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1 Southern Utah University Gymnastics 2010 WAC Champions Kyle Cottam, Assistant Sports Information Director Schedule/Results Overall: 65 WAC: 32 Home: 31 Away: 34 January March 7 at Utah State W, at Boise State * L, UCLA W, Auburn w/ BYU Cedar City 7 pm 21 Sacramento State * W, Iowa w/ Utah State Cedar City 2 pm 29 at BYU w/ Iowa St. & Utah St. 3rd, WAC Championships San Jose, Calif. 6 pm February April 4 Utah State *& W, NCAA Regionals TBA 6 pm 11 at CSFullerton * W, NCAA Nationals TBA 6 pm 18 San Jose State * L, at Missouri L, * Denotes Western Athletic Conference Meet & Denotes Breast Cancer Awareness Meet This Meet: Auburn with Brigham Young Cedar City, Utah Centrum Arena 7:00 p.m. About Auburn: Auburn University will enter the meet on Monday night riding a twomeet winning streak with victories at Brigham Young University and a home win against Pittsburgh. The Tigers have posted backtoback team scores in the 195 s over the twomeet stretch. Livestats: Online at Toi Garcia has posted the seasonbest mark for the Tigers on Live video: Online at the vault, scoring a Petrina Yokey has matched the on bars, leading Auburn on that event with Rachel In About the Meet: Southern Utah University gymnastics will niss tallying a seasonhigh on the floor exercise. Inniss, host Auburn and Brigham Young on Monday night in the first Allyson Sandusky and Kylie Shields have notched the season of two final regular season home meets for the Thunderbirds high for AU on beam with matching s. this season. About Brigham Young: Brigham Young University has lost SUU will be coming off its thirdhighest mark of the season, two meets heading into the contest on Monday night. Both scoring a in a defeat at Boise State on Friday. The losses came at home with defeats against Arizona and Au total included an individual title for Shannon Coughlin on burn over the past two weekends. the floor exercise, marking at least one individual title for the Thunderbirds in each meet this season. BYU has yet to earn higher than a this year as season highs for the Cougars have come from Natalie Eyre and Season highs for the Thunderbirds have come from Bailey Haylee Rollins on vault with matching s, Madeleine Pendley on vault (), Michaela Chernoch and Alyssa Johnson and Rollins on bars with s, Krysten Koval with a Click on bars with s, Ari Lamb on the balance beam on beam and Rollins with a on floor. with a and Coughlin with a on the floor exercise. Defending the trophy: Southern Utah will enter the 2011 Live stats and a free video stream for the meet will be avail season as the defending Western Athletic Conference able online at champions after capturing the trophy for the first time in school history in 2010.

2 Defending the titles: Sophomore Caitlin Kennedy will also enter the season with a chance to defend her conference title on beam. The Temple, Texas native scored a on the event to take the title in Departed Seniors: The Thunderbirds will be without departed seniors Melissa Johnson and Elise Wheeler in The pair will leave behind much to be missed, as Johnson capture the WAC vault title last year. Wheeler was a threetime AllAmerican in 2009, twotime WAC Gymnast of the Year and the 2010 North Central Region Gymnast of the Year. Injury bug bites: Senior and team captain Jenna Vogt will be out for the 2011 campaign after tearing her Achilles tendon three weeks before the season was set to begin. Fellow senior Bailey Pendley will also be out for the year after injuring her elbow during the third meet of the season. SUU lost a third gymnast for the season at the end of February as Brooke Cersosimo suffered