April 8, 2008

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#38 Utah State at
NCAA North Central Regional
Minneapolis, Minn.
Univ. of Minnesota Sports Pavilion (5,700)
Saturday, April 12, 2008 • 5 p.m. (MT)

ON TAP - While Utah State won't be competing as a team at the NCAA North Central Regional Gymnastics meet, the Aggies will have six individuals competing. The meet, hosted by the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn., gets underway Saturday, April 12 at 5 p.m. (MT) at UM's Sports Pavilion (5,700).

Junior Nicki Felley and sophomore Heather Heinrich were selected as all-arounders, while senior Megan Tschida (floor) along with freshmen Jasmine Minion (vault), Lyndsie Boone (beam) and Nicole Simoneau (bars) were all chosen in their respective events.

Utah, Arkansas, Arizona, Iowa and Southern Utah will join host Minnesota in the team competition. Other individuals include Air Force's Abigail Rogers, Michelle Denise and Brittany Dutton in the all-around, while Utah State has all four individual event competitors.

ROTATION - For the first rotation, Heinrich is on vault, while Felley has a bye and Tschida is on floor. Heinrich has a bye for the second rotation, while Minion is on vault and Felley is on bars. The third rotation slates Heinrich on bars and Felley on beam, while Simoneau is on bars for the fourth rotation and Heinrich moves to beam, while Felley has a bye. Rotation five has Boone on beam while Heinrich has a by and Felley is on floor. The sixth and final rotation has Felley on vault while Heinrich is on floor.

IN THE RANKINGS - The six schools in the team competition are ranked as high as No. 2 Utah while Minnesota is No. 28. The others including 11th-ranked Arkansas, No. 14 Arizona, 23rd-ranked Iowa and No. 27 Southern Utah. Utah State came in at No. 38 while Air Force was No. 60.

Rank 	Team 	Team RQS 	Region 	Avg. 	High
2 	Utah, U. of 	197.255 	NC 	196.944 	197.750
11 	Arkansas, U. of 	196.165 	SC 	195.777 	196.625
14 	Arizona, U. of 	195.890 	SC 	195.058 	196.300
23 	Iowa, U. of 	195.200 	NC 	194.337 	195.900
27 	Southern Utah Univ. 	194.890 	NC 	194.483 	196.000
28 	Minnesota, U. of 	194.885 	NC 	194.142 	195.625
38 	UTAH STATE 	193.575 	NC 	192.277 	194.450
60 	Air Force Academy 	189.795 	NC 	188.225 	191.625

UP NEXT - The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships in Athens, Georgia, April 24-26, hosted by the University of Georgia.

In addition, the event winners at the regional championships will advance to the national championships (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.

LIVE VIDEO / STATS - Live video and stats for the NCAA North Central Regional Championships is available through www.gophersports.com and clicking on "live video" or "live stats" or by going to the gymnastics page at www.utahstateaggies.com, going to schedule/results, then clicking on "watch live" or "live stats."

UTAH STATE NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY - This is just the fifth time in 31 years that the Aggies have not advanced to regionals as a team and the second in last three years after not qualifying in 2006.

That year, USU had two individuals in Jessica Parenti-Otte and Meagan Lewis qualify as individual all-arounders. Parenti-Otte and Lewis finished 14th and 15th respectively, as Parenti-Otte notched a 38.775, while Lewis posted a 38.725.

The last USU gymnast to individually qualify for the NCAA National Championships was Amber Jamison in 1999.

ABOUT UTAH STATE - Six members of the Aggies' squad were selected to the NCAA North Central Regional meet as individuals, including two all-arounders and four individual specialists.

Junior Nicki Felley and sophomore Heather Heinrich were selected as all-arounders, while senior Megan Tschida (floor) along with freshmen Jasmine Minion (vault), Lyndsie Boone (beam) and Nicole Simoneau (bars) were all chosen in their respective events.

Felley, a native of Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus HS), has an RQS of 38.595 in the all-around, currently ranked 17th in the region. This past Saturday at the WAC Championships, Felley placed fifth with a season-high 38.925, earning second-team all-WAC honors. Felley won the all-around competition in three meets this season and posted four of USU's top six scores in the all-around.

