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1 PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA // PAC-12.COM // For Immediate Release // Tuesday, January, 13, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS All eight Pac-12 gymnastics teams have now officially started their 2015 seasons. The Conference is against other conferences with two of the losses coming against #13 STANFORD in the Nor- Cal Classic and two coming against the SEC. The Pac-12 is against the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and 2-0 against the Mountain Rim Conference. UCLA and OREGON STATE kicked off head-to-head Pac-12 action Monday night as the Bruins beat the Beavers This weekend will feature more nonconference action as several Pac-12 squads hit the road. Conference head-to-head action continues Monday as UCLA hosts #18 ARIZONA PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Arizona Arizona State California Oregon State Stanford UCLA Utah Washington NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) RANKINGS AS OF JAN. 12 RANK TEAM TEAM AVERAGE 1 Oklahoma L.S.U Florida Utah Michigan Alabama Georgia Nebraska Illinois-Champaign California Minnesota Arkansas Stanford Bowling Green Penn State Ohio State Denver Arizona George Washington Arizona State Auburn Michigan State Utah State Eastern Michigan Southern Utah UPCOMING SCHEDULE Fri., Jan. 16 WASHINGTON at North Carolina State 4 p.m. PT # 20 ARIZONA STATE at Kentucky 5 p.m. MT #18 ARIZONA vs.illinois-chigaco, Sacramento State, Wisconsin- Stout 7 p.m. MT #10 CALIFORNIA at San Jose State 7 p.m. PT Sat., Jan. 17 #4 UTAH vs. #24 So. Utah, Boise State, UC Davis 7 p.m. MT Sun., Jan. 18 #13 STANFORD at Penn 10 a.m. PT with Bridgeport OREGON STATE at Iowa State 12 p.m. PT with Southeast Missouri State Mon., Jan. 19 UCLA vs. #18 ARIZONA RECENT RESULTS 1 p.m. PT Fri., Jan. 9 #4 UTAH at BYU UTAH, #18 ARIZONA at #6 Alabama Alabama, #20 ARIZONA STATE vs. #24 Southern Utah ASU, #13 STANFORD at San Jose State STAN, #10 CALIFORNIA at Sacramento State CAL, Mon., Jan. 12 WASHINGTON vs. Kentucky Kentucky, UCLA at OREGON STATE UCLA,

2 PAC-12 VS. OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten Big East Atlantic Gymnastics League Eastern College Athetlic Mid-American Midwest Independent Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Mountain Rim Southeastern Western Athletic Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Independent Total-All WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SIDS ARIZ... Danielle Bracamonte...dbracamonte@ .arizona.edu ASU... Emmons...maggie.emmons@asu.edu CAL... Mara Rudolph...marar@berkeley.edu OSU... Jason Amberg...jason.amber@oregonstate.edu STAN... Greg Marsh... gbmarsh@stanford.edu UCLA... Liza David... ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu UTAH... Abel...label@huntsman.utah.edu WASH... Green...jgreen8@uw.edu PAC Liz Beadle... lbeadle@pac-12.org PAC-12 COACHES ARIZ... BILL RYDEN...17th season...ncaa Appearances: 2 ASU... RENE LYST... 1st season...ncaa Appearances: 0 CAL...JUSTIN HOWELL...3rd season...ncaa Appearances: 1 OSU... TANYA CHAPLIN...18th Season...NCAA Appearances: 10 STAN... KRISTEN SMYTH... 14th season...ncaa Appearances: 11 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL SAN FRANCISCO In a poll taken by the Conference s eight women s gymnastics coaches, UTAH was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2015 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference announced. The Utes received 46 points with five first-place votes and were also voted sixth in the national preseason coaches poll. UCLA tallied 43 points, receiving the remaining three first-place votes, and was tabbed second. Additionally, the Bruins came in fifth in the national preseason coaches poll. Utah takes over the top spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches poll from UCLA. The Bruins had dominated the top spot for the last three years. This season, Utah will be looking to repeat as Pac-12 champions after winning the title for the first time in STANFORD sits in third place with 39 points in the poll, followed by OREGON STATE and CALIFORNIA tied at fourth with 28 points each. Rounding out the poll were ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA STATE with 17, 13, and 10 points respectively. Seven of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the national top 25 preseason poll. Stanford joins UCLA and Utah in the top 10 with a 10th-place ranking, followed closely by 11th-ranked Oregon State. California, Arizona and Washington are ranked 14th, 21st, and 24th respectively. Arizona State also received votes in the national poll. UCLA...VALORIE KONDOS FIELD...25th Season...NCAA Appearances: 22 UTAH...GREG MARSDEN... 40th season...ncaa Appearances: 33 UTAH... MEGAN MARSDEN... 6th season...ncaa Appearances: 5 WASH... JOANNE BOWERS...9th Season...NCAA Appearances: 1 *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appearances made as coach of current school 2015 Pac-12 Women s Gymnastics Poll 1. Utah (5) UCLA (3) Stanford California Oregon State Arizona Washington Arizona State Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on the Pac-12 Networks, including the 2015 Pac-12 Championships on March 21, Visit for a full schedule of televised Pac- 12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 13,