a leg injury at the University of Missouri. Preseason poll: Southern Utah University has been picked second in the annual preseason poll as voted upon by the conference coaches, earning two firstplace votes and trailing conference favorite Boise State by one point Event Champions & Awards at Utah State at CSFullerton BB Ari Lamb () ** UB Alyssa Click () FX Shannon Coughlin () BB Brooke Cersosimo () AA B. Cersosimo (38.875) * FX Lindsey Schultz (9.750) Ari Lamb (38.875) AA Brooke Cersosimo (38.650) UCLA San Jose State FX Shannon Coughlin () UB Alyssa Click () FX Shannon Coughlin () Sacramento State VT Lindsey Schultz () at Missouri UB Caitlin Kennedy () VT Lindsey Schultz () Brooke Cersosimo () AA Ari Lamb (38.950) BB Alyssa Click () Ari Lamb () at Boise State FX Shannon Coughlin () FX Shannon Coughlin () AA Ari Lamb (39.100) Auburn w/ BYU at BYU w/ Iowa St. & USU VT Lindsey Schultz (9.750) Iowa w/ Utah St. BB Ari Lamb (9.925) FX Lindsey Schultz () WAC Championships Utah State NCAA Regionals VT Lindsey Schultz () BB Brooke Cersosimo () * WAC Gymnast of the Week FX Brooke Cersosimo () ** WAC Specialist of the Week Lindsey Schultz () AA Ari Lamb (38.950) WAC Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Boise State (4) Southern Utah (2) San Jose State Utah State 13 Sacramento State Cal State Fullerton 5 Follow the Thunderbirds online: SUU gymnastics fans can follow the team online at via facebook (facebook.com/southernutahthunderbirds) and on twitter (twitter.com/suuthunderbirds) Athletes of the Week: Brooke Cersosimo and Ari Lamb swept the weekly conference awards during the first week of competition (1/10). Cersosimo was named the Verizon WAC Gymnast of the Week and Lamb was honored with the Verizon WAC Specialist of the Week Individual & Team Rankings (2/28) (48.615) Nat Lindsey Schultz (113, 9.770) Nation 34 Reg Lindsey Schultz (13, 9.770) Region 7 WAC Lindsey Schultz (6, 9.770) WAC 3 Uneven Uneven (48.385) Nat Ari Lamb (136, 9.735) Nation 38 Reg Ari Lamb (25, 9.735) Region 7 WAC Ari Lamb (8, 9.735) WAC 3 Balance Balance (48.435) Nat Ari Lamb (55, 9.785) Nation 30 Reg Ari Lamb (8, 9.785) Region 7 WAC Ari Lamb (3, 9.785) WAC 2 Exercise Exercise (48.855) Nat Shannon Coughlin (80, ) Nation 26 Reg Shannon Coughlin (12, ) Region 6 WAC Shannon Coughlin (5, ) WAC 3 Lamb was named the Verizon WAC Specialist of the Week (1/31) for a second time this season after scoring a on the balance beam at BYU. Nat Ari Lamb (40, ) Reg Ari Lamb (9, ) WAC Ari Lamb (3, ) TOTAL ( ) Nation 33 Region 7 WAC 3

3 David Falls Goliath: Southern Utah s victory over 2010 NCAA National Champion UCLA in the second week of the season stands as one of the biggest upsets in school history. Best Out of Five: Southern Utah will face Utah State a total of five times this season, more than any other team on either school s schedules. Southern Utah University 2011 Roster Name ht yr hometown Brooke Cersosimo 52 Jr. Mitchell, S.D. Michaela Chernoch 53 So. Naples, Fla. Alyssa Click 54 So. Vancouver, Wash. Shannon Coughlin 52 Sr. Anchorage, Alaska Lauren Jeffrey 55 Jr. Kingwood, Texas Caitlin Kennedy 55 So. Temple, Texas Ari Lamb 55 Sr. Eagan, Minn. Rebecca Moore 51 Fr. Iowa City, Iowa Jennifer Nguyen 50 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Bailey Pendley 411 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. Lindsey Schultz 58 Sr. Gr Junction, Colo. Anna Schumacher 53 Jr. Green Bay, Wis. Jenna Vogt 51 Sr. White Bear Lake, Minn. Doniele Volopich 410 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. Southern Utah University Quick Facts Location: Cedar City, Utah Founded: 1897 Enrollment: 8,066 Nickname: Thunderbirds Colors: Scarlet and White Conference: Western Athletic (gymnastics only) All other sports compete in The Summit League Affiliation: NCAA Division I Home Arena: Centrum Arena (5,300) National Rankings (as of Feb. 28) No. Team rqs high 1. Florida Stanford Alabama Oklahoma Utah Georgia Oregon State UCLA Michigan Nebraska Penn State Arkansas Ohio State Boise State * Washington Iowa IllinoisChampaign Denver Iowa State Minnesota Kent State Auburn Arizona L.S.U BYU Missouri San Jose State * Southern Utah Utah State * Sacramento State * * Denotes member of Western Athletic Conference Bold Denotes 2011 opponent Anticipated Lineup (3/7) 1. Caitlin Kennedy 2. Shannon Coughlin 3. Lindsey Schultz 4. Ari Lamb 5. Lauren Jeffrey 6. Rebecca Moore Balance 1. Michaela Chernoch 2. Shannon Coughlin 3. Caitlin Kennedy 4. Alyssa Click 5. Ari Lamb 6. Lauren Jeffrey Uneven 1. Ari Lamb 2. Lauren Jeffrey 3. Michaela Chernoch 4. Alyssa Click 5. Caitlin Kennedy 6. Doniele Volopich Exercise 1. Michaela Chernoch 2. Ari Lamb 3. Lauren Jeffrey 4. Alyssa Click 5. Shannon Coughlin 6. Lindsey Schultz

4 2011 Season Statistics avg USU UCLA Sac St. BYU USU2 CSF SJSU Mizzou BSU AUB Iowa WAC Regs A. Lamb B. Cersosimo L. Jeffrey Team RQS L. Schultz B. Cersosimo S. Coughlin C. Kennedy A. Lamb B. Pendley L. Jeffrey R. Moore D. Volopich Team Uneven A. Lamb B. Cersosimo L. Jeffrey C. Kennedy A. Click M. Chernoch D. Volopich J. Nguyen Team Balance A. Lamb M. Chernoch B. Cersosimo S. Coughlin C. Kennedy A. Click L. Jeffrey A. Schumacher Team Exercise S. Coughlin M. Chernoch L. Jeffrey L. Schultz A. Lamb A. Click B. Pendley B. Cersosimo Team

5 2011 Season/Career Bests Brooke Cersosimo Rebecca Moore Michaela Chernoch Jennifer Nguyen Alyssa Click Bailey Pendley Shannon Coughlin Lindsey Schultz Lauren Jeffrey Anna Schumacher Caitlin Kennedy Jenna Vogt Ari Lamb Doniele Volopich

6 SUU Record Book Individual Records Score date 1. Elise Wheeler /19/10 2. Elise Wheeler /26/10 3. Elise Wheeler /12/10 4. Elise Wheeler /14/09 5. Elise Wheeler /15/10 Elise Wheeler /6/10 Elise Wheeler /20/09 Carly Geronimo /13/04 Score date 1. Lindsey Schultz /20/09 2. Melissa Johnson /27/10 Melissa Johnson /15/10 Lindsey Schultz /14/09 Elise Wheeler /14/09 Molly Bauer /3/04 Molly Bauer /29/03 6. Elise Wheeler 3/12/10 Elise Wheeler 2/26/10 Melissa Johnson 1/30/10 Melissa Johnson 1/29/10 Nine more tied with Uneven Score date 1. Alyssa Click /22/10 Elise Wheeler /19/10 3. Elise Wheeler 3/12/10 Elise Wheeler 3/16/09 Elise Wheeler 3/17/08 Elise Wheeler 3/23/07 Kellie Dangerfield 3/23/07 Elise Wheeler 3/9/07 Carly Geronimo 3/8/04 Ashley Sharpe 2/20/04 Erica Burk 3/12/01 Erica Burk 3/2/01 Julie Grant 3/17/97 Balance avg. high 1. Elise Wheeler /23/07 Leah Sakhitab /3/04 3. Ari Lamb /29/11 Elise Wheeler /22/10 Kellie Dangerfield /6/09 Leah Sakhitab /9/07 Leah Sakhitab /11/05 Carly Geronimo /3/04 Carly Geronimo /27/04 Talayna Fortunato /29/03 Talayna Fortunato /21/03 Team Records Opponent date Eastern Michigan 3/3/ CS Fullerton 3/19/ Brigham Young 3/8/ Boise State 2/11/ Boise State 2/27/ Oklahoma 2/20/04 Opponent date Boise State 2/26/ Iowa 2/20/ at Boise State 3/14/ Brigham Young 3/8/ WAC Championships 3/27/10 Uneven Opponent date Brigham Young 3/23/ Brigham Young 3/7/ at Utah 3/12/ Southeast Missouri St. 2/25/ eastern Michigan 3/3/ at Brigham Young 2/27/ Boise State 2/27/ Iowa 2/22/03 Balance Opponent date Boise State 2/9/ eastern Michigan 3/3/ Boise State 2/27/ at Brigham Young 2/27/ Utah State 2/16/04 Exercise Opponent date WGC Championships 3/22/ Brigham Young 3/15/ Utah State 2/10/ WGC Championships 3/20/ oklahoma 2/20/ Brigham Young 3/24/03 Exercise avg. high 1. Carly Geronimo /28/05 Molly Bauer /15/04 Sandi Lyman /22/02 4. Elise Wheeler /4/08 Leah Sakhitab /16/07 Carly Geronimo /20/04 Sheena Shaw /15/04 Carly Geronimo /12/04 Molly Bauer /30/04 Sandi Lyman /10/03 Sandi Lyman /31/03 Sarah Geisler /22/02 Molly Bauer /22/02

