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1 SOUTHEASTERN Chevonne CONFERENCE Mansfield (Gymnastics Contact) Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL Phone: (205) Fax: (205) April 25, 2012 Final 2012 SEC GYMNASTICS TEAM STANDINGS (thru NCAA Regionals - 4/7) Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Score Alabama Florida Georgia Arkansas LSU Kentucky Auburn NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS April Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, Ga. Team Results 1. Alabama Florida UCLA Stanford Utah Arkansas INDIVIDUAL WINNERS All-Around Kytra Hunter, Florida Vault Kytra Hunter, Florida Uneven Bars Kat Ding, Georgia Balance Beam Geralen Stack-Eaton, Alabama Floor Exercise Kat Ding, Georgia ALABAMA WINS SIXTH NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP DULUTH, Ga. - The Alabama gymnastics team won its second NCAA Championship in a row and sixth overall Saturday night in a meet that came down to the final competitor for both the Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators. "I couldn't be more proud of our athletes," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "We really had a great night. We had an extreme team performance." A year ago, senior Ashley Priess, was sitting in the stands watching her teammates win the 2011 national title after surgery on both ankles sidelined her for the season. Saturday night, she was up last on the balance beam, with a chance to clinch the championship for the Crimson Tide. As Priess prepared to go, Florida had just finished on the floor exercise with an overall score of , which put the Gators just.025 head of UCLA and had them waiting to see what the Tide senior would score. A by Priess and Alabama would tie the Gators, anything better would win. Priess left no doubt, posting a 9.95 which incited a huge roar from the crowd and screams of sheer delight from her teammates. The Tide finished with a and its third NCAA Championship in the last 10 years. "Championships always come down to the last routine and no matter if it was a close meet or not a close meet, I knew I had to do my job," Priess said. "The only thing that was going through my mind was to be calm, cool and collected and just do my job." The Tide finished just.075 ahead of the Gators and a tenth of a point ahead of UCLA. It was the third closest finished between first and second place in collegiate gymnastics history and the closest between first and third ever. "That was an incredible performance by all the teams," Patterson said. "I said going into this championship that this would be the closest and most contested championship that I had ever coached in. I felt like because of the quality of teams, it was going to come down to the very end and that's just happened." It was the Tide's highest score since posting a against Florida in It was also Alabama's second highest score in the NCAA Super Six Team Finals, behind the the Tide used to win the 1996 NCAA Championship. Priess and fellow senior Geralen Stack-Eaton led the Tide with all-around scores of and respectively. It was a career-high for Stack-Eaton and just off Priess' best mark. Alabama posted the highest score of the night on the floor exercise, vault and balance beam. In addition to the 2012 and 2011 national championships, Alabama has won NCAA Gymnastics titles in 2002, 1996, 1991 and 1988.

2 2012 SEC Gymnastics Final ALABAMA Crimson Tide The Alabama Gymnastics team won the 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday, April 21 in Duluth, Ga. in the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Alabama scored a to pass Florida ( ) and UCLA ( ) on the final rotation. Alabama posted the highest scores of the night on the vault, balance beam and floor exercise. It was the Crimson Tide's sixth national gymnastics champion and second in a row. It marked the first time in program history that Alabama has won back-to-back NCAA Gymnastics Championships. Senior Ashley Priess, who missed the 2011 season following surgery on both ankles, completed her comeback by clinching Alabama s 2012 NCAA Championship by scoring a 9.95 on the balance beam. Priess was the last gymnast to compete during the NCAA Super Six Team Final. Senior Geralen Stack-Eaton won the 2012 NCAA Balance Beam Championship, her second individual national title following her 2011 NCAA Floor Exercise Championship. Altogether Alabama gymnasts have earned 23 individual NCAA championships. A total of eight UA gymnasts earned 16 All-American honors during the weekend, including seniors Geralen Stack-Eaton and Ashley Priess, juniors Marissa Gutierrez and Ashley Sledge, sophomores Kim Jacob, Diandra Milliner and Sarah DeMeo along with freshman Kayla Williams. During the NCAA Super Six Team Final, Alabama posted the highest score of the night on the floor exercise, vault and balance beam. In addition to its eight All-Americans, the Tide s championship roster included senior Rachel Terry, junior Becca Alexin, sophomores Olivia Carisella, Ria Domier, Lindsey Fowler and Hannah Toussaint along with freshmen Kaitlyn Clark, Hunter Dennis, Lora Leigh Frost and Brooke Parker. Senior Rachel Terry earned the NCAA Elite 89 Award for the second year in a row. The award goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the final site for each of the NCAA's 89 championships. The award is in its third year and has only been won by Alabama gymnasts. In addition to the 2012 and 2011 national championships, Alabama has won NCAA Gymnastics titles in 2002, 1996, 1991 and Coaches Sarah and David Patterson have led the Crimson Tide to NCAA Championships in