OKLAHOMA Women’s Gymnastics 2016 MEDIA GUIDE TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION
THE SOONERS
Photo Roster .......................................... 2 Quick Facts ............................................. 3 2016 Schedule ....................................... 4 Roster..................................................... 5
Gymnast Profiles ................................. 60
BOOMER SOONER There’s Only One Oklahoma .................... 8 Facilities .............................................. 12 Student Life ......................................... 18 The University of Oklahoma ................ 20 Sooner Tradition .................................. 24 Norman/Oklahoma City ....................... 26
SEASON REVIEW 2015 Photo Timeline ........................... 30 2015 Results ........................................ 46 2015 Awards ....................................... 50
2016 PREVIEW Season Outlook ................................... 54
COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach K.J. Kindler ..................... 138 Assistant Coach Lou Ball .................... 140 Assistant Coach Tom Haley ................ 142 Support Staff ..................................... 144 University Administration ................. 148 OU Head Coaches ............................... 153 OU Athletics Communications ............ 154
HISTORY Coaching History ............................... 158 All-Americans .................................... 159 All-Time Results ................................ 160 Series Records .................................... 166 Academic Awards ............................... 167 NCAA History ..................................... 168 Conference Honors ............................. 170 Letterwinners .................................... 172
2016 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS GUIDE The 2016 Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics Guide was designed and produced in-house by the OU Athletics Communications Office in Norman, Okla., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo (October 2015)
GUIDE DESIGN AND WRITING Chelsey Kraft
PHOTOGRAPHY Roland Barrett, Amy Pyle and OU Athletics Communications archives
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTERS Andie Beene, Tyler Pigg and Micah Thompson
PUBLICATION EDITORS The Oklahoma Gymnastics office
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2016 SOONERS
NATALIE BROWN
CHAYSE CAPPS
STEFANI CATOUR
SAMANTHA CRAUS
REAGAN HEMRY
Sophomore
Junior
Sophomore
Sophomore
Junior
ALI JACKSON
CHARITY JONES
MAILE’ANA KANEWA
KEELEY KMIECIAK
NICOLE LEHRMANN
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Senior
Freshman
KARA LOVAN
ALEX MARKS
HUNTER PRICE
HALEY SCAMAN
MEGAN THOMPSON
Junior
Freshman
Senior
Senior
Freshman
NICOLE TURNER
MCKENZIE WOFFORD
K.J. KINDLER
LOU BALL
TOM HALEY
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Senior
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Head Coach
QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Location ....................................................................Norman, Okla. Enrollment ............................................................................30,813 Founded ...................................................................................1890 President...................................................................David L. Boren VP/Athletics Director ................................................ Joe Castiglione Nickname ............................................................................Sooners Colors ....................................................................Crimson & Cream Conference .............................................................................Big 12 Arena .................................................................Lloyd Noble Center Capacity ................................................................................12,000 OU’s All-Time Record .......................................................648-334-5
Women’s Gymnastics Contact ...................................... Chelsey Kraft Email ...............................................................chelseykraft@ou.edu Phone .................................................................O: (405) 325-8372 ............................................................................ C: (405) 365-2924 Fax ..........................................................................(405) 325-7623
TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Overall Record ................................................................. 29-2 2015 High Score .............................................. 198.500 (vs. Florida) Big 12 Finish..............................................................................First NCAA Finish..............................................................................Third Routines Returning/Lost .......................................................... 16/8 All-Americans Returning/Lost .................................................... 8/3
COACHING STAFF Head Coach ....................................................................K.J. Kindler Year .............................................................................. 10th Season Alma Mater ........................................................... Iowa State, 1992 Record at OU .....................................................................244-52-3 Career Record ....................................................................302-78-4 Assistant Coach ...................................................................Lou Ball Year .............................................................................. 10th Season Assistant Coach ............................................................... Tom Haley Year .............................................................................. 10th Season Women’s Gymnastics Office Phone ..........................(405) 325-6876 Women’s Gymnastics Office Fax...............................(405) 325-8337
SOCIAL MEDIA For behind-the-scenes updates and information about the Sooners, search Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics on Facebook, OU_WGymnastics on Twitter and Instagram or OU_WGym on Snapchat.
SOONERSPORTS.COM For the latest information on OU women’s gymnastics, including stats, standings, notes, photos, video and bios, visit the official website of Oklahoma Athletics at www.SoonerSports.com.
PRACTICE POLICY Practices are held at the Sam Viersen Center, directly north and across Imhoff Street from the Lloyd Noble Center. Practices are typically open to the media; however, those who wish to attend must obtain clearance through Chelsey Kraft in the Athletics Communications Office prior to the start of practice. Practice generally runs from noon to 4 p.m. The best time to conduct interviews is immediately following practice.
CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Media credentials for home contests at the Lloyd Noble Center should be requested no later than one day prior to the event. Credentials will be issued to working media only. All requests should be directed to Chelsey Kraft in the Athletics Communications Office at (405) 325-8372 or by email to chelseykraft@ou.edu.
PRESS CONFERENCES Post-meet press conferences will take place in the interview room located off the north tunnel of the Lloyd Noble Center after head coach K.J. Kindler dismisses her athletes. Official score sheets will be available at the scorer’s table.
INTERVIEW REQUESTS Non-post meet interview requests for athletes and coaches must be arranged through Chelsey Kraft in the Athletics Communications Office. All requests should be submitted at least one day in advance of the desired interview time.
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SCHEDULE DAY
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Saturday FRIDAY Sunday FRIDAY Saturday Friday SUNDAY Friday Saturday FRIDAY FRIDAY Sunday Saturday Saturday Friday Saturday
Jan. 9 JAN. 15 Jan. 17 JAN. 22 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 FEB. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 20 FEB. 26 MARCH 4 March 13 March 19 April 2 April 15 April 16
LSU CALIFORNIA, TWU Arkansas IOWA STATE, ARIZONA STATE# LSU, Missouri, Stanford, Washington* TWU, Auburn, Illinois State WEST VIRGINIA Denver, George Washington, Utah State+ Georgia MICHIGAN ARIZONA UCLA Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional^ NCAA Semifinals/Event Finals NCAA Super Six
Baton Rouge, La. LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Fayetteville, Ark. LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Fort Worth, Texas Denton, Texas LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Oklahoma City, Okla. Athens, Ga. LLOYD NOBLE CENTER LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Los Angeles, Calif. Frisco, Texas TBD Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas
# Beauty and the Beast, hosted in conjunction with Oklahoma wrestling * Metroplex Challenge at Fort Worth Convention Center + Perfect 10 Challenge at Cox Convention Center, hosted by Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy ^ Hosted at six regional sites around the country
2015-16 SENIORS Haley Scaman, Nicole Turner, Keeley Kmieciak, Hunter Price and Maile’ana Kanewa
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TIME (CT) 4 p.m. 6:45 P.M. 2 p.m. 6:45 P.M. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1:45 P.M. 6:45 p.m. 3 p.m. 6:45 P.M. 6:45 P.M. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. TBD TBD TBD
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Brown, Natalie Capps, Chayse Catour, Stefani Craus, Samantha Hemry, Reagan Jackson, Ali Jones, Charity Kanewa, Maile’ana Kmieciak, Keeley Lehrmann, Nicole Lovan, Kara Marks, Alexandra Price, Hunter Scaman, Haley Thompson, Megan Turner, Nicole Wofford, McKenzie
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Dallas, Texas (J.J. Pearce H.S.) WOGA Plano, Texas (Homeschool) Infinite Bounds CHASE Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista H.S.) Desert Light Gymnastics ca-TOOR Grapevine, Texas (Southlake Carroll H.S.) U.S. Gold Gymnastics Norman, Okla. (Norman H.S.) Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy Belton, Mo. (Belton H.S.) Eagles Gymnastics Miami, Okla. (Oklahoma Virtual H.S.) Dynamo Gymnastics Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Denfeld H.S.) The Gymnastics Academy my-lee-AHN-uh kan-EV-ah Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central H.S.) Phenom Gymnastics KEE-lee kuh-MEE-check Austin, Texas (Vista Ridge H.S.) Capital Gymnastics LAIR-man Des Moines, Iowa (SE Polk Senior H.S.) Triad Gymnastics lo-VAHN Cushing, Okla. (Abeka Academy) Dynamo Gymnastics Boerne, Texas (Boerne-Samuel V. Champion H.S.) Aerial Athletics Riverside, Ill. (Riverside Brookfield H.S.) Illinois Gymnastics Institute SCAY-man Independence, Mo. (Blue Springs H.S.) Xtreme Gymnastics Colleyville, Texas (Oregon State)(iSchool H.S.) Top Flight Gymnastics McKinney, Texas (Abeka Academy) Zenith Elite WAHF-ard
COACHING STAFF K.J. Kindler - Head Coach (10th Year) - Iowa State ‘92 Lou Ball - Assistant Coach (10th Year) - Iowa State ‘99 Tom Haley - Assistant Coach (10th Year)
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The success of the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics program is without question: the 2014 NCAA Championship title, five top-three national finishes in the last six seasons, 13 conference crowns and the list goes on. But the experiences and opportunities presented by being a Sooner student-athlete extend far beyond the competition arena.
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE
Home THE SOONERS ARE 75-4 AT THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER IN NINE SEASONS UNDER K.J. KINDLER. EVERY HOME MEET IN 2016 WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE ON SOONER SPORTS TV. HOME RECORD UNDER K.J. KINDLER 2015 1.9 197.625 No. 13 Arkansas 1.23 197.850 Southeast Missouri St. TWU 3.6 198.500 No. 3 Florida 3.21 197.875 West Virginia Iowa State 4.4 197.625 Oregon State Southern Utah Missouri NC State Penn State
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No. 11 Denver No. 5 UCLA No. 16 Arizona No. 9 Stanford North Carolina 197.375 No. 11 Stanford No. 22 Washington No. 14 Penn State Iowa Southern Utah
2012 1.27 196.475 No. 20 N.C. State 2.3 196.475 No. 9 Nebraska No. 25 Minnesota Centenary 2.24 197.225 No. 21 Michigan TWU 3.2 197.300 No. 5 Alabama 3.24 197.475 No. 19 Missouri Iowa State
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2011 1.7 195.475 No. 11 Arkansas 1.21 195.300 No. 6 Oregon State No. 23 Denver
Centenary 2.18 196.425 Missouri 3.4 197.025 No. 13 Ohio State No. 17 Illinois TWU 3.11 196.875 Michigan State 4.2 197.350 No. 7 Utah No. 17 Washington North Carolina New Hampshire Missouri
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2009 1.26 195.625 No. 8 Arkansas 1.30 196.500 No. 21 Minnesota 2.20 196.375 No. 13 Missouri No. 18 West Virginia Brown 3.6 196.125 Illinois State TWU
2008 196.250 No. 4 Florida 196.825 No. 10 Nebraska TWU
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2.1 195.275 No. 12 Nebraska 2.15 196.375 Iowa State 2.29 195.650 TWU
3.7 196.750 No. 11 Auburn 3.29 195.875 Iowa State No. 18 Missouri No. 14 Nebraska 4.12 195.875 No. 4 Alabama No. 19 Arizona State No. 16 Boise State No. 24 Illinois SEMO
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2007 1.19 196.125 Missouri Central Michigan 3.3 196.725 TWU 3.17 195.475 Iowa 3.24 197.175 Pittsburgh
TRAIN LIKE A 12
Champion
SAM VIERSEN GYMNASTICS CENTER A state-of-the-art 7,000 square-foot addition and a complete overhaul of the existing Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center was finalized in the spring of 2010, ensuring that the home of Oklahoma Gymnastics remains one of the nation’s premier collegiate training facilities. Funded entirely by private donations without the use of any state or university appropriated funds, the project included a complete renovation of the current gym, locker rooms, sports medicine training rooms and the awards recognition room. A new storage area, a reconfiguration of foam and resi pits and an outdoor patio also highlight the renovation. Parking was also added on the north end of the facility. Along with the existing structure that bared its name, the Viersen Family Foundation provided an additional commitment to help fund the latest renovation. “Oklahoma’s commitment to the Sam Viersen facility project enhances what is already an amazing experience for our student-athletes,” said OU women’s gymnastics head coach K.J. Kindler. One of only a handful of freestanding, co-ed college gyms in the country, the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center is located just north of the Lloyd Noble Center.
SPORTS MEDICINE AND OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS The Oklahoma Athletics Department feels a strong responsibility to help its athletes reach and maintain their optimum health and achieve conditioning goals. For this reason, OU has developed excellent training and conditioning programs to lessen the possibility of injuries. However, should injuries occur, the department is committed to a comprehensive rehabilitation program. Complete athletically-related medical services are provided to Oklahoma student-athletes by team physicians and OU’s
certified athletic trainers. The University of Oklahoma obtains the services of the best medical consultants available. Jenn Richardson is responsible for the daily care, treatment, rehab and prevention of injuries for the women’s gymnastics program. She enters her 10th season at OU in 2015-16. Currently, renovations are underway on Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The project includes a new strength and conditioning room, training room, nutrition center, meeting rooms and the equipment operation. Student-
athletes from all 21 OU sports will benefit from the space. The OU sports medicine department is expanding and nutritional offerings are growing, which means it can maintain health and rehabilitate at the highest level. A total team effort is the key to OU’s efficiency in preventing, treating and rehabilitating injuries sustained by studentathletes. These measures keep Sooner athletes at their highest level of performance as they compete for championships.
BECKY SWITZER TEAM ROOM Along with the renovation that was completed in the spring of 2010, a new state-of-the-art team conference room was constructed and dedicated during the 2008 competition season. Named after legendary Oklahoma women’s gymnastics coach Becky Switzer, the meeting room provides a pioneering facility for team meetings, video review sessions and team building activities.
Team members frequently come together in the room for sessions on nutrition, team unity, media training and much more. Complete with a widescreen TV, builtin trophy cases, wood floors, custom cabinetry, custom gymnastics artwork and computer workstations, this addition provides an area for the team to unite.
BECKY SWITZER & KELLY GARRISON HEAD COACH (1984-2001)
SEVEN-TIME ALL-AMERICAN
Headi n gton Hall GAME CHANGER
PERFECT BLEND
SUITE LIVING
Upon the opening of Headington Hall, athletic director Joe Castiglione remarked, “It stands alone in its uniqueness, its sustainability (and) its services to the students who live here.�
Opened in 2013, Headington Hall is home to over 380 OU residents, including student-athletes and traditional students.
All Headington residents live in one of three premium suites. Each suite features at least two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchennette and a living room.
UNBEATABLE DINING
CLOSE TO EVERYTHING
AMENITIES
Headington houses the brand new Wagner Dining Hall, offering a variety of healthy and delicious choices-many of which have been designed by Oklahoma’s own nutritionist, Tiffany Byrd.
Residents of Headington stay where the action is, just steps from Gaylord FamilyOklahoma Memorial Satidum, the South Oval and central campus.
Headington has been designed to be flexible in addressing the needs of all residents. Units/rooms feature large, adjustable beds, numerous places to study or hang out and a wide variety of dining options.
Champions IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE COMMUNITY
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Conference Recognition The Sooners have had at least two first-team Academic All-Big 12 members all 17 years of the conference’s existence. Five or more Sooners have been named to the team every season of K.J. Kindler’s tenure as head coach at Oklahoma, including a conference and program-best of nine in both 2014 and 2015.
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In 2015, OU had at least five National Association of Collegiate Gymnatics Coaches (NACGC/W) Scholastic All-Americans for the ninth straight season. Nine Sooners received the accolade, matching the 2009 squad for the most selections in a single season in program history. The Sooners have 57 selections to the team under head coach K.J. Kindler and 82 in program history.
The women’s gymnastics team was one of three OU programs to be recognized for posting a perfect 1,000 multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) last May, marking the second straight year the Sooners accomplished the feat.
The Sooners have enjoyed continual success in the classroom. Their efforts reached new heights when, in fall 2014, Oklahoma posted a program-record grade point average of 3.42.
Three-time honoree Rebecca Clark
ROOKIE TEAM
SCHOLAR
Last season, three of OU’s freshmen were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, highlighting the program’s continued commitment to academics. Natalie Brown, Brenna Dowell (placed on list with 4.0 GPA) and Ali Jackson made up three of OU’s conference-leading 60 selections to the conference honor listing.
Recent University of Oklahoma graduate Rebecca Clark was rewarded a 2015 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, becoming the second gymnast in as many seasons to earn the honor (Lara Albright, 2014). Clark was a three-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American and a CoSIDA/ Capital One Academic All-American.
Two-time honorees Chayse Capps, Maile’ana Kanewa and Haley Scaman First-time honorees Stefani Catour, Samantha Craus, Brenna Dowell, Kara Lovan and Haley Sorenson
SOONERS IN THE COMMUNITY OU lives by a clear and strong motto in dealing with its studentathletes: Inspiring Champions for Today, Preparing Leaders for Tomorrow. To fulfill that promise, the athletics department and student-athletes take an active role in a number of community service projects. Sooner student-athletes are exposed to life outside of sports and school work with opportunities to serve and help others. The Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes from all 21 intercollegiate athletic teams at the University of Oklahoma. The group coordinates community service programs for the Sooners each month.
“Giving back is something that benefits us as much as those we’re helping,” says OU head women’s gymnastics coach K.J. Kindler. “It brings us back to reality and makes us realize that there is more to life than collegiate athletics.”
“I want our student-athletes to learn through their experience here,” says Coale, “how important it is to volunteer to be a part of whatever community they decide to reside in when their playing days are over.”
Oklahoma women’s basketball teams have been extremely active in the community since head coach Sherri Coale’s arrival in 1996. In addition to projects with the United Way, Coaches vs. Cancer, Mission of Hope for Haiti and Food and Shelter for Friends, Coale implemented the Sooner Big Sis Program which places women’s basketball players at elementary schools in Norman to serve as mentors and teachers’ aides.
Oklahoma’s student-athletes recognize that wearing the Crimson and Cream means representing a popular sports program and themselves as individuals. They are encouraged to respond to a public that adores them, while learning important lessons about making a positive impact in the lives of others and in the community in which they live.
The University Of FLAGSHIP OF EXCELLENCE The University of Oklahoma is experiencing a golden era in the history of a great institution. The quality of new students is soaring and donor confidence is at an all-time high. Over the last 17 years, OU’s total endowment has grown to $1.8 billion, more than five fold since 1994.
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President David L. Boren has spurred significant changes that have resulted in a learning environment of the highest order. As a result, the state of Oklahoma enjoys resources that impact everything from medical science to the arts for many years to come. The University of Oklahoma has long embraced the great tradition of Sooner athletics. With competitive facilities all located on the main campus, including several near the heart of the university, student-athletes and their classmates mingle comfortably in an environment that fosters an attitude of excellence, regardless of the endeavor. Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degreegranting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and health-care needs of the state, region and nation. The Norman campus serves as home to all of the university’s academic programs except health-related fields. The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges. 20
DID YOU KNOW?
• OU ranks No. 1 in the nation among all public and private universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled. Over 800 currently call OU home, including 285 freshmen Scholars this year. • The Princeton Review ranks OU among the best in the nation in terms of academic excellence and cost for students. • OU has consistently been designated as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research & Evaluation, an independent higher education research and consulting organization. • OU’s $250 million Campaign for Scholarships has reached more than $285 million. The success of the campaign has allowed OU to more than double its private scholarships. • The Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College offers the largest honors program among public universities in the United States. More than 3,100 students participate in small classes of 19 or less. • OU has produced 29 Rhodes Scholars; no other university in Oklahoma has had more than three. • OU’s entrepreneurship program in the Price College of Business ranks in the top five in the nation among all public universities. • In honor of OU’s 125th anniversary, the University has launched a $500 million private fundraising campaign, of which the largest component is to raise $100 million to provide undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships. The campaign will also fund new residential colleges and classroom and laboratory upgrades; and endowments for faculty fellowships, university wide initiatives and college programs.
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#3: COUNSELING COU OUNSEELINNGG S udent-athle Student-athletes hletes receive iv carin ccaring, rin , professional profe fessional support from Acade Academics ademics as well as Psych Psychological ologgicaal Resources Reso esour es (PR (PROS). This support pport may take several se fo forms, rm , in inc including uding ca career ch choice, ice, decisions. aacademic emic or personal p decisions. Four professional p athletic at etic present student-athletes academic ac d counselors ounselors l are pres esent to help student-athle st tudent- letes es process. through o g tthe educa educational tional proce ss. counselor App Approximately onee counselo nselor per 100 00 studentstudent-athletes athletes thletes is aavailable le to ass assist th thee student-athl student-athletes st tess with pla planning ning class schedules, u , choosing os ngg degree e pr grams and setting personal and programs attendance academic goals. aca g ls.. Course C atte tt ndance ce and nd course coourse performance perform p rformance formance aree checked ec a minimum minim imum of four ur times mes pe per semes semester er for eachh student-athlete participating student-athlete icipating in the h inter he intercollegiate nt collegia e ath athletic letic program. T e personall hhealth andd nutritional The nutri nal needs of stu student-athletes nt-athletes nt are m monitored onitored by the OU Sports Medicine staff of ph physicians ysicians and certified athletic trainers. The Wagner Dining HHalll makes ma every effort to accommodate the special dietary requirements of OU student-athletes.
#4:4: FACUL FACULTY ACULTY LTY RELATIONS EL TIO The facultyy guest gu t program’s purpose is to t enhance thee athletic athleti department’s ment’ relationship ship hip w wit with the faculty culty ulty and a staffff.. Faculty F members ers are a selectedd to be guest ggu coaches oaches ches fo for the th week week in all time, sports thro throughout the hee academ aca academic d year. ar. During th that time me,, tthe faculty ulty guests gu are provided ovided with w wit a listt off planned planne l activities itiess that are designed to givee them hem an oopportunity unity to ex experience various as eccts aspects ts off the t athletic department’s operations and introd iintroduce oduce them them m too student-athlete studenttude t-atth et lifestyles lif tyl and andd exp expectations. ecta tations. ions
#5:: RESIDENT RESIDENNTT LIF LIFE IFEE Student-athletes tudent-athlet residee inn a variety va varie iety of Univ UUn Univers University housing Center. The environments, including thee Sooner environme Soo Soone Sooner nerr Housing Housin Hou ing ng CCen Student Sooner Housing Center, Soon nter, manag manage managed ed by by Athletic Ath A leticic Stu Stud Studen Life staff, is llocated across the he street from Oklahoma Oklaho Ok ahom hom omaa Memorial Mem M Memor mooria rial Stadium. S conducive It provide pprovides rovid ovides a livingg environment th that is cond con ondu nducive ducive cive too the th t academic student-athletes. The academi demic emic and a personal rsonal onal development develop developme off st stude uden dent ent-athletes nt-athlete -athletes. es. Th Housing President’s Sooner Housi Soon ousing sing Ce Center nter er was the winner nner of th thee 1998 19998 98 Presi PPreside den ent’s outstanding Trophy Tro ophy for th thee outstan ou utstanding housing center on tthe hee OU OU campus cam mpus excellence, aand nd was rec recognized edd forr its i contribution to academic academicc eexcellence ex xce cellennce, ce, programming Sooner innovative ovati ative pro progr programmin ming ing an and a campus diversity. Thee So Soo oon oner nerr selected Trophy Housingg Center was al alsoo select se eleected as tthe President’s ent’s Tr Trop oph phy hyy 2000. runner-up inn 1997 and 2000 00.
##6:6 LIFE SKILLS AND N MORE REE OU is a member off the h NCAA’s NCAA Lifee Skill SSkills lls Program rogram and is dedicated edicate cated edd too contributing tr b ting to the ggrowth groow h and nd development lopme of student-athletes athletic udent-athletes ntt-athl s tthrough hroough academic academ emic ex eexcellence, e, ath community eexcellence, ellence, cee ppersonall development, v en comm co mm munity nity service servic and career development. The OU Athletic Student Life program pla pplaces plac ces special emphasis upon recognition of outstanding academic acade c performances erformanc by student-athletes. withh a 3.0 GPA and above athletes Scholar-athletes wit each semester at halftime are recognized g halftime of a football or men’s men basketball game. An awards banquet is hheld in the Spr Spring to award recognize scholar-athletes and special speciaal aaw speci ward rd winners. Graduating student-athletes receive receivve recognition rreecognition nition ition prior to OU OOU’s graduation ceremonies in May at a reception. rec eception. p n. Each is given give athletic an “O” ring, representing their athlet at thleetic partic participation tion and graduation from the University scholarship Univers y off OOklahoma. klahoma. All scholarshi schola hip ipp eight sstudent-athletes tudent-athletes who exhaust exhauust their th eligibility within ei eigh ght htt semesters may receive ann ad additional within addi ditional onal year oof financial aidd w with a six-year period. leaders StudentStudent-athlete lleade ead aders from each sport comprise pr see th the t e Studen Stu Stude den entAthlete Advis Advisory aims to improve communication vis ry BBoard, ard, whichh aim vee ccommunica co omm mmunniicat catio Athletics administration with the Athle thletics Departmentt and Un thl University sity tyy aad administra minis nist stra ratio regarding reg egardin rding student-athletes’ needss and concerns. conc con once ncerns. erns. rns. The T e StudentSt Stud S community outreach Athlete Advisory Board developed a comm Athl com co mmunity mun unity ty outrea oout ou partnership Center, ner with the Oklahoma Youth You Yout outh uthh Ce enteer a lo llocal loca residential facility ityy fo for or ph physically, mentally allyy and an and ssexually exua ualllyy ab abus aabused children. The board rd also designs esigns gns ns ppro programs ogr grams th that hat enc eencourage excellence in academics cs and nd social soci soc s al responsibility resp rresponsib poonsibi nsibility and serve to represent student-athletes campus-wide student-a dent-ath nt-athlet athletes etess on ccam campus mpus-w mp pus-wid committees.
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Oklahoma!
OKLAHOMA TRADITIONS The University of Oklahoma has a long and storied history. The rich tradition has given birth to some of the most recognized pageantry in all of college athletics. Here is a look at the origin of some of the elements that create the wonderful atmosphere so unique to OU.