7 Head Coach Scott Bauman 20th Season Utah State, 1990 Head coach Scott Bauman will celebrate his 20th year at the helm of the SUU gymnastics program in 2011, setting him apart as the longest tenured coach in all of Thunderbird athletics. Over that time, Bauman has overseen the ascent of the squad from a relatively unknown entity to one which has ingrained a reputation as one of the nation s established and respected programs. The ascent has culminated in three consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, a threetime AllAmerican in Elise Wheeler and the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship trophy. Southern Utah would have had even more success at regional meets had the newest rules adopted in 2008 been in play during Bauman s time as head coach. The Thunderbirds would have appeared in the NCAA post season in 16 of 19 years, finishing in the top 36 of the nation in each of those campaigns. Bauman s work with the SUU squad has been a constant process. During his first year at SUU, his gymnasts set school records for practically every individual and team score. That 1992 season set a precedent for those which would follow, as the Thunderbird gymnasts have virtually rewritten the record books in each subsequent year. The only exception was in 1994, when Bauman saw the departure of seven seniors that were at Southern Utah when he joined the program. Under Bauman s guidance the team has jumped its allaround average from in 1991 (the year before he came) to a schoolrecord in The team s assault on the record books has been relentless. A quick glance at the SUU book shows that every individual record has been equalled or set within the last six seasons and every team mark has been established in the last eight. Correspondingly, school RQS marks have been shattered in the Bauman years, going from a in 1991 to an SUU record in Although 2000 was the first time the entire team qualified for the postseason, at least three SUU gymnasts have qualified for atlarge berths in all but one of Bauman s seasons at Southern Utah, including four in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 while five qualified in In 1998 the Thunderbirds used just two allarounders; both advanced for the regional meet. Bauman has earned several coaching honors throughout the years, including the 1993 Midwest Region Coach of the Year, 2010 WAC Coach of the Year and the North Central Region Coach of the Year in 2003 and A 1990 graduate of Utah State University, Bauman is in his first headcoaching capacity. He cut his coaching teeth under the tutelage of former USU head coach Ray Corn where he helped develop the Aggies into a national power. Bauman spent seven years as both an undergraduate and graduate assistant in Logan. Bauman was initially involved in aerial ski jumping for nine years, creating an interest in gymnastics. He originally became involved with the sport while in high school in his hometown of Price, Utah, where he served as a parttime coach at Price Gymnastics. After enrolling at Utah State, Bauman went to work with the USU program, helped out at Logan s TenO Gymnastics, and eventually moved on to take the head job at SUU. Bauman has also worked at the Lake Owen Gymnastics Camp the past 14 summers and is the founder and administrator of the Southern Utah Gymnastics Academy. Bauman is married to the former Stephanie Green. They have two daughters, Shay (14) and Shaun (11).