Gymnast of the Week awards are given by conference offices and the College Gymnastics Association. More will be added throughout the week as they become available.
Gymnast of the Week
Kyler Hinson – Greenville
Hinson claimed the all-around title with a 76.650 in Greenville’s meet against Nebraska, Simpson and William & Mary. He also placed third on parallel bars.
Co-Specialists of the Week
Maddox Pabell – Army
See below for accomplishments.
Charlie Larson – Michigan
See below for accomplishments.
Rookie of the Week
Ty Roderiques – Nebraska
See below for accomplishments.
Gymnast of the Week
Alex Nitache – Nebraska
* Won the floor exercise in a quad meet against Simpson, William & Mary, and Greenville with a career-high score of 13.850 with a stuck landing on his last pass
* Posted a second-place finish on high bar with a career-best 13.700
* Garners his first Gymnast of the Week award
Event Specialist of the Week
Charlie Larson – Michigan
* Won a pair of event titles in a tri-meet against Springfield and Arizona State
* Claimed titles on floor with a season high 14.100 and vault with a score of 14.200
* Claims his third career Event Specialist of the Week award
Freshman of the Week
Ty Roderiques – Nebraska
* Won the vault title at Saturday’s quad meet with a career-high score of 14.200
* Scores his first Freshman of the Week honor
Co-Gymnasts of the Week
Jake Smith – Simpson
Jake set personal bests in two of his three events with scores over the weekend of 13.1 on the floor, a 13.75 vault, and a 12.75 on the horizontal bars, boosting Simpson to their first win in program history.
Blaise Rousseau – Springfield
Blaise took home event titles on the rings and parallel bars this weekend against the University of Michigan. His 13.85 tied his career high on the still rings, and his 13.0 tied his career high on the parallel bars.
Routine of the Week
Maddox Pabellon – Army
Maddox won his third event title of the season with a 14.300 at the All Academy Championships. It was also the highest score posted throughout the entire weekend on any event.
Rookie of the Week
Garrett Alexander – Simpson
Garrett was another key to Simpson’s first victory this weekend, securing a 13.0 on the floor, a 12.4 on the pommel horse, and a 12.95 on the vault to finish out the day.
Gymnast of the Week
Jared Fry – Air Force
Air Force sophomore Jared Fry (Lubbock, TX) won the all-around at the All-Academy Championships against No. 9 Navy and No. 13 Army (Feb. 13) with a meet record 78.700 in his first all-around of the year. Fry was the Falcons’ top finisher on the vault, with a third-place 13.700, and was Air Force’s No. 2 scorer on four other events (FX, SR, PB, HB). He added a runner-up finish on the still rings (12.900) and third-place marks on the parallel bars (13.250) and high bar (13.200) with career-high scores on the pommel horse and parallel bars. This is the first career MPSF weekly award for Fry.
Specialist of the Week
Sam Brown – Air Force
Air Force senior Sam Brown (Fort Worth, TX) scored a career-high 14.300 to win the pommel horse at the All-Academy Championships against service academy rivals No. 13 Army and No. 9 Navy (Feb. 13). His score is a personal improvement by 0.300 and is a new meet record. Brown led Ari Force to two of the top-three finishes on that event, while it is the sixth-highest pommel horse score in the nation this season. The 14.300 is also the eighth-highest in Air Force history. This is the first career MPSF weekly award for Brown.
Gymnast of the Week
Raif Schaffner – Iowa
Iowa GymACT made a very slow start to the 2026 season at the Windy City Invitational Jan. 17th. Led by Travis Raif Schaffner Iowa was able to increase their team score by 14.7 points at their 2nd competition the Iceberg Open Jan. 31st. Raif won AA and FE, but Iowa still finished behind the Minnesota Team 1 and Team 2. This past weekend Iowa bumped their team score a little higher to 290.25 at the SKI-U-MAH Invitational in St. Paul, MN. Raif again won the AA(75.25) and FE(14.00) and Iowa finally beat Minnesota 2! Raif also took 2nd on PH and 3rd on V.
Raif is a 5th year senior and as often happens with “older” guys injuries slow down their progress. Last year he had ACL surgery after a poor landing as he was learning a double twisting double on rings. As he recovered he decided that a triple back off rings might be a safer dismount. This is how his mind works. In his final year of GymACT competition he is beginning to realize execution is perhaps more important than difficulty and he is making good progress. In his last 2 meets he has dismounted from rings successfully with the double twisting double.
Raif and the team are anxious to meet several of the teams in our West GymACT Region at the Southwest Cup in Chandler, AZ this weekend. Thank you to Mike Burns for putting up prize money for the top 3 teams in the SKI-U-MAH Invitational. $900 for 2nd place will help Iowa fly to AZ.