four different decades the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and Alabama is the only gymnastics program to win an NCAA title in four different decades. ARKANSAS Lady Razorbacks Arkansas closed the 10th year in program history with one of its best finishes. The Razorbacks earned a spot in an NCAA Regional for the ninth straight year, hosted a regional for the third time, advanced to the NCAA Championship for the sixth time, including the sixth time in seven years, and qualified for the Super Six for the second time in program history. The Razorbacks beat No. 5 Georgia, No. 9 Oregon State and No. 12 Ohio State in the NCAA Session II semifinal to move on to the Super Six for the second time in four years. Arkansas has four top 10 finishes in the last five years, including No. 10 in 2008, No. 5 (Super Six) in 2009, No. 11 in 2010, tied for No. 9 in 2011 and No. 6 in Senior Jaime Pisani ended the year ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around and on floor, and was named the SEC Gymnast of the Year. She finished the season by winning individual beam and floor titles in the Session II semifinal, and was third in the nation in the all-around, ninth on floor and 12th on beam. Katherine Grable tied Pisani for the Session II beam title and finished sixth in the event finals on beam. Pisani, Grable, Bailee Zumwalde and Stephani Canizaro combined to earn eight All-America honors. Pisani earned four, three first-team in the all-around, on floor and beam, and second-team on bars. Grable was a first-teamer on beam and second-teamer on vault. Zumwalde and Canizare each earned their first All-America honors, second-team on floor. Arkansas score in the Session II semifinal is the second-best in school history, trailing only the set earlier in the year against LSU. AUBURN Tigers Auburn wrapped year two of the Jeff Graba era in impressive fashion The Tigers posted two of the top five overall team scores in program history with totals of against Florida and against Southern Utah Sold out allotment of reserved seat season tickets for the first time in program history Set Auburn Arena gymnastics attendance record at first home meet of season with over 4,508 fans and over 1,600 students Promptly broke previous meet s records the very next week with 7,299 fans and over 2,600 students in attendance for meet with rival Alabama Auburn was featured in 2012 NCAA Women s Gymnastics Championship program for outstanding attendance figures in 2012 Ranked 13th during 2012 season, the highest regular season ranking for program since 2009 Auburn s 2011 recruiting class was ranked in the top 10 by CollegeGymFans.com Auburn gymnasts tied or set more than 40 career-best scores and totaled more than 60 season bests Three gymnasts were nominated for the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships, one athlete was nominated for the Brad Davis SEC Community Postgraduate Scholarship, and 13-of-17 athletes were named Top Tigers Auburn gymnastics team GPA increased for the fourth-straight semester Program tied highest ever average attendance national ranking at fifth with an average attendance of 4,519, which includes meets on the weekend before and during Auburn s spring break Freshman gymnast Bri Guy was the first Auburn athlete to be named to the All-SEC Team since 2009 In just his second season on The Plains and as a head coach, Auburn head coach Jeff Graba was named the SEC s Coach of the Year Freshman Bri Guy (all-around) and senior Kylie Shields (vault) both qualified for nationals, mark the first time Auburn sent more than one gymnast to the NCAA championship meet since 2006 Bri Guy was named SEC Freshman of the Week on February 21. She was the first Auburn gymnast to receive an SEC weekly award since Allyson Sandusky in 2010, and the first to be named Freshman of the Week since Sandusky in TEAM BY TEAM NOTES Auburn was named one of its programs on the rise by CollegeGymFans.com, while Bri Guy was named one of the top floor competitors to watch nationally Auburn gymnastics recorded the second-highest regional score in program history with its performance in The mark ranked 12th nationally and would ve been good enough to send the Tigers to nationals in two other regions Laura Lane was named SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season. Lane s award gives Auburn three consecutive award winners dating back to Krissy Voss in FLORIDA Gators Florida took second in NCAA Championships' Super Six action. The span of 0.1 between first and third is the smallest margin ever in the meet's history. The runner-up finish matches Florida's top placing in NCAA Championships' history (also second in 1998). Florida's total of is its top total ever in NCAA Championships' competition. Kytra Hunter won both the NCAA all-around (39.725) and vault (9.875 average) titles to become the fifth to win multiple NCAA titles as a freshman in the 31-year history of the meet. She is the only Gator to win multiple NCAA event titles in a single year. She used a collegiate-best of to become the first Gator to win the NCAA all-around title and is the ninth freshman in the meet's history to claim the all-around title. She is the second consecutive Gator to claim the vault title, as Marissa King was the 2011 titlist. In total, six Gators picked up a school record total of 16 All-America honors (previous high was 15 in 2007 and 2008). Florida returns 22 of its 24 competitive routines next season. GEORGIA Gym Dogs Georgia senior Kat Ding capped her career by winning NCAA titles on the uneven bars and floor exercise last weekend at the national championships