SOONERS College sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as tied in to a state’s history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known as Sooners and those who claim that they are Sooners say it with pride. The Oklahoma Territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the globe, seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their claim. One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same time, on the boom of a cannon. All settlers who started then were labeled as “Boomers” and the ones who went early were called “Sooners.”
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OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived its name from a pep club called “The Sooner Rooters.” The success of University of Oklahoma athletics teams over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.
BOOMER SOONER
MASCOTS
One of the most recognizable college fight songs in the country, Boomer Sooner immediately evokes enthusiasm from OU fans and sends chills down the spines of those who dare to oppose them.
The Sooner Schooner is a Conestoga, or covered wagon, reminiscent of the mode of travel used by pioneers who settled Oklahoma. The Schooner is powered by matching white ponies named Boomer and Sooner, and it ventures onto Owen Field in a triumphant victory ride after OU scores. Although the Schooner was introduced in 1964, it did not become the official mascot until 1980. The Schooner is well-recognized by college athletics fans across the country and makes regular appearances at university functions.
In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University’s Boola Boola but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was made to it from North Carolina’s I’m a Tarheel Born and the two combined to form today’s university fight song. Though the tune was first made known by Yale, the everlasting success of Sooner squads has taken the melody of Boomer Sooner to national popularity. Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, OK U! Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, OK U! I’m a Sooner born and Sooner bred and when I die, I’ll be Sooner dead Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma Rah Oklahoma, OK U!
During OU football and baseball games from 1915-1928, Mex the Dog wore a red sweater with a letter “O” on the side. Mex died of old age on April 30, 1928, and he was so popular among students and faculty that the university closed for his funeral and procession on May 2, 1928. In the fall of 2005, the OU Athletics Deparment introduced costumed mascots. The new characters will act as an extension of the Sooner Schooner and its horses to be enjoyed by fans, especially children, at all OU athletics contests. The costumes feature traditional collegiate gear as part of their regular uniform, but will don team uniforms for football and men’s and women’s basketball. They were voted “Most Collegiate” by the Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA).
CRIMSON AND CREAM
PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA
OU CHANT
In the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet, the only woman on the faculty, was asked to chair a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided the colors should be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform before the student body.
The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band has been supporting Sooner Spirit for more than a century. Unlike many other college bands, which began as military drill units, the Pride of Oklahoma had its beginnings as a pep band.
The OU Chant is a loyalty song that is sung before every home football game, before and after every men’s and women’s basketball games and at the end of many athletic and university functions.
The student body approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants, banners, badges and decorations of every description appeared on the streets, in the windows, at chapel, in classrooms and all public places; however, local merchants could not supply the demand.
In the early years of the 1900s, both townspeople of Norman and students of OU participated in a band that played for football games. Professor John Merrill started the first band in 1901, which was composed mostly of townspeople and disbanded after each football season. Lloyd Curtis, a cornetist, founded the first continuous student band in 1904.
Every fan who wears the official colors, each current student and student-athlete and all OU alumni are encouraged to stand and raise one finger in the air during the playing of the Chant -- a symbolic gesture that shows those who do not know what it means to be a Sooner, the greatness of the university and the unity between all Sooners.
Today, the 300-member Pride of Oklahoma has members representing virtually every college and major on campus. The Pride of Oklahoma stands for excellence in musicianship, academics, school spirit, and commitment to our role in the surrounding community.
The Chant was written in 1936 by Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey, who directed the OU girl’s glee club from 1936 to 1938 and was voted Outstanding Faculty Woman in 1937.
Even though the school colors have evolved to red and white over the years, you can ask any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce “Crimson and Cream.” On gamedays, a sea of crimson rolls through OU’s home venues and all Sooners are urged to wear the official colors to show the rest of the country what school spirit and Sooner Pride is all about.
Boomer Sooner rings out at the end of each rehearsal, and that song is the defining element of the University of Oklahoma. Maybe that is why Sooner fans love the band so much. Not much can compare to the first “go-go” at a football game when the Pride of Oklahoma marches the interlocking OU down the field playing Boomer Sooner.
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A Our chant rolls on and on! Thousands strong Join heart and song In alma mater’s praise Of campus beautiful by day and night Of colors proudly gleaming Red and White ‘Neath a western sky OU’s chant will never die. Live on University!
THE CITY OF NORMAN
Norman is an ever-changing city of nearly 120,000 residents. Located in the heart of the state, it has grown to become the third largest city in Oklahoma. Despite its continuous growth, it has maintained the spirit and serenity of a small closeknit community. Since the Oklahoma landrush of 1889, Norman has grown into a popular and smart city. The spirit of Norman and its citizens is unwavering and uncompromising. While other towns were clamoring to become the state capital, Norman residents desired to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and saw a prairie, he saw opportunity. As home to the state’s premier educational institution, Norman boasts an excellent quality of life and is a city that thrives on and celebrates the diversity of its community. Legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer called Norman “a university town with a championship spirit.” Norman continually exhibits its love for sports by hosting numerous local and national athletic events.
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In the last five years alone, Norman has served as host of the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship, an NCAA men’s golf regional, NCAA softball regionals, NCAA men’s and women’s gymnastics regionals, NCAA women’s tennis regionals, NCAA track and field regional, NCAA soccer first rounds and the NCAA women’s basketball regionals. In addition, the Big 12 Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling, Women’s Golf, and Women’s Gymnastics Championships were held in Norman. Cultural activities are unlimited in Norman, making it the ideal backdrop for the University of Oklahoma. As home to people of all ethnic and educational backgrounds, the city has something to offer everyone. Norman is home to a variety of enriching events and attractions, including the Sooner Theater, which hosts a series of entertaining theatrical performances produced by locally-based talent and touring companies. The Medieval Fair has become a springtime tradition in Norman as people from around the country converge on the city for one weekend each April to partake in a fascinating look back in time. Each year, an area park is transformed into a festival
of sights, sounds and tastes straight from the Middle Ages. Knights joust, jesters entertain and story tellers spin tales of a magical time in history. The $44 million Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, a state-of-the-art facility designed to display a collection of historical and natural science items that trace the southwest’s development since prehistoric times, opened in May 2000. History buffs will also enjoy the Cleveland Country Historical House which holds exhibits relating to the development of this area of the state. For art enthusiasts, the Fred Jones Jr. Memorial Art Center houses permanent collections, nationally and world-renowned traveling exhibits as well as a yearly student art show. The museum has recently added the Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionist paintings -- the single most important gift of art ever given to a U.S. public university. Maintaining a progressive approach to the future while remembering its history, Norman continues to be a well-balanced community, proud to be the home of the University of Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma, is located just 18 miles from the Norman campus. It was the first city settled in the Land Run of 1889 because of its position as the center of the state. It is because of this central location that Oklahoma City has become known as the home of America’s Western heritage. Whether adventure, history, culture or sports, Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other place in the country. Oklahoma City was born on the afternoon of April 22, 1889, when the central portion of what is now Oklahoma was opened to settlement by presidential proclamation. Thousands crossed the borders of “unassigned lands” at the sound of gunfire at high noon. Never before or since has such a “run” occurred anywhere on the earth. By the time the dust had settled on that historic day, many people had staked their claim at “Oklahoma
Station,” an area which was destined to become Oklahoma City, a leading city in America. In 1911, Oklahoma City officially became the capital after a statewide election moved the state seal from Guthrie. Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home of an NBA team in the Oklahoma City Thunder, two semi-professional sports teams and the host of the NCAA Women’s
College Softball World Series and Big 12 Baseball Championship. In addition, the city has hosted numerous PGA and Senior PGA Tour events. The Thunder call the Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown OKC home. The sparkling arena has recently hosted an NCAA Volleyball Final Four in addition to major musical acts like Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Eric Church, Ariana Grande and more. The Oklahoma City Dodgers, 1996 American Associate champions (then as the Oklahoma City 89ers), are the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team plays in the 13,000-plus seat Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, one of the plushest venues in all of minor league sports. The ballpark served as host to a 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 NCAA baseball regionals and hosts the Big 12 Baseball Championship on an annual basis.
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Opening Statement A new season meant another dominant opening performance from Oklahoma as it rolled to a 197.625-194.900 victory over No. 13 Arkansas to start 2015. OU, then ranked No. 2, swept individual titles on all four apparatuses, led by a pair of 9.95s from junior Haley Scaman on vault and floor. The win catapulted the Sooners to the No. 1 ranking, a spot they would hold for a program-record 13 weeks.
Jan. 9, 2015 Norman, Okla.
Sensational Senior Night Senior Night was one to remember for the Sooners. OU welcomed No. 3 Florida to town in a meeting of the 2014 Co-NCAA National Champions. Fueled by a pair of perfect 10.0s from senior Erica Brewer (BB) and junior Haley Scaman (FX), OU won 198.500-198.100 in front of a record crowd of 4,138. The perfect score was the first of Brewer’s career and fifth for Scaman (third on FX). The Sooners shattered a trio of program records with their team score (sixth-best on NCAA all-time scoring charts) and marks on beam (49.750) and floor (49.725). March 6, 2015 Norman, Okla.
Perfection With a perfect regular season record on the line, the Sooners went to Alabama and defeated the No. 5 Crimson Tide, 197.725-197.500, in front of a boisterous crowd of 10,722 fans. The Sooners finished regular-season competition with the nation’s only unblemished mark at 14-0, going 4-0 against opponents ranked in the top six nationally. Several Sooners stepped up and made an impact, including freshman Natalie Brown, who nailed a 9.925 on floor to tie with classmate Brenna Dowell for the team lead on the event.
March 13, 2015 Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Four in a Row
The Sooners’ 197.875 propelled them to becoming the first team to win four straight Big 12 titles. OU had individual champions on each event, including Ali Jackson (VT), Rebecca Clark (tied UB), Erica Brewer and Chayse Capps (BB) and Brenna Dowell (FX). The Sooners swept the yearly Big 12 awards as Haley Scaman was named gymnast of the year for the second straight season and Jackson and Dowell earned event specialist of the year and newcomer of the year accolades, respectively. Head coach K.J. Kindler was also recognized as the conference coach of the year for the ninth time in her career. March 21, 2015 Norman, Okla.
Six Straight For the sixth straight season, the Sooners captured an NCAA Regional title, this one coming in Norman. OU posted a score of 197.625 and secured the top team scores on all four events to advance to its 12th straight NCAA Championships. Three Sooners secured event titles, including senior Haley Sorenson (tied on BB, 9.9), junior Haley Scaman (FX, 9.975) and freshman Ali Jackson (VT, career-high 9.950). At the meet, Scaman was named South Central Gymnast of the Year, while assistants Lou Ball and Tom Haley earned South Central Region Assistant Coaches of the Year recognition. April 4, 2015 Norman, Okla.
Super Sooners Oklahoma secured a spot in the Super Six for the fifth time in six years as it topped its NCAA Semifinal with a score of 197.400. Nine Sooners earned a program-best 13 AllAmerica honors, led two first-team recognitions for Haley Scaman (VT, FX), Keeley Kmieicak (UB, BB) and Brenna Dowell (UB, FX). Chayse Capps was named to the first team for beam and second team for vault, and Ali Jackson (VT), McKenzie Wofford (UB) and Rebecca Clark (BB) received first-team accolades. Charity Jones (VT) and Erica Brewer (BB) were placed on the second team. April 17, 2015 Fort Worth, Texas
Top Three Again Oklahoma added to its trophy case with a third-place showing at the NCAA Super Six. The Sooners posted a 197.525, coming in just behind national champion Florida (197.850) and runner-up Utah (197.800). It was the third straight season OU has finished in the top three and the fifth time in the last six years. Additionally, head coach K.J. Kindler was honored by her peers as the National Coach of the Year, her third time receiving the recognition.
April 18, 2015 Fort Worth, Texas
Stellar Finish In the NCAA Individual Event Finals, seven Sooners captured 10 top-10 national finishes. On floor exercise, freshman Brenna Dowell tied as the runner-up with a 9.95 and took 10th on bars. Haley Scaman capped her junior campagin with a tie for third place on vault and a fourth-place showing on floor, while sophomore McKenzie Wofford claimed fourth on bars. Junior Keeley Kmieicak took fifth on bars and was one of three Sooners to make the podium on beam, finishing seventh. Sophomore Chayse Capps led the way on beam, taking fourth, and senior Rebecca Clark placed fifth. Freshman Ali Jackson was sixth on vault. April 19, 2015 Fort Worth, Texas
2015 OVERVIEW FINAL RANKINGS TEAM
SUPER SIX
PRELIMS
NQS
REGIONAL
TEAM RQS
AVERAGE
HIGH SCORE
1.
Florida
197.850
197.475
395.265
197.475
197.790
197.536
198.255
2.
Utah
197.800
197.475
394.245
196.575
197.670
197.418
198.250
3. OKLAHOMA
197.525
197.400
395.520
197.625
197.895
197.675
198.500
4.
Alabama
197.275
197.100
395.065
197.575
197.490
197.175
197.800
5.
Stanford
197.250
197.175
393.720
197.000
196.720
196.180
197.525
6.
Auburn
195.625
197.075
393.945
196.900
197.045
196.635
197.750
7.
Michigan
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197.025
394.270
197.000
197.270
197.143
197.825
8.
Nebraska
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196.675
393.940
196.950
196.990
196.618
197.325
9.
Georgia
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196.600
393.900
197.025
196.875
196.375
197.450
10. LSU
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196.550
394.825
197.175
197.650
197.484
198.375
11. UCLA
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196.400
394.700
197.500
197.200
196.768
197.950
12. Oregon State
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195.875
393.430
196.750
196.680
196.352
197.250
13. Illinois
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393.190
196.675
196.515
196.210
197.350
14. Arkansas
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392.785
196.500
196.285
196.900
196.650
15. Denver
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392.405
195.950
196.455
196.960
196.925
MEET RESULTS
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DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT
LOCATION
FRIDAY, JAN. 9
ARKANSAS
W, 197.625-194.900
Saturday, Jan. 17
Minnesota
W, 196.500-194.475
FRIDAY, JAN. 23
TWU, SEMO
FIRST/3, 197.850
Thursday, Jan. 29
Denver
W, 197.650-195.900
Saturday, Jan. 31
Metroplex Challenge
First/4, 197.700
Friday, Feb. 6
Iowa State
W, 198.150-195.675
Ames, Iowa
Friday, Feb. 13
Perfect 10 Challenge
W, 197.275-194.425
Oklahoma City
Friday, Feb. 20
Michigan
W, 197.375-197.250
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Friday, Feb. 27
Illinois
W, 197.875-195.950
Champaign, Ill.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
FLORIDA
W, 198.500-198.100
Friday, March 13
at Alabama
W, 197.725-197.500
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST/3, 197.875
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
NCAA REGIONALS
FIRST/6, 197.625
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER
Friday, April 17
NCAA Semifinals
First/6, 197.400
Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday, April 18
NCAA Super Six Team Finals
Third/6, 197.525
Fort Worth, Texas
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Minneapolis, Minn. LLOYD NOBLE CENTER. Denver, Colo. Fort Worth, Texas
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SEASON BESTS
EVENT TITLES
TEAM TOTAL
VAULT (11)
1. 2. 3. 5.
198.500 ..............Florida .................................................March 6 198.150 ..............Iowa State...............................................Feb. 6 197.875 ..............Illinois ...................................................Feb. 27 197.875 ..............Big 12 Championship.........................March 21 197.850 ..............TWU/SEMO ...........................................Jan. 23
VAULT 1. 3. 4. 5.
49.575 ................Iowa State...............................................Feb. 6 49.575 ................TWU/SEMO ...........................................Jan. 23 49.550 ................NCAA Semifinals ..................................April 17 49.525 ................NCAA Regionals .....................................April 4 49.475 ................Perfect 10 .............................................Feb. 13 49.475 ................NCAA Super Six ....................................April 18
UNEVEN BARS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
49.625 ................TWU/SEMO ...........................................Jan. 23 49.550 ................Michigan ..............................................Feb. 20 49.525 ................Iowa State...............................................Feb. 6 49.500 ................NCAA Semifinals ..................................April 17 49.400 ................Metroplex Challenge.............................Jan. 31 49.400 ................Illinois ...................................................Feb. 27
BALANCE BEAM 1. 2. 3. 5.
49.750 ................Florida .................................................March 6 49.650 ................Big 12 Championships .......................March 21 49.575 ................Illinois ...................................................Feb. 27 49.575 ................NCAA Super Six ....................................April 18 49.550 ................Iowa State...............................................Feb. 6
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. 2. 3. 5.
49.725 ................Florida .................................................March 6 49.625 ................Big 12 Championships .......................March 21 49.500 ................Iowa State...............................................Feb. 6 49.500 ................Metroplex Challenge.............................Jan. 31 49.475 ................NCAA Semifinals ..................................April 17
SCORE 49.450 49.325 49.575 49.425 49.575 49.475 49.350 49.450 49.425 49.525 49.550
MEET Arkansas Minnesota TWU, SEMO Denver Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Michigan Illinois Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional NCAA Semifinals
DATE Jan. 9 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 21 April 4 April 17
Arkansas Minnesota TWU, SEMO Denver Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Michigan Illinois Alabama Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional NCAA Semifinals
Jan. 9 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 13 March 21 April 4 April 17
Arkansas TWU, SEMO Denver Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Illinois Florida Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional NCAA Super Six
Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 March 6 March 21 April 4 April 18
Arkansas Minnesota TWU, SEMO Denver Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Illinois Florida Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional NCAA Semifinals
Jan. 9 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 March 6 March 21 April 4 April 17
BARS (13) 49.350 49.350 49.625 49.375 49.400 49.525 49.275 49.550 49.400 49.375 49.175 49.275 49.500
BEAM (11) 49.400 49.375 49.400 49.350 49.550 49.075 49.575 49.750 49.650 49.375 49.575
FLOOR (12) 49.425 49.225 49.275 49.450 49.500 49.500 49.450 49.450 49.725 49.625 49.450 49.475
SCORING BREAKDOWN DATE
MEET
TEAM (RANK)
VAULT
BARS
BEAM
FLOOR
TOTAL
1.9
Arkansas
OKLAHOMA (2) Arkansas (13)
49.450 49.100
49.350 48.450
49.400 48.375
49.425 48.975
197.625 194.900
1.17
at Minnesota
OKLAHOMA (1) Minnesota (11)
49.325 48.950
49.350 48.875
48.600 48.725
48.225 47.925
196.500 194.475
1.23
TWU, SEMO
OKLAHOMA (1) SEMO TWU
49.575 48.825 48.400
49.625 48.725 48.050
49.375 47.525 46.100
49.275 47.775 47.800
197.850 192.850 190.350
1.29
at Denver
OKLAHOMA (1) Denver (20)
49.425 49.000
49.375 49.050
49.400 48.600
49.450 49.250
197.650 195.900
1.31
Metroplex Challenge
OKLAHOMA (1) LSU (2) Arkansas (8) Iowa State
49.450 49.500 49.250 48.500
49.400 49.400 49.100 48.900
49.350 49.125 48.800 47.475
49.500 49.400 49.100 48.525
197.700 197.425 196.250 193.400
2.6
Iowa State
OKLAHOMA (1) Iowa State
49.575 48.950
49.525 48.725
49.550 49.075
49.500 48.925
198.150 195.675
2.13
Perfect 10
OKLAHOMA (1) Kentucky (21)
49.475 48.575
49.275 48.800
49.075 48.450
49.450 48.600
197.275 194.425
2.20
at Michigan
OKLAHOMA (1) Michigan (6)
49.350 49.150
49.550 49.375
49.150 49.300
49.325 49.425
197.375 197.250
2.27
at Illinois
OKLAHOMA (1) Illinois (16)
49.450 48.725
49.400 49.050
49.575 49.125
49.450 49.050
197.875 195.950
3.6
Florida
OKLAHOMA (1) Florida (3)
49.525 49.550
49.500 49.550
49.750 49.525
49.725 49.475
198.500 198.100
3.13
at Alabama
OKLAHOMA (1) Alabama (5)
49.450 49.450
49.375 49.100
49.475 49.525
49.425 49.425
197.725 197.500
3.21
Big 12 Championship (Norman)
OKLAHOMA (1) West Virgina Iowa State
49.425 49.000 48.650
49.175 48.500 48.900
49.650 48.525 48.175
49.625 49.000 49.050
197.875 195.025 194.775
DATE
MEET
TEAM (RANK)
VAULT
BARS
BEAM
FLOOR
TOTAL
4.5
NCAA Regional (Norman)
OKLAHOMA (1) Oregon State (12) Southern Utah Missouri NC State Penn State (13)
49.525 49.350 49.050 49.000 49.075 49.200
49.275 48.975 49.125 48.950 48.900 49.050
49.375 49.125 48.950 49.075 48.800 47.950
49.450 49.300 49.150 49.075 49.000 48.950
197.625 196.750 196.275 196.100 195.775 195.150
4.18
NCAA Semifinal I (Fort Worth)
Florida (2) * Utah (3) * Stanford (11) * Michigan (6) Georgia (10) UCLA (7)
49.375 49.450 49.050 49.175 49.100 49.000
49.450 49.500 49.575 49.225 49.350 49.250
49.275 49.175 49.300 49.250 48.900 49.200
49.375 49.350 49.250 49.375 49.250 48.950
197.475 197.475 197.175 197.025 196.600 196.400
4.18
NCAA Semifinal II
OKLAHOMA (1) * Alabama (5) * Auburn (8) * Nebraska (9) LSU (4) Oregon State (12)
49.550 49.475 49.225 49.200 49.375 49.000
49.500 49.275 49.250 49.175 49.425 49.225
48.875 48.950 49.275 48.875 48.275 48.875
49.475 49.400 49.325 49.425 49.475 48.775
197.400 197.100 197.075 196.675 196.550 195.875
4.19
NCAA Super Six (Fort Worth)
Florida (2) Utah (3) OKLAHOMA (1) Alabama (5) Stanford (11) Auburn (8)
49.450 49.550 49.475 49.425 49.250 49.075
49.450 49.575 49.300 49.275 49.575 49.250
49.300 49.250 49.575 49.200 49.550 48.425
49.650 49.425 49.175 49.375 48.875 48.875
197.850 197.800 197.525 197.275 197.250 195.625
4.20
NCAA Event Finals #
Chayse Capps Rebecca Clark Brenna Dowell
Beam (4th, 9.125) Beam (T-5th, 9.8750) Bars (10th, 9.85) Floor (T-2nd, 9.95) Vault (6th, 9.8583) Bars (T-5th, 9.9) Beam (7th, 9.8625) Vault (T-3rd, 9.8917) Floor (4th, 9.9375) Bars (4th, 9.925)
Ali Jackson Keeley Kmieciak Haley Scaman McKenzie Wofford *Advanced to 2015 NCAA Super Six Team Finals #Individual competitors only
2015 AWARDS
MCKENZIE WOFFORD NACGC All-American 2015 - Bars 50
NAME
AWARD
Ali Jackson Haley Scaman McKenzie Wofford Brenna Dowell Haley Scaman Brenna Dowell Kara Lovan McKenzie Wofford Brenna Dowell Kara Lovan Haley Sorensen Chayse Capps McKenzie Wofford Brenna Dowell Haley Scaman McKenzie Wofford Ali Jackson Haley Scaman Brenna Dowell Haley Scaman Haley Sorensen Erica Brewer Brenna Dowell Haley Sorensen Natalie Brown
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Gymnast of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
DATE 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.27 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.11 2.11 2.17 2.17 2.17 2.24 2.24 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.11 3.11 3.11 3.17
Erica Brewer Chayse Capps Rebecca Clark Maile’ana Kanewa Keeley Kmieciak Kara Lovan Haley Scaman Haley Sorensen McKenzie Wofford
Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 Academic All-Big 12
3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17 3.17
Chayse Capps Rebecca Clark Brenna Dowell Ali Jackson Kara Lovan Haley Scaman Haley Sorensen McKenzie Wofford
All-Big 12 (vault, beam) All-Big 12 (beam) All-Big 12 (vault, bars, floor) All-Big 12 (vault, floor) All-Big 12 (beam) All-Big 12 (vault, bars, floor) All-Big 12 (beam) All-Big 12 (bars)
3.19 3.19 3.19 3.19 3.19 3.19 3.19 3.19
Erica Brewer
AAI Award Finalist
3.20
Brenna Dowell Ali Jackson Haley Scaman
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year Big 12 Gymnast of the Year
3.21 3.21 3.21
K.J. Kindler
Big 12 Coach of the Year
3.21
Erica Brewer Chayse Capps Rebecca Clark Brenna Dowell Ali Jackson Kara Lovan Haley Scaman Haley Sorensen McKenzie Wofford
NACGC All-American (beam) NACGC All-American (beam) NACGC All-American (beam) NACGC All-American (floor, bars) NACGC All-American (floor) NACGC All-American (beam) NACGC All-American (vault, floor) NACGC All-American (beam) NACGC All-American (bars)
3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27
Rebecca Clark
NCAA Postgrad Scholarship
Chayse Capps Stefani Catour Rebecca Clark Samantha Craus Brenna Dowell Maile’ana Kanewa Kara Lovan Haley Scaman Haley Sorenson
NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American NACGC Scholastic All-American
5.8 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12
INDIVIDUAL TITLES HALEY SCAMAN (20) Vault Floor Vault Floor Vault Vault Bars Floor Vault Floor Floor Vault Vault Bars Floor Floor Vault Floor Vault Floor
9.95 9.95 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.925 9.9 9.95 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.9 9.925 9.925 9.925 10.0 9.95 9.975 9.95 9.95
Arkansas Arkansas Minnesota Minnesota TWU/SEMO Denver Denver Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Michigan Michigan Illinois Illinois Illinois Florida Alabama NCAA Regional NCAA Semifinals NCAA Semifinals
1.9 1.9 1.17 1.17 1.23 1.29 1.29 1.31 2.6 2.13 2.20 2.20 2.27 2.27 2.27 3.6 3.13 4.4 4.17 4.17
Arkansas Minnesota TWU/SEMO Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Michigan Illinois Big 12 Championship
1.9 1.17 1.23 1.31 2.6 2.6 2.13 2.20 2.27 3.21
Arkansas Denver Metroplex Challenge Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Michigan Alabama NCAA Semifinals
1.9 1.29 1.31 2.6 2.13 2.20 3.13 4.17
Minnesota TWU/SEMO TWU/SEMO Denver Iowa State Illinois Big 12 Championship NCAA Semifinals
1.17 1.23 1.23 1.29 2.6 2.27 3.21 4.17
Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge Illinois Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional NCAA Semifinals
2.6 2.13 2.27 3.21 4.4 4.17
Minnesota Denver
1.17 1.29
Florida Big 12 Championship
3.6 3.21
Metroplex Challenge NCAA Regional
1.31 4.4
Big 12 Championship
3.21
CHAYSE CAPPS (10) Beam Vault Beam Beam Vault Beam Vault Vault Vault Beam
9.925 9.9 9.95 9.9 9.95 9.95 9.95 9.9 9.925 9.975
McKENZIE WOFFORD (8) Bars Bars Bars Bars Bars Bars Bars Bars
9.925 9.9 9.95 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.9 9.95
BRENNA DOWELL (8) Bars Bars Floor Floor Floor Vault Floor Bars
9.95 10.0 9.975 9.95 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.95
ALI JACKSON (6) Floor Floor Floor Vault Vault Vault
9.95 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.95 9.95
KARA LOVAN (2) Floor Beam
9.9 9.925
ERICA BREWER (2) Beam Beam
10.0 9.975
HALEY SORENSEN (2) Beam Beam
9.9 9.9
REBECCA CLARK (1) Bars
9.9
KARA LOVAN NACGC All-American 2015 - Balance Beam
Preview 2016
and All-Around Champion who has stunning performance qualities.