3 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 gymnastics teams will see an unprecedented amount of television coverage this season. In the third year of Pac-12 Networks, 21 women s gymnastics meets will be televised on a national and regional basis. The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and six regional networks devoted solely to the Pac-12. In addition to the hundreds of live televised Pac-12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will have access to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere platform, which provides access to all Pac-12 Networks programming on any device through their broadband service. Jan. 12 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 23 Jan. 26 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 28 Mar. 2 Mar. 8 Mar. 21 UCLA at Oregon State...6 p.m. PT Kentucky at Washington...6 p.m. PT Arizona at UCLA...1 p.m. PT UCLA at Utah...4 p.m. MT Oregon State at Stanford...6 p.m. PT California at UCLA...10 a.m. PT Arizona State at Utah...4 p.m. MT Arizona at Oregon State...2 p.m. PT Stanford at California...12 p.m. PT Washington at UCLA...6 p.m. PT Utah at Washington...4 p.m. PT UCLA at Stanford...4 p.m. PT Arizona State at Arizona... 6 p.m. MT Stanford at Utah...5 p.m. MT Utah at Oregon State...7 p.m. PT UCLA at Arizona State...11 a.m. PT California at Arizona...4 p.m. MT Washington at Stanford...7 p.m. PT UC Davis at California...12 p.m. PT Pac-12 Championships p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES Golden Bears on a roll: For the first time since 1992, CALIFORNIA is off to a 5-0 start. The Golden Bears are also ranked at #10 in the most recent national rankings, based on average team score. CALIFORNIA hopes to continue their success Friday at San Jose State. UTAH in the top 5 nationally in every event: The Utes are ranked in the top 5 in the country in team average (#4), vault (#5), bars (#4), beam (#3) and floor (#3).UTAH s home opener is this Friday as they host Boise State, Southern Utah, and UC-Davis. 5 Pac-12 gymnastics teams ranked: Five Pac-12 gymnastics teams are ranked in the most recent national top 25: #4 UTAH, #10 CALIFORNIA, #13 STANFORD, #18 ARIZONA, and #20 ARIZONA STATE. The rankings are based on average team score. The three Pac-12 teams that are not ranked had not yet competed by the time the rankings came out on Mon., Jan. 12. Pac-12 gymnastics on tour: Several Pac-12 gymnastics teams will hit the road this weekend to play teams all over the country. On Friday, WASHINGTON travels to Raleigh, N.C. to take on North Carolina State, #20 ARIZONA STATE travels to Lexington, Ky. to take on Kentucky, and #10 CALIFORNIA heads south to San Jose, Calif. to take on Sam Jose State. On Sunday, #13 STANFORD will go to Philadelphia to take on Penn and Bridgeport while OREGON STATE heads to Ames, Iowa to compete against Iowa State and Southeast Missouri State. TWITTER Follow Pac-12 women s gymnastics teams on Twitter for all the latest news! Arizona Oregon ROSTER BREAKDOWN School FR SO JR SR Grad Total ARIZ ASU CAL WEEKLY PAC-12 GYMNASTICS HONORS UTAH s Tory Wilson named Gymnast of the Week ARIZONA s Jessie Sisler named Specialist of the Week STANFORD s Elizabeth Price named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week San Francisco The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 women s gymnastics weekly honors for the week of Jan UTAH s Tory Wilson was named the Gymnast of the Week, ARIZONA s Jessie Sisler was voted Specialist of the Week, and STANFORD s Elizabeth Price was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. The Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year in 2014, Tory Wilson is off to a strong start in her senior season. In Utah s season-opening meet with BYU, Wilson won the all-around (39.450), vault (9.925) and floor (9.900) to lead the Utes to their best season-opening score in 10 years and a win. Wilson also scored as Utah s leadoff on beam and scored a on the bars. Arizona junior Jessie Sisler earned Specialist of the Week honors for her work on the beam in the Wildcats season-opening loss at No. 4 Alabama. Sisler won first place on the beam with a score of 9.950, a personal-best score on the event. Stanford freshman Elizabeth Price earned Freshman/Newcomer of the week honors for her performance in the NorCal Classic at San Jose State on Jan. 4. A 2012 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, Price claimed individual victories in both of her events, scoring on bars and on vault. Her two meet-best routines helped Stanford claim its first victory of the season and Price s first as a collegiate gymnast. Price has claimed victories in all three of the events she s competed in so far this season. A gymnast of the week has been selected every week of the season since The Specialist of the Week award was added in It is the third year for Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. For more information including a complete television schedule please visit Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: Allie Salas, ASU; Ivana Hong, STAN; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Allison Flores; ARIZ Special Performance of the Week: Georgia Dabritz, UTAH; Becky Wing, STAN; Natasha Sundby, ASU Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Madison Cindric, ARIZ PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 13,

2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 0-1 // Pac-12: 0-0 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-0 // Pac-12: 0-0 9 at Alabama L, 196.225-194.3753 16 vs.

Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 28 vs. California* P12N 6 p.m. MT 6 at Michigan State 4 p.m. MT with Eastern Michigan 8 at Texas Women s 11 a.m. MT 14 vs. Denver 4 p.m. MT All times Mountian Time. 9 vs.

4 2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 0-1 // Pac-12: 0-0 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-0 // Pac-12: at Alabama L, vs. Illinois-Chigaco, Sacramento State, Wisconsin- Stout 7 p.m. MT 19 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT 24 at Washington* 5 p.m. MT 31 vs. Utah* 4 p.m. MT 7 at Oregon State* P12N 3 p.m. MT 16 vs. Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 28 vs. California* P12N 6 p.m. MT 6 at Michigan State 4 p.m. MT with Eastern Michigan 8 at Texas Women s 11 a.m. MT 14 vs. Denver 4 p.m. MT All times Mountian Time. 9 vs. Southern Utah W, at Kentucky 5 p.m. MT 25 at California* 3 p.m. MT with San Jose State, Denver 31 vs. Stanford* 7 p.m. MT 6 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. MT 16 at Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. MT 20 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. MT 28 vs. UCLA* P12N 12 p.m. MT 6 at Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT 13 vs. Air Force 7 p.m. MT All times Mountain Time. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Overall: 5-0 // Pac-12: 1-0 OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 0-1 // Pac-12: at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 1st, with Stanford*, San Jose State and Sacramento State 9 at Sacramento State W, at San Jose State 7 p.m. PT 25 vs. Arizona State*, San Jose State, Denver 2 p.m. PT 1 at UCLA* P12N 6 p.m. PT 8 vs. Stanford* P12N 12 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. PT 21 at Washington* 7 p.m. PT with Seattle Pacific 28 at Arizona* P12N 5 p.m. PT 8 vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m PT 13 at Southern Utah TBA 12 vs. UCLA* P12N L, at Iowa State 12 p.m. PT with Southeast Missouri State 26 at Stanford* P12N 6 p.m. PT 30 vs. Washington*, Hamline, Sacramento State 7 p.m. PT 7 vs. Arizona* P12N 2 p.m. PT 13 at California* 7 p.m. PT 20 at Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT 27 vs. Utah* P12N 7 p.m. PT 7 at Nebraska 4 p.m PT 14 vs. San Jose State, Lindenwood, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 13,

2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: 1-3-1 // Pac-12: 0-1 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 1-0 // Pac-12: 1-0 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 4th, 193.

m. PT 14 vs. UCLA* P12N 4 p.m. PT 21 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 2 vs. Washington* P12N 7 p.m PT 7 at UCLA* 4 p.m. PT 12 at Oregon State* P12N W, 196.000-195.450 19 vs. Arizona* P12N 1 p.m. PT 23 at Utah* P12N 5 p.

5 2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: // Pac-12: 0-1 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 1-0 // Pac-12: at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 4th, with California*, San Jose State, and Sacramento State 9 at San Jose State W, at Penn 10 a.m. PT with Bridgeport 26 vs. Oregon State* P12N 6 p.m. PT 31 at Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT 8 at California* P12N 12 p.m. PT 14 vs. UCLA* P12N 4 p.m. PT 21 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 2 vs. Washington* P12N 7 p.m PT 7 at UCLA* 4 p.m. PT 12 at Oregon State* P12N W, vs. Arizona* P12N 1 p.m. PT 23 at Utah* P12N 5 p.m. PT 1 vs California* P12N 10 a.m. PT 9 vs. Washington* P12N 6 p.m. PT 14 at Stanford* P12N 4 p.m. PT 21 vs. Nebraska, Sacramento State, Bridgeport 4 p.m. PT 28 at Arizona State* P12N 11 a.m. PT 7 vs. Stanford* 4 p.m. PT 7 at Arkansas 5 p.m. PT UTAH UTES Overall: 1-0 // Pac-12: 0-0 WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 0-1 // Pac-12: at BYU W, vs. So. Utah, Boise State, UC Davis 7 p.m. MT 23 vs UCLA* P12N 6 p.m. MT 31 at Arizona* 4 p.m. MT 6 vs. Arizona State* P12N 6 p.m. MT 14 at Washington* P12N 5 p.m. MT 21 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 at Oregon State* P12N 8 p.m. MT 6 vs. Michigan 7 p.m. MT 14 at Georgia 1 p.m. MT All times Moutain Time. 12 vs. Kentucky P12N L, at North Carolina State 4 p.m. PT 24 vs. Arizona* 4 p.m. PT 30 at Oregon State* 7 p.m. PT with Sacramento State, Hamline 9 at UCLA* P12N 6 p.m. PT 14 vs. Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 21 vs. California*, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT 2 at Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. PT 16 vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT 13 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 13,

SEVEN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SQUADS RANKED IN TOP

SEVEN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SQUADS RANKED IN TOP PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 // PAC-12.COM // 415.580.4200 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, January, 20, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.org)