held at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Ding claimed the 39th and 40th individual NCAA titles in Georgia history and the 11th on bars and floor. UGA s 40 titles leads all teams, and the Gym Dogs have now won 14 individual crowns in the last six years. It was the second straight NCAA bars title for Ding, who becomes the eighth gymnast in Georgia history to win national titles in multiple years and the first to win back-to-back crowns on an individual event since Heather Stepp on vault in 1992 and Ding joins former gymnasts Courtney Kupets (2006, 2007, 2009), Kim Arnold (1998), Stepp (1993), Hope Spivey (1991) and Corrinne Wright (1989) as the only Gym Dogs to win more than one national title in the same year. Ding is the second gymnast to repeat as the outright NCAA uneven bars champion and the first since Georgia s Lucy Wener in 1986 and Ding also was the NCAA runner-up in the all-around with a As a team the Gym Dogs (18-9) placed fifth with a in the second semifinal session on Friday. Georgia posted season-highs on vault and bars, but had to count two falls on the balance beam. KENTUCKY Wildcats After a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Champaign Regional on Saturday with an overall team score of , the University of Kentucky gymnastics team has earned a top-25 final ranking for the third-consecutive season, according to the GymInfo team rankings which were released Monday. Kentucky (11-10) finishes the season ranked 25th nationally with a National Qualifying Score of The NQS is calculated by adding a team s Regional Qualifying Score and its team score from the regional competition together. This is the third-consecutive top-25 final ranking for Kentucky. UK finished 25th last season and 21st in The ranking makes first-year head coach Tim Garrison the first head coach in school history to lead his team to a top-25 final ranking in his first season, according to records kept since The Wildcats are coming off their 24th appearance in a NCAA Regional after participating in the 2012 NCAA Champaign Regional last weekend. Kentucky s best event during the meet was uneven bars, where it posted a high mark of Junior Caitlyn Ciokajlo led Kentucky on the event with a career-high tying Seniors Storey Morris and Whitney Rose were also impressive on the event with Morris posting a 9.8 and Rose a season-high tying The NCAA Regional appearance ended a historic first season for Kentucky under Garrison, who became the first coach in school history to lead a team to a 196 team score in his first season. LSU Tigers The 11th-seeded LSU gymnastics team posted the school s third-best score at the NCAA Championships with a in Semifinal I, but it was not enough for the Tigers to advance to the program s third Super Six as LSU placed sixth in the semifinal. Four Tigers earned All-America honors, led by freshman Rheagan Courville who earned firstteam honors on vault with a and the all-around with a that was good enough for first place in the semifinal. Senior Ashley Lee tallied her second career All-America honor with a 9.90 on vault, while sophomore Sarie Morrison earned Second-Team All-America recognition on bars with a and freshman Lloimincia Hall recorded second-team honors with a on floor. With the five All-America honors earned at the championships, LSU upped its total to 111 honors in school history. Courville placed seventh on vault in the NCAA Individual Event finals with a average. Lee ended her career in style, posting a career-high 9.85 on floor and earning her second All-America honor.

3 2012 SEC Gymnastics Final SEC MEDIA SERVICES 2012 SEC Gymnastics Championship The 2012 SEC Gymnastics Championship will be held March 24 at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. Media representatives wishing to cover this event should contact Chevonne Mansfield in the SEC Media Relations Office. Weekly Release The SEC will release a weekly notes package each Tuesday beginning January 11, 2012, containing SEC individual and team rankings as well as teamby-team notes. Members of the media who wish to receive the weekly release should register at Updated information on SEC Gymnastics is also available via to accredited members of the media. If you wish to receive SEC information via regularly throughout the season, please contact Chevonne Mansfield in the SEC Media Relations Department at by at cmansfield@sec.org. SEC Gymnastics on SECSportsMedia.com SEC information is available 24-hours-a-day via SECSportsMedia.com, an Internet product that media can use to receive documents via . SECSportsMedia.com works as a replacement to the prior existing MediaTeamLink and Info Connection fax-on-demand systems. For additional information or to subscribe, simply log on to and register your name and address. SEC Gymnastics on the Internet Information about Southeastern Conference gymnastics is available on the Internet via the SEC s world wide web site. The SEC address is The site will be updated each Tuesday afternoon, following the completion of the release. SEC Gymnastics SID Contacts Contact Office Fax Internet Chevonne Mansfield/SEC (205) cmansfield@sec.org Roots Woodruff/UA (205) rwoodruff@ia.ua.edu Robby Edwards/ARK (479) robbye@uark.edu Taylor Bryan/AU (334) jtb0028@auburn.edu Mary Howard/UF (352) x maryh@gators.uaa.ufl.edu Ben Beaty/UG (706) bbeaty@sports.uga.edu Evan Crane/UK (270) wecran2@uky.edu Jake Terry/LSU (225) jterry9@lsu.edu SEC GYMNASTS OF THE WEEK Week-by-Week Gymnast Freshman Week 1 Katherine Grable, AR Chelsea Davis, UG Week 2 Geralen Stack-Eaton, UA Lloimincia Hall, LS Week 3 Katherine Grable, AR Kytra Hunter, UF Week 