READY, SET, RELOAD The 2016 Sooners return 16 routines from their 2015 NCAA Championships lineup. Graduating seniors Erica Brewer (All-American), Rebecca Clark (All-American) and Haley Sorensen made up for five OU lineup positions. An additional loss was sophomore Brenna Dowell, who contributed on three events for OU and was the bar anchor. Dowell chose to defer her sophomore season at OU to pursue a position on the USA World Championship and Olympic teams. She achieved the first of these goals as a member of the gold medal-winning USA World Championship team and continues in pursuit for Rio. She will return to Norman in the fall of 2016.
“Nicole is spot-on in her competitive presence. She owns her performances with strong confidence and relentless pursuit of perfection. I have enjoyed watching her become even more aggressive as the competition season creeps up on us,” commented Kindler. Marks joined the team in January and is quickly adjusting to college life. As she eases into competition, the Sooners plan to depend on her floor and vault abilities early on and add bars and beam as the season progresses. In true “team effort” fashion, the Sooners will depend on a slew of competitors through the four events. Specialist Natalie Brown will be
Six of the eight routines lost were on uneven bars and balance beam. Despite the deficit, Coach K.J. Kindler is identifying her 2016 group as the most collectively driven and cohesive group she has ever coached. “Though we lost a good chunk of our bar and beam lineups – 50 percent on each to be exact – we have a wealth of experience and obvious chemistry on this team. We are working together to prepare for the season and the effort is 10 to 12 deep on every event. The responsibility is simple – ‘Be ready.’ With a senior class representing 30 percent of the team, leadership will be vital for us as we reconstruct our bar and beam lineups. There will be adjustments early on and I envision trying several different lineup scenarios before finding the Golden Ticket.” Haley Scaman, Keeley Kmieciak, Chayse Capps, AJ Jackson and Charity Jones will compete on three plus events this season. All five have made significant progress in the offseason. Most notable is Jones, who will be taking great strides by adding bars, beam and floor to her competition list. “Charity Jones will be a key competitor for the Sooners and will definitely be helping to fill the void on both bars and beam. She was unable to reach her potential in the past two years due to repetitive foot issues but has overcome those injuries. She has a competitive edge, you can see on her face. She will be one to watch this season,” said Coach Kindler. Also ready to go are newcomers Nicole Lehrmann and Alex Marks. Lehrmann is slated to see three lineups at the start of the season, also filling vacancies on bars and beam. She is a former Junior Olympic Bar
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Ali Jackson
essential on beam and floor. Junior Kara Lovan will provide impeccable lines and technique on Beam and Floor again this season. McKenzie Wofford will bring her All-American experience and immaculate execution to the bar lineup. Also keep an eye out for Stefani Catour, who is a definite on balance beam and is quietly approaching the lineup on the remaining three events.
McKenzie Wofford
Kindler also notes that Maile’ana Kanewa is waiting in the wings after an ACL repair last March. “Maile’s heart could fill this room. And her heart is driving the train right now. She continues to progress after knee surgery and gets closer every day. It is like watching your daughter take her first steps. You are so excited. She is so excited. And her excitement is contagious. She deserves to overcome. I predict she will be out there before midseason,” Kindler explained.
Big changes are coming to collegiate gymnastics on the vault in 2016. The start value of the Yurchenko full twist, the most commonly-performed vault at the NCAA level, has been lowered to a 9.95 from a 10. Four Sooners performed this vault in 2015, and the OU lineup is pushing toward increasing their start values for this season. Currently, six OU vaulters are training 10.0 vaults. The coaches plan to prepare the athletes to compete their upgraded vaults by mid-season in order to prepare for their postseason run.
VAULT
The Sooners return seven vaulters with competitive experience from the 2015 squad, including Capps, Jackson, Jones, Kmieciak, Lovan, Hunter Price and Scaman. Jackson and Scaman will add the half twist immediately for the 10 start value and will anchor this lineup. Both athletes have made a name for themselves nationally and will be among the best vaulters in the NCAA. Capps, Jones and Kmieciak are all dynamic vaulters who will bring powerful amplitude and consistent landings. Filling the gap left from deferred sophomore Dowell will be a trio of athletes in Lehrmann, Marks and Price. These three are all capable and strong competitors. Look for Price to add another 10.0-valued vault to the OU squad when she cracks the lineup. “Even with the decrease in the Yurchenko full, I feel this lineup is our strongest ever,” Kindler said. “We are 11 deep with Maile’ana Kanewa,
Stefani Catour and Kara Lovan all prepared for their opportunity. Maile is showing glimpses of her 2014 vaulting finesse when she finished third in event finals.”
In 2016, OU will return only 50 percent of its bar lineup. It will be tough to replace Dowell, Brewer and Clark, who all qualified for event finals on this event during their careers. However, many athletes are battling to fill the void, including Lehrmann, Capps, Jones, Reagan Hemry, Samantha Craus, Catour and Marks.
UNEVEN BARS
2015 NCAA event finalists and All-Americans Kmieciak and Wofford will provide leadership and experience at the highest level. Both will anchor the squad. In addition, OU’s steady Scaman will be on board. These three will make up the veteran portion of the lineup and will undoubtedly be a crucial part of the success of this event.
“If you are losing half, I have to say I’m excited about the half that remains. All are upperclassmen with a competitive nature and a trust factor. All three can score between 9.9 and 10 consistently,” Kindler said. The addition of a Junior Olympic Champion on the event was no mistake. Lehrmann has spoken for a spot in this lineup and will follow OU’s predicted starter, Jackson, who acquired great experience last season in the exhibition position throughout the year. This will provide a consistent one-two punch for the Sooners on this event. “Becca Clark started our squad on this event her entire career and it is exciting to see AJ step into that role,” Kindler explained. “Her consistency is awesome and her competitive fire inextinguishable. She is the perfect athlete for this role.” Consistency is likely to be what breaks the lineup on this event with a group of high quality candidates interviewing for the position. Hemry and Craus are two of the most swingful athletes on the team and
are naturals on this event. They boast precise execution and ease when performing. Also watch for Catour and Jones to contribute to this lineup after getting valuable exhibition experience the past two seasons. The biggest surprise could be the addition of Capps in the lineup, which could propel her to all-around status. Most recognized for her beam prowess, Capps vowed to contribute on bars during recruitment and is producing strong upgrades in the preseason.
BALANCE BEAM
The Sooners will miss the steadiness of Brewer, the confidence of Clark and the grace of Sorensen this season. But as usual, a crowd of options are knocking at the door for their opportunity.
“I have no doubt that we will see a number of incredible performances from new faces this season,” Kindler shared. “But remember, they have been fighting for a position in this lineup for years and it has been a very hard lineup to crack. Like the rise of Haley Sorensen last year, her first year in the beam lineup, these athletes are ready for their opportunity.” Balance beam All-Americans Kmieciak and Capps will again be depended on for their consistency and aggressive nature on this event. Lovan, who is as effortless as a feather in the wind, will provide an additional familiar face and big scores. The remaining athletes are showing consistency, aggressiveness and remarkable execution. “Kee has started this lineup for three years and is extremely solid and tough minded. Stubborn even. She thrives in this position. She has been training an upgraded series and I foresee the grooming of a new starter as the team progresses through the season,” Kindler stated. Also expected to make immediate contributions to this lineup are Brown, Catour, Lehrmann and Jones.
Keeley Kmieciak
“Natalie Brown is breathtaking on beam. Her height and poise combined make for absolute beauty in motion,” Kindler said. “Stefani has shown amazing consistency and motivation in the preseason. Lehrmann ‘owns every movement’ in her routine and Jones looks like a lion in pursuit of prey as she attacks her skills. These athletes and their unique approach make for a great bag of tricks on this event.” Adding even more depth are Jackson, Scaman and Wofford. These three are prepared to turn in top-notch performances for the Sooners, capable of scoring 9.85 plus in a heartbeat.
Chayse Capps
to choose the lineup because they all have such unique qualities and they are all capable of huge scores here. Some of the routines make you want to dance, some pull at your heart strings and some you simply cannot look away.” The Sooners have always placed execution primary and this season is no different. With tough passes done with finesse, this squad boasts tumbling difficulty with the pizazz of performance that will astound. All athletes will finish with “D” valued passes with several additional upgrades in the works. Power is back for the Sooners as returning floor phenom Scaman approaches her final season. She will once again anchor this talented lineup with a routine unlike any other she has done in her career. “Haley is just WOW. When she performs everyone stops to watch. She has that kind of magnetism. She can stop a room,” Kindler shared. Jackson will set her up in the fifth position with impressive tumbling and a crowd-pleasing routine. Jones will take her chance to jump into the mix with a high-energy routine that highlights difficult tumbling. “AJ and Charity are spot-on. They are landing consistently and performing with a higher level of difficulty than in the past. Their routines are very crowd friendly and definitely representative of their personalities.”
“Beam is our showcase piece,” Kindler commented. “We have put this team in pressure situations over and over in the preseason and they are as polished and strong mentally as any other team we have ever had here at Oklahoma. They produce flawless execution of routines on an everyday basis.”
Kmieciak will lead the lineup, returning to floor after a two-year hiatus from the event. She has incredible endurance, finishing with a sky high double tuck. Capps is simply jaw dropping with her non-stop action floor routine, which boasts two new passes this season. Lovan is once again a picture of perfect execution. “I could watch Chayse dance for hours,” Kindler said. “She can nail any style. So often we forget that this event is artistic and should highlight creativity and personality. Chayse makes you remember.” Watch for Brown, Kanewa and Marks to round out the top nine spots.
FLOOR EXERCISE
Brewer and Dowell consistently competed for the Sooners on this event last season, opening a pair of highly-sought-after positions.
“If you ask our team members their favorite event, at least 50 percent of them will say floor,” said Kindler. “It’s near impossible
“Nat, Maile and Al are hypnotic in their performances. All three will absolutely contribute this season and they will not disappoint.” Also prepared are Stefani Catour, Nicole Turner and Hunter Price.
Sooners The
The
Seniors
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Maile’ana Kanewa VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.975
BALANCE BEAM BALANCE BEAM UNEVEN BARS
9.8259.99.9
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.95
NOTING MAILE’ANA KANEWA
2013 (FRESHMAN)
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Big 12 Vault Champion with a 9.925 at the Big 12 Championship ... Began competing on Feb. 22 vs. UCLA after sitting out the first half of the season due to wrist surgery ... Big 12 Specialist of the Week (Feb. 26) ... Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 11) ... took the individual vault title vs. UCLA in her first collegiate meet by scoring a 9.925 ... recorded a career-best 9.95 on vault vs. Arizona, earning her second individual title ... Scored a 9.9 at the NCAA Regional on vault, finishing third ... Scored 9.85 on vault at both meets of the NCAA Championships.
2014 NCAA Floor Exercise Runner-Up 2014 NCAA Event Finalist (4th V) Two-Time All-American (V, FX) Two-Time Big 12 Vault Champion Two-Time All-Big 12 (V, FX) Two-Time Academic All-Big 12
2015 (JUNIOR) Eased back into the Sooner lineups after a late-preseason injury tweak ... Suffered a season-ending knee injury on a vault landing in warm-ups on Feb. 20 ... Earned a season-best 9.9 on vault twice during the month of January ... Added a 9.825 for a season-best on floor in Oklahoma’s season opener ... Academic All-Big 12.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
Finished 10th in 2012 and third in 2011 in the all-around at the Junior Olympic Nationals...2011 Junior Olympic National Team Member ... 2011 Nastia Cup Qualifier ... 2012, 2011 Regional vault champion ... 2011 Regional floor champion... Minnesota Gymnast of the Year nominee ... High scores from pre-collegiate competitions: 2014 (SOPHOMORE) NCAA National Floor Exercise Runner-Up ... First-team All-American all-around-37.9, vault-9.875, beam-9.5, bars-9.475, floor-9.675 ... (floor, vault) ... Finished fourth on vault at individual event finals ... Coached by Kara and Mark Waterhouse. Tied her career-high of 9.95 on floor twice at NCAA Championships ... NACGC second-team All-American (vault) ... Big 12 vault champion PERSONAL (9.95) ... NCAA Minneapolis Regional vault champion (9.975) ... All- Hails from Duluth, Minn. ... Daughter of Robert Kanewa and Kristin Big 12 (vault, floor) ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Big 12 Event Specialist Cooper-Kanewa ... Full name is Maile’ana Mekeanuenue Kanewaof the Week (March 18, Arkansas) ... Tied her career-high on vault Mariano ... Goes by Maile (My-lee) ... Has one sister, Makialani ... (9.95) in three consecutive meets before posting a career-high 9.975 Born in Hawaii ... 4.0 student at Duluth Denfeld ... Majoring in human at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional ... Posted a career-best 9.95 on floor relations at OU. at TWU on March 9 ... Finished second on floor at NCAA Minneapolis Regional with a 9.925 ... Posted a 9.9 on beam in only her second career appearance on the event at TWU as well.
ONE OF KANEWA’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“My goal individually is to be back in the lineup on floor and vault this year and to keep pushing in the gym to be a contender on beam and bars as well.”
Keeley Kmieciak VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.95
UNEVEN BARS
9.95
NOTING KEELEY KMIECIAK
BALANCE BEAM
BALANCE BEAM
9.9 9.925
FLOOR EXERCISE
ALL-AROUND
9.9
39.650
2013 (FRESHMAN)
- 2015 First-Team All-American (UB, BB) - 2015 NCAA Event Finalist (5th UB, 7th BB) - 2013 NACGC Second-Team All-American (UB) - Three-Time All-Big 12 (V, UB) - Three-Time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner - Two-Time Academic All-Big 12
NACGC All-America Second Team (bars) ... Two-time All-Big 12 (vault, bars) ... Three-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 22, Feb. 12, Feb. 26) ... Took six individual titles, including three vault, two bars and one beam ... Participated in 11 meets, competing in the all-around seven times ... Against No. 5 UCLA, set career highs in the all-around (39.650) and on every event, including a 9.925 on vault and bars and a 9.9 on beam and floor ... Ranked No. 13 nationally on bars at the end of the regular season ... Missed the last two meets of the regular season 2015 (JUNIOR) First-team All-American (bars, beam) ... Tied for fifth on bars in NCAA and the Big 12 Championships due to a tonsillectomy ... Competed on Event Finals with a 9.9 ... Added a seventh place individual finish vault and beam at the NCAA Regional and at both meets at the NCAA on beam in NCAA Event Finals with a 9.8625 ... Posted a standout Championships. performance at the NCAA Championships, earning a 9.9 on both bars and beam in the NCAA Semifinals ... Added three scores of 9.85-plus in CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL the Super Six team finals ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Earned a career-high Three-time Junior Olympic National Team Member (2009, 2011, 2012) 9.925 on beam against Florida, sparking the record-shattering 49.750 ... Trained under Jess Holtz and Marco Bravo ... Finished first at Nationals team mark that stands as OU’s best all time ... Posted 37 routines of 9.8 in 2012 on vault and floor and in the all-around ... Five-time National or higher in 38 performances, including no score lower than a 9.8 on Champion in 2009 ... Finished second in the all-around at the 2011 vault or bars. JO Nationals ... Two-time Region 5 Athlete of the Year (2009, 2012) ... Three-time Region 5 All-Star ... Three-time State Champion ...High scores from pre-collegiate competitions: all-around-39.0, vault-10.0, 2014 (SOPHOMORE) Posted career-high 9.95 on bars at Super Six finals ... All-Big 12 beam-9.75, bars-9.675, floor-9.85 (vault) ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Tied for second on vault at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional with a career-high 9.95 ... Posted a then-career- PERSONAL high-tying 9.925 on bars in only her second meet back after injury ... Native of Naperville, Ill. ... Daughter of Mari and Gary Kmieciak ... Has Served as OU’s lead-off routine on bars for eight meets before shifting three sisters: Lauren, Nicole and Lia ... Majoring in sports management. to the No. 5 slot beginning March 9.
ONE OF KMIECIAK’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“My goals after graduation g are to get g accepted p into ggrad school,, receive a GA (graduate assistant) position and get an internship this summer in Chicago.”
Hunter Price VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.85
9.9
2015 (JUNIOR) Appeared in the vault lineup twice for Oklahoma early in the season ... Posted a career-high 9.85 in OU’s season opener against Arkansas. 2014 (SOPHOMORE) Served as alternate on vault for much of the season ... Exhibitioned on vault in several meets for Oklahoma.
2013 (FRESHMAN) Competed in the season opener and first-ever collegiate meet on vault at No. 11 Georgia, posting a 9.625.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Trained at Aerial Ahtletics ... Won the vault at the 2011 Regionals with a 9.975 ... Two-time Texas State Championships vault champion (2010, 2011) ... Two-time Region 3 Championships vault champion (2010, 2011)
PERSONAL Full name is Hunter Rochelle Price ... Native of Boerne, Texas (pronounced BERN-ee) ... Daughter of Doug Price ... Has a twin brother, Joshua ... Majoring in communications with a minor in human relations at OU.
ONE OF PRICE’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“To be in the vault lineupp consistentlyy as one of the top-scoring p athletes and to exhibition (if not compete) on floor this year.”
Haley Scaman VAULT HIGH SCORES 10.0 NOTING HALEY SCAMAN - 2014 NCAA Floor Exercise Runner-Up - 2015 NCAA Event Finalist (3rd V, 4th FX) - 2014 NCAA Event Finalist (3rd V) - Four-Time NCAA All-American (2 V, 2 FX) - Two-Time Big 12 Gymnast of the Year - 2015 South Central Region Gymnast of the Year - Five career 10.0s (2 V, 3 FX) - Five-Time NACGC All-American (2 V, 3 FX) - Two-Time Big 12 Floor Champion - Eight-Time All-Big 12 (3 V, 2 UB, 3 FX) - Fifteen-Time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner - 2014 Academic All-Big 12
2015 (JUNIOR) First-team All-American (vault, floor) ... Notched two top-four finishes in NCAA Event Finals, tying for third on vault (9.8917) and earning fourth on floor (9.9375) ... Named Big 12 Gymnast of the Year for the second straight season ... South Central Region Gymnast of the Year ... NACGC first-team All-American (vault, floor) ... NCAA Norman Regional floor champion (9.975) ... Three-time All-Big 12 (vault, bars, floor) ... Posted meet-best 9.95s on both vault and floor in the NCAA Semifinals ... Twenty event titles in 2015, including team-best totals of nine on vault and nine on floor ... Five-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 3) ... Won at least one individual title in every meet during the regular season ... Added two perfect 10.0s this season (one on vault and one on floor), increasing her program-record total to five ... Picked up a 10.0 on vault against TWU and SEMO in January ... Added a 10.0 on floor on March 6 against Florida ... One of only three gymnasts in the nation to post 10.0s on multiple events this season (joins Georgia Dabritz and Bridget Sloan) ... Posted 12 routines of 9.9 or better on floor in the anchor
BALANCE BEAM UNEVEN BARS
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.9759.9
10.0
position ... Added a season-best 9.925 on bars at Illinois. over Alabama for national runners-up ... Two-time AllBig 12 (vault, floor), finishing the regular season ranked atop the conference on both events ... Four-time Big 2014 (SOPHOMORE) NCAA National Floor Excercise Runner-Up (9.95) and 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Feb. 19 and third place vault finisher (9.9667) at individual event March 5) and Big 12 Specialist of the Week (Jan. 22) ... finals ... First-team All-American (vault, floor) ... Big 12 Nationally ranked No. 3 on floor at the end of the regular Gymnast of the Year ... NACGC first-team All-American season, the highest of any freshman ... Claimed 12 (floor, vault) ... All-Big 12 (vault, bars, floor) ... Five- individual event titles, including eight on floor, three on time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 11, LSU; Feb. vault and one on bars ... Scored a career-high 9.975 on 17, Metroplex; Feb. 25, Perfect 10 Challenge; March 4, floor vs. UCLA ... Scored a 9.95 on floor at four different Illinois; March 18, Arkansas) ... Academic All-Big 12 ... meets ... scored a season-best 9.925 on vault on Senior Three perfect 10.0s in 2014 (two on floor, one on vault) Day ... Totaled a 9.9 on bars at the Metroplex Challenge ... 16 event titles in 2014 ... Earned six scores of 9.9 or ... Competed in every meet for the Sooners. higher at 2014 NCAA Championships ... Big 12 champion on floor (9.95) ... Finished in the top three on floor, vault CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL and bars at Big 12 Championships ... First gymnast in OU 2011 Junior Olympic National Team Member ... Threeprogram history to score three perfect 10.0s in a career time National Champion (vault - 2010, 2011, bars ... First gymnast in Oklahoma program history to post 2011) ... Also took third on floor and fourth on bars at 10.0s on multiple events ... Posted career-high 10.0 on 2010 JO Nationals ... Finished second in the all-around vault at Arkansas on March 14 ... Career-best 9.975 on and third on floor at the 2011 JO Nationals ... Took third bars came against Arizona State on March 7 ... Posted on floor at the 2012 JO Nationals ... 2011 Region 5 Alltwo 10.0s on floor in 2014, at Metroplex on March 15 Star ... 2011 Region 5 all-around champion while taking and against Arizona State on March 7 ... Anchored first in vault, beam and floor ... 2012 Region 5 champion Oklahoma’s floor and vault lineups ... Posted only one on vault, bars and beam and second in the all-around ... score below a 9.925 on floor from February to April ... 2011 state champion in every title ... Four-time Illinois Owned nine routines that earned a 10.0 from at least state vault champion at level 10 ...High scores from preone judge ... Ranked as high as first nationally on floor, collegiate competitions: all-around-39.025, vault-9.925, fifth on vault and 19th on bars. beam-9.75, bars-9.675, floor-9.85 ...Trained under Todd Gardiner, Amy Blackburn and Lenore Schwartz.
2013 (FRESHMAN) Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... NACGC All-America First Team on floor ... Big 12 Floor Champion after scoring a 9.95 at the Big 12 Championship ... NCAA Regional CoChampion on floor, scoring a 9.9 ... Participated at the NCAA Championships on vault, bars and floor, scoring a 9.875 as the floor anchor at the Super Six to push OU
PERSONAL Hails from Riverside, Ill. ... Daughter of Lori and Rick Scaman ... has two siblings, Gabrielle and Hunter ... Majoring in business.
ONE OF SCAMAN’S GOALS FOR 2016: “My personal goal is to make the beam lineup this season.”
Nicole Turner HIGH SCORES
BALANCE BEAM
9.9
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.875
PRIOR TO OU Competed at Oregon State for three seasons (2013-15) … Appeared in 24 career meets, all on floor exercise … Posted career-high score of 9.875 on floor three times, once in each of her seasons at Oregon State ... 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast … Competed at Top Flight Gymnastics as a senior under Preston and LeAnn Sweny … Trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics and Metroplex Gymnastics for five years under Marnie Futch and Gina Logan … Won the 2010 all-around at the Level 10 Texas State Championships … Place second in all-around at 2007 Western Championships.
PERSONAL Full name is Nicole Elizabeth Turner … Native of Colleyville, Texas … Parents are Bryan and Cristin Turner … Has one sister, Maggie, and one brother, Jack … Majoring in administrative leadership at OU.
ONE OF TURNER’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“To compete for the University of Oklahoma. When gymnastics is all said and done I want to have absolutely no regrets; to be able to walk away and say that I gave this last year everything I had.”
The
Juniors
Chayse Capps VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.95 NOTING CHAYSE CAPPS - Two-Time First-Team All-American (BB) - Second-Team All-American (VT) - 2014 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year - 2014 NCAA Event Finalist (T-8th BB) - NACGC All-American (BB) - Two-Time All-Big 12 (BB, FX) - Six-time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner
2015 (SOPHOMORE) First-team All-American on beam, scoring a 9.9125 in individual event finals to finish fourth overall ... Second-team All-American (vault) ... Asserted her status as one of the nation’s top beam workers, owning seven weeks ranked No. 1 on the event and six straight from Feb. 9 March 16 ... Two-time All-Big 12 (vault, floor) ... NACGC first-team AllAmerican (beam) ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 11) ... Big 12 beam co-champion (9.975) ... Ten event titles in 2015, including a team-best five on balance beam and five more on vault ... Tied her career-best of 9.975 on beam at the Big 12 Championship to tie for first ... Earned 13 scores of 9.9-plus on beam ... Tied her career-high of 9.95 on vault twice in mid-February ... Featured in Sports Illustrated ‘Faces in the Crowd’ on Feb. 23, 2015, after posting 9.95s on beam and vault at Iowa State ... Earned a season-high 9.9 on floor in the lead-off position at the Big 12 Championship meet ... One of only six gymnasts in the nation to earn a 9.975 or higher on beam in 2015.
