#16 Auburn (0-3, 0-3 SEC) at N.C. State (2-1, 0-0 EAGL) with George Washington (6-3, 0-2 EAGL) and TWU (1-6, 0-0 LSC)

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1 Auburn Gymnastics 2008 Meet Notes #16 Auburn (0-3, 0-3 SEC) at N.C. State (2-1, 0-0 EAGL) with George Washington (6-3, 0-2 EAGL) and TWU (1-6, 0-0 LSC) 2008 Auburn Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result Jan. 12 *at Kentucky L, Jan. 18 *ALABAMA L, Jan. 25 *FLORIDA L, Feb. 3 at NC State TBA TWU George Washington Feb. 8 *at LSU TBA TWU Feb. 15 *GEORGIA 7 p.m. Feb. 22 *at Arkansas TBA Feb. 29 ILLINOIS 7 p.m. March 7 at Oklahoma TBA March 2 at Denver TBA March 14 MICHIGAN STATE 7 p.m. March 21 at Alabama 7:30 p.m. March 29 SEC Championships TBA April 12 NC Regionals TBA April NC Championships TBA Home Meets in Bold * Denotes an SEC Meet Pronunciation Guide Brzostowski Bro-stow-ski Gies Geese Pinckney Pink-Nee Seiffert Sigh-Furt Hoeferlin Heffer-Lin Sunday, Feb. 3 - Reynolds Coliseum - Raleigh, NC - 2 p.m. ET AUBURN GYMNASTICS ROSTER Name Year HT Events Hometown Club TeamT Lauren Brzostowski FR 5 0 York, PA Prestige Gymnastics Julie Dwyer SR 5 5 Bloomington, IN Westside Gymnastics Kayla Gies SR 5 3 Cox s Creek, KY Champion Gymnastics Aimee Goheen SR 5 4 Kirkland, WA Gymnastics East Katie Hurley FR 5 2 Wrentham, MA Brestyan s Gymnastics Rachel Inniss FR 5 7 Rio Rancho, NM Albuquerque Gymnastics A.J. Mills JR 5 4 Greenville, IN Southern Indiana Gymnastics Carmen Nelms SO 5 1 Stone Mtn, GA Georgia Gymnastics Academy Karmen Pinckney SR 5 2 V, UB, FX Simpsonville, SC Electric City Gymnastics Lindsey Puckett JR 5 3 Lilburn, GA Gwinett Gymnastics Center Claire Seiffert JR 5 4 V, FX Louisville, KY Champion Gymnastics Leah Vining FR 5 5 Woodstock, GA Georgia All-Stars Gymnastics Krissy Voss SO 5 2 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics Shannon Walpole FR 5 2 Fountain Inn, SC Electric City Gymnastics Head Coach: Jeff Thompson (Ninth Season) Associate Head Coach: Rachelle Thompson (Ninth Season) Assistant Coach: Krissy Hoeferlin (Second Season) Auburn Takes on NC State, GW and TWU Auburn travels to Raleigh, NC, to face host NC State, George Washington and Texas Women s University in it s only quad meet of the season. The last time Auburn was in a quad-meet hosted by NC State, Auburn took first place over NC, William and Mary and James Madison, in 2006 Auburn is all time when facing the Wolfpack. Head coach Jeff Thompson is 4-0 when facing NC State during the regular season. The last time the two programs met in the regular season, Auburn edged NC State to win the Hearts Invitational. The Tigers are 1-0 all-time versus George Washington, with that one win coming in 2004 of the Thompson era in a tri-meet with Kentucky. Auburn is 2-0 when facing TWU. The Tigers last win over the Pioneers came in 2005 when TWU hosted Auburn. The Tigers topped the Pioneers The Wolfpack The 2-1 Wolfpack comes to the quad-meet after an upset of No. 18 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. The pack fell to Arizona on the road and defeated Alaska in their season opener. The Colonials George Wahington travels to NC State with a 6-3 record, having faced, and fell to, AU opponents West Virginia and Oklahoma. The NC State quad meet will be GW s third of the season. The Pioneers Texas Women s travels to Raleigh to compete in the quad meet coming off a third place finish in a quad meet with Denver, Maryland and Air Force. The Pioneers are 1-6 in 2008, with a win over Air Force. Last Time Out For Auburn... On Jan. 25, the Tigers hosted the Florida Gators in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. Auburn fell The Tigers led the Gators after the first two rotations by.05. The Gators pulled ahead when they outscored the Tigers on beam. Auburn s Lindsey Puckett tied for first on vault and floor exercise. A.J. Mills earned first on bars with a However, senior Julie Dwyer was the top- Tiger, scoring in the all-around, good for second place.

