Gymnast of the Week awards are given by conference offices.
Gymnast of the Week
Anna Roberts – Stanford
Helped lead the Cardinal to a win over No. 16 Clemson with two first-place finishes.
Vault: 9.900 (First Place); Bars: 9.850; Beam: 9.800; Floor: 9.900 (Tied for Third Place); All-Around: 39.450 (Tied for First Place)
Specialist of the Week
Brie Clark – Clemson
Scored a 9.925 on beam for a first-place finish – Second-straight beam title.
Scored a 9.950 on floor for a first-place finish – Ranked third in the nation overall on floor.
Newcomer of the Week
Ana Barbosu – Stanford
Helped push Stanford to a win over No. 16 Clemson while earning three Top 3 finishes.
Vault: 9.850 (Second Place); Bars: 9.825; Beam: 9.850; Floor: 9.925 (Second Place); All-Around: 39.450 (Tied for First Place)
Gymnast of the Week
Jordan Chiles – UCLA
* Posted the nation’s top all-around score this season with a 39.875 in UCLA’s win at Michigan State
* Scored a perfect 10 on floor exercise, the first gymnast to do so this season, to win the event
* Picked up first-place finishes on vault (9.975), uneven bars (9.950) and balance beam (9.950)
* Garners her 10th career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week recognition
Event Specialist of the Week
Sophia Diaz – Michigan
* Earned 9.900s on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise
* Won the vault title with a stuck landing in the anchor spot
* Came in second on bars and floor
* Collects the first Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honor of her career
Freshman of the Week
Lacie Saltzmann – Minnesota
* Claimed the first event title of her career with a 9.900 on uneven bars
* Had a career-high 9.875 to place second on floor exercise
* Earns her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
Gymnast of the Week
Kimberly Smith – Arizona State
Smith helped ASU earn their first win over a ranked team since 2024 as the Gym Devils opened Conference play with a win over then-No. 22 BYU at home. Her all-around score of 39.475 marked a career high for the senior, following event titles in vault (9.850), floor (9.900) and the all-around competition. She also placed second in bars (9.875) and beam (9.850). Headlined by Smith’s floor routine, Arizona State collected the victory (196.050-195.200) in the final rotation with its season-high total of 49.225 in any apparatus. This is her first career Big 12 weekly accolade, picking up ASU’s first Gymnast of the Week title since joining the league in 2024.
Specialist of the Week
Aubrey Krohnfeldt – Arizona
Krohnfeldt anchored the uneven bars rotation and registered a career-high 9.900 on the apparatus to win the event. The GymCats posted a season-high tally of 49.225 on bars and claimed its second win of the season, 196.800-195.400 over visiting Towson. The Mesa, Arizona native earned her first Conference award and is the second Wildcat to pick up the honor.
Newcomer of the Week
Abbi Ryssman – Utah
Ryssman defended her weekly award after two second-place finishes in the Utes’ Conference opener at Iowa State. She opened her meet with a 9.85 on bars before setting her career-best 9.925 on the balance beam. The freshman spearheaded three straight beam routines that scored a 9.900 or better, which led to the Red Rocks’ best team score of 49.500 on the apparatus.
Gymnast of the Week
Isabella Minervini – Towson
Minervini earned a 39.450 in the all around, which is the fourth-highest all-around score in Towson history. The senior has finished first or tied for first in the all around for the third time in as many meets in 2026. She also earned a new career high on beam with a 9.900, tying for 10th in Towson history on that event.
Specialist of the Week
Catherine O’Rourke – George Washington
O’Rourke posted a personal best floor score (9.875) and earned a third place overall finish on the event. This score helped guide George Washington to a 49.300 floor rotation, the highest floor team score posted at the meet and a season best for the Revolutionaries.
Rookie of the Week
Brooklyn Thomas – Temple
Thomas shined on floor for Temple posting a 9.800, finishing tied for 11th place in the event in a very competitive field. This score tied a career-high for the freshman.
Rookie Specialist of the Week
Natalie Lindgren – Towson
Lindgren posted a career-high 9.850 on floor, improving in that event for the third straight meet. The freshman finished tied for fifth on floor, tied for second among Towson competitors.
Gymnast of the Week
Abby Kenney – Bridgeport
Senior Abby Kenney (Brick, N.J.) had a fantastic meet on Saturday against Brown, LIU, and Springfield, tying her career-high all-around score with a 39.150 while posting her highest beam and floor scores of the season. Kenney led Bridgeport as the team’s top scorer on bars (9.775), beam (9.775), and floor (9.825), while also adding a 9.775 on vault. Her all-around performance helped lead the Purple Knights to their highest team score since 2024. Kenney continues to be a consistent and impactful presence in Bridgeport’s lineups each week.
