National Championship History National Championship History
National Championship Finishes
1974
AIAW - Karen Schuckman becomes Penn State’s first national championship participant and wins the all-around as a freshman.
1975
AIAW - The Penn State team makes its first national championship appearance and finishes in fifth place. Schuckman wins floor exercise and finishes in a tie for the vaulting title. Year Place AIAW - Fifth place. 1975............................................... 5th
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
AIAW - The team climbs to third place led by the brilliant performance of Ann Carr who wins the 1976............................................... 5th all- around. 1977............................................... 3rd AIAW - Penn State wins its first national championship in gymnastics and in any women’s 1978................................................ 1st sport with a 147.70 score, 0.15 ahead of Cal State-Fullerton. Ann Carr sweeps the all-around for 1979...............................................2nd the second consecutive year and wins individual titles on bars, balance beam and floor exercise. 1980................................................ 1st AIAW - The Lady Lions host the national championship and finish second to Cal State-Fullerton 1981............................................... 3rd by 0.10. Marcy Levine wins an event title in floor exercise as a freshman. 1982 .............................................. 3rd AIAW - Penn State captures its second national championship with a score of 145.50, just 0.35 1984............................................... 7th ahead of runner-up Utah. The Lions take the team title without an individual national champion. 1985............................................... 9th AIAW - Third place. Heidi Anderson wins the floor exercise.
1982
NCAA - Third place.
1986............................................... 6th 1988............................................. 11th
1983
NCAA - Pam Loree qualifies as an individual.
1991............................................... 5th
1984
NCAA - Seventh place.
1992............................................... 4th
1985
NCAA - Ninth place.
1993
1986
NCAA - Sixth place. Pam Loree shares the national title in vaulting.
1995............................................... 8th
1988
NCAA - Penn State makes its 12th trip to the National Championships.
1996............................................. 11th
1989
NCAA - Lynn Crane and Kira Rohm qualify as individuals.
1997............................................. 11th
1990
NCAA - Allison Barber qualifies as an individual.
1998............................................. 10th
1991
NCAA - Fifth place. April Polito achieves All-America status on vault.
1999............................................... 8th
1992
NCAA - Fourth place. Allison Barber ties for third on vault and places eighth in the all-around.
2000............................................... 7th
1993
NCAA - Eleventh place.
2005............................................. 10th
1994
NCAA - Tracy Kerner competes in four events and earns second team All-America status on the floor. April Polito competes in the all-around.
2009............................................... 9th
1995
NCAA - Eighth place. Tracy Kerner earns second team All-America status on beam.
1996
NCAA - Eleventh place.
2011............................................. 14th
1997
NCAA - Eleventh place. Missy Leopoldus earns first team All-America honors on vault. Ellen Casey earns second-team All-America in the all-around, floor exercise and vault.
1998
NCAA - Tenth Place.
1999
NCAA - Eighth Place. Ellen Casey earned second team All-America honors on uneven bars, floor exercise and in the all-around. Nikki Smith garnered second team honors on the beam.
2000
NCAA - Seventh Place, Gemma Cuff earned first team All-America honors on floor.
2003
NCAA - Katie Rowland (vault, floor) and Katie McAvoy (all-around) qualify as individuals.
2004
NCAA - Lisa Clark (vault, floor) qualifies as an individual and picks up second team All-America honors on vault.
2005
NCAA - Tenth Place, Lisa Clark earns second team All-America status on floor exercise.
2006
NCAA - Jennifer Orlando (all-around) qualifies as an individual.
2007
NCAA - Brandi Personett (all-around) qualifies as an individual.
2008
NCAA - Brandi Personett (all-around) qualifies as an individual, earns first team All-America status on the beam and places fifth in the nation on the apparatus.
2009
NCAA - Ninth Place, Brandi Personett (floor), Alexandra Brockway (uneven bars) and Whitney Bencsko (vault) qualify for individual event finals.
2010
NCAA - 14th Place, Brandi Personett and Sharaya Musser qualify as individuals. Personett earns first team All-America status on beam, floor and in the all-around. Musser earns first team accolades on vault and in the all-around and second team laurels on beam and floor.
2011
NCAA - 14th Place, Sharaya Musser qualified as an individual all-around competitor.
........................................ 11th
2010............................................. 14th
Ellen Casey was a five-time All-American during her Nittany Lion career. 46
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