Heinrich, a Littleton, Colo. (Dakota Ridge HS) native, has a 38.320 RQS in the all-around which ranks 19th in the region. She was 11th in the all-around at the WAC Championships with a 37.900. Heinrich earned first-team all-WAC recognition after tying for third on beam with a season-high 9.825. She was the top all-arounder in two meets this season, including a career-best 39.000, which is the Aggies' highest all-around posting of the year.

Tschida is a St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS), native returning to compete in her hometown for only the second time in her career, as the Aggies competed at Minnesota in a dual in 2006, her sophomore season. Tschida was the co-WAC Champion on floor at the conference meet with a season-best 9.925, earning first-team all-WAC accolades and recording her first-ever individual conference title and the Aggies' first floor champion since Liesel Kohler in 2005. She ranks seventh in the region with an RQS of 9.860 on floor and the WAC Championship meet was the fourth time this season in which she at least won a share of the event title.

A Memphis, Tenn. (Bolton HS) native, Minion qualified to regionals with a 9.840 vault RQS, ranking 10th in the region. She earned second-team all-WAC honors after tying for sixth on vault at the WAC meet with a 9.800. Minion won the event in three meets this season including posting a season-best 9.875 twice, winning the event in a dual at Cal State Fullerton and placing third at BYU.

Boone, a Winthrop Harbor, Ill. (Zion Benton HS) native, has a 9.600 RQS on beam which ranks her 47th regionally. She tied for 13th in the event at the WAC meet. Boone notched her season-high of 9.750 at the dual at BYU, which is one of the top four scores on beam for the Aggies.

Simoneau, a native of Manchester, N.H. (Manchester Central HS), has an RQS of 9.845 on bars after placing fourth-place at the WAC Championships with a 9.775, earning second-team all-WAC accolades. Simoneau, who has won the event in eight meets this season, has a season-best score of 9.900 in winning the bars in the dual with Southern Utah. She posted 12 marks of 9.800 or higher this season in USU's 14 meets.

LAST TIME OUT - BOISE, Idaho - With a 194.150 score, Utah State finished in fifth-place at the Western Athletic Conference Championship, held March 29 at Taco Bell Arena, hosted by Boise State. Senior Megan Tschida was co-WAC champion on floor and she was joined by four teammates in earning all-WAC accolades.

Host Boise State won the team title with a 194.925, while San Jose State was second at 194.725. Southern Utah tallied a 194.575 for third, while Sacramento State was fourth at 194.275, followed by Utah State's 194.150 and Cal State Fullerton's sixth-place finish at 192.650.

Tschida notched a 9.925 on floor to tie for first with Boise State's Hannah Redmon, who went on the win the all-around title. Joining Tschida on the first-team all-WAC list was sophomore Heather Heinrich's tied for third-place finish on beam with a 9.825.

Four other marks earned USU gymnasts second-team honors, led by freshman Nicole Simoneau, who was tied for fourth on bars with a 9.775, while junior Nicky Felley was fifth in the all-around with a 38.925 and was tied for sixth on beam with a 9.800. Freshman Jasmine Minion rounded out the Aggie honorees with a 9.800 on vault, good for a tie for sixth.

At the conclusion of the meet, Boise State's co-coaches of Neil Resnick and Tina Bird were named the WAC Coaches of the Year, while Hannah Redmon of Boise State was tabbed the both the WAC Gymnast of the Year and the WAC Freshman of the Year.

USU opened the six rotations on bars, as senior Katie Omann led off with a 9.650, while freshman teammate Chelsea Marquardt later posted a 9.675. Fellow freshman Nicole Simoneau closed out the rotation with a team-best 9.775, giving Utah State a 47.925 after one event.

The Aggies moved on to beam for the second rotation, as Felley opened with a season-high 9.800, just shy of her career-best 9.825. Freshman Lyndsie Boone followed with a 9.725, preceding Omann's 9.650 before Heinrich wrapped up USU's order with a season-best 9.825, also just shy of her career-high of 9.850. Utah State ended with a 48.550 on beam to tally a 96.475 after two rotations.

For the third rotation, USU had a bye, and the Aggies found themselves at the bottom of the six-team standings at the halfway point of the meet. Boise State led with a 98.175, followed by Sacramento State in second at 97.375, just ahead of Southern Utah's 96.325 for third. Cal State Fullerton was in fourth at 96.900, followed by San Jose State's 96.700 in fifth and Utah State's sixth-place 96.475 score.