BALANCE BEAM
BALANCE BEAM
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.975
9.925
in 2014 ... Six-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 15, Georgia; Jan. 28, Arizona; Feb. 11, LSU; Feb. 17, Metroplex Challenge; March 4, Illinois; March 18, Arkansas) ... Posted her career-high vault score of 9.95 against No. 3 LSU on Feb. 9 ... Tied her career-high vault score at Super Six finals ... Earned a 9.975 on beam at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 15 to win the event title ... NCAA Minneapolis Regional co-champion on beam ... Earned her career-high floor score of 9.925 twice ... Ranked as high as No. 8 nationally on beam ... Only freshman in the country to finish the regular season ranked in the top 10 on beam ... One of only seven gymnasts nationally to post a 9.975 or higher on beam in 2014.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast ... Competed at Infinite Bounds under the instruction of Cindy Dove, Tiffany Chandler and Larry McDonough ... Took fourth nationally on vault in the Senior B division at the 2013 JO National Championships ... Aided Region III to team gold in the Senior B division at 2013 JO Nationals ... Finished in the top five in the all-around (tiesecond), floor (third), bars (third) and beam (fourth) at the 2013 Region III Championships ... Two-time Texas State Champion on vault (2011, 2013) and floor (2011, 2012) ... Was the national runner-up on vault at the 2012 JO National Championships ... Earned third on vault and fifth on beam and in the all-around at the 2012 Region III Championships ... Took eighth on beam at the 2011 JO National Championships ... 2011 Region III Champion on floor and runner-up on vault and beam.
PERSONAL
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Native of Plano, Texas ... Full name is Chayse Nicole Capps ... Parents are First-team All-American (beam) ... Tied for eighth on beam at individual Ken and Melanie Capps ... Has two brothers, Kade and Ryder ... Majoring event finals (9.8625) ... Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... NACGC second- in health and exercise science at OU. team All-American (beam) ... All-Big 12 (beam, floor) ... Four event titles
ONE OF CAPPS’ GOALS FOR 2016:
“To become an All-American again, to be an alternate/exhibition on bars and also to be an all-around competitior.”
Reagan Hemry BALANCE BEAM
2015 (SOPHOMORE) Did not see competition for Oklahoma as a sophomore.
2014 (FRESHMAN) Appeared several times in exhibition as a bars specialist for OU ... Served as alternate for Oklahoma’s bars lineup in multiple meets.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast ... Trained under Christian Ivanov and former OU gymnast Coral Borda at Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman ... Finished eighth on bars at the 2013 JO National Championships ... Earned three top-10 finishes at the 2013 Region III Championships on bars (tie-third), floor (tie-sixth) and in the all-around (seventh) ... 2013 Oklahoma State Champion on bars, floor and in the all-around ... Took second on bars and third on beam and in the all-around at the 2012 JO National Invitational Tournament ... Finished in the top three on every event at the 2012 Oklahoma State Championships, including second on all-around, floor and bars ... Captured fifth nationally on bars and beam at the 2010 JO National Invitational ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition at level 10: all-around-37.450, vault-9.325, bars-9.675, beam-9.575, floor-9.50.
PERSONAL Hails from Norman, Okla. ... Full name is Reagan Leigh Hemry ... Nickname is Rea or Rea Rea ... Parents are Heidi Symes and Tom Hemry ... Has two sisters, Camille and Faith, and two step-siblings, Trever and Tory ... Major is human relations with a minor in health and exercise science.
ONE OF HEMRY’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“Individuallyy I want to stayy fit, focused, and healthyy to be able to be in the lineups p and be able to contribute to the team goal, which is to win another National Championship!”
Charity Jones HIGH SCORES
VAULT
9.9
BALANCE BEAM UNEVEN BARS
9.9
the all-around title at the Nastia Liukin Cup, sweeping the Oklahoma State Championships on every event, an all-around victory at the - 2015 Second-Team All-American (VT) Region III Championships and an all-around title at the JO National - Big 12 Weekly Award Winner Championships ... Also earned vault and floor titles at the JO National Championships in 2012 ... Was named the 2012 Region III Gymnast of 2015 (SOPHOMORE) Second-team All-American (vault) ... Had a break-out performance in the Year and earned the Shannon Miller award as the top gymnast from the NCAA Championships, earning 9.9s in the lead-off position on vault the state of Oklahoma ... Won the all-around at the 2011 JO National in both the semifinals and Super Six team finals ... Mark of 9.9 was a Championships ... Took top honors on bars, beam, floor and in the allnew career-high ... Contributed to team scores of 49.550 (semifinals) around at the 2011 Oklahoma State Championships ... High scores from and 49.475 (Super Six) on vault for Oklahoma ... Battled back from a pre-collegiate competition at level 10: all-around-38.875, vault-9.90, preseason injury to exhibition on bars and vault during the regular bars-9.85, beam-9.70, floor-9.80. season ... Broke into the vault lineup for the Big 12 Championship meet, PERSONAL earning a 9.8. Native of Miami, Okla. (pronounced My-am-UH) ... Full name is Charity Lyn Jones ... Parents are Thomas and Rebecca Jones ... Majoring in 2014 (FRESHMAN) Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (March 11, Arizona State/TWU) ... criminology at OU. Entered the OU lineup as a bars specialist at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 15, posting a 9.9 in the first routine of her collegiate career ... Made first career appearance on vault on Feb. 28 against Illinois, earning a 9.85 ... Posted career-best 9.9 on bars twice (at Metroplex; at Big 12 Championships, March 22) ... Earned career-high 9.875 on vault March 9 at TWU.
NOTING CHARITY JONES
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast from Oklahoma City ... Trained at Dynamo under the instruction of Dennis and Shannon Harrison ... Took first in the 2013 Oklahoma State Championships on bars, floor and in the allaround ... Had an outstanding 2012 season that included winning
ONE OF JONES’ GOALS FOR 2016: “To compete all-around in every meet.”
Kara Lovan VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.925 NOTING KARA LOVAN - 2015 NACGC Second-Team All-American (BB) - 2014 Second-Team All-American (FX) - 2015 All-Big 12 selection (BB) - Four-Time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner
2015 (SOPHOMORE) NACGC second-team All-American on beam ... All-Big 12 selection on beam ... Two-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 27, Feb. 3) ... Two event titles in 2015, including one on floor and one on beam ... Earned a new career-best of 9.925 on beam at Denver on Jan. 29 and matched the score on Feb. 6 at Iowa State ... Matched her career-best mark of 9.925 on floor three teams this season, including at the Big 12 Championship meet ... Earned 9.9s on both beam and floor at the NCAA Super Six team finals ... Posted five straight scores of 9.9 or better on floor from Jan. 17 to Feb. 6 ... Added eight appearances on vault this season in the lead-off position ... Earned two 9.9s on vault at the Metroplex Challenge and versus Florida.
BALANCE BEAM
9.99.925
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.925
on vault and floor ... Posted career-highs of 9.925 on vault and 9.875 on beam at TWU on March 9.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast ... Trained at Triad Gymnastics under Tom and Donna Moretti ... Two-time junior elite ... 2013 JO National Champion in the Senior C Division all-around ... Also earned top-ten finishes on bars (tie-first), vault (tie-sixth) and floor (tie-seventh) at 2013 JO National Championships ... Took first in the all-around and on bars, beam and floor at the 2013 Region IV Championships... Qualified for JO National Championships in 2011 and 2010 ... Finished first on all-around, beam and floor and second on bars at the Region IV Championships in 2011 ... Finished fourth on beam and fifth in the all-around at the 2010 JO National Championships ... Captured first on beam, second in the all-around and fifth on vault and floor at the 2010 Region IV Championships ... Earned first-place finishes in the all-around and on bars, beam and floor at the 2010 Northern Lights Classic ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition at level 10: all-around-38.475, vault-9.85, bars-9.675, beam-9.825, floor-9.725.
2014 (FRESHMAN) Second-team All-American (floor) ... Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 25, Perfect 10 Challenge; March 11, Arizona State/TWU) ... Earned a 9.9 on floor to finish tied for seventh at NCAA Semifinals and earn All-America honors ... Tied for third on vault at the 2014 Big 12 Championships ... Finished in the top six on every event she competed at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional (V: T-5, BB: T-5, FX: T-6) ... Posted three scores of 9.9 or higher at the 2014 NCAA Championships ... Entered the lineup for the first time at Arizona on Jan. 25, competing
PERSONAL Native of Des Moines, Iowa ... Full name is Kara Hope Lovan ... Parents are Seuang and Kay Lovan ... Has one brother, Russell ... Majoring in risk management.
ONE OF LOVAN’S GOALS FOR 2016: “As a team, I want us to win another national championship.“
McKenzie Wofford HIGH SCORES NOTING McKENZIE WOFFORD - 2015 First-team All-American (bars) - 2015 NACGC First-Team All-American (Bars) - 2015 All-Big 12 (bars) - Academic All-Big 12 - Five-time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
UNEVEN BARS
BALANCE BEAM
9.975
9.925
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Competed as a senior international elite gymnast at Zenith Gymnastics ... Trained under Tatiana Schegolkova while competing on the national and international level ... Member of the United States National team in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... Won bars at every level 10 meet she competed in 2013 ... Notched top-five national finishes on bars (tie-first), beam (tie-fourth) and in the all-around (fourth) at the 2013 JO Level 10 National Championships in the Senior C Division ... Qualified to the VISA Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... Finished second on bars and eighth in the all-around at the 2010 VISA Championships ... Placed sixth on bars at the Secret U.S. Classic in 2012 ... Served as an alternate to the 2011 Pan American Games ... Finished fourth in the all-around and on beam and fifth on bars at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic ... Took first on bars and beam, second in the all-around and third on vault in the 2010 Bumpo Cup in South Africa ... High scores from precollegiate competition at level 10: all-around-38.800, vault-9.80, bars9.825, beam-9.625, floor-9.725.
First-team All-American (bars) ... Notched a fourth-place finish on bars in the NCAA Event Finals with a 9.925 ... NACGC first-team All-American (bars) ... All-Big 12 (bars) ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Four-time Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Jan. 13, Jan. 27, Feb. 11, Feb. 17) ... Earned a meet-best 9.95 on bars in the NCAA Semifinals ... Captured eight event titles as a sophomore, all on uneven bars ... Ten scores of 9.9 or better on bars this season ... Captured the bars title for OU in five consecutive meets from Jan. 29-Feb. 20 ... Was ranked in the nation’s top five on bars for 11 of 12 weeks this season ... Ranked in the top three from Feb. 23 to March 23, including a peak at No. 1 on Feb. 23 ... Also appeared on beam once. PERSONAL Hails from McKinney, Texas ... Full name is McKenzie Kristine Wofford ... Nickname is Kenzie ... Parents are John and Kristie Wofford ... Has 2014 (FRESHMAN) Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Jan. 28, Arizona) ... Anchored two brothers, Cameron and Zane ... Majoring in human relations at OU. Oklahoma’s bars lineup for several weeks as a true freshman ... Posted a career-high 9.975 on bars at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 15 to win the event title ... Earned a 9.925 on beam in her first career outing on the event at Arizona ... Also exhibitioned on beam and served as a beam alternate throught the season.
ONE OF WOFFORD’S GOALS FOR 2016: “I want to be an All-American on at least one event and be the anchor and get a 10 on bars.”
The
Sophomores
Natalie Brown HIGH SCORES NOTING NATALIE BROWN - Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honoree 2015 (FRESHMAN)
BALANCE BEAM
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.85
9.925
PERSONAL Native of Dallas, Texas ... Full name is Natalie Hannah Brown … Nickname is Nat … Parents are Jessica and Mike Brown … Has two sisters, Rebecca and Caroline ... Majoring in sports management at OU.
Served as a key alternate for Oklahoma on beam and floor ... Posted a 9.8 on floor in the anchor position at the NCAA Super Six team finals ... Competed on beam and floor against Alabama in place of an injured Erica Brewer, scoring a 9.925 on floor and a 9.85 on beam ... Stepped into the anchor position on floor for Oklahoma at the NCAA Norman Regional, posting a 9.9 ... Tied for the team lead on floor against Alabama ... Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on March 17 for her efforts versus Alabama.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast from World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) ... Trained under the instruction of Laurent Landi and Natasha Bayarskaya … Competed at 2014 JO Nationals … 2014 regional beam champion and national qualifier … Recorded top-10 finishes on vault (eighth), floor (second) and the all-around (ninth) at 2014 regional competition … Also finished in the top ten at Texas state competition on beam (ninth) and floor (fourth) ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition at Level 10: all-around: 36.200, vault-9.675, bars-8.325, beam-9.625, floor-9.600.
ONE OF BROWN’S GOALS FOR 2016:
“My team goals for the season are to set student-fan attendance record at our home meets, win Big 12s and, of course, reclaim the National Title at NCAAs!”
Stefani Catour 2015 (FRESHMAN) Appeared in exhibition on bars and vault as a true freshman ... Served as alternate on vault and bars in multiple competitions.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast and former junior international elite … Trained at Desert Light Gymnastics under the instruction of Lisa Spini, Neela Nelson, Bruce McGehee, Bob Peterson and Chris George … Two-time JO National Championship qualifier (2013, 2014)… Finished in the top 10 nationally on floor (ninth) at 2014 JO Nationals ... Captured top-10 finishes on floor (first) and in the all-around (third) at 2014 regionals ... Arizona state all-around champion in 2014 ... Also finished in the top three on vault (second), beam (second) and floor exercise (third) at 2014 state championships ... Won 2013 regional titles on all-around and floor … Won state titles in 2012 on vault, bars, floor and all-around … Six-time Arizona state champion … Qualified to multiple national competitions, including VISA Championships, the U.S. Covergirl Classic and the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup… Was the 2009 U.S. Challenge all-around champion … Member of 2009 U.S. National Training Team ... Honor roll member at Desert Vista H.S. ... High scores from precollegiate competition: all-around: 38.650, vault-9.750, bars-9.700, beam-9.800, floor-9.750.
PERSONAL Phoenix, Ariz., native ... Full name is Stefani Marie Catour ... Nickname is Stef ... Parents are Beth and Randy Catour ... Has two siblings, Tara and Brandon ... Has not declared a major at OU.
ONE OF CATOUR’S GOALS FOR 2016: “Academically, my goal is to be a scholastic All-American.”
Samantha Craus 2015 (FRESHMAN) Did not see competition for Oklahoma as a true freshman.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast … Competed at U.S. Gold Gymnastics and Cheer under the instruction of Tina Martin … JO National Invitational Tournament qualifier in 2011 … Finished third in all-around competition at 2011 Texas State Championships … Ninth-place finisher in 2011 regional competition ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition: all-around: 36.675, vault-9.575, bars-9.750, beam-9.175, floor-9.450.
PERSONAL Full name is Samantha Lea Craus ... Nickname is Sam ... Native of Grapevine, Texas ... Parents are Bert and Jana Craus ... Has two siblings, Callie and Trey ... Majoring in chemical engineering at OU ... Also recruited by West Virginia, Illinois, TWU and New Hampshire.
ONE OF CRAUS’ GOALS FOR 2016: “My individual goal for the season is to secure a spot in the bar lineup.”
Ali Jackson VAULT HIGH SCORES 9.95
UNEVEN BARS
FLOOR EXERCISE
9.875
9.95
NOTING ALI JACKSON - 2015 First-team All-American (vault) - 2015 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year - NACGC Second-team All-American (floor) - All-Big 12 (vault, floor) - Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
2012 JO National Team member ... Notched three top-three JO national finishes in 2012 (all-around-third, bars-third, floor-third) … Placed sixth in the all-around at 2011 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup … Owns a career total of seven top-three JO National finishes, 18 Missouri state titles and six regional titles ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition at Level 10: all-around: 38.625, vault-9.95, bars-9.800, beam-9.600, floor-9.750.
2015 (FRESHMAN) First-team All-American (vault) ... Finished sixth in NCAA Event Finals with a 9.8750 ... 2015 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year ... NACGC second team All-American (floor) ... All-Big 12 (vault, floor) ... NCAA Norman Regional vault champion with a career-high 9.95 ... Big 12 vault champion (9.925) ... Six event titles in 2015, including three on floor and three on vault ... Tied for first on vault in NCAA Semifinals with a career-high-tying 9.95 ... Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 13, Feb. 24) ... Made a splash in her collegiate debut, scoring two 9.925s on floor and vault against Arkansas ... Tied her career-best on vault against TWU and SEMO and again at the Big 12 Championship meet ... Captured the floor title at Iowa State with a career-high 9.95 ... Stepped into the uneven bars lineup in place of an injured Erica Brewer at Alabama, scoring a career-high 9.875.
PERSONAL Full name is Alyssa Janet Jackson ... Goes by Ali or A.J. ... Native of Belton, Mo. ... Parents are Tim Pierce and Jacquie Jackson ... Has four siblings: Chloe Jackson, Sam Jackson, Trevor Peery and Xavier Pierce ... Majoring in health and exercise science at Oklahoma.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast from Eagles Gymnastics ... Trained under Kim Fuchs ... Three-time JO national champion on vault (2011, 2012, 2013) … Swept the Missouri state championships in 2014, earning first-place finishes on every event ... Finished first on vault and ninth in the allaround at 2014 regionals ... Took third on bars at 2013 JO Nationals ...
“I want to compete an all-around event and hit four-for-four.”
The
Freshmen
Nicole Lehrmann GET TO KNOW NICOLE
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE MYSELF ARE ... Weird, loud and energetic
OTHER THAN OU, MY FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM IS.. Houston Astros
THE TALENT I WISH I HAD IS... Singing
THE BOOK I COULD READ OVER AND OVER IS... The Giver
Level 10 gymnast … Competed at Capital Gymnastics under the instruction of Barry Hyder … Former junior international elite gymnast … Took four individual state titles at 2014 Texas State Championships (allaround, bars, beam and floor) … Placed first on bars at 2014 Regional Championships … 2013 Junior Olympic National Team member (placed first in all-around, on bars) … 2013 Texas USAG Gymnast of the Year … 2008 TOPs National Team member … Visa Championships qualifier … Two-time Covergirl Classic qualifier … High scores from pre-collegiate competition: all-around–38.7, vault–9.925, bars–9.8, beam–9.725, floor–9.8.
PERSONAL MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT OU IS... The people
THE MEAL I COULD EAT EVERY DAY IS... Steak and mashed potatoes
THE COOLEST PLACE I HAVE BEEN TO IS... Roatan, Honduras
IN MY FREE TIME, I LOVE TO... Go on adventures with my friends
SINCE I HAVE MOVED TO OU, I HAVE LEARNED... How to do my own laundry
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE... A Doctor
Full name is Nicole Grace Lehrmann … Nickname is Nico … Native of Austin, Texas … Parents are Les Lehrmann and Ann Franklin … Has two sisters, Teagan and Tori … Majoring in biology with a pre-medicine emphasis at OU … Member of OU’s Honors College … Finished in the top 10 percent of her graduating high school class … Chose OU over offers from Utah, Stanford and North Carolina.
ONE OF LEHRMANN’S GOALS FOR 2016: “I am aiming to finish the year with a 4.0 GPA.”
Alex Marks
GET TO KNOW ALEX
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE... An orthopedic PA
MY PRE-MEET SUPERSTITION IS.. Wearing my princess robe
THE BOOK I COULD READ OVER AND OVER IS... The Lord of the Rings series
MY PERFECT DAY WOULD BE... A day at the beach
MY MOST PRIZED POSSESSION IS... My cat, Hondo
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE MYSELF ARE... Determined, friendly and ambitious
Former junior and senior level elite and current level 10 gymnast ... Competed at Dynamo Gymnastics under coaches Dennis and Shannon Harrison ... Owns 29 state titles throughout her gymnastics career .. Swept titles at 2011 and 2015 Level 10 State Championships, taking first on vault, bars, beam and floor and in the allaround ... Placed first on floor and vault at 2015 Level 10 Regionals ... Finished second in all-around at 2011 Level 10 Regionals ... Competed at 2011 JO National Championships (tied third on floor; fourth on vault; tied seventh on beam) ... Placed first on floor and second on vault at 2011 National Elite Qualifier (Jr.) ... Participated in variety of high-profile events, including the American Classic, 2013 Secret Classic, 2011 Covergirl Classic and 2009 American Challenge (first in all-around) ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition: all-around–38.4, vault–9.875, bars–9.7, beam–9.675, floor–9.7.
PERSONAL THE SHOW I CAN’T MISS IS... Grey’s Anatomy
THE MEAL I COULD EAT EVERY DAY IS... Steak and broccoli
IN MY FREE TIME, I LOVE TO.. Dance!
OTHER THAN OU, MY FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM IS.. OKC Thunder
Joining the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics program mid-year ... Full name is Alexandra Mason Marks ... Goes by Alex ... Hails from Cushing, Okla. ... Parents are James and Kerri Marks ... Plans to major in health and exercise science at OU ... Member of the 4.0 honor roll ... Chose OU over an offer from Florida and later received interest from Alabama, LSU, Nebraska and Arkansas.
O OF ONE O MARKS’S GOALS GO S FOR O 2016: 06 “My goals are to consisently se y hit myy routines ou es ata co competitions and to make the lineup on all four events.”
MeganThompson GET TO KNOW MEGAN MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT OU IS... How beautiful the campus is
THE MEAL I COULD EAT EVERY DAY IS... Shrimp
THE BOOK I COULD READ OVER AND OVER IS... The Man Who Loved Clowns
SINCE MOVING TO OU, I HAVE LEARNED.. To not be a procrastinator
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE... A knee specialist
MY PERFECT DAY WOULD BE... Lying on a beach
OTHER THAN OU, MY FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM IS... Kansas City Royals
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE MYSELF ARE... Outgoing, bubbly and funny
MY HIDDEN TALENT IS ... Water skiing and fishing
MY PRE-MEET SUPERSTITION IS... Eating steak
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL Level 10 gymnast … Competed at Xtreme Gymnastics under Alisha Robinson … 2012 Missouri state champion on floor exercise … Also notched top-three finishes in all-around (second) and on vault (third) at 2012 Missouri State Championships … Finished 11th in all-around at 2012 Regional Championships … Placed second on floor and bars and 2011 Level 9 Westerns ... High scores from pre-collegiate competition: all-around–37.075, vault–9.2, bars–9.15, beam–9.5, floor–9.55.
PERSONAL Full name is Megan Leanne Thompson … Native of Independence, Mo. … Parents are Rick and Jamie Thompson … Has one sibling, Alex … Majoring in health and exercise science at OU … Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Blue Springs High School … Four-year honor roll member … Walked on at OU over offers from Northern Illinois and Lindenwood.
ONE OF THOMPSONS’ GOALS FOR 2016: “One of my individual goals is to make beam lineup this year.”