2 Quick Facts General Information School Auburn University Location Auburn, Ala. Founded1856 Enrollment 23,347 Nickname Tigers Conference Southeastern Colors Burnt Orange and Navy Blue (PMS 158 and PMS 289) Arena Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum (10,500) President Dr. Jay Gogue Athletics Director Jay Jacobs Assoc. AD/SWA Meredith Jenkins Assoc. AD David Mines Gymnastics Staff Head Coach Jeff Thompson (9th year) Alma Mater Kentucky, 1986 Record at AU (9 yrs.) Overall Record (9 yrs.) Associate Head Coach Rachelle Thompson (9th year) Alma Mater LSU/Auburn, 2004 Assistant Coach Krissy Hoeferlin (2nd year) Alma Mater Kentucky, 2000 Gymnastics Information Inaugural Season 1975 Seasons of Gymnastics 33rd Last NC Championship Appearance 2003 (12th) All Time Overall Record (. 425) All Time SEC Record (.176) Training Facility McWhorter Center 2007 Review 2007 Overall Record 6 13 Regular Season 5 8 Regular Season Finish 17th 2007 SEC Record 1 5 Final SEC Finish Sixth Postseason 5 6 Final Ranking 24th 2007 High Score Preview Letterwinners R/L 9/3 Newcomers 5 Top Returners Julie Dwyer, Aimee Goheen, A.J. Mills, Karmen Pinckney, Lindsey Puckett, Claire Seiffert Losses Nicole Barnett, Alicia Lenkiewicz, Jackie Smith, Shannon Somero All Americans R/L 1/0 Up Next: LSU with West Virginia Feb. 8 7 p.m. Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La. Georgia Feb p.m. Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum G The Polls Since debuting in the preseason poll at No.19, the Tigers fell out of the polls for one week, returned at No. 17 and have since redeemed themselves moving up one more spot from last week s ranking to No. 16 with an average team score of The Tigers are ranked at No. 19 in floor exercise as well as balance beam. Auburn sits at No. 22 in uneven bars and No. 13 on vault with an average team score of Auburn s Lindsey Puckett is ranked at No. 25 for individual allaround with an average score of Puckett has the No. 16 vault in the country with an average score of North Carolina State s Leigha Hancock is ranked at No. 23 individually on beam. NC State s Jennifer Valby is tied for No. 20 on vault. Thoughts From Thompson... On the upcoming meet... Last year, we lost to NC State at the NC Regional. Of course, we were a team that was decimated by injuries. We ended up tied in the final national rankings. They are a team that is very similar to us. They have not scored as high as we have this year, but depending on where you go and what the judges are like, it s hard to compare scores from site-to-site. If you look at the two teams right now, we are ranked 16 and NC State is ranked 27. On vault, we are 13 and they are 20. Bars, we are 22 and they are 16. Neither team is ranked on beam, and on floor we are 18, they are 19. On two of the four events they are ranked higher than we are. It should be exciting. It is going to be a four-ring circus, which is good for our girls. The first few weeks we have gone back-and-forth and all of the focus has been on that one individual. They feel a lot of pressure when they know everyone is watching them. This weekend with everything rolling at the same time, we don t have to wait for judges on other events. We can just go, you put up the score and the next kid is ready to go. It s very similar to what we do in the gym for our intra-squad. We start on balance beam which is great. The ladies have known all week that s where we would start so they are prepared. I really think we will get off to a good start and roll all the way around. On the Tigers loss to Florida We were like the good news-bad news bears Friday night. We got off to a great start on vault. Claire Seiffert led off the Alabama meet with a fall, and that was our only fall. We had been teasing her all week that sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut. So, she had a terrible warm-up versus Florida, but for some reason I just felt good about her that night. She led us off and did the best vault she has done in three years. We were excited. The crowd was excited. We really got on a roll. They did a great job on vault. We get on uneven bars and Kayla Gies, a senior who has not fallen on bars since she has been here, misses her release move. You kind of get that Kentucky-look on everyone s face like, uh-oh, what s going on? She fell on something she never misses. Because we have talked about recovering after falls, the next five girls got up there and hit their bar routines and were great. So, after two events, we are actually beating the No. 1 team in the country. That may have been a bad thing for us. Our team wasn t really prepared to be winning. We went to balance beam, which is our best event. We almost always go 49.0, plus, on that event, and they just looked like they were trying not to fall instead of just doing their routines. We really thought we had given the meet away. I didn t know that Florida had fallen on floor, so we went into the last event down only five one-hundreds of a point. I had really hoped that the same mistakes that they made in that situation against Alabama, they would have learned from and would have paid off for us in that situation. Unfortunately, the same thing happened. We stumbled around on a couple of passes and we ended up losing by five-tenths of a point. Great thing that we were within five-tenths of the No. 1 team in the country, but also very frustrating that we could have easily come away with the win. Freshman Katie Hurley has been successful on all of her events in three meets. Lindsey Puckett did great on three events, but she had a fall on balance beam. A.J. Mills did great on her first three events, but touched her hands to the floor on her first tumbling pass of floor exercise. There wasn t anyone who performed super well on all four events. We didn t count a fall which was great, but it was kind of a lack-luster performance really. We are looking to rebound this week because we have had a couple of extra days of practice and the ladies look really good. Hopefully we can come back with three wins this weekend. On being in position to defeat the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the country We knew before the season started that this team could be that good. We knew that it was going to depend on four gymnasts, basically. Julie Dwyer, A.J. Mills,

3 Lindsey Puckett and Krissy Voss. They all four compete all four events, so that s four of our five scores. If those four gymnasts are on, then we can hang with anybody. If any one of them has a mistake and we have to count their mistake, then we are not going to do as well. Lindsey had the mistake on beam, A.J. had the mistake on floor. Julie, we are going to change her floor routine a bit because she has struggled with that very difficult first pass. We are going to go back to her old routine. Krissy struggled on Friday night also. We didn t have to count any of their mistakes, but when they usually put up a 9.90, and now they are putting up a 9.65, that doesn t add up as fast. They are learning. They have never been in the role of expecting to win against those teams. It s always been such a great difference between them and us, it s just go out there and perform because they already knew that Alabama was going to win. Now that it s close, we need to learn how to know what the score is, and how to finish a meet. Who s Back The Tigers return nine letterwinners from 2007, including two-time All- American Julie Dwyer. The Tigers have been looking to seniors Dwyer, Kayla Gies, Aimee Goheen and Karmen Pinckney to lead the team both on and off the floor. Versus No. 1 Florida, Dwyer took second place in the all-around competition with an all-around score of Gies competed in three events, vault (9.725), bars (8.850) and beam (9.700). Goheen exhibitioned bars at Kentucky. Pinckney, unfortunately, suffered a season ending injury in winter practice and has led the team from the sidelines. Auburn s junior class features A.J. Mills, Lindsey Puckett and Claire Seiffert. Mills and Puckett are two of Auburn s top all-arounders. Puckett, a one-time NC qualifier, has been the leading Tiger so far this season, winning the all-around title with a score of at Kentucky and scoring the highest in the all-around for the Tigers versus Alabama. Puckett tied for first place on vault (9.900) and floor (9.850) versus Florida. Mills competed every event in 2008 until she endured a hand injury that kept her out of the SEC Championship. Mills won the bars competition verus Florida with a score. Seiffert is an important element in Auburn s vault and floor line-ups. After a disappointing fall on vault against Alabama, Seiffert came back to score a to start off the Florida meet for Auburn. She also scored the second highest for the Tigers on floor (9.775). The sophomore class features Krissy Voss and Carmen Nelms. Voss was a top competitor on vault, bars and beam last season, but has been a key element in the allaround in Voss scored a career high on vault and bars verus Alabama. Nelms, who suffered an ankle injury in 2007, has competed on bars in all three meets this season. Nelms improved to a from a on bars in Auburn s first two contests. She scored a against Florida. The Newcomers Five new gymnasts joined the Tigers in Freshmen Lauren Brzostowski, Katie Hurley, Rachel Inniss, Leah Vining and Shannon Walpole look to make contributions in Auburn s line-up. Hurley and Walpole debuted in AU s lineup versus Kentucky to high remarks. Shannon was the only bar routine that looked exactly like it does in practice, said AU head coach Jeff Thompson. Walpole had the third highest bar score of the Tigers. Hurley has competed both beam and floor exercise in all three Auburn meets. She held the top Tiger score on beam verus Florida. Inniss is expected to make a contribution on floor this season, while Vining and Brzostowski are expected to compete bars. Brzostowski and Inniss have also been working on beam routines Review Auburn started the 2007 season in sunny Mexico for the Cancun Classic, facing No. 13 Iowa State, BYU and No. 18 Missouri. The Tigers took a victory over BYU and Missouri, but were unable to top the Cyclones. Julie Dwyer took first place in the all-around with a score of , as well as first on beam with a Kayla Gies tied for second on vault with a 9.875, her best vault of the year. In addition to Dwyer, Auburn had two other gymnasts to finish in the top four of the all-around. Krissy Voss and Lindsey Puckett finished third and fourth, respectively. The Tigers returned to the states to open their home schedule with a win over NC State, where Auburn swept all the first place spots. Puckett placed first on vault with a score of She tied for first with teammate A.J. Mills on bars, each scoring Mills also took first on floor notching a Dwyer earned the top spot on beam with a It was Dwyer who would take the crown for the all-around competition, scoring Auburn returned to Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum a week later to sweep No. 25 Kentucky in every event. Auburn topped the Wildcats , Auburn s highest score of the season. The Tigers also notched a season high on bars scoring , with Auburn gymnasts taking the top four spots. Dwyer and Mills tied GymInfo National Rankings Jan. 21, 2008 Rank Team AVG. 1 Georgia Utah Florida Alabama Michigan Oklahoma LSU UCLA Arkansas Oregon State Stanford Nebraska Denver Penn State Missouri Auburn Southern Utah Boise State Arizona Arizona State North Carolina Ohio State S.E. Missouri Michigan State Illinois SEC Standings Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Score Alabama Georgia Florida Kentucky LSU Arkansas Auburn This week s SEC schedule... (All times central) Friday (Feb. 1) Georgia at Alabama (SEC-TV) Arkansas at Florida (SUN Sports) Kentucky at LSU 2008 Season Rankings Date Rank High Average RQS 12/ / / /