USU migrated to floor for the fourth sequence, as senior Ana Rickard-Whitfield started things off with a 9.675, followed by Boone with a 9.800. Freshman Jasmine Minion later logged a 9.800, preceding a 9.700 from Felley then Tschida completed the rotation with a season-best 9.925, USU's highest score this season not only on floor but on a single event overall. The Aggies notched a 48.900 as a team on floor, tied for the third-best posting of the year in the event.

On vault for the fifth rotation and its final apparatus of the night, Utah State opened with a 9.675 from Boone, followed by a 9.750 from Felley. Omann then posted a season-best 9.775. Freshman Jackie Dillon was next with a 9.675, then Heinrich's 9.775 before Minion rounded out the event with a 9.800.

USU had its second bye of the night in the final rotation, ending with a 194.1, the Aggies' third-highest posting this season and Utah State had its five best scores of the season in the final five meets of the year.

REGIONAL HISTORY - In the 31-year history of the USU gymnastics program, the Aggies have qualified for regionals 26 times, with the highest finish coming in 1982 when the Aggies placed second and went on to the National Championships, where they placed ninth... USU's most recent appearance at the regional championships was in 2007 when the Aggies placed sixth at the North Central Regional meet.

IN THE NATION - Utah State gymnastics began the 2008 season ranked 33rd in the country according to the Troester Women's Preseason Coaches Poll, before falling as low as No. 46 in the Jan. 21 rankings. USU is at No. 38 in this week's RQS rankings.

Five USU opponents are ranked in this week's Top 25: No. 2 Utah (Feb. 22), No. 10 Oklahoma (Feb. 9), 13th-ranked Denver (Feb. 9 and Feb. 29), 16th-ranked Boise State (Jan. 11, Jan. 22, March 29) and No. 20 Kentucky (March 14)... Other Aggie opponents just outside the top 25 are No. 27 Southern Utah (Feb. 4, Feb. 22, March 21, March 29), 29th-ranked BYU (Feb. 15, March 10), No. 32 San Jose State (March 7 and March 29), 37th-ranked New Hampshire (Feb. 15), No. 35 Sacramento State (Jan. 18 and March 29)... Other USU opponents include 41st-ranked Texas Woman's (March 14), No. 43 Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 27 and March 29) and Air Force (Feb. 9).

ALL-WAC HONOREES - USU had five gymnasts earn all-WAC accolades this year, as senior Megan Tschida was co-WAC champ on floor to earn first-team recognition. Tschida notched a 9.925 on floor to tie for first. Joining Tschida on the first-team all-WAC list was sophomore Heather Heinrich's tied for third-place finish on beam with a 9.825.

Four other marks earned USU gymnasts second-team honors, led by freshman Nicole Simoneau, who was tied for fourth on bars with a 9.775, while junior Nicky Felley was fifth in the all-around with a 38.925 and was tied for sixth on beam with a 9.800. Freshman Jasmine Minion rounded out the Aggie honorees with a 9.800 on vault, good for a tie for sixth.

ACADEMIC ALL-WAC - Utah State had six gymnasts named academic all-Western Athletic Conference... Of the 13 Utah State student-athletes to be recognized by the WAC, six were gymnasts, including one who is receiving academic all-conference honors for the fourth straight year, one being honored for the third time, while two more are being honored for the second time in a row.

Nicki Felley, Jr., 3.28, Exercise Science ** Heather Heinrich, Jr., 3.57, Management Information Systems ** Katie Omann, Sr., 3.15, Exercise Science *** Kelly Patterson, Sr., 3.41, Biology * Megan Tschida, Sr., 3.14, Journalism * Ana Rickard-Whitfield, Sr., 3.37, Exercise Science **** * = number of times named academic all-conference

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE RETURNERS - The Aggies return four all-WAC honorees, in seniors Katie Omann (first-team vault) and Megan Tschida (first-team floor), junior Nicki Felley (second-team bars and floor) and sophomore Heather Heinrich (first-team vault). Tschida also earned WAC Specialist of the Week honors (Feb. 26, 2007).