Staff and Coaches
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Head Coach K.J. KINDLER It has been 10 years since Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione brought head coach K.J. Kindler to Norman to lead the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics program. In that decade, Kindler has seen her transformative vision for the Sooner program become a reality. A three-time National Coach of the Year, Kindler led her program exactly where many said it could never go. OU’s head coach has taken the Sooners to the absolute height of the NCAA gymnastics world with a 2014 NCAA Championship, five top-three national finishes, six straight regional titles, 63 NCAA All-America honors and seven Big 12 titles. Kindler’s 2015 Sooners were impressively dominant throughout the season, earning a perfect 14-0 record during the regular season for the nation’s only undefeated mark. The Sooners also spent the entirety of the regular season ranked No. 1 nationally, earning the top spot in the rankings for an OU record 12 straight weeks. OU captured its fourth consecutive Big 12 Championship (a league first) , the NCAA Norman Regional title and 11 regular season AllAmerica honors. Kindler led her Sooners to a strong finish at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth as the team achieved its fifth Super Six appearance since 2010, taking third place overall. Kindler’s OU squad earned a program-record and nation-leading 13 All-America honors and every Sooner competing in event finals finished in the top 10 nationally on their individual events. In recognition of Oklahoma’s extraordinary and dominant season, NCAA gymnastics coaches voted Kindler the 2015 National Coach of the Year. Kindler has been named Coach of the Year three times in her career (2005, 2010, 2015), including two times as head coach at Oklahoma. A visionary with the heart and willpower to accomplish what few thought was possible, Kindler made Oklahoma only the sixth team in NCAA history to win a women’s gymnastics championship in the 2014 season. Kindler’s 2014 Sooners were Big 12 champions, NCAA Minneapolis Regional Champions and earned nine NCAA All-America awards. She also coached three gymnasts to top-two finishes at the NCAA Championships, including balance beam champion Taylor Spears. Spears became OU’s first individual national champion in 26 years and was joined by Maile’ana Kanewa (floor exercise) and Haley Scaman (floor exercise) in earning top-two NCAA finishes. The 2014 Sooners won their title in record-breaking fashion at the 2014 NCAA Championships, posting a meet-record 198.175 to tie Florida atop the podium. OU earned program-record scores at an NCAA Championship meet on three out of four events. In 2013, Kindler led OU to the program’s third NCAA Super Six team finals appearance. The squad earned seven All-America honors en route to a second-place team effort overall, tying for the highest finish in program history. The performance marked OU’s third top-three finish in the last four seasons under Kindler. Kindler’s 2010 team also achieved a second-place finish in OU’s first-ever Super Six appearance. With the performance, Kindler became the first head coach in NCAA history to lead two separate
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programs to the Super Six (Iowa State--2006; Oklahoma--2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015). Under Kindler’s leadership, OU has captured seven Big 12 championships, six consecutive NCAA regional titles and 63 NCAA All-America awards. The collegiate gymnastics community has recognized Kindler for her coaching achievements, awarding her National Coach of Year honors three times, Regional Coach of the Year accolades six times (2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) and Big 12 Coach of the Year laurels a program-record nine times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015). Kindler has bolstered OU to new heights, coaching 63 All-Americans, 30 Big 12 Champions and 22 NCAA Regional champions in just nine seasons at Oklahoma. The 2013 season marked one of the finest in Oklahoma program history. OU spent the entirety of the season ranked in the top three nationally, including two weeks at No. 1. The primary beam coach, Kindler led the beam squad to a No. 1 ranking for 11 consecutive weeks during the regular season. OU defeated nine top-25 teams, including four top-10 squads, en route to the program’s 11th conference title and an NCAA Regional championship. The Sooners’ regular season efforts were recognized with a nation-best 11 NACGC/W AllAmerica awards. Kindler’s leadership throughout the team’s stellar season earned her Coach of the Year honors from the Big 12 and the South Central Region. Kindler’s OU squad was marked by excellence at both the team and individual levels in 2013. The team posted a 197.375 at the NCAA Championships to finish as the nation’s runner-up, tying for the highest finish in Sooner history. OU scored a 197.000 or better at 13 meets in 2013, tying an NCAA record for most such meets in a single season. Kindler has combined athletic and academic success throughout her career with 78 Academic All-Big 12 honorees and 50 NACGC/W Scholastic All-Americans. In 2012, Kindler led the Sooners to team titles at the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Champaign Regional. Kinder was named conference coach of the year and OU captured seven All-America awards and a seventh-place finish in the country. Kindler was named the South Central Regional Head Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding OU to its third undefeated regular season in four years. A program-best 11 OU gymnasts were named All-Americans as the Sooners went on to win an NCAA Regional title and finish third in the nation. On Jan. 23, 2011, Kindler collected her 100th win with the OU program as the Sooners defeated TWU, 196.175-193.050. In 2010, the National Coach of the Year, Regional Coach of the Year and Big 12 Coach of the Year led Oklahoma to a national runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships with seven AllAmericans, including Big 12 Sportswoman of the Year Hollie Vise. Vise was an All-American on
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bars, beam and floor and finished as the national runner-up on bars and floor. Under the direction of Kindler, the Sooners closed 2010 with a final record of 29-3. The win total broke the previous program best of 26 that was set in 1989 under Becky Switzer. Kindler guided the Sooners to the only undefeated regular season in the NCAA in 2010 (22-0) en route to postseason titles at the Big 12 Championship and NCAA University Park Regional. OU was ranked first or second in every regular season poll in 2010, as the Sooners were the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet.
Regional, taking second place before finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish up to that point in program history. “We are dedicated to filling our staff with the best and brightest minds in coaching,” said OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione upon Kindler’s hiring. “K.J. Kindler brings a reputation of great achievement in all aspects of leading a program.” “She impressed us not only with her accomplishment to this point, but with her lofty goals for the future and her plan for reaching those goals. We are thrilled to work with K.J. and her staff as we pursue championships.”
Oklahoma also picked up its first win over a No. 1 opponent in program history in 2010 with a 197.950-197.275 victory over top-ranked Alabama on March 5. OU eclipsed its previous program best (197.725) by 0.225 in the win, which was the highest score in the NCAA that season.
Prior to her hiring at OU, Kindler spent six seasons as the head coach at Iowa State. In her final season in Ames in 2006, Kindler led Iowa State to its third trip to the NCAA Championships and its first appearance in the Super Six team finals.
Kindler’s squad continued its Big 12 dominance, winning its third-straight Big 12 title with a team score of 197.175, the highest score by a conference champion since 2001. OU swept all four team event titles and won at least a share of all four individual event titles.
The 24-10 Cyclones produced three All-Americans for a second-consecutive season while posting an undefeated mark at home, a 10-1 dual record and an 8-1 standard in duals against ranked opponents. The team also snapped Nebraska’s 60-meet home winning streak.
The Sooners won their second-straight Big 12 title in 2009, while posting individual event titles on bars and beam at the conference championship. Megan Ferguson earned All-America status with her stellar performance on beam as the Sooners won eight beam titles in 2009.
The 2006 squad won its first Big 12 Championship since 2000, and three Cyclone gymnasts earned either an outright or share of an individual title at the meet.
In 2008, Kindler guided Kiara Redmond as the senior capped off her illustrious career with four additional All-America honors, moving her career total to nine - the highest tally of any gymnast in program history. The 2008 campaign started with 21 consecutive victories, including all 18 regular season meetings, as OU finished the regular season as the only undefeated team in the country. Oklahoma produced a conference-leading nine spots on the 2008 regular season All-Big 12 Team. OU recorded only two scores lower than 9.8 in the final three events of the 2008 conference championship as the Sooners clinched at least a share of all four individual event titles marking just the third time in Big 12 history that a school clinched at least a share of all four apparatus wins. Named head coach of the Sooners in the summer of 2006, Kindler quickly positioned the OU squad among the nation’s elite in her first season in Norman in 2007. That year, the Sooners rattled off a streak of 12 consecutive victories, nine of which came on the road, including an upset of then-No. 6 Nebraska in Lincoln, a feat no OU team had accomplished since 1991. Oklahoma finished second at the Big 12 Championships before heading to the NCAA Central
During six seasons at ISU from 2001-06, Kindler coached nine regional event champions, seven NCAA individual championship qualifiers and 13 Big 12 champions. Kindler, an Iowa State graduate, joined the Cyclone staff as an assistant coach in 1992. As an ISU gymnast, Kindler was a three-time MVP for the Cyclones and runner-up in the all-around at the 1992 Big Eight Championships. She was the school’s first individual NCAA Regional qualifier and competed three times in the postseason meet. Kindler hails from Lake Elmo, Minn., and trained under Mary Jane Olsen at Hamline University in St. Paul. In high school, she moved to Connecticut and trained under Frank and Laurie DeFrancesco at Arena Academy in Stamford and Walter Hawkes at Wilton High School. In Connecticut, she won multiple conference and state titles. The eldest of five siblings, Kindler hails from a gymnastics family. One sister, Lori, competed at the University of Minnesota. She and her husband own and operate Flips Gymnastics in the Twin Cities area. Kindler’s nieces, Emma and Lucy Kindler, enjoy recreational gymnastics. Kindler is married to OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The couple has two daughters, Maggie and Adelade.
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Assistant Coach LOU BALL Assistant coach Lou Ball enters his 10th season with Oklahoma women’s gymnastics as the primary coach on vault and co-coach on uneven bars.
in January and Kmieciak enjoyed a stellar championship showing on the event as well. Ball also led Rebecca Clark to a share of the Big 12 title on uneven bars.
The 2005 and 2010 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year, Ball has aided OU to five top-three finishes at the NCAA Championships in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, including Oklahoma’s first-ever NCAA championship effort in 2014. The Sooners also notched NCAA runner-up finishes in 2010 and 2013 and have finished no lower than third in the Super Six since their first appearance in 2010.
Ball helped lead Oklahoma to the best season in program history in 2014, coaching the Sooners to a first NCAA title, an NCAA Regional championship and a Big 12 title. Ball also led a resurgence of the Oklahoma vaulting corps in 2014. His Sooners averaged a program-best 49.475 over the course of the season on the event, winning 12 event titles throughout the season. OU notched five of the top six scores all-time for an Oklahoma team, including a program-record 49.700 at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional in April. Two of Ball’s gymnasts were named All-Americans on the event (Maile’ana Kanewa and Haley Scaman), and Scaman posted OU’s first perfect 10.0 on the event since 2010 in March.
Ball has been named Region Assistant Coach of the Year six times on his way to helping OU to six Big 12 Championships in the past eight years and six straight NCAA Regional titles. OU has garnered 27 All-America honors on bars and vault under Ball’s leadership, including NCAA vault runner-up Madison Mooring in 2011. Ball has also coached Haley Scaman to a prolific vaulting career at Oklahoma since 2013, including top-three NCAA individual finishes in 2014 (third) and 2015 (third). Gymnasts at Oklahoma have brought home 15 All-America awards on bars and 12 on vault in the past seven seasons. Ball’s efforts have also resulted in eight Big 12 champions on bars and seven on vault for the Sooners.
In 2013, Ball helped coach OU to a national runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships, tying for what was then the best finish in program history. The Sooners won a Big 12 championship and took top honors at the NCAA Norman Regional en route to their record-setting performance.
Ball led Oklahoma to strong performances throughout the 2015 season on both vault and uneven bars. OU captured 11 team titles on vault and 13 on bars while totaling 32 individual event titles combined on the two events. Oklahoma set a new program record score on bars (49.625) in a victory over TWU and Southeast Missouri State and added five scores of 49.500 or higher on vault, four of which came in March and April.
Ball’s vault squad captured a total of 13 individual event titles on the season. Under Ball’s tutelage, freshman Maile’ana Kanewa overcame preseason surgery to earn top honors on vault three times, including the Big 12 vault championship. Ball also coached Madison Mooring to first-team All-America honors and an appearance in the NCAA individual finals on the event.
On vault, Ball guided an impressive four Sooners to All-America accolades, including first-team honors for Haley Scaman and Ali Jackson. Scaman posted a 10.0 on vault under Ball’s coaching during the regular season and finished third nationally on the event at NCAA event finals. Ball also guided Jackson to the Big 12 and NCAA Norman Regional individual titles on vault.
Ball and Haley teamed up to coach three Sooner gymnasts to All-America honors on bars. Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark both earned first-team All-America honors and top-10 NCAA finishes on the event, while Brie Olson was a second-team All-American. Ball and Haley’s gymnasts captured 18 titles on bars throughout the season.
Several Sooners also shone on uneven bars under Ball’s guidance in 2015, including first-team All-Americans Brenna Dowell, Keeley Kmieciak and McKenzie Wofford. Wofford had a dominant season, earning eight individual titles while finishing fourth nationally on bars at NCAA event finals. Dowell earned the nation’s first 10.0 on bars
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On uneven bars, Ball and Haley coached senior Taylor Spears to first-team All-America honors at NCAAs for her performance. Ball and Haley’s gymnasts won 11 total uneven bars titles throughout the season.
In 2012, Ball helped coach OU to a Big 12 championship, regional championship and seventh-place national finish, marking Oklahoma’s ninth-straight trip to the NCAAs. Oklahoma’s 2011 squad earned its third undefeated regular season in four years while 11 gymnasts captured All-America honors. Ball again earned coach of the year honors
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at the regional level as he aided OU to the NCAA Norman Regional title and a thirdplace performance at the NCAA Championships.
Coach of the Year. He was also honored as an NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2002.
In 2010, OU finished in a program-best second place after making its first-ever NCAA Super Six team finals appearance. The Sooners also went undefeated in the regular season, beat No. 1 Alabama and eight other top-25 opponents, claimed their thirdstraight Big 12 Championship and won the 2010 NCAA University Park Regional title.
At Iowa State, Ball served as the primary coach on vault and uneven bars. During his tenure in Ames, the Cyclones rewrote the school record books on both events and six of his gymnasts won Big 12 titles on bars.
OU won 12 of 13 team event titles on bars under the direction of Haley and Ball, while Hollie Vise earned All-America distinction and was NCAA Runner-Up on the apparatus. The Sooners didn’t count a fall on the apparatus in 2010 and posted only two team scores below 49.000. Ball’s vault squad posted a team score of 49.000 or higher in 14 of 15 competitions in 2010. OU won the team vault title 11 times in 2010, including the Big 12 vault title and NCAA University Park Regional vault title. Under Ball’s leadership, an OU gymnast won the individual vault title 11 times, including the Big 12 vault title (shared by Jackie Flanery, Brie Olson and Natalie Ratcliff ). Ball also helped Sara Stone achieve the program’s first perfect score since 2008 when Stone posted a 10.0 on vault at Michigan State. In 2009, OU closed the year with top-10 team rankings on both vault and bars and won a combined 14 team titles on the two events. Every member of the 2009 Oklahoma vault lineup posted a season high of at least 9.85, including three with scores higher than 9.9. Ball’s expertise on the two events was evident in 2008 as Oklahoma closed the season ranked first in the Big 12 and 10th in the country on both apparatuses. OU won 11 bars titles and notched 10 wins on vault during the regular season, capped off by 23 individual event titles on the two events alone.
Ball also coached a two-time regional bars co-champion and a pair of two-time AllAmericans on vault. While at Iowa State, Ball was a co-owner and head coach at the Cardinal Gymnastics Academy where he qualified five gymnasts to the national TOPS team and camp held annually at USA gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi’s ranch. Ball and K.J. Kindler have had five of their club gymnasts go on to compete at the NCAA level. In addition, Ball coached individuals to Level 10 USA Nationals for eight consecutive years, and his Level 8, 9 and 10 teams all captured Iowa state titles. In 1999 and 2001 Ball was named Iowa USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year. Prior to his time in Iowa, Ball served as head coach at Cahoy’s Gymnastics School in Omaha, Neb., for three years where he led several individuals to berths at USA Nationals. As an athlete, Ball competed as a vault and floor exercise specialist at the University of Nebraska from 1990-93. He was an NCAA vault finalist in 1992 and helped the Cornhuskers to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships in 1992 and 1993. Ball also earned All-Big Eight honors on vault in 1992 and 1993. Ball transferred to Nebraska in 1990 after spending two seasons as a member of the gymnastics team at Michigan.
In his first season at OU in 2007, Ball also guided Brittney Koncak-Schumann to AllAmerica status on vault.
Ball earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Iowa State in 1999.
Prior to joining the Oklahoma program, Ball spent 11 years as administrative assistant coach at Iowa State where he was named the 2005 NACGCW National Co-Assistant
He is married to OU head coach K.J. Kindler and the couple lives in Norman with their two daughters, Maggie and Adelade.
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Assistant Coach TOM HALEY Tom Haley enters his 10th year as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team in 2016 after nine seasons of excellence with the Sooners since his arrival in 2007. The 2010 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year, Haley has also been named the South Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year six times in his career (2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015). The primary coach on floor and co-coach on bars, Haley’s gymnasts enjoyed a standout season in 2015. He led the Sooners to 12 team event titles on floor in 2015 in addition to 17 individual titles. Haley’s work with Haley Scaman led the junior to a team-best nine individual titles throughout the season and her third perfect 10.0 score on the event. Brenna Dowell also thrived under Haley’s guidance, finishing as NCAA runner-up on floor with a 9.95 in event finals. Both Dowell and Scaman were first-team All-Americans in the event, while Dowell was the Big 12 floor champion and Scaman was NCAA Norman Regional floor champion. Haley’s gymnasts were a force on uneven bars as well, capturing 13 team event titles and 14 individual titles throughout the season. Three gymnasts earned first-team All-America accolades under Haley and Ball and Dowell, Keeley Kmieciak and McKenzie Wofford all finished in the top 10 nationally on the event. Wofford spent several weeks during the regular season ranked No. 1 nationally on bars and capped her season with a fourth-place NCAA finish in event finals. Haley helped lead Oklahoma to the best season in program history in 2014, coaching the Sooners to a first NCAA title, an NCAA Regional championship and a Big 12 title. Haley coached five Sooner gymnasts to All-America honors in 2014. Lara Albright, Maile’ana Kanewa and Haley Scaman were all first-team All-Americans on floor exercise, while Taylor Spear garnered first-team honors on bars. True freshman Kara Lovan also captured second-team accolades on floor. Kanewa and Scaman each posted 9.95 performances
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at NCAA Event Finals to tie as national runners-up on the event. Overall, Haley’s gymnasts earned 12 event titles on floor and 11 on uneven bars throughout the season. Under Haley’s leadership, Scaman became the first Sooner in program history to post multiple 10.0s in a single season, in a career and on an individual event. Scaman earned two 10.0s on floor exercise alone during the season. Haley guided four OU gymnasts to All-America honors in 2013. Haley and Ball aided Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark to first-team awards and top-10 NCAA finishes, while Taylor Spears earned second-team accolades. Brie Olson also captured second-team All-America honors on floor under Haley’s tutelage. Overall, the Sooners earned 18 individual titles on bars and 13 on floor in 2013. Haley’s coaching was instrumental in Oklahoma’s record-setting 2013 campaign, which saw the Sooners finish as runners-up at the NCAA Championships after claiming Big 12 and NCAA Norman Regional titles. While coaching at OU, Haley has guided 11 Sooner All-Americans on bars and eight on floor. An additional six Oklahoma gymnasts have earned Big 12 titles on floor and seven on bars under Haley’s direction. Haley’s work with the 2012 squad resulted in three All-America honors for the Sooners, who finished seventh at the NCAA Championships. The team also snagged Big 12 and NCAA Champaign Regional titles. Haley helped the Sooners to back-to-back Super Six appearances and their second consecutive top-three finish in 2011. OU completed its third undefeated regular season in four years in 2011, maintaining the country’s longest regular season win streak. Ball and Haley also coached three OU gymnasts to All-America honors on bars, including two first-teamers. OU won a total of 11 team bar titles and 12 individual bar titles. In 2010, OU finished in a program-best second place after making
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its first-ever NCAA Super Six team finals appearance. The Sooners also went undefeated in the regular season, beat No. 1 Alabama and eight other top-25 opponents, claimed their third-straight Big 12 Championship and won the 2010 NCAA University Park Regional title. After the Sooners’ stellar 2010 season, Haley was named National Assistant Coach of the Year along with fellow OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The two also shared 2010 Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honors. Haley helped the Sooners shine on floor in 2010, as OU scored a 49.000 or higher on the apparatus in every competition. Under Haley’s tutelage, senior Hollie Vise finished in second place on floor at the NCAA Individual Event Finals and earned All-American honors on the apparatus in her first season of competition on the event Vise and fellow senior Jackie Flanery shared the Big 12 title on floor, while Flanery entered NCAA Championships ranked No. 1 in the country on the apparatus. In 2009, Haley guided the Sooners to seven floor titles, including the conference championship and NCAA Northeast Regional championship.
University of Kentucky where he was named the 2006 NACGC/W Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Before entering collegiate coaching at Kentucky, Haley, a native of San Antonio, Texas, worked as one of the top club coaches in the Southeast. From 2002-2003, he was the team coach for Level 4 Elite at the Gwinnett Gymnastics Center near Atlanta, Ga. At GGC, he coached two Region 8 Level 10 all-around champions, as well as a 2003 junior international elite qualifying gymnast. Haley served as the head coach and program director of the `Bama Bounders club program at the University of Alabama from 1996-02. With the Bama Bounders, Haley coached a Level 10 uneven bars national champion, a Level 10 Junior Olympic National Team member and had 10 of his gymnasts receive full athletic scholarships to NCAA Division I programs. He also served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Alabama women’s gymnastics team in 2000 and 2001. Haley married his wife, Kelli More, in May 2009. They have a son, Levi, and a daughter, Nina.
Haley and Ball’s bar squad also captured six team titles in 2009 while Megan Ferguson and Ashley Jackson shared the Big 12 bar title. In 2008, Haley’s floor team posted 13 team event titles, while the bars lineup took home 10 event titles. The Sooners ranked first in the conference and sixth in the country on floor in 2008, posting a season regional qualifying score (RQS) of 49.315. Haley guided Kiara Redmond to All-America honors on floor while Redmond and Brittney KoncakSchumann earned floor titles at the Big 12 Championship. Redmond went on to post a 9.925 and take top honors on floor at the 2008 NCAA South Central Regional. Prior to his hiring at OU, Haley coached for three seasons at the
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SUPPORT STAFF TED BOEHM, M.D. TEAM PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN - SIXTH SEASON Dr. Ted Boehm enters his sixth season as the primary care physician for women’s gymnastics. Boehm works as a Sports Medicine Physician at the Oklahoma Sports & Orthopedics Institute in Oklahoma City. Boehm also works with OU’s football, men’s gymnastics, rowing and wrestling teams. Boehm, originally from Merced, Calif., earned a bachelor’s degree in health and sport sciences from the University of Oklahoma in 1999, and his medical degree from the OU College of Medicine in 2003. Boehm treats any illnesses and injuries of his primary care sports’ student athletes at the OU training room or at OU’s Goddard Health Center. Boehm also provides sideline and event coverage during men’s and women’s gymnastics meets, football games and wrestling matches.
TIFFANY BYRD SPORTS NUTRITION - THIRD SEASON Tiffany Byrd enters her third season as OU’s Director of Sports Nutrition in 2015-16. Byrd educates student-athletes on the importance of good nutrition and dietary habits in relation to their daily lives and athletic performance. She also works in conjunction with the staff at Oklahoma’s new state-ofthe-art Sam Bradford Training Table, located in Headington Hall. Byrd arrived at Oklahoma after stints at Oregon, Alabama and Murray State. She was previously the Director of Sports Nutrition at Baylor before accepting the same title at Oklahoma. Byrd received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska in nutrition, fitness and health promotion and her master’s in human nutrition from the University of Alabama. She was a member of the NCAA Championship gymnastics team at Alabama as well as the Nebraska gymnastics team.
KAYLA DALTON DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS - SECOND SEASON Kayla Dalton enters her second season as the women’s gymnastics Director of Operations in 2015-16. Dalton coordinates much of the program’s day-to-day operations, including team travel and lodging, food, apparel, events and team appearances. She is also the team liason between the program and other departments, assisting with media relations, SoonerVision, marketing and more. A two-time All-American gymnast as an undergraduate at Oklahoma, Dalton aided the Sooners to two NCAA Runner-Up finishes during her career. She was also the 2011 Big 12 floor champion, a two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection and a three-time NACGC Scholastic All-American. Dalton received her bachelor’s of business administration in marketing and management from Oklahoma in 2013 and completed her master’s of education in December 2014.
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DREW GASCHLER ATHLETICS MARKETING - FIRST SEASON Drew Gaschler enters his first season at Oklahoma in 2016. In addition to coordinating marketing efforts such as game production, promotions and fan outreach for women’s gymnastics, Gaschler is also the primary contact for men’s gymnastics and men’s basketball. Gaschler spent three years at the University of Arizona prior to his arrival at Oklahoma, during which he had oversight of women’s basketball, baseball and soccer. He also assisted with game production for Arizona’s football games. Gaschler earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from Kansas State University in 2009 while interning for K-State Sports Properties. Additionally, Gaschler holds a master’s degree in sports management from Wichita State University in 2011 while serving as a marketing associate int he athletics department.
DAVID HOLDEN, M.D. TEAM ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON - 15TH SEASON Dr. David Holden, a board certified orthopedic surgeon from the McBride Clinic in Oklahoma City, returns for his 15th year with the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics program. A graduate of Duke University and the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Holden serves as a clinical instructor at the University of Oklahoma Medical School and is a member of various professional organizations including the AMA, OSMA, OCMA, American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. Holden served as the U.S. athletes’ 2000 Swim Team Physician for the Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and as a team physician for the U.S. Olympics in 1994, 1995 and 2008. Holden occasionally travels with the team to competitions and makes bi-weekly visits to the training facility to medically evaluate student-athletes on the OU squads.
CHELSEY KRAFT COMMUNICATIONS - FIRST SEASON Responsible for coordinating all communication efforts for women’s gymnastics, Chelsey Kraft enters her first season with the Sooners in 2016. She handles all media requests for the team, coordinates social media efforts and oversees all women’s gymnastics content on SoonerSports.com. Kraft is also the primary contact for the Oklahoma soccer program. For the past three years, Kraft has worked in the OU Athletics Communications office, serving as a student intern in 2012-13 and a graduate assistant for the past two years. During that time, she served as the lead contact for men’s golf and wrestling and assisted with men’s basketball. A native of Hooker, Okla., Kraft received two degrees from Oklahoma, including a bachelor of arts in journalism with special distinction in 2013 and a master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education in 2015. 11
ANNETTE MORAN ACADEMIC ADVISER - NINTH SEASON Annette Moran has worked in the OU Athletics Department since concluding her women’s tennis eligibility in 2004. Earning a bachelor of arts in journalism in May of 2004, Moran accepted a graduate assistant position with Oklahoma Athletics in the academics office. Concluding work on her master’s of education in May 2006, Moran took on the role of Assistant Director of Athletics Academic Affairs and NCAA/CHAMPS Life Skills Coordinator in the summer of ‘06. With the position, Moran helps the women’s gymnastics squad focus on five commitments that it is making in the growth and development of its respective student-athletes: academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal development, community service, and career development. Moran also guides the gymnasts in the planning of their class schedules and deciding on a degree program that will suit the needs of the student-athletes. Moran also advises for OU’s football and women’s tennis teams.
JENN RICHARDSON ATHLETIC TRAINER - 10TH SEASON An integral part of the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics program, Jennifer Richardson enters her 10th season as an athletic trainer at OU in 2015-16. Richardson is responsible for the daily care, treatment, rehab and prevention of injuries for the men’s and women’s gymnastics programs. Richardson earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Virginia University and obtained a master of arts degree in health studies/sports medicine health care from the University of Alabama, where she served as the athletic trainer for the softball team. The Hamburg, N.Y., native has also served as the athletic trainer for the women’s soccer and women’s basketball teams at St. Mary’s College of California. She worked with the 2005 and 2006 national championship women’s gymnastics teams at the University of Georgia prior to her arrival at Oklahoma.
TAYLOR SPEARS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH - FIRST SEASON Previously a gymnast at Oklahoma, Taylor Spears returns to the Sooners as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2015-16 season. In addition to her coaching duties at OU, Spears also coaches at Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman. In her senior season at Oklahoma in 2014, Spears became the first Sooner to claim an individual national title since 1987, winning the NCAA title on beam with a 9.925 at individual event finals. She was also an AAI Award finalist, recognizing the nation’s top senior female gymnast. The Plano, Texas, native finished her collegiate career as a four-time NCAA All-American. In 2013, Spears was named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year and captured the conference all-around title.