4 Ashanée Dickerson, UF Jessie Jordan, LS/Kytra Hunter, UF Week 5 Diandra Milliner, UA Rheagan Courville, LS Week 6 Kat Ding, UG Kytra Hunter, UF Week 7 Alaina Johnson, UF Bri Guy, AU Week 8 Kytra Hunter, UF Rheagan Courville, LS Week 9 Jamie Pisani, AR Lloimincia Hall, LS Week 10 Geralen Stack-Eaton, UA Sarah Persinger, UG Week 11 Alaina Johnson, UF Rheagan Courville, LS AROUND THE SEC ALL SEC TEAMS RECEIVE NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS The Southeastern Conference continues to prove itself as the nation s leading gymnastics conference. Each of the practicing seven SEC gymnastics squads currently found themselves ranked in the preseason poll, with all seven teams being ranked at the end of the regular sesaon. Florida ranked No. 1 while Alabama (3rd) and Georgia (5th) were the next highest SEC teams. LSU (8th) and Arkansas (10th). Auburn (15th) and Kentucky (24th) round out the rankings for the SEC. Below is a week-by-week look at how the SEC teams ranked during the regular season. UA ARK AU UF UG UK LS Pre-Season Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week T-9 Week Week

4 2012 SEC Gymnastics Final Alabama CRIMSON TIDE Overall: 21-2 (5-0 H, 5-1 A, 11-1 N) SEC: 6-0 (3-0 H, 3-0 A) January 13 GEORGIA* W, ) Alabama ) Penn State ) Michigan State ) Cornell at Auburn* W, February 3 FLORIDA* W, at Kentucky* W, ARKANSAS* W, at LSU* W, March 2 at Oklahoma L, MISSOURI W, UNC W, nd at SEC s April 7 1st NCAA Regionals st at NCAA Champ TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES/RESULTS Arkansas RAZORBACKS Overall: (8-3 H, 0-5 A, 7-5 N) SEC: 3-3 (3-0 H, 0-3 A) January 6 1) Arkansas ) Arizona ) Auburn ) Iowa ) LSU KENTUCKY* W, LSU* W, ) Florida ) Arkansas ) Maryland ) Bridgeport February 3 AUBURN* W, OKLAHOMA L, at Georgia* L, at Alabama* L, NEBRASKA L, March 2 MINNESOTA W, at West Va. L, at Missouri L, th at SEC s /7 2nd NCAA Regionals /22 6th at NCAA Champ Auburn TIGERS Overall: 8-20 (4-7 H, 0-4 A, 4-9 N) SEC: 0-6 (0-3 H, 0-3 A) January 6 1) Arkansas ) Arizona ) Auburn ) Iowa ) LSU at LSU* L, GEORGIA*L, ALABAMA*L, February 3 at Arkansas* L, ) Ohio State ) West Virginia ) Auburn ) Ball State FLORIDA* L, ) Kentucky ) Auburn ) Pittsburgh March 2 SOU. UTAH W, at SEMO W, BYU W, th at SEC s /7 4th at NCAA Regionals Florida GATORS Overall: 22-1 (7-0 H, 5-1 A, 11-0 N) SEC: 5-1 (3-0 H, 2-1 A) January 8 at NC State W, UIC W, at Kentucky* W, ) FLORIDA ) ARKANSAS ) MARYLAND ) BRIDGEPORT February 3 at Alabama* L, LSU* W, at Auburn* W, GEORGIA* W, March 4 at Nebraska W, UTAH W, st at SEC s April 7 1st at NCAA Regionals nd at NCAA Champ Georgia GYM DOGS Overall: 17-5 (6-0 H, 3-3 A, 8-2 N) SEC: 4-2 (3-0 H, 1-2 A) January 6 DENVER W, at Alabama* L, at Auburn* W, LSU* W, February 3 at Utah L, ARKANSAS* W, KENTUCKY* W, at Florida* L, March 2 UCLA W, at Michigan W, N.C. STATE W, rd at SEC s April 7 1st at NCAA Regionals th at NCAA Semi II Kentucky WILDCATS Overall: (6-3 H, 4-3 A, 2-8 N) SEC: 1-5 (1-2 H, 0-3 A) January 7 1) Oklahoma ) Kentucky ) Bowling Green ) Wisconsin-OK at Arkansas* L, FLORIDA* L, at UIC W, February 3 at LSU* L, ALABAMA* L, at Georgia* L, ) Kentucky ) Auburn ) Pittsbugh March 2 at Illinois W, ) Kentucky ) Ball State ) George Wash at Centenary W, th at SEC s April 7 5th at NCAA Regionals LSU TIGERS Overall: (4-1 H, 3-3 A, 7-8 N) SEC: 2-4 (2-1 H, 0-3 A) January 6 1) Arkansas ) Arizona ) Auburn ) Iowa ) LSU AUBURN* W, at Arkansas* L, at Georgia* L, February 3 KENTUCKY *W, at Florida* L, ) LSU ) Washington ) Seattle Pacific ALABAMA* L, March 2 N.C. STATE W, at Iowa W, WEST VA. W, th at SEC s April 7 2nd at NCAA Regionals th at NCAA Semi I Home meets in bold and caps; All times local unless otherwise noted [*] Denotes SEC Meet

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7 2012 SEC Gymnastics Awards Announced FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2012 CONTACT: Chevonne Mansfield BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The 2012 SEC gymnastics awards were announced following the SEC Gymnastics Championship on Saturday, March 24. Arkansas Jamie Pisani was named SEC Gymnast of the Year and Kytra Hunter of Florida was named SEC Freshman of the Year. Florida s Rhonda Faehn and Auburn s Jeff Graba shared SEC Coach of the Year honors while Kim Jacob (Alabama) and Laura Lane (Auburn) garnered SEC Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Pisani became just the second-ever Arkansas athlete to take home that title and the first since Casey Jo Magee tied for the event honors in She ranks No. 1 in the nation in the all-around and the floor exercise and is the only SEC gymnast ranked in the top 20 in all five events. Pisani led Arkansas to its first No. 1 national ranking earlier this year and three weeks ranked No. 1 on bars. She won the beam title at the championship meet on Saturday. Hunter picked up the all-around title at the SEC meet with a and became the first Gator to claim the all-around since Kristen Guise in She is also the first Gator freshman to take the win since Elfi Schlegel in Hunter posted the highest score of the meet on any event with her first-place mark of on vault. She is the third consecutive Gator to be named SEC Freshman of the year and sixth overall, joining Alaina Johnson (2011), Ashanée Dickerson (2010), Amanda Castillo (2007), Orley Szmuch (2002) and Betsy Hamm (1998). Jacob, Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average for her Crimson Tide career while majoring in Exercise Science. She has earned a place on the President s List every semester for her career and has competed in the Crimson Tide s balance beam and floor exercise