Five Aggie returners also earned academic all-WAC accolades in seniors Katie Omann, Ana Rickard-Whitfield, junior Nicki Felley and sophomores Heather Heinrich and Devin Markle.

MINION TABBED WAC GYMNASTICS SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK - Utah State gymnast Jasmine Minion has been named the Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Specialist of the Week it was announced by the conference office on March 17, for the week of March 10-16.

Minion, a freshman from Memphis, Tenn. (Bolton HS) recorded a career-best 9.900 on floor at the Texas Woman's quad meet (3/14). The mark tied her for first in the event and is Utah State's first 9.900 on any event this season. Minion's 9.900 is the second-best mark on floor in the WAC this season and ranks as the fourth-highest score on floor in USU history. She becomes the 15th Aggie in school history to notch a 9.900 on floor. Minion also posted a career-best mark on vault with a 9.875, placing her third at BYU (3/10). The 9.875 on vault is the fourth-best mark in USU history as she becomes just the ninth athlete in USU history to post such a score on the apparatus. Minion's 9.875 on vault is the second-highest score in the WAC this season in the event, as she is the only second gymnast in the conference to post that score.

This is the first conference honor for a USU gymnast this season after having three gymnast of the week and two specialist of the week accolades last year.

2008 TEAM CAPTAINS - Seniors Kelly Patterson and Katie Omann along with junior Nicki Felley are serving as team captains. This is Patterson's third season in the position, while it is Omann's and Felley's first.

HEAD COACH RAY CORN - Ray Corn has created and maintained a tradition of success in his 31 years at Utah State, both in the gym and in the classroom.

As the only coach in USU's Division I gymnastics history, he has led the Aggies to the postseason 26 times, including five trips to the national championships. Corn owns an overall record of 442-444-2, with a regular-season record of 389-288-2.

Corn was named the Midwest Regional Coach of the Year in 1991, earned Big West Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1994 and was named Big West Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2001. He also earned Coach of the Year honors in the High Country Athletic Conference in 1986, 1987 and 1988 and was named WGC Coach of the Year in 2005.

Corn has coached three All-Americans, three Olympians, two World Championship competitors and had nine gymnasts qualify for the NCAA National Championships.

A GLANCE AT THE AGGIES ­

Lyndsie Boone - Posted a 9.350 (6th) on beam, a 9.400 (7th) on floor and a 9.575 (8th) on bars at the Boise State dual... Logged a then season-high 9.550 (5th) on floor, as well as an 8.900 (12th) on vault in the Sacramento State dual... Posted then season highs in all three events she competed in at the home dual with Boise State, 9.600 on both vault (10th) and floor (10th), as well as 9.550 on beam (9th)... In the win at Cal State Fullerton, she tallied a 9.650 on floor (8th), as well as 9.550 on vault (10th) and 9.475 on beam (4th)... In the dual at Southern Utah logged then-career-bests on vault 9.700 (8th) and beam 9.675 (5th), as well as scoring a 9.725 (7th) on floor... Also competed as an exhibitioner on bars, posting an 8.65... Competed in the all-around for the first time this season at the Denver quad meet and finished fifth with a 38.475... Also competed on bars officially for the first time this year and logged a 9.550 (14th), as well as tying a season-high on vault with a 9.700 (T-14th) in addition to scoring 9.700 on floor (T-15th) and 9.525 on beam (16th)... In the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet, she tied for 12th on vault (9.650) and was 13th on floor (9.625)... At the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet she notched a 9.700 (11th) on vault, 9.375 (16th) on floor and 9.050 (16th) on beam... Also an exhibitioner on bars, posting a 9.500... In the dual with Denver, she competed in the all-around for just the second time this season, posting a 38.250 to place third... She logged 9.800 (T-5th) on floor, 9.625 (T-9th) on vault, 9.500 (12th) on bars, 9.325 (7th) on beam... Tallied season-highs in the all-around in the San Jose State dual with 38.625 (4th), as well as 9.800 (T-4th) on floor and 9.675 on bars (T-8th), as well as tallying 9.600 (T-6th) on beam and 9.550 (T-10th) on vault... At the BYU dual, she tallied a season-highs 9.750 on both vault (9th) and beam (T-5th), as well as scoring a 9.625 on bars (10th) and a 9.000 (12th) on floor, to finish with a 38.125 (T-3rd) in the all-around... At the Texas Woman's quad meet, she notched a 9.725 on vault (T-13th), a 9.700 on floor (T-17th) and a 9.450 on beam (T-13th)... In the Southern Utah dual, she tallied 9.600's on both vault (T-9th) and beam (7th) as well as notching a 9.400 (10th) on floor... At the WAC Championships, she notched a 9.725 (T-13th) on beam, a 9.800 on floor (T-13th) and a 9.675 (T-27th) on vault.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed as a Level 10 gymnast for Randy Anderson at Scamps Gymnastics... Was a three-time national qualifier ... Placed seventh in all-around at 2007 Regionals, including third in vault... Won the all-around as well as the vault and beam at the Wisconsin Level 10 State Championships... Helped Scamps to five Wisconsin state titles... Graduated from Zion Benton High School with a 3.7 grade point average.