LISA CAVANAUGH
DANNY DAVIS
LAURA GRAJCZYK
EQUIPMENT MANAGER
MEET DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT A.D. - EVENT OPERATIONS
EVENT OPERATIONS
KEVIN MCINTYRE
KATIE MCINTYRE
LINDY ROBERTS-IVY
BROOKE LAGRONE
LLOYD NOBLE CENTER
ACADEMICS/TUTORING
SPORT ADMINISTRATOR/SWA
Team Manager
ALYSSA PINKLEY
BRANDON MEIER
JACOB POTTER
DR. DAVID PAYNE
Team Manager
SOONERVISION
SOONERVISION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
GREG TIPTON
LOGAN JOHNSON
HANNAH SMITH
TICKETING
Marketing Graduate Assistant
PAUL BUZZARD
ADAM MAXEY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ASSISTANT A.D. - INTERNAL OPERATIONS
DAVID BOREN 13TH PRESIDENT - UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of education, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965. In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty. As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational initiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of funding for higher education. One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universities in 1993. Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor in the nation when he
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served from 1974 to 1978. Known as a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progressive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaignfinancing disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government contracts, and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded education programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history. During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees and was the longestserving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous efforts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress. For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing in on government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, including members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureaucracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock. Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 91 percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate contest in that election year. Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trustees. His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Professors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year. In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s Association
at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the university’s history extending over three centuries to have served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university. Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 20 major new programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach freshmen. The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million National Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the Michael F. Price College of Business; the $17 million Gaylord Hall for journalism and mass communication; the $27 million Stephenson Research and Technology Center; and the $83.5 million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center. Presidential Travel Scholarships, students from 111 countries on campus, more reciprocal international exchange agreements than any other university and the new International Programs Center are
all making OU more international. The new Honors College helps to assure that no students need to leave Oklahoma to find an educational experience to match their potential. In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public universities in the United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have more than quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to more than 107,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university. Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach. Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.
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JOE CASTIGLIONE V I C E P R E S I D E N T F O R I N T E R C O L L E G I AT E AT H L E T I C P R O G R A M S A N D D I R E C T O R O F AT H L E T I C S When Joe Castiglione came to Oklahoma, he inherited one of the most storied programs in college athletics, and he set about creating a positive culture where core values, a dynamic mission and a collaborative spirit develop a world class experience for student-athletes. Some would argue that his 17-year tenure represents the best of the best. With 10 national championships and 72 conference titles, including five in the 2014-15 academic year, during his tenure, Castiglione’s record is certainly one of great merit. Add in the record progress in the classroom for our Sooners and you get a sense of the overall excellence that Castiglione has encouraged and built. A place where competitive dreams come true and academic excellence are the expectations, not the exceptions, has been created at OU by Castiglione with the full support of OU President David L. Boren and OU’s Board of Regents. The 11th and second longest serving director of athletics at OU, Castiglione arrived on the Sooner campus in summer of 1998 and what he found was nothing like what we see today. He made a number of changes, and, in the process, created a team of administrators, coaches and support staff who pursue and achieve lofty goals under the banner of ethical integrity. The Sooners continue to rank among the top 25 in the annual Learfield Director’s Cup, including an all-time best of seventh in 2012-13. The 2014-15 competitive season resulted in OU’s sixth consecutive top 25 finish out of 289 teams that were ranked and the 15th in the top 30 in Castiglione’s 17 seasons at the helm. Oklahoma’s consistent performance in the Director’s Cup has been built through overall success in competition. OU sent 19 of 21 sport teams to the postseason and a total of five teams, led by the 2015 men’s gymnastics team’s national title, finished in the top 10. That number included a runner-up NCAA finish by the men’s tennis teams, a third-place finish by the women’s gymnastics team as well as top 10 finishes from men’s basketball and softball, both tied for ninth. The true measure of achievement for Castiglione and, by extension, the department’s coaches and staff, is demonstrated in the success of the student-athletes in relation to the department’s mission statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders for tomorrow.” Castiglione believes that excellence on the field of competition should correlate with the outstanding results from the classroom. OU student-athletes once again recorded a cumulative GPA over 3.00 for fall 2014 and spring 2015 semesters, a streak of seven consecutive semesters of a 3.00-plus GPA. The student-athletes produced a single semester GPA of 3.06 in the 2014 fall semester, tying the previous all-time best. A total of 11 Sooner programs recorded a perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rate and all Sooner teams finished above the NCAA minimum APR score for the fifth consecutive year. Three teams, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics and women’s tennis led the Big 12 in their respective sports with their perfect multi-year APR scores of 1,000. During the year, the NCAA announced that OU’s student-athletes had established an all-time best 80 percent graduation success rate (GSR) and the GSR
of 82.7 percent of OU’s teams increased or remained the same as the previous year. Since arriving at OU, Castiglione has insisted that daily and long-term decisions be made in a financially responsible manner. The department has closed the books in the black in each of the last 17 years, making it one of the very few Division I programs which remain totally self-sustaining. His understanding of how the department fits into the University’s academic mission led to a decision to increase the direct support provided by the department on an annual basis. The most recent demonstration of that commitment led to a partnership with President Boren’s office that eliminated the admission fee at OU’s internationally known Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Through direct and indirect support, OU Athletics provides more than $8 million annually to OU’s academics budget. Facility improvement and construction of athletics facilities has been carried out at a record pace and Castiglione takes pride in the fact that those improvements have been paid for with private money. The most recent facility completion is the $75 million Headington Hall, which provides housing for the general student population as well as student-athletes. The state-of-the-art building opened in August 2013 and makes OU the leader in providing an engaging community living option for OU students. Castiglione understands that facilities are a key component in recruiting as well as for the thousands of Sooner fans who come to the Norman campus to cheer on their favorite team. With that knowledge, OU administrators announced a major and evolving update to the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Master Plan. To be carried out over the next several years, the improvements will directly affect every Sooner student-athlete and every fan who enters the historic stadium. The $160 million first phase is underway and will be completed during the 2016-17 academic year. In June of 2015, another multi-million dollar renovation to Lloyd Noble Center was announced as construction on the stadium facilities was about to begin. Castiglione is quick to give full credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff, OU President Boren, the OU Board of Regents, the donors and the fans for the success experienced during his tenure. It was that commitment to a team approach emphasis that was one of the many qualities that that the search committee recognized when they recommended Castiglione to university administration in April of 1998 after an outstanding administrative career at Missouri. In recognition of the many achievements of his tenure, Castiglione was named National Athletic Director of the Year in May 2009 by the Sports Business Journal. The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame named him the 2013 recipient of the John L. Toner Award, presented annually by the NFF to an athletic director who has demonstrated superior administrative abilities and shown outstanding dedication to college athletics and particularly college football. In April 2014, Castilgione received the Abe Lemons/Paul Hansen Award for Sports Excellence from Oklahoma City University. His peers have honored him as well. In November 2012, the United States Sports
Academy named him the winner of the Carl Maddox Sports Management Award. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Director Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in 2000. The department received the 2007 PRISM Award, presented by the School of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts. OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione’s leadership with the full support of university administration. The achievement that may bring him the most pride came in May 2007 when he completed a master’s of education degree from OU. Subsequently, he became an adjunct professor in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, teaching graduate classes in Marketing, Development and Leadership in Higher Education. He serves on the College’s Board of Advocates. He was recently recognized for his distinguished service by OU’s College of Arts & Sciences. Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department’s major campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner Sports. The then largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history included projects that impacted each of OU’s 21 sports and has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics. The campaign ended three years later with more than $125 million raised and that figure is now projected to grow to over $500 million as funds continue to be raised for facility improvements and scholarship endowments. Hired on April 30, 1998, Castiglione joined the Sooner family after serving as athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports programs, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five years as athletics director. A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in April 2007. His career journey began as the sports promotions director at Rice. He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at
Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing. He will mark his 22nd year of serving student-athletes as an Athletics Director at two different institutions. His commitment to the success of student-athletes has gone beyond the Norman campus and he has served at the national and conference level. He was elected chairman of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2015-16 academic year. He also chaired the NCAA’s Football Academic Progress Rate (APR) Working Group and completed service on the NCAA Working Group on Collegiate ModelRules Committee. He also serves on the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board and the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Board of Directors. He served three terms as the chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of both the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification Committee. He has served on the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group, the United States Olympic Committee Athlete Career and Education Strategic Working Group and the NCAA Football Issues Committee of which he now serves as chairman. A former member of the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees, he is a highly requested speaker at annual conventions and continuing education institutes. In November 2011, his hometown recognized him by selecting him for the Broward County (Fla.) Sports Hall of Fame. His involvement in the local community has led to service with civic clubs, churches and charities, including the United Way of Norman, recently serving his third term as OU’s campus co-chair, which resulted in the highest recorded contributions ever by faculty, staff and students to the United Way of Norman’s annual campaign. He encourages student-athletes and athletics staff to participate in those efforts as well, and in 2014-15, OU Athletics representatives logged more than 4,000 hours of community service. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr. and Jonathan Edmund.
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ADMINISTRATION
JOE CASTIGLIONE
LARRY NAIFEH
MICHAEL ALFORD
ZAC SELMON
KENNY MOSSMAN
Director of Athletics
Executive Associate A.D.
Sr. Assoc. A.D./Development
Sr. Associate A.D./Operations
Sr. Assoc. A.D./External Ops
LUTHER LEE
JASON D. LEONARD
MIKE MEADE
LINDY ROBERTS-IVY
GREG TIPTON
Associate A.D./CFO
Exec. Director/Compliance
Sr. Associate A.D./Academics
Sr. Assoc. A.D./Events & Facilities/S.W.A.
Sr. Assoc. A.D./Internal Ops
CHARLIE TAYLOR
DANNY DAVIS
MIKE HOUCK
BRANDON MEIER
MCK WILLIAMS
Assistant A.D./Tickets
Asst. A.D./Events & Facilities
Asst. A.D./Strategic Communications
Asst. A.D./Broadcast Ops.
Assistant A.D./Development
MERV JOHNSON Special Assistant to the A.D.
JOE WASHINGTON
MATT MCMILLEN
KELLY DAMPHOUSSE
Special Assistant to the A.D.
Asst. A.D../Football Operations
Faculty Athletics Representative
HEAD COACHES
SHERRI COALE
MARK CODY
LEEANNE CRAIN
Women’s Basketball
Wrestling
Rowing
VERONIQUE DROUIN-LUTTRELL Women’s Golf
PATTY GASSO
PETE HUGHES
RYAN HYBL
K.J. KINDLER
Softball
Baseball
Men’s Golf
Women’s Gymnastics
LON KRUGER
DAVID MULLINS
MATT POTTER
SANTIAGO RESTREPO
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Tennis
Soccer
Volleyball
JOHN RODDICK
JIM VAN HOOTEGEM
BOB STOOPS
MARK WILLIAMS
Men’s Tennis
Cross Country/Track & Field
Football
Men’s Gymnastics
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ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
MIKE HOUCK
MITCH HECKART
TYLER PIGG
KARL ANDERSON
Assistant AD/Strategic Communications (Football)
Associate Director (Men’s Basketball)
Associate Director (Women’s Basketball)
Assistant Director (Football, Softball)
CHELSEY KRAFT
WES MOODY
MICAH THOMPSON
BRENDAN FLYNN Assistant Director (Volleyball, Baseball)
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Assistant Director Research Fellow Research Fellow (Soccer, Women’s Gymnastics) (Men’s Tennis, Men’s Gymnastics) (Women’s Golf, Rowing, Wrestling)
MAGGIE STILL
AKILAH LASTER
DEBBIE COPP
Graduate Assistant (Cross Country)
Publications Director (Track & Field)
SCOTT MATTHEWS
KELSEY HARGENS
COLE SMITH
Graphic Design Director
Graphic Design Assistant Director
Graphic Design Graduate Assistant
Digital Media Assistant Director
OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE The OU Athletics Communications Office is located on the second floor of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (northwest corner), approximately 1.5 miles north of Lloyd Noble Center. Main Office Phone/Fax: (405) 325-8231/(405) 325-7623 Address: 180 W. Brooks, Room 2525, Norman, OK 73019 Assistant AD/ Strategic Communications: Mike Houck (football) Email: mhouck@ou.edu Associate Director: Mitch Heckart (men’s basketball) Email: mheckart@ou.edu Associate Director: Tyler Pigg (women’s basketball) Email: tpigg@ou.edu Assistant Director: Karl Anderson (softball, football) Email: karl.anderson@ou.edu Assistant Director: Brendan Flynn (baseball, volleyball) Email: brendan.flynn@ou.edu Assistant Director: Chelsey Kraft (soccer, women’s gymnastics) Office Phone: (405) 325-8372 Cell Phone: (405) 365-2924 Email: chelseykraft@ou.edu Research Fellow: Wes Moody (men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis) Research Fellow: Micah Thompson (men’s golf, rowing, wrestling) Graduate Assistant: Akilah Laster (cross country) Student Assistants: Andie Beene (men’s golf), Madison Huffling (women’s tennis), Walker Brooke, Cailey Christy, Patrick Dunn,Conner Hildenbrand, Mike McCareins, Dillon Stanley, Allison Weiss Publications Director: Debbie Copp (track and field) Email: dcopp@ou.edu Digital Media Assistant Director: Maggie Still Email: maggie@ou.edu Graphic Design Director: Scott Matthews Email: smatthews@ou.edu Graphic Design Assistant Director: Kelsey Hargens Email: khargens@ou.edu Graphic Design Graduate Assistant: Cole Smith Email: csmith@ou.edu
OU Women’s Gymnastics on Social Media Follow the Sooners on social media for a behind-the-scenes look at the program. Facebook:Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics, www.facebook.com/OklahomaWGymnastics Twitter: @OU_WGymnastics Instagram: OU_WGymnastics Snapchat: OU_WGym Season Hashtag: #makeitcOUnt
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PAUL ZIERT (1981-1983)
UNDER ZIERT (1)
>>Oklahoma’s first head coach >>Led the Sooners to the program’s first two ncaa regional appearances
Mary Jane Ousley (BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983
UNDER SWITZER (41) Mary Jane Ousley (BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 Amy Priest (AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 Amy Priest (VT, UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 Tatiana Figuiredo (VT, AA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 Mary Jean Mylott (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 Dayna Rose (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 Tatiana Figuiredo (VT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 Kelly Garrison (AA, VT, UB, BB, FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 Kelly Garrison (AA, VT, UB, BB, FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 Cassie Frey (VT, FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 Monica Fields (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 Tricia Bonomo (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 Monica Fields (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 Jessica Frey (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 Tina Gamboa (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 Linda Haverly (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 Shanna Kennedy (UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 Tracey Cole (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 Shannon Gilbreath (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 Melissa Griffith (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Amy Smith (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Tracey Cole (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Melissa Griffith (BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Chelle Stack (UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Melissa Griffith (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Teresa McGrath (VT, BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Amber McCracken (UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Amber McCracken (UB, FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000
UNDER NUNNO (8) Kasie Tamayo (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Erin LaBarr (UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Ashley Cooney (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Kasie Tamayo (AA, UB, FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Brittney Koncak-Schumann (AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Stephanie LoPiccolo (UB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006
UNDER KINDLER (30)
158
Brittney Koncak-Schumann (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Haley DeProspero (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Kiara Redmond (VT, FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Hollie Vise (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Megan Ferguson (UB, BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Haley DeProspero (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Ashley Jackson (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Jackie Flanery (VT, FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Brie Olson (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Natalie Ratcliff (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Hollie Vise (BB, UB, FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Megan Ferguson (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Natasha Kelley (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Kayla Nowak (FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Megan Ferguson (UB, BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Brie Olson (AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Rebecca Clark (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Maile’ana Kanewa (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Brie Olson (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Haley Scaman (FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Taylor Spears (UB, BB, AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Maile’ana Kanewa (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Taylor Spears (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Haley Scaman (FX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Ali Jackson (VT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Rebecca Clark (UB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Erica Brewer (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Chayse Capps (BB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Brenna Dowell (FX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015
Year Record Conferece Finish Postseason Finish 1981. . . . . . . . 4-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fifth (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .None 1982. . . . . . . . 14-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fourth (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (3rd) 1983. . . . . . . . 13-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (5th) >> Ziert’s Record: 31-24 (.564)
BECKY SWITZER (1984-2001) >>2001 Big 12 Coach of the Year >>Responsible for OU’s first five conference titles and 16 postseason appearances Year Record Conference Finish Postseason Finish 1984. . . . . . . . 14-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (5th) 1985. . . . . . . . 17-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (10th) 1986. . . . . . . . 18-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (4th) 1987. . . . . . . . 15-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (5th) 1988. . . . . . . . 10-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (6th) 1989. . . . . . . . 26-15-1 . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (9th) 1990. . . . . . . . 13-14-1 . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (4th) 1991. . . . . . . . 15-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (7th) 1992. . . . . . . . 13-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (7th) 1993. . . . . . . . 15-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (6th) 1994. . . . . . . . 16-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (6th), NIT (1st) 1995. . . . . . . . 14-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big Eight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (7th), NIT (2nd) 1996. . . . . . . . 13-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .None 1997. . . . . . . . 11-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .None 1998. . . . . . . . 13-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (6th) 1999. . . . . . . . 18-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (4th) 2000. . . . . . . . 12-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (6th) 2001. . . . . . . . 21-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (10th)* >> Switzer’s Record: 287-187-2 (.605) * Co-Head Coach with Steve Nunno
STEVE NUNNO (2001-2006) >>Spent six seasons at the helm of the Oklahoma program >>Guided the Sooners to four NCAA Championship appearances Year . . . . . . . Record . . . . . . . . . . Conference Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . Postseason Finish 2001. . . . . . . . 21-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (10th)* 2002. . . . . . . . 16-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (3rd) 2003. . . . . . . . 15-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Regionals (4th) 2004. . . . . . . . 19-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First (Big12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (11th) 2005. . . . . . . . 19-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (12th) 2006. . . . . . . . 17-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (10th) >> Nunno’s Record: 107-82 (.566) * Co-Head Coach with Becky Switzer
K.J. KINDLER (2007-PRESENT) >>Oklahoma’s winning percentage leader >>Guided Oklahoma to five Super Six appearances and its first NCAA title Year Record Conference Finish Postseason Finish 2007. . . . . . . . 22-11-1 . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (Big 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (8th) 2008. . . . . . . . 24-8-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (8th) 2009. . . . . . . . 19-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (10th) 2010. . . . . . . . 29-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Super Six (2nd) 2011. . . . . . . . 30-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Super Six (3rd) 2012. . . . . . . . 26-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Nationals (7th) 2013. . . . . . . . 34-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Super Six (2nd) 2014. . . . . . . . 31-2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA National Co-Champions 2015. . . . . . . . 29-2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (Big 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Super Six (3rd) >> Kindler’s Record: 244-52-3 (.821)
86 ALL-AMERICANS HEAD COACHES
AMY PRIEST 1985 (Vault)
CASSIE FREY
1987 (Bars, All-Around) 1988 (Vault) 1989 (Bars)
KELLY GARRISON
ERIN LABARR
KASIE TAMAYO
TIFFANY WILLIN
1987 (Bars, All-Around) 1988 (VT, UB, BB, FX, AA)
2004 (Bars, All-Around) 2005 (Bars)
2004 (Beam, All-Around)
2004 (Vault)
MEGAN FERGUSON
JACKIE FLANERY
KRISTIN SMITH
2010 (Floor)
2010 (Beam, Floor)
BRIE OLSON
SARA STONE
STEPHANIE LOPICCOLO
BRITTNEY KONCAK
2006 (Bars)
2006 (Floor, All-Around) 2007 (Vault)
2006 (Floor, All-Around) 2007 (VT, FX, AA) 2008 (VT, BB, FX, AA)
KIARA REDMOND
2009 (Beam), 2010 (Bars) 2011 (Bars, Beam, Floor) 2012 (Beam, Floor)
HOLLIE VISE
NATASHA KELLEY
MADISON MOORING
KAYLA NOWAK
2010 (Bars, Beam, Floor)
2011 (Bars, Beam)
2011 (Vault, Beam) 2013 (Vault)
2011 (Bars, Beam)
2011 (Bars) 2012 (Bars, All-Around) 2013 (Floor)
ERICA BREWER
REBECCA CLARK
TAYLOR SPEARS
LARA ALBRIGHT
CHAYSE CAPPS
MAILE’ANA KANEWA
2013 (Bars) 2015 (Beam)
2013 (Bars, All-Around) 2014 (Bars, Beam)
2014 (Floor)
2014 (Beam) 2015 (Vault, Beam)
2014 (Vault, Floor)
2012 (Bars, All-Around) 2013 (Bars, Beam) 2015 (Beam)
2011 (Vault) 2012 (Beam)
KARA LOVAN
HALEY SCAMAN
BRENNA DOWELL
ALI JACKSON
CHARITY JONES
KEELEY KMIECIAK
MCKENZIE WOFFORD
2014 (Floor)
2014 (Vault, Floor) 2015 (Vault, Floor)
2015 (Bars, Floor)
2015 (Vault)
2015 (Vault)
2015 (Bars, Beam)
2015 (Bars)
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ALL-TIME RESULTS PAUL ZIERT
BECKY SWITZER
1981-1983
1984-2001
1981 (4-7) OU 120.90 110.05 120.10 111.70
1984 (14-6) OPPONENT Oral Roberts Central Oklahoma Southern Ark. Tech Centenary College Oral Roberts Central Oklahoma Central Arkansas Big Eight Championship Oklahoma State Missouri Nebraska Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 134.15 117.50 102.15 136.15 132.55 098.50 098.50 144.20 137.55 136.50 128.55
OU 175.35 171.95 176.25 174.10 173.80 180.55 180.20 180.40 181.35
1982 (14-10) OU 129.00 129.45
137.35 128.55 136.75 137.30 138.10 138.25
OPPONENT Illinois-Chicago Indiana State Iowa Missouri Minnesota Illinois Jacksonville State Oral Roberts Denver Nebraska Oklahoma State Emporia State Iowa State Southwest Texas Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma State Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 134.75 129.85 126.55 137.30 128.60 128.10 124.60 142.30 137.25 140.60 137.70 172. 85 129.75 135.10 143.90 141.50 141.45 125.60
NCAA Regional: 3rd/6
179.15 178.15 177.20
OPPONENT Iowa State Oklahoma State Arizona State New Mexico Denver Southwest Texas Nebraska Iowa State Oklahoma State Washburn Oklahoma State Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma State Iowa State
NCAA Regional: 5th/6
179.05
OPPONENT SCORE 169.70 171.20 184.10 174.60 170.20 163.90 177.00 167.45 178.15 136.50 177.35 180.30 176.05 175.10 169.20
OPPONENT SCORE 169.85 142.50 167.40 174.45 156.50 173.10 177.55 166.80 160.95 179.50 184.20 184.20 176.95 173.05 176.70 176.25 174.35 168.55
OU 179.65 176.60 181.60 180.55 183.35 182.50
OPPONENT Texas Woman’s Southeast Missouri Denver Montana State Texas Woman’s Stanford Oklahoma State Missouri Iowa State Oklahoma State Southwestern TWU New Mexico Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma State Iowa State
OU 180.85 184.45 182.70 182.20 182.55 183.45 185.80 179.60 188.15 187.30 91.55 189.20
OPPONENT SCORE 160.70 170.80 170.75 121.45 122.20 174.55 175.25 180.75 172.15 177.05 172.10 170.15 180.50
185.40
182.95 181.10 180.35 169.45
185.15
NCAA Regional: 4th/6 | NCAA Nationals: 10th/12
1986 (18-5) OU 182.35 178.25 178.15 177.45
181.25 181.25
OPPONENT Denver Houston Baptist New Mexico Iowa State Arizona Brigham Young Utah State Denver Southern California Arizona State Missouri TWU Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Utah State Big Eight Championship
OPPONENT SCORE 175.75 129.45 172.10 166.60 183.55 177.35 176.85 175.10 149.10 184.25 175.75 161.25 181.60 180.85 182.55
180.45 179.95 178.35 082.50
1987 (15-14)
1985 (17-12)
184.20 184.60 182.15 181.15
160
OPPONENT Denver Texas Woman’s Iowa State Missouri Texas Woman’s Nebraska Oklahoma State Southern Illinois Texas Woman’s Nebraska Arizona State New Mexico Oklahoma State Southwest Texas Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma State Iowa State
NCAA Regional: 5th/6
185.30 183.95
1983 (13-7) OU 173.65 172.50 174.15 177.70 173.00 178.85 176.80
Oklahoma State Nebraska Missouri Iowa State NCAA Regional: 4th/6
OPPONENT Texas Woman’s Cornell Arizona State New Mexico Arizona State Nebraska Georgia Georgia Alabama Minnesota Nebraska Missouri Illinois State Houston Baptist Utah Alabama UCLA Missouri Iowa TWU Michigan Western Michigan Ball State Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 167.90 165.80 181.50 177.50 185.10 184.90 185.00 188.20 186.85 180.45 187.40 180.40 175.00 178.35 190.95 187.35 186.10 190.70 188.90 187.80 193.30 186.10 185.00 185.45 181.25 173.25
NCAA Regional: 5th/7
1988 (10-13) OU 184.65 182.50 184.70
186.15 183.10 186.00 185.90 186.15 186.90
OPPONENT Utah Arizona State Arizona Wisconsin Georgia Nebraska TWU Air Force Utah Arizona State TWU Penn State Houston Baptist Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 187.00 185.95 185.65 178.80 186.50 186.10 169.00 138.75 189.90 186.00 176.60 184.20 183.80 188.35 183.40 178.20
NCAA Regional: 6th/7
1989 (26-15-1) OU 187.70 188.45 185.40 190.70 185.55
OPPONENT Arizona State Denver Illinois Iowa State Alabama Minnesota Utah Nebraska
OPPONENT SCORE 186.85 182.50 186.40 181.25 188.25 182.60 190.55 189.50
187.45
191.30 187.35 185.90 183.15 190.25 188.85 190.90
Missouri Florida Minnesota Michigan State West Virginia Maryland TWU Utah Stanford New Mexico Alabama Missouri Iowa State Illinois Houston Baptist Denver Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
180.15 192.30 185.60 185.30 183.10 182.25 183.40 191.00 181.90 180.25 192.00 182.25 184.05 186.60 187.05 186.15 194.25 186.50 185.65
186.60 189.90 187.00 190.90 187.60 188.78 186.45
185.10 190.35 188.95 187.90
OPPONENT Alabama Auburn Iowa State Nebraska Texas Woman’s Utah Maryland Nebraska Missouri Florida Arizona State Denver South Utah Fort Hayes North Carolina Utah West Virginia Alabama Denver Iowa Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 190.00 183.30 180.55 192.05 178.15 191.90 182.10 192.30 189.45 188.15 186.55 189.00 178.95 177.85 174.80 193.10 185.55 192.55 186.35 187.85 191.05 187.90 186.30
NCAA Regional: 4th/7
OU 188.10 187.50 188.85 186.40 187.00 190.45 188.45 190.80
190.35 188.95 187.90
188.95 185.90 189.95 191.00 190.05 190.00 192.25 194.05 191.15
OPPONENT Washington Iowa State Penn State Indiana Univ.-Pa. Arizona TWU Nebraska Alabama Missouri TWU Denver Washington Denver Iowa New Mexico Big Eight Championship Nebraska
189.90
Alabama Denver Iowa Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 185.65 186.90 167.95 190.50 195.80 192.25 187.15 188.60 188.50 184.30 190.60 187.10 185.25 184.05 180.10 191.55 192.55 186.35 187.85 191.05 187.90 186.30
192.43 193.275
188.70 188.30 188.00 191.55
194.45
OPPONENT Nebraska Denver Washington UC-Davis Seattle Pacific Michigan Centenary Denver Michigan Alaska-Anchorage Texas Woman’s Missouri Iowa Texas Woman’s Michigan Western Michigan Ball State Big Eight Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
OPPONENT SCORE 188.00 182.85 192.20 185.40 182.20 191.65 186.50 181.85 192.35 176.05 188.15 190.70 188.90 187.80 193.30 186.10 185.00 193.30 190.30 193.05
OU 185.75 191.55 188.675 193.275 191.575 193.425 192.575 193.00
192.85
189.90 191.03
OPPONENT Denver Utah State Air Force Nebraska TWU Air Force Southeast Missouri St.