lineup in every meet as a sophomore. Lane, also a Co-Scholar-Athlete, owns a 3.92 cumulative GPA majoring in Applied Mathematics with a focus in Actuarial Sciences. She was named to the Dean s List each semester and was the winner of the AU College of Sciences and Mathematics Outstanding Freshman and Outstanding Sophomore awards. Lane earned the SEC Scholar-Athlete award for the second consecutive season. Faehn guided Florida to a No. 1 national ranking that they have held most of the 2012 season. The honor is the third straight for Faehn and fifth since Graba aided the Auburn gymnastics team to a No. 13 national ranking in AU posted its second-best score in program history, a , during the regular season under Graba s tutelage while Bri Guy became the first Auburn gymnast to win an SEC weekly award since The All-SEC First and Second, and All-Freshman Teams were also announced. Athletes were nominated by the coaches and voted on at the SEC Championship. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own athletes. All-SEC teams were based on finish at the SEC Championship. The individual event champions and the top three place finishers in the allaround were named First Team All-SEC, while the event runner-up and next three finishers in the all-around were named to the second team. The top freshman finisher and top three in the all-around were named Freshman All-SEC. Gymnast of the Year: Jamie Pisani, Arkansas Freshman of the Year: Kytra Hunter, Florida Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kim Jacob, Alabama Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Laura Lane, Auburn Co-Coach of the Year: Rhonda Faehn, Florida Co-Coach of the Year: Jeff Graba, Auburn First Team All-SEC Kytra Hunter, Florida Alaina Johnson, Florida Jamie Pisani, Arkansas Lloiminica Hall, LSU Rheagan Courville, LSU All-Freshman Team Kytra Hunter, Florida Rheagan Courville, LSU Lloimincia Hall, LSU Jessie Jordan, LSU Second Team All-SEC Ashley Lee, LSU Marissa King, Florida Kat Ding, Georgia Geralen Stack-Eaton, Alabama Mackenzie Caquatto, Florida Bri Guy, Auburn Ashley Priess, Alabama Jessie Jordan, LSU Media Relations Richard Arrington Blvd. N Birmingham, AL Phone: (205) Fax: (205)

8 The Southeastern Conference Setting the Standard for Intercollegiate The Southeastern Conference is widely regarded as the most dominating gymnastics conference in the NCAA. Since the inaugural NCAA Championship in 1982, the SEC has had at least one team in all 30 national championship meets, with Florida being one of only two teams nationally (Utah is the other) to have appeared at all 20 contests prior to the Gators barely missing the cut in The SEC has also had at least one team finish in the Top-10 in the NCAA since The SEC entered the record books at the 1998 NCAA Championships, becoming the only conference in women s collegiate gymnastics to sweep the top three spots. Georgia won its fourth championship title with the largest margin of victory in over 10 years. The Bulldogs outdistanced second-place Florida who finished just ahead of Alabama. It marked the 12th consecutive year that the SEC placed at least two teams in the final top five. At the 1999 NCAA Championships, Georgia won its second consecutive and fifth overall first-place title. Alabama, Florida and LSU all finished in the top 10. In 2000, both Georgia and Alabama finished in the top five, with LSU coming in at ninth. Georgia was the national runner-up in 2001, with Alabama finishing fourth and Florida seventh. in Gymnastics Notes Alabama won its sixth national championship in 2012 and brought home the SEC s 16th overall title. In 1998 the SEC entered the record book as the only conference to sweep the top three spots at the NCAA meet (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) marked the 26th consecutive year that the SEC placed at least two teams in the final top five. A record five SEC teams advanced to the Super Six in times in the past 28 years the SEC has placed at least four teams in the Top 10 at the NCAA meet, including , 2008 and 2009 when five teams were ranked. SEC leads all Division I conferences in NCAA Individual titles with 80. Georgia leads all Division I schools in NCAA Individual titles with 39. The SEC was awarded 26 first team All-American honors in In 2002, Alabama once again brought the NCAA title back to the SEC by claiming its fourth National Championship, and brought the SEC its eighth overall title. The Crimson Tide edged out SEC rival Georgia , making the Bulldogs the NCAA runner-up for a second consecutive year and having SEC teams claim the top two spots for the first time since LSU finished eighth at the Nationals, while Florida placed 10th. In 2003, the SEC sent five teams to the NCAA Championships for the third time, with four of those finishing in the top ten. Alabama finished as the runner-up, with Georgia finishing third. It is the 12th time that the SEC has had two teams finish in the top three. In 2004, the SEC placed three teams in the top five at the NCAA Championships. Georgia won the SEC s 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th national championships in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and The SEC set a record with five teams advancing to the Super Six in Alabama won their sixth, and the SEC s 16th national championship, in In addition to phenomenal success on the team level, SEC athletes have also excelled at the individual level, claiming a total of 84 individual championships, including all five in In its own right, the SEC has swept all five individual titles on five separate occasions , 1993, 1994, 2009 and 2012.