Nicki Felley - Was second in the all-around at Boise State, scoring a 36.775... Was tied for sixth on vault (9.600), ninth on floor (9.250), 10th on beam and 12th on bars (8.900) at the Boise State dual... Against Sac State, she posted 9.675 on beam (5th), 9.650 (T-5th) on bars, as well as tying season high with 9.600 (T-6th) on vault and scoring a 9.100 (11th) on floor, totaling a USU-best 38.025 (3rd) in the all-around... Won the all-around of the home Boise State dual with a season-high 38.775... Posted season-highs in three of the four events with a 9.775 (5th) on floor, 9.700 (7th) on vault and 9.675 (7th) on beam... Also had a 9.625 (9th) on bars... Captured top honors in the all-around for the second meet in a row with a 38.650... Matched a season-high on bars with a 9.650 (5th), as well as 9.750 on floor (T-4th), 9.650 on vault (8th) and 9.600 on beam (2nd)... Posted a career-best on bars 9.825 (6th) and a new season-high on vault with a 9.825, tying for second as well as placing 8th on beam (9.600), on floor 9.150 (12th) and in the all-around 38.400 (4th) at the Southern Utah dual... Was sixth in the all-around at the Denver quad with a 38.450, as well as logging 9.725 on vault (T-10th), 9.675 on bars (T-9th), 9.300 (19th) on beam and 9.750 (13th) on floor... Won the all-around in the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet with a 38.400... Also logged a season-high 9.825 (T-4th) on floor, as well as 9.700 on both vault (T-7th) and bars (T-6th) in addition to a 9.175 on beam (13th)... Tied for sixth (37.875) in the all-around at the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet, logging 9.625 (15th) on vault, 9.600 (T-14th) on bars, 9.125 (15th) on beam and 9.525 (13th) on floor... In the dual with Denver, tallied season-high of beam with a 9.750 (3rd) and tied a season-high with 9.825 (T-3rd) on floor, as well as a 9.575 (11th) on bars and 8.875 (12th) on vault, totaling a 38.025 (5th) in the all-around... In the San Jose State dual, logged 38.700 (3rd) in the all-around, posting 9.725's on both floor (T-6th) and bars (T-5th), 9.600 (T-7th) on vault and 9.600 (T-6th) on beam... At the BYU dual, she tied a season-high 9.750 on beam (T-5th) in addition to scoring 9.675 on bars (9th), 9.575 on floor (9th) and 9.125 on vault (12th) to tally a 38.125 in the all-around (T-3rd)... In her home state of Texas at the TWU quad meet, she scored a 9.800 on floor (11th), 9.700 on bars (T-10th) a 9.625 on vault (T-19th) and an 8.850 (24th) on beam, posting a 37.975 (7th) in the all-around... She registered a 38.350 (3rd) in the all-around in the SUU dual, posting a 9.800 (T-6th) on floor, 9.775 (T-5th) on bars, 9.625 (T-7th) on vault and a 9.150 (11th) on beam... At the WAC Championships, she earned second-team all-WAC accolades on both beam and in the all-around after placing tied for sixth on beam (9.800) and fifth in the all-around (38.925)... Was also tied for 17th on vault (9.750), 21st on bars (9.675) and tied for 23rd on floor (9.700).