OU 192.35 186.425 189.775 189.05
191.80 91.375 193.35 OPPONENT SCORE 184.18 188.68 181.03 192.05 186.03 181.03 188.38
OPPONENT Denver Air Force TWU Nebraska TWU Iowa State Iowa Minnesota Missouri TWU LSU West Virginia Centenary Iowa Centenary TWU Big Eight Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
OPPONENT SCORE 185.95 180.475 184.35 191.225 189.90 192.05 190.95 190.80 188.10 187.075 196.30 191.75 187.70 185.875 188.25 189.175 194.45 191.20 190.875
1996 (13-8)
191.60
OU 184.35
193.60 192.10 189.95
NCAA Regional: 7th/7 NIT: 2nd (Not counted towards final team record)
NCAA Regional: 6th/7
1994 (16-10)
188.45 188.15 185.68 189.23 192.03 184.95 187.23 171.15 187.88 182.53
1995 (14-11)
193.625 OU 184.10 189.75 192.00
Western Michigan Illinois-Chicago Eastern Michigan TWU Missouri Centenary Iowa Northern Illinois Southeast Missouri St. Denver Big Eight Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State
NCAA Regional: 6th/7 NIT: 1st (Not counted towards final team record)
1993 (15-11)
189.20 OPPONENT SCORE 184.55 187.10 186.15 179.45 187.95 181.15 185.40 193.25 188.45 184.15 186.55 187.40 190.10 188.75 173.30
OPPONENT Iowa State Washington Nebraska Utah State Utah Brigham Young Denver Southern Utah Missouri Iowa State Iowa Minnesota Ball State Texas Woman’s Denver Utah State
NCAA Regional: 4th/7
1991 (15-9) OU 183.95 187.90 185.30
189.30 188.78 192.00 188.43
1992 (13-12)
198.75
1990 (13-14-1)
189.25 186.45
NCAA Regional: 7th/7
191.80
NCAA Regional: T3rd/4 | NCAA Nationals: 9th/12
OU 182.00
Missouri Iowa State
192.40 192.425
OPPONENT Auburn Centenary TWU Denver California Air Force Nebraska TWU Denver SEMO Denver Iowa State Texas Woman’s Missouri Iowa Iowa Northern Illinois Centenary Big Eight Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
OPPONENT SCORE 191.45 189.10 184.375 190.05 188.50 182.35 193.875 185.60 188.775 191.125 188.30 191.525 189.475 192.20 193.675 190.65 189.075 189.425 195.05 194.15 187.55
149
Michigan Nebraska Arizona Illinois Illinois-Chicago
1997 (9-6) OU 191.225 191.350 187.850 189.375 189.550 190.750 194.600 191.075 192.425 196.075
OPPONENT LSU Denver Centenary at Nebraska at Texas Woman’s at Auburn at Iowa State Missouri at Centenary Air Force Centenary TWU Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
OPPONENT SCORE 191.075 193.100 186.150 195.250 190.375 193.850 195.600 189.000 186.400 188.100 186.400 191.975 196.200 195.475 192.175
1998 (13-11) 185.225
189.650 190.150 192.225 195.400 192.225 193.950 193.500
at Maui Invitational Arizona State Nebraska Iowa at Denver Centenary Air Force Centenary Iowa State at Boise State TWU at Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
190.10 189.325 184.975 193.050 174.025 184.150 176.550 192.300 194.450 191.750
196.750 196.325 193.625 193.100 192.400
193.875
NCAA Regional: 4th/6
2000 (12-9) 191.425 193.300 194.800 195.800 195.800
197.225 196.500 195.000 193.625 195.225 195.550
193.000
Texas Woman’s Illinois-Chicago TWU Nebraska TWU Illinois-Chicago Louisiana State Air Force Iowa State Centenary Missouri Southern Utah Ohio State Big 12 Championships Iowa State Nebraska Missouri NCAA Regionals UCLA Oregon State Stanford
181.150 191.000 188.150 195.400 193.275 192.400 195.775 190.125 195.600 188.750 193.900 192.725 195.35 196.775 196.750 194.375 197.025 196.175
195.975 196.550 195.80 191.925
Washington Boise State
195.250 193.650
NCAA Regional: 6th/6 NCAA Regional: 6th/7
194.675 195.100 193.075 194.850 194.275 193.325 193.425
194.625 195.875 194.950
193.225
Centenary at Texas Woman’s at Rocky Mountain Open Denver Brigham Young TWU Air Force Denver Illinois-Chicago TWU Nebraska Boise State Iowa State Missouri Southern Utah at Denver Classic Denver Air Force Centenary Arizona TWU at Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri at NCAA Midwest Regional
2001-2006
180.475 185.450 192.225 190.125 187.525 186.375 193.350 188.875 188.200 194.450 192.575 192.300 192.150 191.425 196.100 190.075 185.700 195.575 191.950 196.750 195.650 194.550
195.300 196.225 194.300 192.600 195.250 194.275 195.075
196.900 195.225 196.700
OPPONENT at TWU at San Jose State Arizona California at California Arizona Utah State at TWU Wisconsin-Eau Claire at Nebraska at Florida at Iowa State Minnesota Missouri at Corvette Cup Missouri TWU Bowling Green Ohio State TWU Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
196.200 194.825 194.775 194.450 191.725 197.575 197.400 197.275 196.550 196.025 196.025 195.825 195.400 194.775 193.775 193.625
2002 (16-6) OU 194.425
196.475 196.925 196.350 195.475 194.575 196.500 197.000 196.700 196.475 196.125
196.675
OPPONENT at Maui Invitational Arizona Michigan Sacramento State Ohio State at Texas Woman’s Southern Utah at Georgia Florida Boise State at Missouri Centenary Iowa State Arizona TWU Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri NCAA Regional Utah
OPPONENT SCORE 194.600 193.625 187.400 193.000 191.775 191.800 196.850 193.925 193.000 193.725 189.225 196.000 196.000 193.000 196.725 196.650 195.475
197.100
2001 (21-11) OU 194.025 194.025
NCAA Regional Nebraska Arizona Penn State Washington Illinois State NCAA Nationals UCLA Georgia Michigan Alabama Nebraska Utah Florida Stanford Arizona State Oregon State Denver
NCAA Regional: 2nd/6 | NCAA Nationals: 10th/12
STEVE NUNNO
1999 (18-9) 191.175 193.950 191.350
194.925
OPPONENT SCORE 189.300 191.975 190.775 194.400 195.175 190.775 194.450 191.600 173.450 196.025 195.950 196.150M 195.025 181.75 193.075 191.350 194.825 195.250 194.100 197.650 197.050 193.675
Oregon State Washington Boise State Southern Utah
196.800 194.775 194.550 193.350
NCAA Regional: 3rd/6
2003 (15-11) OU 193.275
194.475 195.950 195.750 195.800 196.600 195.350 196.950
OPPONENT Super Six Challenge Georgia Nebraska Florida Alabama Penn State TWU Boise State Utah State at Nebraska Penn State Iowa Missouri Iowa State
OPPONENT SCORE 197.325 196.700 196.575 196.000 194.375 190.175 191.475 192.875 197.175 195.450 194.725 194.150 196.150
197.525 197.725 197.475 197.275 197.025
196.300
TWU Centenary Arizona UCLA at Stanford Big 12 Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State NCAA Regional Alabama Auburn Central Michigan Michigan State Kent State
189.650 189.850 197.375 196.725 197.725 197.500 196.700 195.700 197.550 196.350 196.350 194.575 193.950
193.600 194.800 195.900 195.725 196.700 195.000 196.500 195.050 196.325 195.750 196.025 195.500
NCAA Regional: 4th/6
2004 (19-20) OU 195.150 195.275
197.150 197.300 195.675 196.350 196.225 196.275 197.100 196.650 196.375 196.175 196.950
197.100
195.750
OPPONENT Washington Iowa TWU Alabama Florida Georgia Denver Oregon State Air Force TWU Southern Utah Air Force Iowa State Nebraska Georgia Stanford Southern Utah Missouri TWU Penn State Big 12 Championship Iowa State Missouri Nebraska NCAA Regional Alabama Oregon State Boise State California Cal-State Fullerton NCAA Nationals UCLA Georgia Alabama Stanford Florida Utah LSU Michigan Arizona State Nebraska Iowa
OPPONENT SCORE 196.450 195.350 189.175 196.725 195.950 195.550 193.600 193.775 188.650 192.200 193.025 187.275 196.775 196.600 196.900 196.175 196.175 197.000 193.325 195.775 196.925 196.425 196.175 196.900 196.850 195.275 195.175 193.000 198.125 197.200 197.125 197.125 196.800 195.775 196.650 196.500 196.325 196.150 194.775
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 11th/12
195.500
194.425
OPPONENT Cancun Gymnastics Classic Brigham Young George Washington
197.825 197.400 197.275
UCLA Michigan Nebraska Florida Iowa State LSU Penn State Brigham Young
197.150 196.575 196.425 196.225 195.975 195.800 194.975 194.625
196.650 196.000 194.875 197.125 194.700 193.950 193.100 191.350
Utah Alabama Florida Nebraska Iowa State Michigan LSU Arizona State Oregon State Arkansas
OU 193.325
195.925 195.900 196.000 196.050 195.950 196.100 196.950 197.050 196.000 196.575 195.350
OPPONENT SCORE 195.525
OPPONENT at Cancun Classic Georgia Stanford Denver Arizona Southern Utah at TWU Air Force Nebraska Iowa State at Georgia at Missouri at LSU TWU Centenary at Kent State Big 12 Championship Iowa State Nebraska Missouri NCAA Central Regional LSU Penn State Kentucky Michigan State Ohio State NCAA Nationals Georgia
K.J. KINDLER 2007-PRESENT 2007 (22-11-1) OU 194.500 196.125 195.600 195.075 196.400 196.250 196.725 196.725 196.175 195.475 197.175 195.325
195.925
OPPONENT SCORE 195.700 194.850 193.850 192.925 190.050 191.250 176.925 196.850 196.275 197.475 196.000 196.575 191.275 188.425 193.900 196.425 196.275 194.850 195.825 194.400 194.075 193.575 193.000 197.750
196.800 196.725 196.275 196.175 194.725 196.000 195.650 195.575 195.150 194.375
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 10th/12
2006 (17-17)
196.375
194.325 191.625
175.800 188.650 188.475 194.775 188.625 196.775 196.300 191.900 193.925 191.350 192.075 196.250 191.425 197.850 195.925
NCAA Regional: 2nd/6 | NCAA Nationals: 12th/12
2005 (19-17) OU 195.900
Gustavus Adolphus at TWU Kent State at Ohio State Illinois State at Nebraska Georgia at Auburn Missouri TWU Centenary at Iowa State TWU LSU Southern Utah Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri NCAA Regional LSU New Hampshire Arkansas Pittsburgh Rutgers NCAA Nationals Georgia Alabama Utah
196.250
OPPONENT at Alabama Missouri Central Michigan at TWU Centenary George Washington at Nebraska at Arizona State California at Iowa State at Iowa Texas Woman’s at Stanford Iowa Pittsburgh Big 12 Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State NCAA Regional Alabama Iowa State Michigan State Ohio State Kentucky NCAA Nationals Georgia Utah Florida UCLA Stanford Nebraska LSU Alabama Denver Michigan Oregon State
OPPONENT SCORE 195.700 193.825 191.025 191.275 187.950 189.500 195.050 196.275 190.900 194.425 194.525 194.245 196.475 193.825 194.075 196.475 194.450 193.975 196.700 195.925 194.800 194.650 194.025 197.850 197.250 197.225 196.925 196.825 195.975 196.275 196.125 195.575 195.100 195.100
NCAA Regional: T2nd/6 (OU advanced on tiebreaker) NCAA Nationals: 8th/12
2008 (24-8-1) OU 195.175
195.125
OPPONENT at Cancun Classic Iowa Western Virginia UW-Whitewater at Central Michigan
OPPONENT SCORE 192.875 192.125 181.550 188.600
151
196.450 196.550 195.275 195.925 196.375 196.075 195.650 196.750 196.750 196.125 195.875
195.875
196.075
at Texas Woman’s at West Virginia Nebraska at Denver Iowa State at Missouri Texas Woman’s Auburn at Arkansas at Minnesota Big 12 Championship Iowa State Missouri Nebraska NCAA South Central Regional Alabama Illinois Boise State SEMO Arizona State NCAA Nationals Georgia Utah Stanford Florida Louisiana State Alabama UCLA Michigan Arkansas Oregon State Denver
192.800 192.700 194.050 195.700 193.675 195.750 189.350 195.900 196.625 195.625 195.775 195.225 194.975 197.300 195.425 194.400 193.850 193.200 197.450 197.125 196.750 196.700 196.350 196.125 196.725 196.075 195.825 195.475 194.200
Oregon State Illinois
2010 (29-3) OU 196.250 196.300 196.650 196.100 196.825 197.250 197.050 196.825 197.950 196.900 197.475 197.175
197.250
196.550
2009 (19-14)
196.800 196.125 196.525 196.125
196.600
195.825
OPPONENT at Florida at TWU Arkansas Minnesota at Nebraska at Denver Brown Missouri West Virginia at Iowa State TWU Illinois State at Alabama North Carolina Big 12 Championship Iowa State Missouri Nebraska NCAA Northeast Regional Alabama Missouri Central Michigan New Hampshire Maryland NCAA Nationals Georgia Alabama Utah Florida Arkansas Louisiana State UCLA Stanford Penn State
OPPONENT SCORE 196.500 189.600 196.900 195.675 196.175 194.825 185.950 196.225 195.250 195.525 191.300 191.750 196.725 193.225 195.775 195.925 196.075 197.000 196.000 194.925 193.650 192.800 197.825 197.825 197.425 196.725 196.475 196.375 196.625 196.225 196.100
196.775
NCAA Regional: 2nd/6 | NCAA Nationals: 10th/12
NCAA Regional: 2nd/6 | NCAA Nationals: 8th/12
OU 195.075 197.175 195.625 196.500 196.000 196.025 196.375
195.350 195.050
197.250
OPPONENT Florida at Auburn at Illinois N.C. State TWU Alaska-Anchorage Nebraska TWU Iowa State at Missouri at Michigan State Alabama Washington at Arkansas Big 12 Championship Nebraska Missouri Iowa State NCAA Regional LSU Penn State New Hampshire Ohio State Maryland NCAA Nationals UCLA Utah Nebraska Oregon State LSU NCAA Super Six UCLA Alabama Stanford Florida Utah
OPPONENT SCORE 195.275 195.325 194.425 194.875 191.225 188.900 196.225 192.575 196.225 195.500 194.125 197.275 195.800 196.100 196.625 195.900 194.850 196.400 196.050 194.800 193.875 193.750 196.875 196.625 196.175 196.050 196.025 197.725 197.225 197.100 197.000 196.225
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 2nd/12
197.250
196.175 196.175 196.300 197.225 196.425 196.650 197.025 196.875 196.775
197.350
OPPONENT Arkansas at NC State Oregon State Denver Centenary at TWU at Washington at Nebraska at Iowa State Missouri at Michigan Ohio State Illinois TWU Michigan State Big 12 Championship Nebraska Iowa State Missouri NCAA Norman Regional Utah Washington North Carolina New Hampshire
196.775 195.150 194.975 196.475 195.300 195.225 194.500
196.700 196.500 195.450 195.450 195.100 197.650 197.375 196.775 196.500 196.425
2012 (26-6) OU 195.875 195.925 196.475 196.475
197.425 197.200 197.400 197.225 197.300 196.475 196.825 197.475 197.025
196.925 OPPONENT SCORE 195.075 195.150 194.650 194.300 187.625 193.050 195.100 195.800 195.375 195.225 196.275 196.100 195.400 193.425 194.800
194.175
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 3rd/12
2011 (30-3) OU 195.475 196.175 195.300
Missouri NCAA Semifinal Michigan UCLA Arkansas Georgia Illinois NCAA Super Six Alabama UCLA Nebraska Utah Michigan
OPPONENT Kentucky Bowling Green Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Oregon State North Carolina State Nebraska Minnesota Centenary at Arkansas Iowa State Southeast Missouri State at Missouri Michigan TWU Alabama UCLA at Ohio State Big 12 Championship Iowa State Missouri NCAA Champaign Regional Stanford Illinois Denver Kentucky Illinois-Chicago NCAA Nationals UCLA Utah Stanford Nebraska LSU
OPPONENT SCORE 194.235 188.150 174.725 196.525 194.075 196.750 194.625 188.600 196.175 195.175 189.600 196.375 196.300 194.650 197.150 197.525 196.700 196.025 196.025 196.675 195.725 194.875 194.750 194.150 197.400 197.200 197.150 196.625 196.550
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 7th/12
2013 (34-3) OU 196.450 196.700 197.325 197.275
197.375 197.625 197.450 198.375 197.275
OPPONENT at Georgia at Arizona State Denver LSU Oregon State Georgia Washington West Virginia Western Michigan William & Mary at Iowa State Boise State BYU TWU UCLA at TWU
OPPONENT SCORE 195.425 193.625 195.850 197.100 196.825 196.775 194.875 196.050 192.475 192.225 194.725 195.575 194.175 191.425 197.200 195.300
197.875 197.525 196.900 197.200 197.375
197.200
197.375
Arizona Stanford North Carolina at Alabama Big 12 Championship Iowa State West VIrginia NCAA Regionals Stanford Washington Penn State Iowa Southern Utah NCAA Semifinal Alabama UCLA Michigan Utah Arkansas NCAA Super Six Florida Alabama UCLA LSU Georgia
196.125 196.000 195.300 197.525 196.175 194.675 196.800 195.925 195.875 194.475 194. 850 197.350 197.200 196.850 196.200 196.150 197.575 197.350 197.100 197.050 196.675
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 2nd/12
2015 (29-2) OU 197.625 196.500 197.850 197.650 197.700
198.150 197.275 197.375 197.875 198.500 197.725 197.875 197.625
197.400
2014 (31-2-1) OU 197.700 196.675 197.575 197.225 197.325 198.175 197.200 197.250 197.450 198.150 197.425 198.000 197.725
197.500
198.175
OPPONENT Georgia Iowa State at Arizona at Florida LSU LSU Arizona Kentucky Alabama Michigan WVU Illinois Arizona State Minnesota TWU Michigan State at Arkansas Big 12 Championship Iowa State West VIrginia NCAA Regionals Illinois Minnesota California Southern Utah SJSU NCAA Semifinal Georgia LSU Stanford Michigan Illinois NCAA Super Six Florida LSU Alabama Georgia Nebraska
OPPONENT SCORE 196.500 193.050 196.925 197.875 197.650 197.875 195.625 194.850 197.100 196.200 193.525 195.850 194.150 196.275 194.775 194.350 196.650
197.525
OPPONENT Arkansas at Minnesota Southeast Missouri State TWU at Denver Metroplex Challenge LSU Arkansas Iowa State at Iowa State Perfect 10 Challenge (Kentucky) at Michigan at Illinois Florida at Alabama Big 12 Championship West Virginia Iowa State NCAA Regional Oregon State Southern Utah Missouri N.C. State Penn State NCAA Semifinal Alabama Auburn Nebraska LSU Oregon State NCAA Super Six Florida Utah Alabama Stanford Auburn
OPPONENT SCORE 194.900 194.475 192.850 190.350 195.900 197.425 196.250 193.400 195.675 194.425 197.250 195.950 198.100 197.500 195.025 194.775 196.750 196.275 196.100 195.775 195.150 197.100 197.075 196.675 196.550 195.875 197.850 197.800 197.275 197.250 195.625
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: 3rd/12
196.650 196.375 196.600 196.350 195.600 195.150 193.950 197.300 197.100 196.600 196.425 195.800 198.175 197.600 197.550 197.050 196.500
NCAA Regional: 1st/6 | NCAA Nationals: T-1st/12
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SERIES RECORDS ADMINISTRATION TEAM
SERIES
LAST MEETING
TEAM
SERIES
LAST MEETING
Air Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 14-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.900 to 176.925, 2006
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 10-9-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.375 to 197.250, 2015
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UA leads 24-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.525 to 197.275, 2015
Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 198.150 to 194.350, 2014
Alaska-Anchorage . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.100 to 188.900, 2010
Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.500 to 194.475, 2015
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 9-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 198.175 to 195.625, 2014
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 55-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.625 to 196.100, 2015
Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU leads 11-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.450 to 194.150, 2014
Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 176.600 to 121.450, 1985
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 12-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.700 to 196.250, 2015
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU leads 61-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.400 to 196.675, 2015
Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.525 to 195.625, 2015
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.350 to 194.500, 2011
Ball State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 189.200 to 185.000, 1993
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 194.050 to 173.300, 1991
Boise State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 8-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.450 to 195.575, 2013
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OU won 197.525 to 195.300, 2013
Bowling Green . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.875 to 188.150, 2012
North Carolina State . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.625 to 195.775, 2015
Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.375 to 185.950, 2009
Northern Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 193.350 to 189.075, 1996
BYU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.275 to 194.175, 2013
Ohio State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.825 to 196.700, 2012
Cal State Fullerton . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.100 to 193.000, 2004
Oklahoma State . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 184.600 to 180.850, 1986
California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.725 to 195.600, 2014
Oral Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORU won 142.300 to 137.350, 1982
California-Davis . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OU won 192.000 to 185.400, 1993
Oregon State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 11-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.400 to 195.875, 2015
Centenary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 21-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.475 to 188.600, 2012
Penn State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 8-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.625 to 195.150, 2015
Central Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 120.100 to 98.500, 1981
Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.175 to 194.075, 2007
Central Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 120.100 to 98.500, 1981
Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.500 to 191.350, 2005
Central Michigan . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.600 to 194.925, 2008
Sacramento State. . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 194.425 to 187.400, 2002
Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 180.850 to 165.800, 1987
San Jose State. . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.725 to 193.950, 2014
Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 26-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.650 to 195.900, 2015
Seattle Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 192.000 to 182.200, 1993
Emporia State. . . . . . . . . . . . . ESU leads 1-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESU won 172.850 to 136.750, 1982
SE Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 5-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.850 to 192.850, 2015
Eastern Michigan . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 189.300 to 185.680, 1994
Southern California . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 177.450 to 149.100, 1986
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UF leads 10-3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UF won 197.850 to 197.525, 2015
Southern Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 180.550 to 166.800, 1984
Fort Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 186.850 to 177.850, 1990
Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.625 to 196.275, 2015
George Washington . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.600 to 189.500, 2007
Southwest Texas. . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 3-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 193.325 to 191.425, 1999
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UGA leads 16-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 198.175 to 197.050, 2014
Southwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 182.500 to 172.100, 1985
Gustavus Adolphus . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.900 to 175.800, 2005
Stanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 10-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.525 to 197.250, 2015
Houston Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 188.850 to 187.050, 1989
Texas Woman’s . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 65-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.850 to 190.350, 2015
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 14-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.875 to 195.950
UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCLA leads 11-7-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.370 to 197.100, 2013
Illinois-Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.025 to 194.150, 2012
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah leads 30-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah won 197.800 to 197.525, 2015
Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.125 to 191.750, 2009
Utah State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.450 to 192.325, 2012
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 185.300 to 179.450, 1991
UW-Whitewater. . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.175 to 181.550, 2008
Indiana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ISU won 129.850 to 129.000, 1982
Washburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 179.150 to 136.500, 1983
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 16-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.375 to 194.475, 2013
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 9-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OU won 197.375 to 195.925, 2013
Iowa State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 53-13-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.875 to 194.775
West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 10-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.875 to 195.025, 2015
Jacksonville State. . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 129.450 to 124.600, 1982
Western Michigan . . . . . . . . . OU leads 3-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OU won 197.375 to 192.475, 2013
Kent State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.575 to 193.900, 2006
William & Mary . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.375 to 192.225, 2013
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 6-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.275 to 194.425, 2015
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 182.500 to 178.700, 1988
LSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 14-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.400 to 196.550, 2015
Wisconsin-Eau Claire . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 196.225 to 173.450, 2001
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU leads 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 197.250 to 193.750, 2010
Wisconsin-Oshkosh . . . . . . . . OU leads 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU won 195.875 to 174.725, 2012 ALL-TIME RECORD ( 81 OPPONENTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539-154-3 (.777)
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ACADEMIC AWARDS CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
BRITTANY KONCAK
HALEY DEPROSPERO
MEGAN FERGUSON
First Team (2006, 2007)
Third Team (2009)
Second Team (2012)
REBECCA CLARK
LARA ALBRIGHT
Third Team (2013)
First Team (2014)
ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT YEAR
NAME
2014 2013 2012 2009 2008 2007
Lara Albright Rebecca Clark Megan Ferguson Haley DeProspero Haley DeProspero Brittney Koncak-Schumann
NACGC/W SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICANS NAME
TEAM First Team First Team First Team First Team Second Team First Team
YEAR(S)