9 2012 SEC Gymnastics Television Schedule Event Date Meet Air Date/Time (ET) Network 1/13 LSU 1/21 5:00 p.m. ET 1/13 Alabama 1/19 6:30 p.m. ET 1/13 Alabama 1/22 7:00 p.m. ET 1/20 Kentucky 1/28 9:00 p.m. ET 1/27 Auburn 1/31 7:00 p.m. ET 1/27 Florida 2/2 6:30 p.m. ET 1/27 Georgia 2/4 7:00 p.m. ET 2/3 Alabama 2/7 7:00 p.m. ET 2/3 Arkansas 2/11 9:00 p.m. ET 2/10 Georgia 2/15 9:00 p.m. ET 2/10 Kentucky 2/18 7:00 p.m. ET 2/10 Florida 2/16 6:30 p.m. ET 2/10 Florida 2/19 1:30 p.m. ET 2/17 Alabama 2/23 6:30 p.m. ET 2/17 Georgia 2/25 7:00 p.m. ET 2/17 Auburn 2/26 1:00 p.m. ET 2/24 Florida 3/3 4:00 p.m. ET 2/24 LSU 3/1 10:30 p.m. ET 2/24 LSU 3/4 8:00 p.m. ET 3/24 3/24 SEC Championship Duluth, GA SEC Championship Duluth, GA 3/29 8:00 p.m. ET 4/2 8:00 p.m. ET

10 Page 1 of 17 Report - W Gymnastics All-Around Name Class School Date Site Score Jaime Pisani Sr. Arkansas 02/03/2012 Auburn - Fayetteville Katherine Grable So. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville Geralen Stack- Eaton Sr. Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals - Duluth, Ga Alaina Johnson So. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL Kytra Hunter Fr. Florida 02/24/2012 Georgia - Gainesville, FL Kat Ding Sr. Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Marissa King Jr. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL Ashley Priess Sr. Alabama 03/16/2012 North Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala Ashanée Dickerson Jr. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL Noel Couch Jr. Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Brianna Guy Fr. Auburn 02/17/2012 Florida - Auburn, Ala Rheagan Courville Fr. LSU 02/17/2012 Washington w/ Seattle Pacific - Seattle, Wash Kylie Shields Sr. Auburn 03/02/2012 Southern Utah - Auburn, Ala Ashley Sledge Jr. Alabama 01/13/2012 Georgia - Tuscaloosa, Ala Lloimincia Hall Fr. LSU 02/10/2012 Florida - Gainesville, Fla Jessie Jordan Fr. LSU 02/17/2012 Washington w/ Seattle Pacific - Seattle, Wash Amy Borsellino Jr. Arkansas 03/10/2012 West Virginia - Morgantown, W.V Sarah Persinger Fr. Georgia 03/09/2012 Michigan - Ann Arbor, Mich Jordan Salsberg Jr. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville Audrey Harrison So. Kentucky 03/17/2012 Centenary - Shreveport, La Vault Name Class School Date Site Score Geralen Stack-Eaton Sr. Alabama 01/13/2012 Georgia - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 10 Diandra Milliner So. Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 10 Kat Ding Sr. Georgia 04/20/2012 NCAA Semifinal - Duluth, Ga Ashley Sledge Jr. Alabama 01/13/2012 Georgia - Tuscaloosa, Ala Ashley Priess Sr. Alabama 03/02/2012 Oklahoma - Norman, Okla Ashley Lee Sr. LSU 01/20/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark Jaime Pisani Sr. Arkansas 03/16/2012 Missouri - Columbia, Mo. 9.95

11 Page 2 of 17 Marissa Gutierrez Jr. Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala Lindsey Cheek So. Georgia 04/20/2012 NCAA Semifinal - Duluth, Ga Katherine Grable So. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville 9.95 Alaina Johnson So. Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Kytra Hunter Fr. Florida 02/17/2012 Auburn - Auburn, AL 9.95 Rheagan Courville Fr. LSU 01/20/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark Lloimincia Hall Fr. LSU 03/09/2012 Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa 9.95 Kylie Shields Sr. Auburn 04/07/2012 NCAA Regionals - Auburn, Ala Ashanée Dickerson Jr. Florida 02/17/2012 Auburn - Auburn, AL Cat Hires So. Georgia 02/18/2012 Kentucky - Athens, Ga Nicole Ellis Sr. Florida 02/17/2012 Auburn - Auburn, AL 9.9 Toi Garcia Jr. Auburn 01/13/2012 LSU - Baton Rouge, La. 9.9 Amy Borsellino Jr. Arkansas 03/10/2012 West Virginia - Morgantown, W.V. 9.9 Uneven Bars Name Class School Date Site Score Kat Ding Sr. Georgia 04/22/2012 NCAA Individual Event Finals - Duluth, Ga Jaime Pisani Sr. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville 9.95 Ashanée Dickerson Jr. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Mackenzie Caquatto So. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Alaina Johnson So. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Chelsea Davis Fr. Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Allyson Sandusky Sr. Auburn 01/27/2012 Alabama - Auburn, Ala Kylie Shields Sr. Auburn 02/17/2012 Florida - Auburn, Ala Ashley Priess Sr. Alabama 01/27/2012 Auburn - Auburn, Ala Mariah Howdeshell Sr. Arkansas 01/06/2012 Cancun Classic (LSU, Auburn, Arizona, Iowa, SJSU) - Cancun, Mexico Ashley Sledge Jr. Alabama 03/02/2012 Oklahoma - Norman, Okla Marissa King Jr. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL Shelby Salmon So. Arkansas 01/27/2012 Florida - Gainesville, Fla Storey Morris Sr. Kentucky 02/24/2012 Auburn/Pittsburgh - Lexington, Ky. 9.9 Geralen Stack- Eaton Sr. Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 9.9