LAST SEASON: Had a career-best 39.005 in the all-around at the WAC Championships (3/31)... Posted a career-high with a 9.875 on vault at home against Southern Utah (2/23), tying the 13th-best mark in USU history... Also tallied a career-best on the floor with a 9.900 at San Jose State with Boise State and Seattle Pacific (1/26), a mark that is tied for 19th in school history and tied for the best score for USU... Had season averages of 38.635 in all-around, 9.686 on floor exercise, 9.625 on vault, 9.325 on beam and 9.700 on bars... Her 9.700 bars average is the 14th-best single-season average in USU history... Earned second-team all-WAC honors by finishing sixth in the all-around at the WAC Championships with her career-best score of 39.050, after placing tied for fourth on bars (9.800), tied for sixth on floor (9.775), tied for eighth on beam (9.825) and 29th in vault (9.650)... Earned second-team all-WAC in bars and floor... Placed 12th at the NCAA North Central Regionals (38.375) after finishing 15th on beam (9.75), 34th on bars (9.525), 38th on vault (9.625) and 40th on floor (9.475)... Received academic all-WAC honors as well as the USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award.

Heather Heinrich - Was first in the all-around at Boise State, scoring a 36.875... Placed eighth on floor (9.350), ninth on vault (9.400) and tied for 10th on both bars (9.100) and beam (9.025)... In the Sac State dual, tallied 9.650 (4th) on vault and 9.600 (7th) on beam, as well as 8.950 (12th) on floor and 8.850 (12th) on bars, for a total of a 37.050 (6th) in the all-around, for a season high... Tallied season-highs in all three events she competed in at home against Boise State with a 9.800 (3rd) on beam, 9.750 (4th) on vault and 9.700 (7th) on bars... At Cal State Fullerton, she posted season-high 37.450 in all-around (3rd), as well as season-highs 9.775 (3rd) on vault and 9.450 (T-10th) on floor... Also scored 9.225 on beam (5th) and 9.000 on bars (12th)... Logged a year-high with a 38.275 in all-around including posting season-bests on vault with 9.825 (T-2nd), bars with a 9.725 (7th) and floor with a 9.525 (11th), also posting a 9.200 (11th) on beam... At the Denver quad, she was eighth in the all-around with a 37.675... Was also tied for fifth on vault (9.800), 15th on bars (9.525), 12th on beam (9.675) and 22nd on floor (8.675)... In the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet, she tied a season-high on bars with a 9.725 (T-4th), as well as scoring a 9.700 on beam (T-6th) and a 9.650 (T-12th) on vault... At the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet 9.775 (8th) on vault, 9.700 (T-10th) on bars and 9.700 (9th) on beam... In the Denver dual, she was fourth in the all-around (38.225) posting a season-high 9.825 on floor (T-3rd), as well as a 9.725 (6th) on vault, 9.675 (10th) on bars and 9.000 (10th) on beam... Had perhaps her best meet as an Aggie in the San Jose State dual, logging a career-high 39.000 in winning the all-around, as well as tying for first with a career-best 9.850 on floor... Also tied a career-best with a 9.750 (3rd) on bars and tallied a 9.600 (4th) on beam... At the BYU dual, tied her season-best on vault with a 9.825 (T-4th), while posting a 9.750 (7th) on floor, a 9.725 (T-7th) on beam and a 9.025 (12th) on bars, tallying a 38.325 (2nd) in the all-around... In the quad meet at Texas Woman's, tallied 9.750's on both vault (T-10th) and floor (T-13th), a 9.725 (T-7th) on bars and a 9.650 on beam (6th), finishing with a 38.875 (2nd) in the all-around... The SUU dual meet saw her post a 9.800 (1st) on vault, 9.650 (9th) on floor, 9.250 (T-9th) on beam and an 8.200 (12th) on bars for a 36.900 (5th) in the all-around... Earned first-team all-WAC on beam at the conference meet by placing tied for third with a 9.825... Also finished 11th in the all-around with a 37.900, posting a 9.775 (T-10th) on vault, 9.350 (30th) on floor and 8.950 (35th) on bars.