4 for first with a 9.850, Puckett took third with a and Gies took fourth scoring Dwyer also took first on vault, beam and in the all-around, while Puckett took first on floor notching a score of The following week, Auburn traveled to Tuscaloosa and fell to crossstate rival No. 5 Alabama. Mills was the only top finisher for the Tigers, taking first on beam with a 9.900, edging Bama s Terin Humphrey by Dwyer took fourth in the all-around with a The Tigers turned around and traveled to Gainesville to face the No. 1 Gators of Florida. Despite tying first in two events, the Tigers were unable to edge the Gators and fell Dwyer tied Florida s Ashley Reed at on vault. Mills also tied Reed with a on beam. Dwyer tied for second in the all-around, scoring On Feb. 16, Auburn returned to the Plains to face No. 12 LSU. Unfortunately, the Tigers were edged again. Dwyer took Auburn s only first place finish with a on vault, but it was Puckett who would take the Tiger s top spot in the all-around, notching second with a score of Puckett took second in the floor exercise and balance beam, tied for second on bars and tied for third in the vault competition. Auburn took its act back on the road and traveled to Athens, Ga., to take on defending National Champion, No. 2 Georgia. The Gym Dogs beat the Tigers Georgia took or tied the top spot on each event; however, Auburn s Dwyer, Mills, Puckett and Voss took the three, four, five and six spots in the all-around. Dwyer took a three-way tie on bars with a performance and took a four-way tie for first on floor with a score. The Tigers came back to the Plains to face No. 12 Arkansas. Auburn earned a top score in every event. Dwyer entered a two-way tie on vault and won bars out-right. She entered a four-way tie with Mills and two Gym Backs on beam. Mills placed first in a three-way tie with Puckett and a Gym Back on floor. The Tigers competed for a season-high combined score of on beam. Mills took the all-around out-right with a score of , followed by Puckett with a , but it was not enough for the Tigers who fell to the Gym Backs. Auburn suffered a close loss in Urbana-Champaign at the hands of the Fighting Illini, The Tigers won vault with a combined score of Dwyer took first on beam with a and second on vault. Carmen Nelms and Lindsey Puckett tied for second on vault, and Nelms took second on floor. Dwyer took the all-around title scoring Auburn took their final regular season win on the road at Illinois- Chicago. The Tigers had a record setting day, topping the Flames Julie Dwyer set an AU record in the all-around with a final score of She also notched a career high on vault and floor, scoring on each. Mills also notched a career high versus UIC winning the beam competition with a score. Mills also reached a career high in the all-around taking second with a score of Auburn faced Alabama for the second time to close out the 2007 regular season. The Tigers fell Dwyer hit her beam routine 2008 Top Team Scores Event Score Date Meet Team Score /18 Alabama /25 Florida /12 at Kentucky Vault /18 Alabama /25 Florida /12 at Kentucky Bars /18 Alabama /25 Florida /12 at Kentucky Beam /18 Alabama /25 Florida /12 at Kentucky Floor /18 Alabama /25 Florida /12 at Kentucky 2008 Superlatives Individual Event Individual Score Date Meet Vault Lindsey Puckett /25 Florida Lindsey Puckett /18 Alabama Krissy Voss /18 Alabama Bars A.J. Mills /18 Alabama Lindsey Puckett /12 at Kentucky Julie Dwyer /18 Alabama A.J. Mills /25 Florida Beam Julie Dwyer /18 Alabama A.J. Mills /18 Alabama Lindsey Puckett /12 at Kentucky Lindsey Puckett /18 Alabama Kayla Gies /18 Alabama Floor Lindsey Puckett /25 Florida Lindsey Puckett /18 Alabama Lindsey Puckett /12 at Kentucky Lindsey Puckett /18 Alabama Julie Dwyer /18 Alabama A.J. Mills /18 Alabama with a 9.900, tying for first. She also tied for second on vault and floor. She took third in the all-around, followed by Puckett and Mills in fifth and sixth. In the SEC Championship, the Tigers placed sixth overall with a score of Dwyer made SEC history when she took home SEC Athlete of the Year, becoming the first SEC gymnast to be named SEC Freshman of the Year, SEC Athlete of the Year and SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year. With their SEC efforts, the Tigers earned a spot at their seventh consecutive NC Regional. Auburn competed in the Southeast Regional with UCLA, LSU, West Virginia, North Carolina State and Towson University. The Tigers tied for fourth with NC State. Dwyer earned her third-straight bid as an individual qualifier for the NC Championship, where she placed 14th in the all-around. The Tigers closed out their 2007 season with the annual end of the year banquet. Dwyer was presented with The Rock award for the second year in a row as well as Gymnast of the Year. Claire Seiffert was the recipient of the Sarah Wentworth Award, given to the gymnast who best exemplifies the Auburn Creed. Krissy Voss was named Freshman of the Year. Auburn also had eight gymnasts named Academic All-Americans and 11 named to the SEC Honor Roll. Auburn s Mills was also named to the SEC Good Works Team.

