GYMNASTICS Alaska Anchorage Gymnastics Schedule & Results Seawolf Roster UAA GYMNASTICS SOCIAL MEDIA

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1 GYMNASTICS May 5, UAA Gymnastics Season Review GYM SID: NATE SAGAN Office: FAX: UAA Sports Information Wells Fargo Sports Complex Room Providence Drive Anchorage, Alaska BRIEF SEASON RECAP: The Alaska Anchorage gymnas cs team ba led through an injury plagued season to post four team scores of 190 or higher. The Seawolves posted back to back dual victories over Temple to highlight their final season in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, and they posted a season high score in their season finale at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa on Championships. Sophomores Stefany Bryan and Simone Penker and freshmen Julia York and Kallie Randolph all earned All MPSF accolades, while Bryan became the 13th gymnast in program history to qualify for the NCAA Div. I West Regional Championships. SEASON HIGH AT MPSFs: The Seawolves closed their 2014 campaign with a season high score Mar. 22 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa on Championships at UC Davis despite finishing 6th place, UAA scored points the 9th best total in program history thanks to nice showings on uneven bars and vault the Seawolves topped their previous best of thanks to a furious finish on uneven bars, tying the third best performance in program history Cook at sophomore Stefany Bryan (9.725) and junior Morgan Cook (9.675) both set career highs on bars, while sophomore Marie Sophie Boggasch tallied a season best 9.7 on vault, UAA earned the No. 14 total in program history with points, led by season highs from redshirt freshman Julia York (team season best 9.775) and Boggasch (9.725) freshman Kelsy Konkright added the best vault of her young career with a on balance beam they narrowly missed a season high with points, led by freshman Nicole Larkin s personal best 9.65 on floor, UAA missed its best night of 2014 by only 0.050, finishing with a score. Cook flipped to a career and team season best 9.8, and sophomore Simone Penker chipped in with a career high 9.65 Cook earned the team s highest placing of the night, tying for 6th on floor. BRYAN MAKES REGIONALS, TABBED MVP: Sophomore Stefany Bryan was named the team s 2014 MVP on Apr. 23 when the Seawolves celebrated with their year end banquet Bryan was an NCAA Div. I West Regional Championships all around qualifier just the 11th in program history and earned All MPSF honors in the all around and on uneven bars the Sea le (Roosevelt HS/Sea le Gymnas cs Academy) na ve competed all around 10 mes, averaging and Bryan producing a career high of on Feb. 16 Bryan s bars average ranked 10th best in program history, and she also made the MPSF All Academic Team with an overall grade point average of 3.75 other team award winners included redshirt freshman Julia York (Most Improved) and junior Sariaye Jensen who redshirted this year and sophomore Simone Penker (co Most Inspira onal) Alaska Anchorage Gymnastics Schedule & Results Date Meet/Opponent Site Time/Result Jan. 10 at Sea le Pacific Sea le, Wash. L, Jan. 13 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. L, Jan. 24 TEMPLE ANCHORAGE W, Jan. 26 TEMPLE ANCHORAGE W, Feb. 7 at Illinois State Normal, Ill. L, Feb. 9 at SE Missouri (w/ UIC) Cape Girardeau, Mo. 3rd of 3, Feb. 16 UC DAVIS ANCHORAGE L, Feb. 28 LINDENWOOD ANCHORAGE L, Mar. 2 LINDENWOOD ANCHORAGE L, Mar. 7 at Sac St. (w/ UCD) Sacramento, Calif. 3rd of 3, Mar. 22 at MPSF Champ. Davis, Calif. 6th of 6, Apr. 5 at NCAA West Regional Sea le, Wash. Bryan, 16th AA, Home meets in ALL CAPS 2014 Seawolf Roster Name Ht. Cl. Exp Hometown Marie Sophie Boggasch 5 5 So. 1V Schwarzenbach am Wald, Ger. Stefany Bryan 5 1 So. 1V Sea le, Wash. Morgan Cook 5 3 Jr. 2V Hot Springs, Ark. Kayli Davies* 5 0 So. 1V Mission Viejo, Calif. Sariaye Jensen* 5 6 Jr. 2V Las Vegas, Nev. Kelsy Konkright 5 4 Fr. HS Yakima, Wash. Nicole Larkin 5 0 Fr. HS Kennewick, Wash. M rcy Matsunami 5 3 So. 1V Omaha, Neb. Brice Mizell 5 4 Fr. HS Mill City, Ore. Simone Penker 5 2 So. 1V Maria Saal, Austria Kallie Randolph 5 2 Fr. HS Anchorage, Alaska Molly Reiter* 5 4 Fr. HS Burbank, Calif. Nicole Wetzel 5 2 So. 1V Keller, Texas Julia York 5 4 Fr. RS Mission Viejo, Calif. *redshirted 2014 season HEAD COACH: Paul Stoklos (Arizona, 1981), 30th season ASSISTANTS: Tami Mone e, 19th season; Jessica Mone e, 2nd season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Sco Sa erfield, 3rd season UAA GYMNASTICS SOCIAL MEDIA Alaska Anchorage Seawolves UAA Gymnas cs #SeawolfGymnas cs #SeawolfNa on #GoSeawolves