12 Page 3 of 17 Gina Nuccio Sr. Georgia 01/06/2012 Denver - Athens, Ga. 9.9 Nicole Ellis Sr. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL 9.9 Petrina Yokay Jr. Auburn 02/03/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark. 9.9 Katherine Grable So. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville 9.9 Sarie Morrison So. LSU 03/02/2012 North Carolina State - Baton Rouge, La. 9.9 Balance Beam Name Class School Date Site Score Ashley Priess Sr. Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Semifinals - Duluth, Ga Geralen Stack- Eaton Sr. Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Semifinals - Duluth, Ga Jaime Pisani Sr. Arkansas 03/10/2012 West Virginia - Morgantown, W.V Shayla Worley Jr. Georgia 01/13/2012 Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Ala Marissa King Jr. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Sarah DeMeo So. Alabama 03/16/2012 North Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala Brianna Guy Fr. Auburn 02/17/2012 Florida - Auburn, Ala Kat Ding Sr. Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Katherine Grable So. Arkansas 01/06/2012 Cancun Classic (LSU, Auburn, Arizona, Iowa, SJSU) - Cancun, Mexico Alaina Johnson So. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL Kytra Hunter Fr. Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL Rheagan Courville Fr. LSU 02/03/2012 Kentucky - Baton Rouge, La Kylie Shields Sr. Auburn 01/13/2012 LSU - Baton Rouge, La. 9.9 Noel Couch Jr. Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga. 9.9 Ashanée Dickerson Jr. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL 9.9 Kaylan Earls So. Georgia 03/11/2012 NC State - Athens, Ga. 9.9 Laura Moffatt So. Georgia 03/09/2012 Michigan - Ann Arbor, Mich. 9.9 Kim Jacob So. Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 9.9 Diandra Milliner So. Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 9.9 Kayla Williams Fr. Alabama 03/16/2012 North Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 9.9 Floor Excercise Name Class School Date Site Score Jaime Pisani Sr. Arkansas 02/03/2012 Auburn - Fayetteville 9.975

13 Page 4 of 17 Kytra Hunter Fr. Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL Lloimincia Hall Fr. LSU 03/02/2012 North Carolina State - Baton Rouge, La Ashley Priess Sr. Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala Geralen Stack- Eaton Sr. Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala Kat Ding Sr. Georgia 04/22/2012 NCAA Individual Event Finals - Duluth, Ga Noel Couch Jr. Georgia 02/03/2012 Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah 9.95 Ashanée Dickerson Jr. Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Marissa King Jr. Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL 9.95 Katherine Grable So. Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville 9.95 Brianna Guy Fr. Auburn 03/02/2012 Southern Utah - Auburn, Ala Gina Nuccio Sr. Georgia 02/18/2012 Kentucky - Athens, Ga Marissa Gutierrez Jr. Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala Diandra Milliner So. Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala Mariel Box Sr. Georgia 03/11/2012 NC State - Athens, Ga. 9.9 Amy Borsellino Jr. Arkansas 03/16/2012 Missouri - Columbia, Mo. 9.9 Kelci Lewis Jr. Arkansas 02/05/2012 Oklahoma - Fayetteville 9.9 Randy Stageberg Jr. Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL 9.9 Audrey Harrison So. Kentucky 02/24/2012 Auburn/Pittsburgh - Lexington, Ky. 9.9 Kayla Hartley So. Kentucky 02/10/2012 Alabama - Lexington, Ky. 9.9 Team All-Around School Date Site Score Florida 03/16/2012 Utah - Gainesville, FL Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals - Duluth, Ga Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL Florida 01/27/2012 Arkansas, Bridgeport and Maryland - Gainesville, FL Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Semifinals - Duluth, Ga Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala Alabama 03/16/2012 North Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala Florida 02/24/2012 Georgia - Gainesville, FL Florida 02/17/2012 Auburn - Auburn, AL 197.5