5 Overall Record: 0-3 SEC Record: 0-3 Home:0-2 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 0-0 Date Meet Teams Total Vault Bars Beam Floor Attend. NR 1/12 at Kentucky Auburn Kentucky /18 Alabama Alabama Auburn ,003 1/25 Florida Florida ,653 1 Auburn /3 at NC State Auburn George Washington TWU NC State /8 at LSU Auburn West Virginia LSU /15 Georgia Georgia Auburn /22 at Arkansas Auburn Arkansas /29 Illinois Illinois Auburn /2 at Denver Auburn Denver /7 at Oklahoma Auburn Oklahoma /14 Michigan State Auburn Michigan State /21 at Alabama Auburn Alabama /29 SEC Championships Auburn (Duluth, Ga.) Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU /12 NC Regionals TBA (TBA) 4/24 NC Championships TBA (Athens, Ga.)

6 Individual Meet-by-Meet Results Lauren Brzostowski 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Julie Dwyer 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama Florida Kayla Gies 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Aimee Goheen 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Leah Vining 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Krissy Voss 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Shannon Walpole 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Katie Hurley 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Rachel Inniss 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida A.J. Mills 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Carmen Nelms 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Lindsey Puckett 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida Claire Seiffert 1/12 at Kentucky /18 Alabama /25 Florida

7 Julie Dwyer Senior 5 5 Bloomington, Ind. Westside Gymnatics 2008 (Senior): Scored second place in the all around versus Florida with Scored on vault, on bars, on beam and on floor...took first place on beam versus Alabama with a career high tieing Scored fourth in the with Scored on vault, on bars and on floor...earned third place in competition versus Kentucky with score of Placed fourth (9.725) on vault at UK...Tied for fourth on bars (9.625)...Scored on beam for second place...scored on floor (Junior): Honored as SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year...First SEC gymnast to be named Freshman of the Year, Athlete of the Year and Scholar of the Year...Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All District Second Team... Earned third straight Academic All America nodd...named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... After being ranked as the No. 13 gymnast in the nation in the Jan 15., rank ings, entered the top 10 at number four on Jan. 22, and remained in the top 10 for the remainder of the season, climbing as high as the number two spot...earned Auburn s Gymnast of the Year for the third consecutive year...earned AU s Rock Award... Advanced to Nationals for the third straight year... Garnered scores of on vault and bars, a on beam and a on floor for an all around score of Placed third in the all around with a at Regionals, qualifying her for Nationals... Tied for Regional Vault Champion with a and tied for fifth on floor with a Finished ninth in the all around with a at SEC s... Also tied for fourth (9.875) on beam and tied for 10th (9.850) on bars... Tied for first on beam with a against Alabama... Tied for second on vault (9.875) and floor (9.900) as well as placing third in the all around against Alabama... Set a new school record in the all around with a and a first place finish at Illinois Chicago... Placed first on vault (9.950) and beam (9.875), set a career high on floor (9.950) to place first and tied for first on bars (9.875) at UIC... Placed first in the all around with a at Illinois... Took first on beam (9.925) and second on bars (9.850) at UI... Placed first on bars (9.850), and tied for first on vault (9.875) and beam (9.900) against Arkansas... Tied for first on floor (9.900) at Georgia, tying a career high... Placed third in the all around (39.350) and tied for third on bars (9.875)... Placed first on beam with a vs. LSU... Tied for third on floor against LSU with a Tied for second in the all around at Florida with a Tied for first on vault at Florida with a Placed fourth in the all around with a at Alabama... Placed in a tie for third on beam with a Named SEC Gymnast of the Week on Jan Totaled a in the all around to win the event against Kentucky... Took first on vault, bars and beam, and placed second on the floor vs. Kentucky... Set career highs on vault and beam with a on each vs. UK... Won the all around title (39.150) against NC State... Took first on beam (9.875) vs. NC State... Opened the season with an all around victory at the Cancun Classic (39.225)... Placed first on beam in Cancun with a (Sophomore): Earned Second Team All America honors on beam at NC Championships by tying for fifth with a Tied for 11th on vault (9.825) and 10th in the all around (39.125) in the first session at the championships... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Became second Auburn gymnast to be named SEC Gymnast of the Year... Just the third gymnast to earn SEC Freshman of the Year and SEC Gymnast in the Year in consecutive seasons... Earned AU gymnastics Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row... Also received "The Rock" award after hitting 57 of 60 (95 percent) routines... Finished with 24 first place finishes, including seven all around titles... Set career highs in all four events and the all around... Qualified for NC Championships for second straight year by finishing second in the all around among gymnasts not from qualifying teams at Northeast Regional... Tied for second on vault and beam and placed fifth on floor at Northeast Regional... Tied for fifth on beam with a at SEC Championships... Also matched career high with a on floor at SEC Championships to tie for sixth... Finished first on beam with a at Alabama... Won her seventh all around title vs. Illinois Chicago with a Won event titles on bars, beam and floor vs. Illinois Chicago... Set personal record on bars with a vs. Illinois Chicago... Set school record with a in the all around at Arkansas, while sweeping all four event titles... Matched career high for second straight week with a on bars at Arkansas... Also matched career high on floor at Arkansas with a Matched second high est score in school history and tied career high with a in the all around vs. Georgia to finish second... Also tied for third on bars with a career high vs. Georgia... Won titles on vault (9.875) and beam (9.925) at Centenary... Beam score of tied career high set two days prior at LSU... Finished second in the all around at LSU with a Recorded a to finish second on vault at LSU... Tied for first on beam with a at LSU... Matched career high with a on floor... Won fifth straight all around title with a at Hearts Invitational... Won beam at Hearts Invitational, scoring a Placed second on vault and bars at Hearts Invitational, while tying for second on floor... Matched career high in the all around for the fourth time with a Won fourth straight all around title vs. Florida... Set new personal best with a to win beam vs. Florida... Tied career high to win third straight all around with a against Alabama... Tied career high on floor (9.900) and bars (9.825) vs. Alabama... Tied career high to win all around with a vs. West Virginia... Won titles in three of four events, including vault, beam and floor... Won all around title with a at Kentucky... Won on beam with a 9.850, while tying for second on floor with a Finished third in the all around at Super Six with a Placed fifth on beam at Super Six with a (Freshman): Earned AU Gymnastics Athlete of the Year... Named Second Team All American on vault after tying her season high with a at the NC Championships... Finished 10th in the all around in the first session of the NC meet... Qualified for nationals after placing sixth in the all around at regionals with a Was the runner up on beam with a at regionals... SEC Freshman of the Year... Finished in a tie for eighth in the all around at SECs and was fourth on beam with a SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll... Set personal best on vault and floor against TWU... Won all around and vault against Pioneers... Scored another 9.85 on vault to win the title, set a new career high on bars and won the all around against North Carolina, Iowa... Finished second on beam with a 9.85 at WVU quad meet, finished second in the all around... For the sixth time, scored a 9.85 on vault at Master's Classic... Won the all around, beam and vault against LSU with four new career highs... All around score ver sus LSU of earned her a spot at No. 10 on the AU record books... Finished second on vault with a 9.85 against Oklahoma... Did not compete in the all around against Sooners... Earned a share of the beam title at Florida with a Tied career high on vault with a against Gators... On final routine of the night against Alabama, scored a new personal best on beam to share the individual title... Turned in a against Kentucky to win fourth straight all around, highlighted by a on vault and on floor... Won third straight all around and vault titles against Arkansas... Also won a share of the floor title against Arkansas... Captured the all around title at Georgia and won a share of the vault title against Georgia... Won the all around in first colle giate meet against Centenary with a Also won the vault (9.825) and beam (9.875) titles against Centenary. Prior to Auburn: Two time Indiana State Champion and Regional Champion... Named All Around Champion at the 2002 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships National Champion on beam... Former US National Team member... Trained at Westside Gymnastics with coach Steve Ellsberry. Personal: Born on May 14, Daughter of Randy and Lisa Dwyer... Full name is Julie Nicole Dwyer... Nickname is "Juls"... Majoring in accounting. Vault at LSU Bars vs. Illinois-Chi. Beam Three Times Floor Four Times All-Around at Arkansas