LAST SEASON: Had season-averages of 9.723 in vault, 9.646 on floor, 9.506 on bars, 9.452 on beam and 38.250 on all-around... The 9.723 average on vault is the 17th-best in school history... Posted a 9.850 on vault at the WAC Championships (3/31), a mark that ties for No. 21 on USU's best individual scores... Had a season-high 9.850 on beam against Southern Utah (2/23)... Posted a season-high 9.750 on floor at BYU and against Oregon State (3/9)... Also tallied a season-high 9.750 on bars vs. Minnesota (3/17)... Finished 10th in the all-around at the WAC Championships with a season-best 38.750, also placing tied for third in the vault with teammate Katie Omann (9.850) to earn first-team all-WAC honors, tied for 13th in the bars (9.725), tied for 19th on beam (9.750) and 30th on floor (9.425)... Was 10th at the NCAA North Central Regionals in the all-around (38.450), finishing tied for 29th on bars (9.650), tied for 23rd on beam (9.675), tied for 28th on floor (9.675) and 39th on vault (9.450).

Jasmine Minion - In the season-opener at Boise State, she was fourth on beam (9.45), fifth on vault (9.675) and 10th on floor exercise (8.900)... In the Sac State dual, she tied for first on vault (9.800) as well as finishing third on floor (9.625) and tied for eighth on beam (9.550)... Was named USU's Most Outstanding Gymnast of the meet of the Boise State dual, as she was second on floor with a season-high 9.850, as well as third on vault with a 9.775... Minion was also eighth on beam with a 9.625, her highest score in the event this year... At the Cal State Fullerton dual, Minion tallied not only a season-high but the fourth-highest score in school history on vault, winning the event with a 9.875... She also scored a 9.750 on floor (T-4th) and an 8.950 on beam (9th)... At Southern Utah, she won the vault with a 9.850, as well as logging a 9.775 on floor (6th) and an 8.650 on beam (12th)... Led USU with a 9.800 on floor at Denver quad, tying for eighth, as well as logging a 9.100 (22nd) on beam and a 9.025 (24th) on vault... Also had a 9.100 on bars as an exhibitioner... In the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet, posted a 9.825 (T-4th) on floor and a 9.775 (T-2nd) on vault... Did not compete at the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet with an injury... Posted a 9.800 on vault (3rd) in the Denver dual, as well as an 8.900 (11th) on beam... In the San Jose State dual, she tied for first in both the vault (9.825) and floor (9.850), tying a season-high on floor, as well as posting 9.600 (T-6th) on beam... In the dual with BYU, she posted season-high and USU season-best 9.875 on vault, placing third, also posted a 9.800 (T-4th) on floor and 9.650 (11th) on beam... At the Texas Woman's quad meet, scored 9.850 on vault (T-2nd) as well as 9.500 on beam (11th) and she recorded a career-best 9.900 on floor in tying for first, Friday at the Texas Woman's quad meet... The mark tied her for first in the event and is Utah State's first 9.900 on any event this season... Minion's 9.900 is the second-best mark on floor in the WAC this season and ranks as the fourth-highest score on floor in USU history... She becomes the 15th Aggie in school history to notch a 9.900 on floor... Minion was named the WAC Specialist of the Week on March 17... In the Southern Utah dual, she tallied a 9.875 on floor (2nd) and tied for first on vault (9.800)... Also posted a 9.475 (9th) on beam... At the WAC Championships, she earned second-team all-WAC on vault after tying for sixth (9.800)... Also notched a 9.800 (T-13th) on floor and a 9.550 (26th) on beam.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed as a Level 10 gymnast for Gus Vandervoot at River City Gymnastics... Placed eighth in the all-around at the Eastern Regionals, finishing first on floor exercise... Was 26th in all-around at 2006 Junior Olympic Nationals including eighth in vault... Was state champion at Level 7-9... Graduated from Bolton High School with a 3.1 grade point average.