Specialist of the Week
Nova Staruk – Bridgeport
Junior Nova Staruk (West Boylston, Mass.) delivered big performances for the Purple Knights on Saturday, earning the top vault score of the meet with a 9.850, competing a very impressive Kasamatsu layout full. She also posted a career-high 9.825 on floor, opening her routine with a powerful full-in. Staruk led Bridgeport with the top scores on both vault and floor and continues to show steady improvement week to week, a direct reflection of her hard work and consistency in practice.
Newcomer of the Week
Gianna Smith – West Chester
First-Year Gianna Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa.) continued her impressive rise with another breakout performance, setting career highs on vault (9.625), uneven bars (9.625), floor (9.675), and in the all-around (38.625). As the meet’s lone all-around competitor, Smith placed second on both bars and floor and finished third on beam with a 9.700. Her performances helped lead West Chester to a season-high team score. Smith continues to prove herself as a valuable asset to the Golden Rams.
Gymnast of the Week
Carley Stalder – Ball State
Ball State freshman Carley Stalder captured her second vault win of the season by tying her career-high score with a 9.850 in Saturday’s Mid-American Conference dual win at Northern Illinois. She also tied for the top spot on beam with a career-best score of 9.875 to help the Cardinals turn in the fifth-best team beam score in program history at 49.250. Stalder, who has three event wins over the first three meets of the season, also turned in a countable score of 9.750 on floor against the Huskies. She currently ranks second in the MAC with a vault average of 9.825, while her floor average of 9.767 is ninth in the league.
Specialist of the Week
Ashley Szymanski – Ball State
Junior Ashley Szymanski is three-for-three on individual bars titles this season after winning the event in Saturday’s Mid-American Conference dual victory at Northern Illinois with a score of 9.800. She also placed third on the day on beam with a score of 9.850, helping the Cardinals turn in the fifth-best team beam score in program history at 49.250. Szymanski is currently tied for first in the league with an average beam score of 9.842, while her bars average of 9.825 is second among all MAC gymnasts.
Gymnast of the Week
Sophia Isbell – Texas Woman’s
During the quad meet at Temple, Isbell competed in vault, beam and floor for the Pioneers. On vault, she claimed the event title, scoring a 9.825. It also marked her third straight 9.825 of the season on vault, as the anchor for the Pioneers. Then, on beam, she scored a 9.775 to tie for third on the event. She tied for fourth on floor and matched her career high on the event with a 9.850.
Co-Performance of the Week
Sophia Isbell – Texas Woman’s
See above.
Ally Lau – Illinois State
Lau put together her best performance of the year on the balance beam last Saturday night at Central Michigan. The junior scored a 9.825 to win the beam competition and tie for the highest individual score of the night for a Redbird gymnast. She shared this week’s MIC Performance of the Week with Texas Woman’s Sophia Isbell.
Newcomer of the Week
Jercy Koliego – Illinois State
Koliego posted a career-best on bars against the Chippewas, as she scored a 9.800 to finish in fourth place overall, the highest in her young career at Illinois State. She was also selected for the Coaches Choice Award, which is awarded weekly to student-athletes who demonstrate exceptional leadership, team spirit, and performance. Selected by conference head coaches, the award highlights athletes who overcome adversity or contribute significantly to their team’s culture.
Coaches’ Choice Award
Jercy Koliego – Illinois State
See above.
Gymnast of the Week
Amelia Moneymaker – UC Davis
UC Davis senior Amelia Moneymaker (Sacramento, CA) won the all-around title in the quad meet at Sacramento State with a total of 39.275, as the Aggies accumulated a winning 194.775 (Jan. 23). She posted the first 9.900 by an Aggie this season with an MPSF season-best and victory on the balance beam. She added a title on floor with an MPSF season-high-tying 9.875, and shared second-place on bars (9.825). This is the eighth career MPSF weekly award for Moneymaker.
Specialist of the Week
Avah Reichow – UC Davis
UC Davis sophomore Avah Reichow (Burlingame, CA) posted career-highs on floor and beam, which helped the Aggies accumulate a winning 194.775 at the Sacramento State Quad (Jan. 23). She finished second on floor with a 9.850, and added a 9.700 on beam, in only her second career beam routine. Reichow also vaulted to fifth-place with a mark of 9.750. This is the first career MPSF weekly award for Reichow.
Freshman of the Week
Molly Osborne – UC Davis
UC Davis freshman Molly Osborne (Mission Viejo, CA) set a career-high with a fourth-place balance beam routine of 9.80, which helped the Aggies accumulate a winning 194.775 at the Sacramento State Quad (Jan. 23). She anchored the Aggies with solid marks on vault (9.70) and bars (9.725). This is the first career MPSF award for Osborne.
