Southern Utah University Gymnastics

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1 Southern Utah University Gymnastics Southern Utah University Athletic Media Relations Kyle Cottam, Assistant Director (435) SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 12-7 Home: 4-1 Away: 8-6 WAC: 6-5 JANUARY 16 at Cal-State Fullerton L, Sacramento State W, Utah State W, at Southeast Missouri State 2nd, w/ Centenary College FEBRUARY 6 at Utah 2nd, w/byu and Texas Woman s 13 Brigham Young W, Iowa W, at Brigham Young W, MARCH 6 San Jose State L, at Boise State L, at Utah State W, at WAC Championships 3rd, hosted by Sacramento State APRIL 4 at NCAA Regionals Fayetteville, Ark at NCAA Nationals Lincoln, Neb. SUU QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY Location Cedar City, Utah Founded 1897 Enrollment 7,516 Nickname Thunderbirds Colors Scarlet & White Arena The Centrum Capacity 5,300 Affi liation NCAA Division I Conference (GYM only) Western Athletic (All others) The Summit League President Dr. Michael T. Benson Athletic Director Ken Beazer COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach Scott Bauman Alma mater (year) Utah State (1990) Record at SUU (years) (18) Career record (years) same Assistant coaches Kari Lords Jeff Hunt Adam Ahquin Strength and conditioning Dan Bennion THIS WEEK Southern Utah gymnastics will be back on the national stage for the second consecutive year as a team when the Thunderbirds compete in the NCAA South Central Region meet hosted by the University of Arkansas. The T-Birds will enter the meet as the No. 5 seed and will compete against Stanford, Arkansas, Michigan, Arizona and Arizona State. We still have not gone 24-for-24 during any meet this season, head coach Scott Bauman said. If we go in there and hit our routines we can be a mid 196 team and have a shot of advancing to nationals. All of our girls are excited for this meet and know what they have to do to achieve one of our goals for the season. At stake for the Thunderbirds will be a berth at the NCAA National Championships as a team or as individuals. The top two teams will qualify with the top two individuals not associated with a qualifying team advancing to the championships. Individual event champions will also advance to the NCAA Championships April in Lincoln, Nebraska. Southern Utah has drawn a favorable rotation, beginning on vault and ending on fl oor in what is ordinarily reserved to home teams. The T-Birds are one of only two teams from the state that have qualifi ed for regionals this year and fi nished the season with a No. 27 national ranking. LAST MEET SACRAMENTO, Calif. - March 21 - Southern Utah junior Elise Wheeler fi nished fi rst in the all-around with a , claiming Western Athletic Conference Gymnast of the Year honors, while the Thunderbirds fi nished third overall at the meet with a Boise State fi nished fi rst at the meet for the second year in a row with a followed by Sacramento State with a NEXT MEET Southern Utah has the possibility of continuing its season with a top-two team fi nish at the NCAA Regional meet. Elise Wheeler qualifi ed for Nationals in the all-around last year. MEDIA SUU at NCAA Regional Championships Saturday, April 4 Fayetteville, Arkansas 5:00 p.m. (MT) Media information will be available through The site will offer live video streams of press conferences leading up to the event and live stats during the event.