Stefani Catour ...........................................................................................................................................2015 Samantha Craus ........................................................................................................................................2015 Brenna Dowell...........................................................................................................................................2015 Kara Lovan ................................................................................................................................................2015 Haley Sorenson .........................................................................................................................................2015 Chayse Capps ..................................................................................................................................2014, 2015 Maile’ana Kanewa ...........................................................................................................................2014, 2015 Madison Mooring .....................................................................................................................................2014 Haley Scaman .................................................................................................................................2013, 2015 Lara Albright ......................................................................................................................... 2012, 2013, 2014 Rebecca Clark ........................................................................................................................ 2012, 2013, 2015 Natasha Kelley ...................................................................................................................... 2011, 2012, 2013 Bethany Neubauer ................................................................................................................ 2011, 2012, 2013 Kayla Nowak ................................................................................................................ 2010, 2011,2013, 2014 Nitya Ramaswami ...........................................................................................................................2010, 2011 Candace Cindell ........................................................................................................... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Megan Ferguson ......................................................................................................... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Natalie Ratcliff ...................................................................................................................... 2009, 2010, 2011 Sara Stone .......................................................................................................................................2009, 2012 Jackie Flanery............................................................................................................................................2009 Jessica Kinder ..................................................................................................................................2008, 2009 Mary Mantle ...................................................................................................................................2008, 2009 Haley DeProspero .................................................................................................................. 2007, 2008, 2009 Gina Lesko ............................................................................................................................. 2007, 2008, 2009 Ashley Jackson ..........................................................................................................................................2007 Lori Winn...................................................................................................................................................2007 Caitlin Hinkis ...................................................................................................................................2005, 2008 Allison Landis ............................................................................................................................................2005 Brittney Koncak-Schumann .................................................................................................. 2004, 2005, 2007 Elizabeth Tandy ...............................................................................................................................2004, 2005 Leah Mueller .............................................................................................................................................2004 Tara Anderson ....................................................................................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005 Katie Hostler ......................................................................................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005 Jessica Cole ...............................................................................................................................................2002 Patricia Aoki .......................................................................................................................... 2000, 2002, 2003 Leticia Ishii ......................................................................................................................................2000, 2002 Sharma Sanders ........................................................................................................................................2000 Virginia Russel...........................................................................................................................................2000 Nicole Tycer ...............................................................................................................................................2000
NAME
CONFERENCE
Erica Brewer Chayse Capps Kara Lovan Haley Sorenson McKenzie Wofford Keeley Kmieciak Maile’ana Kanewa Haley Scaman Laura Albright Lauren Alexander Rebecca Clark Kayla Nowak Brie Olson Taylor Spears Madison Mooring Candace Cindell Hayden Ward Megan Ferguson Sara Stone Natasha Kelley Kristin Smith Natalie Ratcliff Hollie Vise Gina Lesko Melanie Root Jackie Flanery Mary Mantle Jessica Kinder Haley DeProspero Ashley Jackson Caitlin Hinkis Lori Winn Kristen Cox Brittney Koncak Tiffany Willin Tara Anderson Katie Hostler Melissa Smith Allison Landis Leah Mueller Patricia Aoki Leiticia Ishii Mariana Goncalves Nicole Tycer Natalie Hunt Malia Carr Tenby Dettman Sara Harper Amber McCracken Teresa McGrath Ginger Russell Shanna Sanders Kelly Semrad Michelle Antinoro Kari Ellis Melissa Griffith Pamela Bell Kristen Evans Leslie Williamson Teresa McGrath Shannon Olson Stacy Schroeder Tanya Christie Melinda Lieberman Tina Gamboa Monica Carroll Jessica Frey Stephanie Casteel Cassie Frey Tatiana Figuiredo Kelly Garrison Brenda Leonard Jennifer Dickey
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YEAR(S) (TEAM) 2015 (2nd) 2015 (1st) 2015 (1st) 2015 (1st) 2015 (1st) 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st) 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st) 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st) 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st) 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st) 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st) 2011 (1st),2012 (1st),2013 (1st) 2013 (1st) 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st) 2012 (1st),2013 (2nd), 2014 (1st) 2012 (1st) 2012 (1st), 2014 (1st) 2010 (1st), 2011 (1st), 2012 (1st) 2010 (1st), 2011 (1st), 2012 (1st) 2010 (2nd), 2011 (1st), 2012 (1st) 2010 (2nd) 2009 (1st), 2010 (1st), 2011 (1st) 2009 (1st), 2010 (1st) 2009 (1st) 2009 (2nd) 2008 (2nd), 2009 (1st), 2010 (1st) 2008 (2nd), 2010 (1st) 2008 (1st), 2009 (1st) 2007 (1st), 2008 (1st), 2009 (1st) 2007 (2nd), 2008 (1st), 2009 (2nd) 2007 (1st), 2008 (1st) 2007 (1st) 2006 (1st) 2005 (1st), 2006 (1st), 2007 (1st) 2005 (1st), 2006 (2nd) 2004 (1st), 2006 (1st) 2004 (1st) 2004 (1st) 2003 (1st) 2001 (1st), 2002 (1st), 2003 (1st), 2004 (1st) 2001 (1st), 2002 (1st), 2003 (1st) 2000 (1st), 2001 (1st), 2002 (1st) 1999 (1st), 2000 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (2nd) 1998 (1st), 1999 (1st) 1998 (hm) 1997 (1st), 1998 (1st) 1997 (hm) 1997 (1st) 1997 (hm) 1997 (hm) 1997 (1st), 1998 (1st), 1999 (1st), 2000 (1st) 1997 (1st), 1998 (1st), 1999 (1st), 2000 (1st) 1997 (hm) 1996 (1st), 1997 (1st) 1996 (hm) 1995 (1st), 1996 (1st) 1995 (hm), 1996 (hm) 1995 (hm) 1995 (hm) 1994 (1st), 1995 (1st), 1996 (1st) 1994 (hm). 1995 (1st), 1996 (1st) 1992 (1st) 1991 (1st), 1992 (hm) 1991 (hm) 1990 (1st), 1991 (1st), 1992 (1st) 1990 (hm), 1991 (hm), 1992 (hm) 1990 (1st), 1991 (1st) 1989 (hm), 1990 (1st), 1991 (1st) 1987 (1st), 1988 (1st), 1989 (1st) 1987 (1st), 1989 (1st) 1987 (1st), 1988 (1st) 1986 (hm), 1987 (hm) 1986 (1st)
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NCAA HISTORY ADMINISTRATION TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
NCAA NATIONALS RESULTS
Oklahoma has soared to new heights under head coach K.J. Kindler, building on the incredible tradition of Sooner gymnastics. OU has reached the postseason every year since 1998 and has advanced to the NCAA Championships each season since 2004, including all nine years under Kindler.
YEAR
FINISH
HEAD COACH
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 1989 1985
3rd T-1st 2nd 7th 3rd 2nd 10th 8th 8th 10th 12th 11th 10th 9th 10th
K.J. Kindler K.J Kindler K.J Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Switzer/Nunno Becky Switzer Becky Switzer
In 2014, Kindler led OU to the ultimate achievement in NCAA gymnastics: its first-ever NCAA title. Since taking the helm at OU, Kindler has led Oklahoma to five Super Six appearances. OU has never placed lower than third in the final round of NCAA competition and owns three top-two NCAA finishes in the past six seasons alone. At the regional level, OU has been dominant under Kindler. The Sooners have captured six consecutive NCAA regional titles and have not finished lower than second since 2003.
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NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2014)
5 5
SUPER SIX APPEARANCES SINCE 2010
NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS INDIVIDUAL NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
6
9
CONSECUTIVE NCAA REGIONAL TITLES NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES UNDER K.J. KINDLER
NATIONAL CONTENDERS The Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team has made its mark on the national stage, making five Super Six appearances since 2010. The Sooners rose to the highest levels of NCAA women’s gymnastics in 2014, winning the program’s first-ever national title in the Magic City of Birmingham, Ala. OU posted a championship-record score of 198.175 to tie with the Florida Gators and take the top of the podium. The title was the first women’s gymnastics championship ever by a Big 12 member team. The next day, Taylor Spears capped an incredible weekend with a near-flawless 9.925 routine on the balance beam, winning OU its first individual national title in 26 years. Oklahoma snagged a total of nine All-America honors, led by two first-team honors from Spears. Maile’ana Kanewa and Haley Scaman tied for NCAA Runner-Up honors on floor exercise, while Scaman also took home a third-place national finish on vault. In 2015, OU returned to the Super Six, claiming a third-place team finish. The Sooners totaled a program-best 13 All-America honors from nine different gymnasts, led by two-first team honors from Scaman (vault, floor), Keeley Kmieciak (bars, beam) and Brenna Dowell (bars, floor). Dowell finished as the runner-up on floor, while Scaman tied for third on vault. Chayse Capps also snagged two All-America nods, earning first-team honors on beam and second-team recognition on vault. Ali Jackson (vault), McKenzie Wofford (bars) and Rebecca Clark (beam) were named first-team members, while Charity Jones (vault) and Erica Brewer (beam) were placed on the second team. Additionally, head coach K.J. Kindler was named National Coach of the Year for the third time in her career in 2015. In its first appearance in the Super Six Team Finals, the fourth-seeded Sooners placed second at the 2010 NCAA Championships with a team tally of 197.250, marking what was then the best-ever finish by a Big 12 team. The OU staff swept the coaching accolades in 2010, as Kindler was named National Coach of the Year, while Lou Ball and Tom Haley shared Assistant Coach of the Year honors. The next season, Oklahoma finished in third place at the 2011 NCAA Championships, again with a score of 197.250. The Sooners were back in the top three again in 2013 when Kindler led OU to a NCAA runner-up finish with a team score of 197.375. The performance marked Oklahoma’s third top-three finish in four seasons.
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YEAR
GYMNAST
1987 1988 2014
Kelly Garrison Kelly Garrison Taylor Spears
EVENT All-Around AA, UB, BB BB
NIT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS YEAR
GYMNAST
EVENT
1994
Amy Smith
Vault, Floor
NCAA REGIONAL FINISHES YEAR
FINISH
HEAD COACH
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982
1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd (tie) 1st 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 6th 4th 6th 7th 6th 6th 7th 7th 4th 3rd (tie) 6th 5th 4th 4th 5th 5th 3rd
K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler K.J. Kindler Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Steve Nunno Switzer/Nunno Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Becky Switzer Paul Ziert Paul Ziert
KELLY GARRISON
GARRISON’S CAREER
• 1988 United States Olympian • Four-time NCAA Champion • Seven-time All-American • 10-time Big Eight Champion The Altus, Okla., native dominated the 1987 season like few collegiate gymnasts have ever • U.S. Balance Beam Champion done, winning the NCAA all-around title with a record score of 39.15, securing event wins on every apparatus at the Big Eight Championship, winning the all-around crown at 17 of 18 dual • 21-straight All-Around victories meets and setting three NCAA records in the process. • 10-time NCAA recordholder Garrison qualfied for the event finals in three of four events at the 1987 NCAA Championships, • Pan American Games Gold Medalist but had to withdraw from vault and floor exercise due to an ankle injury. • U.S. Olympic Festival Champion • 1988 USGF Gymnast of the Year Throughout the 1987 campaign, Garrison topped the previous NCAA all-around record (38.85), • 1988 Honda-Broderick Cup finalist held by Megan Marsden (Utah) and Elfi Schlegel (Florida), seven times. • 1987 A.T. Cross Gymnast of the Year Garrison followed up her spectacular season by sweeping all five individual titles at the Big • Academic All-Big Eight honoree Eight Championship for the second straight season. She then earned All-America status in
FOUR-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION
Kelly Garrison certainly made the most of her two seasons with the Sooners, racking up four NCAA individual titles en route to seven All-America honors.
every category possible at the 1988 NCAA Championships, securing three national titles in the process.
MEGAN FERGUSON
SEVEN-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Megan Ferguson’s career at Oklahoma was marked by excellence from the time the Olathe, Kan., native arrived in Norman. Ferguson was an All-American in each of her four years at OU, becoming the first women’s gymnast in program history to achieve the feat. Ferguson was a beam All-American in her freshman season at Oklahoma in 2009 and also became the first freshman in Big 12 history to win multiple event titles at the conference championship meet (bars and beam). Ferguson followed up in her sophomore season with All-America accolades on bars as she aided the Sooners to the program’s first Super Six appearance in school history.
FERGUSON’S CAREER • 2012 NCAA Balance Beam Runner-Up • AAI Award Finalist • CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American • Seven-time NCAA All-American • Five-time Big 12 Champion • 2012 Regional Gymnast of the Year • 2012 Big 12 Specialist of the Year • Three-time NCAA Regional Champion • Ten-time All-Big 12 selection
As a junior, Ferguson was named an All-American on every event she competed at the 2011 NCAA Championship. She earned awards on beam, bars and floor en route to top-15 national finishes on both beam (eighth) and bars (13th). Ferguson capped her career in outstanding fashion, earning All-America honors on beam and floor while finishing as the NCAA Runner-Up on beam in 2012.
TAYLOR SPEARS
SPEARS’ CAREER
2014 NCAA BALANCE BEAM CHAMPION
• 2014 NCAA Balance Beam Champion • Four-time NCAA All-American • AAI Award Finalist • Five-time NACGC All-American • Four-time Big 12 Champion An All-Big 12 pick on beam her freshman year, Spears contributed primarily as a three-event • Seven-time All-Big 12 honoree specialist in her first year at OU. Despite not competing on vault as a freshman. Spears leapt head-first into the all-around for Oklahoma as a sophomore, earning her second-career All-Big • 12-time Big 12 weekly award winner • 2013 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year 12 award on beam. • 2013 Big 12 All-Around Champion Taylor Spears rose to incredible heights throughout her career at Oklahoma, culminating in a spot on the podium that no Sooner had held for 26 years. Spears became Oklahoma’s first NCAA Champion since 1987 as a senior, winning the national title on beam with a 9.925 at individual event finals.
Spears’ breakout season came in 2013 as the junior rose to become one of the nation’s top allarounders. The Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, Spears won her first two career All-America honors on bars and in the all-around at the NCAA Championships. She was also the only gymnast in the nation to win the all-around title at both the conference and regional level. Spears capped her stellar ascent in style as a senior, earning first-team All-America honors on both bars and beam and capturing the NCAA beam title. She was also a finalist for the prestigious AAI Award, recognizing the nation’s top female senior gymnast.
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CONFERENCE HONORS ADMINISTRATION 13 CONFERENCE TITLES EIGHT BIG 12 TITLES (2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) FIVE BIG EIGHT TITLES (1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993) BIG 12 YEARLY AWARDS
ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES
BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR
YEAR GYMNAST
Becky Switzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Steve Nunno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Steve Nunno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 K.J. Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015
1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009
BIG 12 SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR Hollie Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010
BIG 12 GYMNAST OF THE YEAR Ginger Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Amber McCracken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Mariana Goncalves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Kasie Tamayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Erin LaBarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Kiara Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Taylor Spears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Haley Scaman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Haley Scaman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015
BIG 12 SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR Megan Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Lauren Alexander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Ali Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015
BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Natasha Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Haley Scaman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Chayse Capps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Brenna Dowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015
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Michelle Gonzaga Floor Amber McCracken All-Around, Floor Teresa McGrath Vault, Bars Malia Carr Floor Ginger Russell All-Around, Floor Shanna Sanders Bars Amber McCracken All-Around, Vault, Bars Ginger Russell Beam, Floor Leticia Ishii Floor Amber McCracken AA, Vault, Bars, Floor Ginger Russell All-Around, Beam Patricia Aoki Floor Carla DeMartini Vault Mariana Goncalves Floor Leticia Ishii All-Around, Floor Kasie Tamayo All-Around Patricia Aoki Floor Mariana Goncalves AA, Vault, Bars, Floor Alison Mayberry Floor Kasie Tamayo Floor Meredith Fricke Floor Erin LaBarr Bars Ashley Cooney Vault, Floor Erin LaBarr Floor Kasie Tamayo AA, Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor Tiffany WIllin Vault Ashley Cooney Bars Brittney Koncak-Schumann Bars Erin LaBarr AA, Bars, Floor Brittney Koncak-Schumann AA, Vault, BB, FX Stephanie LoPiccolo Bars Brittney Koncak-Schumann Bars, Floor Kiara Redmond AA, Bars, Beam, Floor Jackie Flanery Floor Ashley Jackson Floor Kiara Redmond Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor Hollie Vise Bars, Beam Megan Ferguson Bars, Beam Ashley Jackson Vault
2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
Melanie Root Kristin Smith Sara Stone Hollie Vise Megan Ferguson Jackie Flanery Natasha Kelley Kristin Smith Sara Stone Hollie Vise Megan Ferguson Natasha Kelley Kayla Nowak Taylor Spears Sara Stone Megan Ferguson Brie Olson Taylor Spears Sara Stone Lauren Alexander Erica Brewer Rebecca Clark Maile’ana Kanewa Madison Mooring Brie Olson Haley Scaman Taylor Spears Lara Albright Chayse Capps Maile’ana Kanewa Kara Lovan Madison Mooring Haley Scaman Taylor Spears Chayse Capps Rebecca Clark Brenna Dowell Ali Jackson Kara Lovan Haley Scaman Haley Sorenson McKenzie Wofford
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HALEY SCAMAN
BRENNA DOWELL
ALI JACKSON
2014, 2015 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year
2015 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
2015 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year
INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS ALL-AROUND: 8 CHAMPIONS 2013 2012 2006 2004 1988 1987 1986 1984
Taylor Spears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.60 Brie Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50 Brittney Koncak . . . . . . . . . . . 39.425 Kasie Tamayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.575 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.85 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.85 Tatiana Figuiredo . . . . . . . . . . . -----Amy Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ------
VAULT: 19 CHAMPIONS 2015 2014 2013 2010 2010 2010 2008 2004 1997 1994 1993 1992 1991 1989 1988 1987 1987 1986 1985
Ali Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Maile’ana Kanewa . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Maile’ana Kanewa . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Jackie Flanery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Brie Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Natalie Ratcliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Kiara Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Ashley Cooney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Teresa McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Amy Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Shannon Gilbreath . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Tina Gamboa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.65 Monica Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80 Cassie Frey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.65 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Tatiana Figuiredo . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Tatiana Figuiredo . . . . . . . . . . . . ----Amy Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -----
UNEVEN BARS: 21 CHAMPIONS 2015 2013 2013 2012 2010 2009
Rebecca Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 Brie Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Taylor Spears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Megan Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Hollie Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Megan Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85
2009 2008 2006 2004 2003 2000 1999 1995 1992 1992 1991 1988 1987 1986 1985
Ashley Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85 Hollie Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Stephanie LoPiccolo . . . . . . . . . 9.850 Kasie Tamayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Erin LaBarr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Amber McCracken. . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Amber McCracken. . . . . . . . . . . 9.875 Chelle Stack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.825 Linda Haverly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Shanna Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Jessica Frey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85 Dayna Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ----Amy Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -----
BALANCE BEAM: 21 CHAMPIONS 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 2010 2009
Erica Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.975 Chayse Capps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.975 Taylor Spears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Taylor Spears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 Megan Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Megan Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Natasha Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Hollie Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Haley DeProspero . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85
2009 2008 1997 1995 1995 1993 1991 1990 1988 1987 1984 1983
Megan Ferguson. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85 Haley DeProspero . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Teresa McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Tracey Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.825 Melissa Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.825 Tracey Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Tricia Bonomo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80 Monica Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Mary Jane Ousley . . . . . . . . . . . . ----Mary Jane Ousley . . . . . . . . . . . . -----
FLOOR EXERCISE: 17 CHAMPIONS 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2010 2008 2007 2004 2002 2000 1996 1994 1989 1988 1987 1986
Brenna Dowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Haley Scaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Haley Scaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Kayla Nowak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Jackie Flanery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Hollie Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Kiara Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Brittany Koncak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Kasie Tamayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Kasie Tamayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Amber McCracken. . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Melissa Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.850 Melissa Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.925 Cassie Frey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80 Kelly Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Mary Jean Mylott . . . . . . . . . . . . -----
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LETTERWINNERS HEAD COACHES -AKarina Agafonova (2003-04) Lara Albright (2012-14) Lauren Alexander (2013-14) Tracy Allen (1999) Tara Anderson (2003-06) Diana Anglin (1986-87) Michelle Antinoro (1996-98) Patricia Aoki (2000-03)
-BDonica Bailey (1984) Mitzi Bartek (1986) Pam Bell (1996) Rikki Benken (1986) Tricia Bonomo (1988-91) Coral Borda (2005-06) Erica Brewer (2012-15) Natalie Brown (2015)* Hope Bruce (2011)
-CChayse Capps (2014-15)* Malia Carr (1997-00) Monica Carroll (1989-91) Stephanie Casteel (1988-91) Stefani Catour (2015)* Tanya Christie (1989-91) Julie Christianson-Benefeil (1992-93) Candace Cindell (2009-12) Rebecca Clark (2012-15) Lisa Cockriel (1985-86) Jessica Cole (2002) Tracey Cole (1992-95) Ashley Cooney (2004-06) Kristen Cox (2003-06) Samantha Craus (2015)* Diane Cushenberry (1993-96)
-DCarla Demartini (2001) Haley DeProspero (2006-09) Tenby Dettman (1994-97) Jennifer Dickey (1985-86) Brenna Dowell (2015)
-EKari Ellis (1996-99) Kristen Evans (1994-96)
-FMegan Ferguson (2009-12) Monica Fields (1990-91) Tatiana Figueiredo (1986-89) Jacqueline Flanery (2007-10) Cassie Frey (1986-89) Jessica Frey (1989-91)
-GNikki Galloway (1994-97) Tina Gamboa (1989-91) Kelly Garrison (1987-88) Nicole Gause (2003) Shannon Gilbreath (1992-94) Christina Gerard (2002-03) Mariana Goncalves (1999-02) Michelle Gonzaga (1997-00) Pam Goodfellow (1984-85) Melissa Griffith (1993-96)
-HSara Harper (1997-98) Linda Haverly (1990-93) Kerry Haynie (1988) Reagan Hemry (2014-15)* Caitlin Hinkis (2005-08) Katie Hostler (2003-04)
-ILeticia Ishii (2000-02)
-JAli Jackson (2015)* Ashley Jackson (2006-09) Charity Jones (2014-15)*
-KMaile’ana Kanewa (2013-15)* Natasha Kelley (2010-12) Shanna Kennedy (1991-93) Jessica Kinder (2005-09) Keeley Kmieciak (2013-15)* Brittney Koncak-Schumann (2004-07) Julie Kramer (2009-10)
-LErin LaBarr (2002-05) Allison Landis (2002) Sarah Leis (2001-02) Kim Lemon (1985) Brenda Leonard (1985-87) Gina Lesko (2007-09) Jane Lewis (1984) Mindy Lieberman (1990-91) Stephanie LoPiccolo (2005-08) Kara Lovan (2014-15)*
Kim Minu (1984) Madison Mooring (2011-14) Leah Mueller (2001-04) Mary Jean Mylott (1986-88)
-NJeanie Nass (1985) Kayla Nowak (2010-13)
-OBrie Olson (2010-13) Shannon Olson (1993-96) Mary Jane Ousley (1984-85)
-PKambry Pollard (1986) Hunter Price (2013-15)* Amy Priest (1984-85)
-RNitya Ramaswami (2010-11) Natalie Ratcliff (2008-11) Kiara Redmond (2006-08) Lee Anne Revell (1991-94) Shannon Rogers (1992-93) Melanie Root (2008-11) Dayna Rose (1984-86) Ginger Russell (1997-00)
Carley Smith (2000) Kristin Smith (2007-10) Lauren Smith (2012-13) Melissa Smith (2003-04) Haley Sorensen (2012-14) Taylor Spears (2011-13) Chelle Stack (1994-95) Tracey Staurt (1999-00) Sara Stone (2009-12)
-TKasie Tamayo (2001-04) Elizabeth Tandy (2004) Teresa Tipping (1990) Nicole Tycer (1998-00)
-VHollie Vise (2007-10)
-WHayden Ward (2011-14) Patricia Williams (1987-88) Leslie Williamson (1986-87) Tiffany Willin (2004-06) Lori Winn (2006-07) McKenzie Wofford (2014-15)* * indicates 2016 returnee
-S-MMary Mantle (2007-10) Stacey Mardock (2001) Tammy Martin (1984) Debbie Mathis (1984-85) Alison Mayberry (1999-02) Amber McCracken (1997-00) Teresa McGrath (1994-97)
Cindy Safarik (1985) Shanna Sanders (1997-00) Haley Scaman (2013-15)* Tiffany Schoening (1989-90) Stacy Schroeder (1990) Kelly Semrad (1997-99) Alyssa Siberlicht (1986-87) Amy Smith (1994)
HALEY SCAMAN Four-time All-American 172