Co-All-Arounders of the Week
Maggie Slife – Air Force
* Scored a league-best-tying 39.250 in the all-around to share the title with teammate Alyssa Bigler in a quad meet against Eastern Michigan, Kent State and MW-foe Boise State.
* Scored a league-best 9.900 on bars to record her third straight Bars Specialist of the Week honor this season.
* Scored a league-best-tying 9.875 on floor to record her third individual title the meet with Eastern Michigan, Kent State and MW-foe Boise State.
* Rounded out her all-around total with a 9.800 on vault and a 9.675 on beam.
* Slife has tallied 11 weekly awards this season.
Alyssa Bigler – Air Force
* Scored a league-best-tying 39.250 in the all-around to share the title with teammate Maggie Slife in a quad meet against Eastern Michigan, Kent State and MW-foe Boise State.
* Scored a league-best 9.925 on beam for her second individual title in the meet with Eastern Michigan, Kent State and MW-foe Boise State.
* Rounded out her all-around total with a 9.775 on vault, 9.725 on bars and 9.825 on floor.
Co-Freshmen of the Week
Anabelle Dewey – Utah State
* Scored a 9.850 on floor, tying the highest mark by a freshman on any event this week.
* Also recorded a 9.800 on vault in Utah State’s dual meet victory at home against MW-foe San José State.
Alianna Valdez – Utah State
* Scored a 9.850 on beam, tying the highest mark by a freshman on any event this week.
* Also tallied a 9.725 on vault in Utah State’s road meet at Oregon State on Sunday afternoon.
Vault – Kaviana Jurries, San Jose State
Uneven Bars – Maggie Slife, Air Force
Balance Beam – Alyssa Bigler, Air Force
Floor Exercise – Maggie Slife, Air Force; Chelsea Southam, Utah State; Isabella Vater, Utah State
Co-Specialists of the Week
Ava Kelley – Springfield
Kelley tied for fifth on the beam after posting a career-high 9.775 leading the beam squad to a record breaking team score of 48.450. The previous total was 48.350 which was set on March 3, 2019 against RIC.
Tessa Sutton – Cortland
Sutton tied for first on floor exercise with a 9.75, tied for fith on vault with a 9.45 and tied for sixth on balance beam with a 9.60 during Cortland’s 191.40-188.20 dual victory at Utica last Friday. Her performances helped Cortland register the eighth-best team score in school history, and the fourth-highest in a regular-season meet. Cortland’s 48.15 beam score is tied for the seventh best in program history.
Gymnast of the Week
Kailin Chio – LSU
LSU’s Kailin Chio, a sophomore from Henderson, Nev., posted the nation’s second highest all-around of 39.775 as she helped her squad register the school record for a team score in a home opener during the win over Kentucky. Chio recorded a perfect 10 on beam, which was the first perfect score on the event by any gymnast this season, her first on beam and the second 10 in her career. She also put up scores of 9.9+ on the remaining three events for the Tigers, finishing with the highest score on vault and the all-around on top of her beam score.
Specialist of the Week
Riley McCusker – Florida
Florida’s Riley McCusker, a senior from Bradenton, Fla., won the bars title with her score of 9.975 in the win at No. 11 Auburn. McCusker’s score equaled the highest score by any non-all-arounder in SEC competition this past weekend. It was her first bars’ win since recording a perfect 10.0 at the 2025 SEC Gymnastics Championships.
Freshman of the Week
Mackenzie Estep – Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Mackenzie Estep, a freshman from Auburn, Wash., posted three career-high marks of 9.9-plus to help her team earn the win over No. 5 Georgia with the highest score in the nation of 198.425, the first team to break the 198 mark in 2026. Estep began the meet with a 9.975 on vault to earn her first event title of the meet. She then earned a share of first place on bars with a 9.925 and later recorded a 9.925 on floor for a share of fourth place.
Multi-Event
Paige Breckwoldt – UW-La Crosse
Breckwoldt helped lead the Eagles to a meet win over Simpson College (Iowa) with two individual event titles. First, Breckwoldt won the vault with a score of 9.750. Then on the floor exercise, Breckwoldt again scored a 9.750 to claim the individual event title.
Specialist
Juliette Rider – UW-Whitewater
Rider won the vault at a Division I quad hosted by California State University, Sacramento on Jan. 23. Her 9.850 is the best vault score for a Division III gymnast this season and ranks third in program history. Rider’s top mark also helped the Warhawks break the program record on vault as a team with a total of 48.600.