2 HEAD COACH SCOTT BAUMAN 18TH SEASON UTAH STATE, 1990 Scott Bauman enters his 18th season as head coach of Southern Utah University gymnastics this year. In his 17 previous years, Bauman has overseen the ascent of the squad from a relatively unknown entity to one which has established a reputation as one of the nation s established and respected programs. That development has made signifi cant strides lately as after years of knocking at the door Bauman has led the Thunderbird team to NCAA post-season appearances with the latest coming in Had the newest rules been in play with the top 36 teams qualifying, Southern Utah would have qualifi ed for the NCAA post season in 14 of Bauman s 17 years at the helm of the program. Bauman s work with the SUU squad has been a constant process. During his fi rst 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 all-around average from in 1991 (the year before he came) to a school-record 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 fi ve seasons and every team mark has been established in the last seven. 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 fi rst time the entire team qualifi ed for the post-season, at least three SUU gymnasts have qualifi ed for at-large berths in all but one of Bauman s seasons at Southern Utah, including four in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 while fi ve qualifi ed in The team qualifi ed for the NCAA regionals in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 and In 1998 the Thunderbirds used just two all-arounders; both advanced for the regional meet. For his success, he was honored by his peers as the Midwest Region s Coach of the Year following the 1993 season and again in 2003 in the North Central Region. A 1990 graduate of Utah State University, Bauman is in his fi rst head-coaching capacity. He cut his coaching teeth under the tutelage of Ray Corn at USU where he helped develop the Aggies into a national power. Bauman spent seven years as both an undergraduate and graduate assistant at USU. 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 part-time coach at Price Gymnastics. After enrolling at Utah State, Bauman went to work with the USU program, helped out at Logan s Ten-O Gymnastics, and eventually moved on to take the head job at SUU. Bauman has also worked at the Lake Owen Gymnastics Camp the past 13 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 (12) and Shaun (9). SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY 2009 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Ht Yr Hometown Club Bailey Baker 4-11 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. Browns Brooke Cersosimo 5-2 Fr. Mitchell, S.D. Mega Gymnastics Shannon Coughlin 5-2 So. Anchorage, Alaska Arctic Gymnastic Center Kellie Dangerfi eld 5-2 Sr. Salt Lake City, Utah Gymnastics TC of Utah Kolbee Feese 5-2 Fr. Yorba Linda, Calif. Precision Gymnastics Gaby Grey 4-11 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. Wildfi re Gymnastics Katie Hicks 5-3 Sr. Prescott, Ariz. North Sky Laura Hollinger 5-0 So. Albuquerque, N.M. Gold Cup Gymnastics Lauren Jeffrey 5-4 Fr. Kingwood, Texas Rowland-Ballard Gymnastics Melissa Johnson 5-1 Jr. St. Charles, Ill. St. Charles Ariel Lamb 5-5 So. Eagan, Minn. Great Northern Gymnastics Tiana Lund 5-0 Fr. Cedar City, Utah Southern Utah Gymnastics Academy Alissa Mitchell 5-3 Jr. Prior Lake, Minn. TAGS South Erin Morgan 5-3 RSr. Salt Lake City, Utah Missy Marlowe s Lindsey Schultz 5-8 Jr. Grand Junction, Colo. Grand Junction Anna Schumacher 5-3 Fr. Green Bay, Wis. Air Force Gymnastics Academy Jenna Vogt 5-1 So. White Bear Lake, Minn. TAGS South Elise Wheeler 5-3 Jr. San Diego, Calif. SCEGA Head Coach: Scott Bauman (18th season) Assistant Coaches: Kari Lords, Jeff Hunt, Adam Ahquin Pronunciation guide Vogt - VOTE Bauman - BAW man

3 2009 SEASON STATISTICS All-Around AVG CSF Sac St USU SEMO Utah BYU1 Iowa BYU2 SJSU BSU USU WAC Regs Nats E. Wheeler K. Dangerfi eld M. Johnson J. Vogt L. Jeffrey Team RQS Vault M. Johnson L. Schultz E. Wheeler S. Coughlin J. Vogt K. Dangerfi eld L. Jeffrey Team Uneven Bars A. Mitchell E. Wheeler K. Dangerfi eld M. Johnson E. Morgan J. Vogt L. Jeffrey K. Hicks Team Balance Beam E. Wheeler K. Dangerfi eld M. Johnson J. Vogt A. Lamb G. Grey S. Coughlin B. Cersosimo L. Jeffrey Team Floor Exercise E. Wheeler K. Dangerfi eld J. Vogt S. Coughlin L. Schultz L. Jeffrey G. Grey M. Johnson Team