8 Kayla Gies Senior 5 3 Cox s Creek, Ky. Champion Gymnatics 2008 (Senior): Competed vault, bars and beam versus Florida...Scored on vault...scored on bars...scored in lead off spot on beam...competed three events versus Alabama...Scored on vault, on bars and n beam...scored on vault versus UK...Also competed on beam scoring (Junior): Named Academic All American... Selected to the SEC Honor Roll...Suffered season ending knee injury on Jan. 26 at Alabama... Scored a on vault and bars and a on beam at Alabama... Competed in her first career all around, scoring a vs. Kentucky... Scored a to finish fourth on beam against NC State... Placed second on vault with a at Cancun Classic (Sophomore): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Tied for 10th on vault with a at Northeast Regional... Secured a on beam and a on vault at SEC Championships... Tied career high on vault with a to tie for fifth... Earned first career event title with a on vault vs. Illinois Chicago... Also tied for second on beam while matching her career high with a vs. Illinois Chicago... Scored a on beam at Arkansas to tie for second... Placed fifth on beam vs. Georgia with a Finished fourth on vault with a at Centenary... Tied career high on vault with a at LSU... Set career high on beam with a at LSU... Finished sixth on beam at Hearts Invitational, post ing a Tied career high with a on beam against Florida... Recorded a on vault vs. Florida... Scored a career high on vault vs. Alabama to tie for fourth... Finished with a on beam vs. Alabama... Career high to finish fourth on beam vs. West Virginia... Placed fourth on beam at Kentucky with a Finished 13th with a on beam at Super Six (Freshman): Scored a on vault against Centenary where she injured her ankle and missed the remainder of the season. Prior to Auburn: Competed at the 2004 Level 10 Nationals... Finished third on floor, fourth on bars, fifth on beam and sixth in the all around the 2004 Level 10 Region V Regionals... Won the all around, bars and floor titles at the 2004 Kentucky State championships... Competed at the 2003 Level 10 Region V Regionals... Came in second on beam and vault at the 2002 Level 9 Nationals... Competed at the 2001 Level 9 Nationals where she was 10th on vault. Personal: Born on July 2, Daughter of Mark and Karen Gies... Has two sib lings, Blake (21) and Jessica (17)... Has six club team members competing at the collegiate level... Was the 2004 Nelson County Heisman Award winner... Biomedical science major. Vault at Cancun Classic Bars vs Kentucky Beam Two Times Floor vs. Kentucky All-Around vs. Kentucky

9 Aimee Goheen Senior UB,BB, FX 5 4 Kirkland, Wash. Gymnastics East 2008 (Senior): Exhibitioned on bars versus Kentucky (Junior): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Recorded a on bars at Regionals... Scored a on bars and a on beam at SEC s... Stepped in to tie with a career high on beam scoring a against Alabama, while also scoring a on bars... Registered a at Illinois Chicago... Scored a on bars at Illinois... Exhibitioned on bars against Arkansas (Sophomore): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Tied for 11th on bars with a at Northeast Regional... Recorded a on bars vs. Georgia... Finished third with second straight on bars at Centenary... Tied for fourth on bars at LSU, scoring a Won first event title of year at Hearts Invitational with a on bars... Tied for fifth on bars with a vs. Florida... Scored a on bars for third meet in a row to tie for fourth vs. Alabama... Tied for second on bars at Kentucky with a Also competed on beam, scoring a Tied for second on bars with a against West Virginia... Finished 10th on bars at Super Six with a (Freshman): Honored at the annual gymnastics banquet by being named Freshman of the Year... Selected to SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll... Competed on bars at the NC Championship... Won a share of the bar title at the Central Regional with a score of Earned a new best in the all around at the SEC Championship with a Notched a new personal best on floor at Texas Women's with a Competed on vault and bars against North Carolina, Iowa... Improved her all around score at WVU quad meet to a PR... Set a new personal best in the all around and on floor at the Master's Classic... Turned in career high's on bars and beam against LSU... Earned a new personal best in the all around with a against Oklahoma... Tied her floor career high at Florida with a Earned two new personal bests against Alabama on floor and in the all around... Notched a personal best on vault against Kentucky with a Also competed on bars and floor, winning bars with a against the Wildcats... Against Arkansas, scored a 9.80 to lead Auburn on bars... Also competed on vault and beam and exhibitioned on floor against Arkansas... Led the Tigers on bars at Georgia with a Won the bars title with a against Centenary in first collegiate meet... Competed in the all around against Centenary, scoring a Prior to Auburn: Three time USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Qualifier Region 2 all around Champion USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Team Member... Trained at Gymnastics East under coaches John and Tammy Carney. Personal: Born on December 23, Daughter of Chet and Sonja Goheen... Has three older sisters... Majoring in adult education. Vault vs. Kentucky Bars Two Times Beam Three Times Floor at Texas Women s All-Around at SEC Champs