Nicole Simoneau - Won the bars (9.800) at the Boise State dual, as well as 12th on beam (8.700)... Competed in the all-around in the Sac State dual for the only time this season, posting 37.650 (5th), winning the bars for the second meet in a row with a season-high 9.825... Also posted 9.575 on vault (9th), 9.175 (10th) on floor and 9.075 (12th) on beam... Logged a season-high 9.650 (9th) on vault in the home dual with Boise State, as well as 9.775 (4th) on bars and 8.600 (12th) on beam... Won the bars for the third meet this year by tying for first with a 9.800... Also posted a 9.600 on vault (9th)... At the Southern Utah dual, she tied for top honors on bars with a season-high 9.850... Tied season-high on bars with 9.850, tying for second at the Denver quad meet, as well as a 9.250 on beam (20th)... In the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet, she posted a season-high 9.750 (T-2nd) on beam, as well as a 9.800 on bars, tying for first... Was USU's highest finisher at the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet, tying for fourth on bars with a 9.825... Also logged a 9.650 (10th) on beam and a 9.625 (T-16th) on vault... In the dual with Denver, she won the bars with a season-high tying 9.850... Also scored an 8.250 on beam (12th)... Won the bars in the San Jose State dual, tying her season-high for the fourth time with a 9.850... At the BYU dual, she notched a 9.800 (T-3rd) on bars... In the quad meet at TWU, tallied a 9.825 (T-2nd)... In the Southern Utah dual she won the bars with a season-best 9.900, marking the eighth meet that she has taken top honors and the 12th posting of 9.800 or higher on bars in 13 meets... Earned second-team all-WAC recognition on bars after finishing tied for fourth (9.775) at the WAC Championships.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Competed as a Level 10 gymnast at Gymnastics Village for Ray Schumacher... A former National Elite... At the 2006 Junior Olympic National Championship she placed 21st in the all-around and fourth in the floor exercise... Was 35th at the 2005 Junior Olympic National Championships at Senior A Level 10 after placing 10th in 2004 at Junior C Level 10... Won state and regional championships... Graduated from Manchester Central High School.

Megan Tschida - Was USU's highest finisher on floor exercise at the Boise State dual, by tying for fourth (9.725), as well as finishing eighth on bars (9.450)... Won the floor exercise with a 9.850 in the dual with Sac State, as well as tying for eighth on beam (9.550) and ninth on bars (9.100)... In the home dual against Boise State, was fourth on floor (9.800), 11th on beam (9.000) and 11th on bars (8.700)... After not competing in the all-around since her freshman season of 2005, posted a 36.650 (4th) at CS Fullerton, including a season-high 9.550 on bars (8th) and a 9.850 on floor (2nd)... Also logged an 8.950 on vault (12th) and an 8.300 on beam (12th)... Tallied a 9.175 (12th) on vault and an 8.950 (12th) on bars at the Southern Utah dual... At the Denver quad meet, she logged a season-high 9.675 on vault (17th), as well as a 9.700 (T-15th) on floor and 9.350 on bars (18th)... In the BYU/New Hampshire tri-meet, she posted an individual and USU season-high 9.875 on floor in tying for first... Also placed 16th in both vault (9.575) and bars (8.900), as well as performing on beam as an exhibitioner (8.450)... At the Utah/Southern Utah tri-meet she tied a season-high with a 9.550 on bars (16th), as well as USU's highest finisher on floor at 10th (9.675) and also had an 8.375 (18th) on beam... In the Denver dual she tied for 11th on floor (9.600), in addition to being an exhibitioner on bars, posting a 9.700... In the dual with San Jose State, she tallied season-high 9.625 (5th) on beam, as well as 9.825 (3rd) on floor... Was also exhibitioner on bars, tallying a 9.600... At the BYU dual she tallied 9.650 on floor (8th) and 9.450 on beam (12th)... In the quad meet at Texas Woman's, posted 9.825 on floor (T-6th), 9.600 on bars (17th) and 9.450 on beam (T-13th)... On Senior Night in the SUU dual, she posted a then-season-high 9.900 in winning the floor, while also tallying season-best 9.775 on beam (4th) and a 9.025 (11th) on bars... Co-WAC Champion on floor at the conference meet, earning first-team all-WAC accolades, posting a season-high 9.925, bouncing back from a 9.150 (T-33rd) on bars and an 8.150 (36th) on beam.

LAST SEASON: Posted a season-best 9.900 on floor against Southern Utah (2/23), a mark that is the 19th-best in school history and tied for the season-best score for USU... Had a season average of 9.808 on floor... Earned WAC Specialist of the Week (2/26)... Placed third on floor at the WAC Championships (3/31) with a 9.825 to earn first-team all-WAC honors... Finished 39th on floor at the NCAA North Central Regionals (4/14) with a 9.550.