4 EVENT CHAMPIONS at CS-Fullerton Bars - Elise Wheeler (9.825) Beam - Elise Wheeler (9.725) All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.000) Sacramento State Vault - Melissa Johnson (9.900) Bars - Elise Wheeler (9.875) All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.325)* Bailey Baker Season Career Vault Beam Floor SEASON/CAREER BESTS Melissa Johnson Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Utah State Beam - Kellie Dangerfi eld (9.875) Floor - Jenna Vogt (9.900)** All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.125) at SEMO w/ Centenary Bars - Elise Wheeler (9.775) All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.175) at Utah w/ BYU & Texas Woman s None BYU Vault - Lindsey Schultz, Elise Wheeler (9.775) Bars - Jenna Vogt (9.825) Floor - Jenna Vogt (9.875) All-Around - Jenna Vogt (39.225)* Iowa Vault - Lindsey Schultz (9.950)** Bars - Elise Wheler (9.800) Floor - Elise Wheeler (9.900) All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.425)* at BYU Vault - Lindsey Schultz (9.875) Bars - Erin Morgan (9.875) Beam - Gaby Grey (9.900)** Floor - Gaby Grey (9.850)** All-Around - Kellie Dangerfi eld (38.950) San Jose State Vault - Melissa Johnson (9.850) Beam - Kellie Dangerfi eld (9.925) at Boise State Beam - Elise Wheeler (9.875) All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.525)* at Utah State Vault - Melissa Johnson (9.850) Beam - Gaby Grey (9.875) Floor - Lindsey Schultz (9.800) All-Around - Melissa Johnson (39.175) WAC Championships All-Around - Elise Wheeler (39.325)*** * - WAC Gymnast of the Week ** - WAC Specialist of the Week *** - WAC Gymnast of the Year Brooke Cersosimo Season Career Beam Shannon Coughlin Season Career Vault Beam Floor Kellie Dangerfield Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Kolbee Feese Season Career Gaby Grey Season Career Beam Floor Ari Lamb Season Career Bars Beam Tiana Lund Season Career Alissa Mitchell Season Career Bars Erin Morgan Season Career Vault Bars Beam Lindsey Schultz Season Career Vault Beam Floor Team Southern Utah ( ) National, No. 27 Region, No. 5 T-BIRD RANKINGS Rankings are as of March 23, 2009 Top Individuals AA - E. Wheeler (39.275) National, No. 30 Region, No. 7 Katie Hicks Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Anna Schumacher Season Career Vault National, No. 29 Bars National, No. 32 Region, No. 6 Conference, No. 3 VT - L. Schultz (9.865) National, No. 38 Region, No. 5 UB - E. Wheeler (9.835) National, No. 57 Region, No. 10 Conference, No. 5 Laura Hollinger Season Career Vault Jenna Vogt Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Beam National, No. 14 Floor National, No. 26 Conference, No. 3 BB - K. Dangerfi eld (9.855) National, No. 36 Region, No. 6 FX - E. Wheeler (9.860) National, No. 54 Region, No. 9 Conference, No. 4 Lauren Jeffrey Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Elise Wheeler Season Career Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around

5 SUU RECORD BOOK INDIVIDUAL RECORDS All-Around Score Date 1. Elise Wheeler /14/09 2. Carly Geronimo /13/04 Elise Wheeler /20/09 4. Sheena Shaw /15/04 5. Elise Wheeler /21/09 Elise Wheeler /23/09 Elise Wheeler /17/08 Leah Sakhitab /27/04 Vault Score Date 1. Lindsey Schultz /20/09 2. Lindsey Schultz /14/09 Elise Wheeler /14/09 Molly Bauer /3/04 Molly Bauer /29/03 6. Lindsey Schultz /21/09 Melissa Johnson /23/09 Elise Wheeler /7/08 Molly Bauer /18/04 Molly Bauer /27/04 Molly Bauer /20/04 Molly Bauer /24/03 Sandi Lyman /15/02 Dawn Kisselburgh /5/96 Uneven Bars Score Date 1. Elise Wheeler /16/09 Elise Wheeler /17/08 Elise Wheeler /23/07 Kellie Dangerfi eld /23/07 Elise Wheeler /9/07 Carly Geronimo /8/04 Ashley Sharpe /20/04 Erica Burk /12/01 Erica Burk /2/01 Julie Grant /17/97 Balance Beam Avg. High 1. Elise Wheeler /23/07 Leah Sakhitab /3/04 3. 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 All-Around Opponent Date Eastern Michigan 3/3/ Brigham Young 3/8/ Boise State 2/11/ Boise State 2/27/ Oklahoma 2/20/04 Vault Opponent Date Iowa 2/20/ at Boise State 3/14/ Brigham Young 3/8/ Boise State 2/11/ West Virginia 2/18/06 Uneven Bars Opponent Date Brigham Young 3/23/ Brigham Young 3/7/ Southeast Missouri St. 2/25/ Eastern Michigan 3/3/ at Brigham Young 2/27/ Boise State 2/27/ Iowa 2/22/03 Balance Beam Opponent Date Boise State 2/9/ Eastern Michigan 3/3/ Boise State 2/27/ at Brigham Young 2/27/ Utah State 2/16/04 Floor 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 Floor 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