10 Karmen Pinckney Senior V, UB, FX 5 2 Simpsonville, SC Electric City Gymnastics 2008 (Senior): Sustained season ending knee injury prior to start of the season (Junior): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Scored a on vault and a on floor at SEC s... Sat out the Alabama meet due to injury... Recorded a on vault and a on floor at Illinois Chicago... Registered a on vault at Illinois... Scored a on vault and a on floor vs. Arkansas... Exhibitioned on vault and bars at Georgia... Scored a on vault at Florida (Sophomore): Selected as Most Improved Gymnast at gymnastics ban quet... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Also awarded with a scholar ship at the banquet... Scored a on vault, on bars and a on floor at Northeast Regional... Recorded a on floor at SEC Championships... Tied for second on vault and third on bars, while matching career high to tie for sec ond on floor with a vs. Illinois Chicago... Placed third on vault with a at Arkansas... Matched career high with a on floor to tie for fourth at Arkansas... Tied season high on vault for third straight meet with a vs. Georgia... Tied for second on vault with a at Centenary... Placed third on floor with a at Centenary... Scored a on vault at LSU to tie for fifth... Matched season high on floor, scoring a at Hearts Invitational... Placed sixth on floor and bars at Hearts Invitational... Career high on bars to tie for second vs. Florida... Tied for fifth with a on vault against Florida... Had a on vault vs. Alabama... Scored a on vault to tie for second at Kentucky... Notched a on floor at Kentucky... Finished second on floor with a and second on vault with a vs. West Virginia... Placed ninth on floor with a at Super Six... Scored a on vault at Super Six to finish 19th (Freshman): Selected to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll... Competed on vault at the NC Central Regional...At SECs, scored a 9.70 on vault... Competed on vault at Texas Women's and exhibitioned on floor... Had 9.775s on vault and floor against North Carolina, Iowa... Competed on vault and exhibitioned on floor at WVU quad meet... Scored the second highest vault score for AU with a at Master's Classic... Competed on vault against LSU... Scored a 9.70 on vault and a on floor against Oklahoma... Competed on vault and floor against Florida... Led Auburn with a on vault and won the individual title against Kentucky... Competed on vault and floor against Gym'Backs... Tied career high on vault against Gym Dogs... Competed on vault (9.75) and floor (9.70) in first collegiate meet against Centenary. Prior to Auburn: Six time Regional qualifier USAIGC National Floor Champion state beam champion state bars and floor champion state vault and bars champion state all around, vault and floor champion... Trained at Electric City Gymnastics with Shawn Smolen. Personal: Born on January 4, Daughter of Van and Rebecca Pinckney... Full name is Karmen Nicole Pinckney... One brother, Ben (17)... Majoring in ele mentary education. Vault vs. Kentucky Bars vs. Florida Floor Four Times

11 A.J. Mills Junior 5 4 Greenville, Ind. Southern Indiana Gymnastics 2008 (Junior): Took first on bars versus Florida with Scored in the all around...scored on vault, on beam and on floor...tied a career high on bars versus Alabama with score of 9.900, placing second...also placed second on beam with Scored on vault and on floor...scored in versus Kentucky...Scored on bars...scored on beam...scored on floor. Vault at Illinois-Chi. Bars Two Times Beam vs. Kentucky Floor at Illinois-Chi. All-Around at Illinois-Chi (Sophomore): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the SEC Good Works Team... Suffered a season ending injury before the SEC Championships... Scored a on floor, while also totaling a on vault and bars against Alabama... Set two new career highs at Illinois Chicago with a in the all around, to place second, and a on vault, for a third place finish... In addition, she tied for first on beam with a and scored a on bars at UIC... Tied for second in the all around with a at Illinois... Tied for third on floor (9.775) at UI... Won her first all around title with a against Arkansas... Tied for first on beam (9.900) and floor (9.875), while also placing in a tie for second on bars (9.825) against the Gym Backs... Placed fourth on beam (9.800) and all around (39.250) at Georgia... Tied for second on bars with a against LSU... Recorded her second beam title in a row, tying for first at Florida with a Took fourth in the all around at Florida with a Recorded a in the all around versus Alabama... Placed first on beam with a at Alabama... Tied for first on bars, tied for second in the all around and finished second on beam against Kentucky... Set new career highs on beam (9.925), floor (9.800) and in the all around (39.425) at Kentucky... Placed first on floor (9.750) vs. NC State... Tied for fifth on beam (9.825) and on floor (9.775) at Cancun Classic (Freshman): Recorded a on bars at Northeast Regional to tie for 11th... Scored a on beam and a on bars at SEC Championships... Finished second on bars vs. Illinois Chicago with a Placed third on bars with a at Arkansas... Also competed on beam at Arkansas for first time since Jan Scored a on bars vs. Georgia... Won second event title of career with a career high on bars at Centenary... Bars score at Centenary tied for 10th highest in school history... Competed at LSU for first time since Jan. 13 vs. West Virginia, recorded a to match her career high on bars... Missed four meets due to a leg injury... Won first career event title on bars vs. West Virginia, scoring a Finished second on beam with a 9.850, fourth on floor (9.700) and second in the all around (38.950) against West Virginia... Placed ninth in the all around at Super Six... Finished seventh on beam with a Finished 10th on beam and 20th on vault at Super Six. Prior to Auburn: Two Time National Champion on balance beam...five time Junior Olympics National qualifier... Finished first in the beam, third in the vault and fifth in the all around at the 2005 Junior Olympics... Placed ninth in the all around and third in the vault at the 2004 Junior Olympics... Finished fifth in the all around and first in the beam... Three time member of the Region 5 All Star team member of the Junior Olympic National Team... Attended Floyd Central High School in Greenville, Ind... Seven former teammates are Division I gymnasts... Member of the National Honors Society. Personal: Born September 29, 1987 in Meridian, Miss... Daughter of Houston and Sonia Mills... Has one sister, Brittany, 15, and one brother, Houston III, Father played basketball at Wabash College... Marketing and finance major.

