compete.

Nikki Minervino, Gym East, George Washington 2012
High School/Club: Graduated with 3.9 GPA from Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish, WA. AP Scholar with Honor - 3.6 GPA or better all four years of high school to earn First Honors. Competed for Gymnastics East from 2002-11.

Kailie Ponto, LEGA, Oregon State 2012
Pre-Oregon State
Kailie is a three-time Junior Olympic nationals qualifier who won the Level 10 national title on the balance beam in 2009 and trained at Leading Edge Gymnastics Academy under coach Tony Ammons.

Jamie Radermacher, Naydenov, Eastern Michigan 2012

Teryn Loland, CEG, SPU 2012

McKenna Page, Gym East, SPU 2012

Dallas Smith, Naydenov, Sacramento 2012

Haley Lange, AGC, U of Utah 2012

Allison Northey, Gym East, UW 2013

Jamie Wright, NWG, Oregon State 2013

Jordan Widener, LEGA, Cal Berkeley 2013

Baely Rowe, AGC, U of Utah 2014

Honoring our Female Pioneers on April 7, 2007 at Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Athletes who competed for the University of Washington prior to Title IX 1975-76 season were honored. 

(back row) Laurel Anderson Tindall 1972, Priscilla Taylor Hickey 1971, 1972,
(front row) Louise Grant Sussman 1960's, Joyce Tanac Schroeder 1972, Karen Patoile Wisen 1964-66

Carol Elsner was awarded the blanket for being a gymnast and coach.

Louise Grant Sussman 1960's, Karen Patoile Wisen 1964-1966, Maureen Ryan 1969-1971, Ruth Rabinovitch 1969-1971, Carol Elsner 1971, 1972, PriscillaTaylor Hickey 1971, 1972, Laurel Anderson Tindall 1972, Joyce Tanac Schroeder 1972

UW WOMEN

YEAR

MVP

TEAM CAPTAINS

1975

Vicki Severns

1976

Nancy Fine

1977

Nan Yasutake & Liz Kite

1978

Liz Kite

1979

Liz Kite

1980

Lynn Osborn

1981

Suzie Sun

1982

Suzie Sun

1983

Suzie Sun

1984

Suzie Sun

Nancy Rinesmith & Suzie Sun

1985

Wendy Goya

Michele Garcia & Shelly Leacock

1986

Yumi Mordre

Katie Baird & Wendy Goya

1987

Yumi Mordre

Wendy Gangwer

1988

Yumi Mordre

Letitia Selk

1989

Yumi Mordre

Yumi Mordre & Betsy Erickson

1990

Lisa Churchill

Kristi Anderson & Sarah Peters

1991

Shylo Miller

Lisa Churchill & Kelli Hawkins

1992

Shylo Miller

Jennifer Callow & Shylo Miller

1993

Stacy Connolly & Christine Niebling

Carley Rose & Trisha Kubota

1994

Stacy Connolly

Carly Rose & Denise Ashbaugh

1995

Jamie Stauffer & Heather Cooper

Carly Rose & Joan Greve

1996

Klara Kudilkova

Joan Greve & Heather Cooper & Kim Rucci

1997

Tiffany Simpson

Courtney Seabolt & Jamie Stauffer

1998

Klara Kudilkova

Tiffany Simpson & Jamie Stauffer

1999

Rhyan Pelander & Lauren Riesenman

2000

Lanna Apisukh & Lauren Riesenman

Rhyan Pelander & Mandi Klug

2001

Mandi Klug

Mani Klug & Stacy Wong

2002

Emily Pritchard

Stacy Wong

2003

Carly Dockendorf

Amy Metcalf & Molly Seaman

2004

Emily Pritchard

Carly Dockendorf & Amy Metchalf

2005

Carly Dockendorf

Carly Dockendorf

2006

Kelly McDonald

Kelly McDonald & Chelsea Bakken

2007

Ashley Houghting

Jenni Chang & Natalie Gillan

2008

Samantha Walior

2009

Ashley Houghting

Ashley Houghting & Kelly Gilbert

2010

Samantha Walior

Haley Bogart, Kristen Linton and Samantha Walior

2011

Haley Bogart, Kristen Linton and Samantha Walior