2 FOUR TABBED ALL CONFERENCE: Four Seawolf gymnasts grabbed spots on the MPSF s 2014 Women s Gymnas cs All Conference Team, determined by the top regional qualifying scores (RQS) among the league s gymnasts sophomore Stefany Bryan captured all league accolades in the all around with a RQS, while also pos ng UAA s top mark on uneven bars at Bryan was joined by three teammates as first me All MPSF honorees, along Randolph with freshman Kallie Randolph on floor exercise (9.705), sophomore Simone Penker on balance beam (9.645), and redshirt freshman Julia York on vault (9.645). GYMNAST NOTES: A er being limited by an ankle sprain for four straight meets, junior captain Morgan Cook has returned to the all around in UAA s last two regular season compe ons, topping the 38 point mark each me with a season average of , the Arkansas na ve ed for 10th on UAA s all me list (min. 4 meets), while her average on beam ranked 5th and her average on floor was 15th Cook ed for team high honors in 2014 York with four individual event victories sophomore Stefany Bryan stepped into the spotlight as one of UAA s most consistent performers, earning an NCAA West Regional individual all around berth and Team MVP honors the Sea le na ve topped out with a career high all around against UC Davis on Feb. 16 and also set a career high on bars with a 9.75 on UAA s season average lists, Bryan ranked 22nd in the all around (37.548) and 10th on bars Larkin (9.584) on UAA s other season average lists, freshman Kallie Randolph ranked No. 5 all me with her mark on floor, freshman Julia York was No. 12 on vault at 9.643, and freshman Nicole Larkin ed for No. 16 on bars at Randolph equaled Cook with four all around victories all on floor exercise. SMART(EST) SEAWOLVES: Five Alaska Anchorage gymnasts were honored for their classroom success on the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa on s 2014 Women s Gymnas cs All Academic Team sophomores Marie Sophie Boggasch and Simone Penker were two of just three MPSF gymnasts to carry perfect 4.00 overall grade point averages, along with Sacramento State junior Dallas Smith Boggasch, a vault and bars specialist from Schwarzenbach am Wald, Germany, is an avia on technology major, while Penker, a 3 event performer from Maria Saal, Austria, is a natural sciences major the European duo was joined on the team by fellow sophomores Stefany Bryan (3.77, English, Sea le/roosevelt HS) and Nicole Wetzel (3.75, psychology/keller, Texas), and junior captain Morgan Cook (3.06, psychology, Hot Springs, Ark./Lakeside HS) to be eligible, a student athlete must carry a 3.0 or be er cumula ve GPA, be in at least her second season, and compete in at least 50 percent of meets. Penker Boggasch HEAD COACH PAUL STOKLOS: The only coach in the 30 year history of the UAA gymnas cs program, Paul Stoklos is the two me MPSF Coach of the Year, capturing the honor outright in 2004 and sharing it in A er founding the Seawolf program in 1985, Stoklos has produced 37 Academic All Americans. Under his tutelage, the Seawolves have earned 39 All Seawolves 2014 Meet-by-Meet (season-highs in bold) Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor Total Davis /24 TEMPLE /26 TEMPLE /16 UC DAVIS /28 LINDENWD /02 LINDENWD St Averages Individual Season Highs V 9.75, Marie Sophie Boggasch at UC Davis, Jan. 13 UB 9.75, Stefany Bryan at Illinois State, Feb. 7; 9.75, Stefany Bryan vs UC Davis, Feb. 16 BB 9.725, Morgan Cook vs Lindenwood, Feb. 28 FX 9.8, Morgan Cook at MPSF Championships, Mar. 22 AA , Stefany Bryan vs UC Davis, Feb. 16 Career-Best Scores by Gymnast Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Boggasch Bryan Cook Konkright Larkin Matsunami Mizell Penker Randolph Wetzel York Bold indicates career high set or ed in most recent meet(s) Honors & Awards Stefany Bryan Team MVP, 4/23 NCAA West Regional Championships qualifier, 4/5 All MPSF Team (AA, UB), 3/26 Sariaye Jensen co Most Inspira onal Gymnast, 4/23 Simone Penker All MPSF Team (BB), 3/26 co Most Inspira onal Gymnast, 4/23 Kallie Randolph All MPSF Team (FX), 3/26 Julia York All MPSF Team (V), 3/26 Most Improved Gymnast, 4/23 America cer ficates and five USAG individual na onal tles. In 2003, Stoklos led the Seawolves into the Div. I ranks and has raised the team s talent level to its highest ever. In 2009, Stoklos led the Seawolves to their first ever MPSF league tle. Stoklos was assisted for the 19th straight season by Tami Mone e, along with 2nd year assistant Jessica Mone e and volunteer coach Sco Sa erfield.

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