12 Lindsey Puckett Junior 5 3 Lilburn, Ga. Gwinnett Gymnastics 2008 (Junior): Tied first place in two events versus Florida, vault (9.900) and floor (9.850)...Set a career high with vault score...scored on bars and on beam... Scored in...led the Tigers in the for second week in a row with versus Alabama...Tied for first on vault with Scored on bars, on beam and on floor...earned the title versus Kentucky with Took the bar and beam titles scoring on both...took second in the vault competition with Scored on floor (Sophomore): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Placed 11th in the all around at NC Regional...Finished tied for 10th place in floor with a Also finished tied for 11th in vault with a Placed 12th in the all around at SEC s with a Also finished tied for 11th (9.875) on vault and tied for 10th (9.850) on floor... Totaled a on bars, a on beam and a on floor against Alabama... Placed second on vault (9.925) and floor (9.925) and third on bars (9.825) at Illinois Chicago... Tied for second on vault (9.875) and tied for third on bars (9.825) at Illinois... Finished second in the all around with a vs. Arkansas... Tied for first on floor (9.875) and tied for third on vault (9.850) against the Lady Backs... Scored a on floor and a on vault at Georgia... Placed second in the all around with a against LSU... Tied for third on vault (9.800), tied for second on bars (9.775), took second on beam (9.875) and placed second on floor (9.825) vs. LSU... Registered a on vault to tie for fourth at Florida... Took third on vault at Alabama with a score of Tied for second in all around with a vs. Kentucky... Took third on bars (9.825) and beam (9.875) against UK... Won floor, tying her career high (9.900) versus Kentucky... Placed second in the all around with a against NC State... Placed first on vault (9.850) and bars (9.775) and recorded a second place finish on beam (9.850) vs. NC State... Finished fourth at Cancun Classic (37.925)... Tied for fifth on vault (9.825) and tied for 10th on beam (9.800) in Cancun. Mountaineers... Finished 10th in all around at Super Six... Earned two top five finishes, placing fifth on vault and fifth on bars... Led the team in both events. Prior to Auburn: A former member of the U.S. National Team... Trained at Gwinnett Gymnastics Center under Dan Thaxton... Attended high school at Providence Christian Academy in Dacula, Ga... Eight former teammates compete in college. Personal: Born April 27, 1987 in Lilburn, Ga... Majoring in management... Daughter of Ralph and Gwyn Puckett... Sister of former Auburn gymnast Courtney Puckett. Vault vs. Florida Bars Two Times Beam Two Times Floor at LSU All-Around at LSU 2006 (Freshman): Named Auburn Freshman of the Year at gymnastics ban quet... Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll... Tied for 31st on vault at the NC Championships with a Qualified for NC Championships by winning vault title with a at Northeast Regional... Second gymnast in Auburn his tory to win regional vault title, joining Danielle Pritts in Also posted a on floor at Northeast Regional... Only gymnast to have competed in every routine at every meet... Scored a in the all around at SEC Championships... Scored a on floor at SEC Championships... Placed fourth on vault with a at Alabama... Tied for fourth on beam and floor with a and 9.775, respectively. Tied for second on beam and third on bars vs. Illinois Chicago... Placed second in the all around vs. Illinois Chicago with a Finished second on vault and floor, while tying for second on beam at Arkansas... Scored a in the all around vs. Georgia... Finished fourth on beam with a and tied for fourth on floor with a vs. Georgia... Won first all around title of career with a at Centenary... Placed second on bars (9.850) and floor (9.800) and tied for second on vault (9.850) and beam (9.850) at Centenary... Notched career best all around score of to place third at LSU... All around score at LSU tied for third highest in school history... Tied for first on beam with a career high score of Set career high on floor at LSU, recording a to tie for third... Also vaulted a at LSU to tie for third... Won second event title of year with a on vault at Hearts Invitational... Finished fourth on floor with a on floor... Tied career high on floor with a to finish third vs. Florida... Matched career high on beam with a to tie for second vs. Florida... Career high score of in the all around vs. Alabama to finish second... Tied career high on beam with a vs. Alabama to finish second... Tied for third on floor vs. Alabama with a Vaulted a at Kentucky to win first event title of career... Score tied for the second highest in school history... Third in all around with a at Kentucky... Tied for second on vault (9.750) and beam (9.850) against West Virginia... Also fin ished third on floor (9.750) and in the all around (38.875) against the

13 Claire Seiffert Junior V, FX 5 4 Louisville, Ky. Champion Gymnastics 2008 (Junior): Competed vault (9.825) and floor (9.775) in the lead off spots versus Florida... Scored in lead off position on floor versus Alabama... Scored on vault...scored on vault versus Kentucky...Scored in the lead off spot on floor (Sophomore): Named an Academic All American...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Earned AU s Wentworth Award...Earned a on vault and on floor at Regionals... Registered a on vault and a on floor at SEC s... Scored a on vault and a on floor versus Alabama... Totaled a on vault and a on floor at Illinois Chicago... Recorded a on floor and a on vault at Illinois... Tied career highs after tying for third on vault (9.850) and posting a on floor versus Arkansas... Scored a on floor at Georgia... Registered a on floor vs. LSU... Scored a at Florida on floor... Registered a on floor at Alabama... Totaled a floor score of vs. Kentucky... Recorded a on floor vs. NC State to place fourth... Scored a on floor at Cancun Classic (Freshman): Tied for seventh on vault with a at Northeast Regional... Also scored a on floor at regionals... Tied for fourth with a on floor at Alabama... Tied for third on floor (9.800) and fourth on vault (9.750) vs. Illinois Chicago... Scored a on vault vs. Georgia... Won first event title of career with a career high on floor at Centenary... Set career high with a on vault at LSU to tie for fifth.. Career best on floor at Hearts Invitational to tie for sixth... Scored a on vault vs. Florida... Notched vault of vs. Alabama... Scored a on floor vs. Alabama... Finished seventh with a on floor and ninth on vault (9.675) at Kentucky... Placed fourth on vault against West Virginia with a Also recorded a on floor against West Virginia... Finished 20th on floor at Super Six with a Scored a on vault at Super Six. Prior to Auburn: Kentucky state champion sevenyearsinarow...fivetime regional qualifier State Champion on the floor, vault, beam, bars and all around... Trained at Champion Gymnastics under Tiffany Orem and Scott Austin... Attended high school at Sacred Heart Academy... Member of the National Honors Society. Personal: Born October 7, 1987 in Louisville, Ky... Daughter of Jim and Margaret Seiffert... Has one sister, Meredith, 21, and one brother, Jack, Major is com munications... Father played baseball at the University of Iowa. Vault Two Times Floor Two Times