14 Page 5 of 17 Georgia 03/11/2012 NC State - Athens, Ga Georgia 01/28/2012 LSU - Athens, Ga Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville Georgia 02/18/2012 Kentucky - Athens, Ga Alabama 03/09/2012 Missouri - Tuscaloosa, Ala Alabama 03/02/2012 Oklahoma - Norman, Okla Georgia 04/07/2012 NCAA Auburn Regional - Auburn, Ala Alabama 02/24/2012 LSU - Baton Rouge, La Alabama 04/07/2012 NCAA Regional - Seattle, Wash Florida 03/04/2012 Nebraska - Lincoln, NE Georgia 02/03/2012 Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah Florida 02/03/2012 Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL Auburn 02/17/2012 Florida - Auburn, Ala LSU 02/10/2012 Florida - Gainesville, Fla LSU 03/16/2012 West Virginia - Baton Rouge, La Georgia 02/10/2012 Arkansas - Athens, Ga Georgia 02/24/2012 Florida - Gainesville, Fla Arkansas 02/03/2012 Auburn - Fayetteville Alabama 03/24/2012 SEC Championships - Duluth, Ga Arkansas 01/27/2012 Florida - Gainesville, Fla Auburn 03/02/2012 Southern Utah - Auburn, Ala Arkansas 01/13/2012 Kentucky - Fayetteville Georgia 03/09/2012 Michigan - Ann Arbor, Mich Georgia 03/24/2012 SEC Championship - Duluth, Ga LSU 02/24/2012 Alabama - Baton Rouge, La LSU 03/02/2012 North Carolina State - Baton Rouge, La Georgia 01/06/2012 Denver - Athens, Ga Georgia 04/20/2012 NCAA Semifinal - Duluth, Ga Alabama 01/13/2012 Georgia - Tuscaloosa, Ala Arkansas 01/06/2012 Cancun Classic (LSU, Auburn, Arizona, Iowa, SJSU) - Cancun, Mexico LSU 02/17/2012 Washington w/ Seattle Pacific - Seattle, Wash LSU 03/24/2012 SEC Championship - Duluth, Ga Alabama 01/27/2012 Auburn - Auburn, Ala Arkansas 03/02/2012 Minnesota - Fayetteville

15 Page 6 of 17 01/13/2012 Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Ala LSU 01/20/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark Arkansas 02/24/2012 Nebraska - Fayetteville LSU 03/09/2012 Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa Florida 01/20/2012 Kentucky - Lexington, KY Auburn 01/27/2012 Alabama - Auburn, Ala Alabama 01/21/2012 Penn State/Michigan State - State College, Pa Arkansas 02/05/2012 Oklahoma - Fayetteville Florida 01/13/2012 Illinois Chicago - Gainesville, FL LSU 02/03/2012 Kentucky - Baton Rouge, La Auburn 04/07/2012 NCAA Regionals - Auburn, Ala LSU 04/07/2012 NCAA Seattle Regional - Seattle, Wash Florida 01/06/2012 North Carolina State - Raleigh, NC Kentucky 03/11/2012 George Washington/Ball State - Lexington, Ky Alabama 02/10/2012 Kentucky - Lexington, Ky. 196 Alabama 02/10/2012 Kentucky - Lexington, Ky. 196 Georgia 01/20/2012 Auburn - Auburn, Ala Auburn 03/16/2012 BYU - Auburn, Ala Kentucky 03/02/2012 Illinois - Champaign, Ill Auburn 03/09/2012 Southeast Missouri State - Cape Girardeau, Mo Arkansas 02/10/2012 Georgia - Athens, Ga Kentucky 03/17/2012 Centenary - Shreveport, La Auburn 02/03/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark LSU 01/28/2012 Georgia - Athens, Ga Auburn 01/20/2012 Georgia - Auburn, Ala Kentucky 02/24/2012 Auburn/Pittsburgh - Lexington, Ky Arkansas 03/16/2012 Missouri - Columbia, Mo Auburn 02/24/2012 Kentucky/Pittsburgh - Lexington, Ky Arkansas 03/10/2012 West Virginia - Morgantown, W.V Kentucky 01/28/2012 Illinois-Chicago - Chicago, Ill Kentucky 02/03/2012 LSU - Baton Rouge, La LSU 01/13/2012 Auburn - Baton Rouge, La Auburn 01/06/2012 Cancun Classic - Cancun, Mexico Kentucky 04/07/2012 NCAA Regional - Champaign, Ill

16 Page 7 of 17 02/10/2012 Alabama - Lexington, Ky Kentucky 01/07/2012 Oklahoma/Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Bowling Green State - Lexington, Ky Auburn 03/24/2012 SEC Championship - Duluth, Ga Kentucky 01/20/2012 Florida - Lexington, Ky Kentucky 03/24/2012 SEC Championships - Duluth, Ga. 194 Auburn 01/13/2012 LSU - Baton Rouge, La Kentucky 01/18/2012 Georgia - Athens, Ga LSU 01/06/2012 Cancun Classic - Cancun, Mexico Kentucky 01/13/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark Alabama 01/21/2012 Penn State/Michigan State - State College, Pa Team Vault School Date Site Score Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals - Duluth, Ga Alabama 02/03/2012 Florida - Tuscaloosa, Ala Georgia 04/20/2012 NCAA Semifinal - Duluth, Ga Florida 02/17/2012 Auburn - Auburn, AL Alabama 01/13/2012 Georgia - Tuscaloosa, Ala Alabama 02/17/2012 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa, Ala Alabama 03/02/2012 Oklahoma - Norman, Okla LSU 01/20/2012 Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark Alabama 03/16/2012 North Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala Georgia 03/02/2012 UCLA - Athens, Ga Alabama 01/21/2012 Penn State/Michigan State - State College, Pa Alabama 04/20/2012 NCAA Championships Semifinals - Duluth, Ga Arkansas 01/20/2012 LSU - Fayetteville 49.4 Florida 02/10/2012 Gators Link to Pink vs LSU - Gainesville, FL 49.4 Arkansas 02/24/2012 Nebraska - Fayetteville Florida 02/24/2012 Georgia - Gainesville, FL Georgia 02/18/2012 Kentucky - Athens, Ga LSU 02/17/2012 Washington w/ Seattle Pacific - Seattle, Wash LSU 03/09/2012 Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa LSU 03/24/2012 SEC Championship - Duluth, Ga Alabama 01/27/2012 Auburn - Auburn, Ala Alabama 03/09/2012 Missouri - Tuscaloosa, Ala