14 Carmen Nelms Sophomore 5 1 Stone Mountain, Ga. Georgia Gymnastics Academy Krissy Voss Sophomore 5 2 Paradise Valley, Ariz. Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics 2008 (Sophmore): Competed bars and scored versus Florida...Scored on bars versus Alabama...Led off bars for AU versus Kentucky scoring (Freshman): Suffered a season ending injury before the meet at home against Alabama... Scored a on vault,a on floor and a on beam at Illinois Chicago... Placed second on floor (9.800) and recorded a career high to tie for second on vault (9.875) at Illinois... Posted a career high on beam with a 9.775, while also scoring a on vault against Arkansas... Recorded a career high score of on vault at Georgia... Performed vault for the first time, scor ing a against LSU... Totaled a on beam and a on floor... Registered a Scored a on floor at Alabama... Placed fourth on floor with a vs. Kentucky... Finished third on floor vs. NC State with a Tied for eighth with a at Cancun Classic. Prior to Auburn: A four time J.O. national qualifier from Placed first in the all around at the level 9 Regionals in Recorded a fourth place finish in the all around at the 2002 East Nationals, including finishing second on floor... Finished first on vault at the 2003 regional meet. Personal: Born March 15, 1988 in Atlanta, Ga... Psychology major... Daughter of Jeff and Karen Nelms... Has twin brother, Jeffery (19)... Was a member of Lakeside s honor roll... Nickname is C (Sophomore): Scored in the versus Florida...Scored in vault, on bars on beam and in the floor exercise...competed all four events versus Alabama and scored in...scored two career highs versus Alabama; on vault and on bars...scored on beam and on floor...scored in competition versus Kentucky...Scored on vault...scored on bars...scored on beam...scored on floor (Freshman): Named AU s Freshman of the Year...Scored a on vault at Regionals...Also competed beam and floor scoring a and at Regionals... Scored a on vault at the SEC Championships... Missed four meets due to sickness... Tied a career high on vault (9.800) and floor (9.800) at Georgia... Scored a in the all around, while also placing in a tie for sec ond on bars with a vs. LSU... Recorded career highs of in the all around and on floor at Florida... Posted a season high of on beam and tied a season high with a on vault at Alabama... Scored a on bars vs. Kentucky to place eighth... Also totaled a on vault and a on beam against UK... Took fourth in the all around vs. NC State with a total... Tied for fifth on bars (9.725) and finished sixth on beam (9.700) against NC State... Placed third in the all around at Cancun Classic (38.275)... Placed seventh with a on vault in Cancun. Prior to Auburn: A two time Arizona regional champion in vault (2001, 02) and beam (2000, 02)... Regional champion in all around (2002), bars (2002) and floor (2006)... Three time state all around champion (2002, 05, 06)... Two time Arizona state champion in vault (2005, 06) state champion on floor state champion on bars and beam... Placed first on floor at 2002 J.O. Nationals... Was fouth in the all around at the 2004 J.O. Nationals... Placed sec ond on beam in 2006 at J.O. Nationals... Two time level 10 Arizona gymnast of the year (2004, 06)... Took first on floor at the US Challenge, while also placing third in the all around. Personal: Born September 13, 1987 in Phoenix, Ariz... Has not declared a major... Daughter of Edward and Gabrielle Voss... Has one sister, Katrina (20)... Was a member of the National Honor Society. Vault vs. Illinois Bars vs. Alabama Beam at Arkansas Floor at Illinois Vault vs. Alabama Bars vs. Alabama Beam at Alabama Floor Two Times All-Around at Florida

15 Lauren Brzostowski Freshman 5 0 York, Penn. Prestige Gymnastics Leah Vining Freshman UB, FX 5 5 Woodstock, Ga. Georgia All-Star Gymnastics 2008 (Freshman): Exhibitioned beam versus Florida. Prior to Auburn: Competed in the 2007 J. O. National Championships Beam State Champion. Personal: Born December 7, Majoring in fashion merchandising...daughter of Peter and Diane Brzostowski. Prior to Auburn: 2006 National Alternate Uneven Bar State Champion Uneven Bar State Champion Eastern Qualifier...Fourth place all around and third place uneven bars (2003). Personal: Born April 7, Majoring in pre physical therapy...daughter of John and Nancy Vining...has one sibling, D.J. (15). Katie Hurley Freshman 5 2 Wrentham, Mass. Brestyan s Gymnastics Shannon Walpole Freshman UB, BB 5 2 Fountain Inn, SC Electric City Gymnastics 2008 (Freshman): Competed beam and floor versus Florida...Led the Tigers with on beam...scored on floor...competed two events versus Alabama...Scored on beam and on floor...scored on floor in Auburn debut versus Kentucky...Scored on beam. Prior to Auburn: Three time regional vault champion (2003, 2004, 2005)...Competed in the 2004 U.S. Classic...Competed in the 2003 J. O. National Championship. Personal: Born November 26, Majoring in nutrition...daughter of James and Diane Hurley...Has two sisters, Kelley (21) and Kristen (14)...Nicknames: Hurley, Khurl (Freshman): Debuted on bars versus Kenutucky scoring Prior to Auburn: 2007 recipient of the Louis Peck Scholarship Award third place uneven bars regional competitor regional competi tor...eighth place uneven bars (2004) National qualifyer National qualifyer. Personal: Born March 19, Majoring in physical therapy...daughter of Mike and Becky Walpole...Has one brother, Michael (18)...Grandfather played collegiate football at Wofford ( ). Rachel Inniss Freshman 5 7 Rio Ranchero, NM Alburquerque Gymnastics Prior to Auburn: 2007 New Mexico Level 10 All Around and Individual State Champion Regional 4th place All Around National 6th place floor. Personal: Born on March 14, 1989 in Albuquerque, N.M...Majoring in account ing...daughter of Wayne Inniss and Annie Cates...Has five siblings, Aaron (28), Ben (26), Kelsea (23), Timothy (15), and Sophya (3) and another on the way...nickname: Raych.