THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS

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, March 3, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.org) THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS For the seventh week in a row, seven of eight Pac-12 gymnastics squads are ranked in the Top 25 nationally. #4 UTAH remains undefeated after defeating #15 OREGON STATE in Corvallis for the first time since 2009. The Utes are led by senior Georgia Dabritz, who is currently ranked second in the nation on vault, first on bars, and fifth on the floor. UTAH will host Michigan on Friday in a battle of top five squads. Note on Pac-12 Championships: The 2015 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships have been relocated from Arizona State University to the University of Utah. Tickets for the Mar. 21 event are available at utahtickets. com. Those who previously purchased tickets through Arizona State are encouraged to contact sparkycares@ asu.edu for assistance. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Fri., Mar. 6 #19 ARIZONA at #23 Michigan State 3 p.m. PT with Eastern Michigan #4 UTAH vs. #5 Michigan 6 p.m. PT ARIZONA STATE at #21 Southern Utah 6 p.m. PT #25 WASHINGTON vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT Sat., Mar. 7 #15 OREGON STATE at #7 Nebraska 4 p.m. PT #13 STANFORD at #8 UCLA 4 p.m. PT Sun., Mar. 8 #20 CALIFORNIA vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m. PT #19 ARIZONA at Texas Women s University 10 a.m.pt RECENT RESULTS Fri., Feb. 27 #4 UTAH at #15 OREGON STATE UTAH, 196.875-195.750 Sat., Feb. 28 #8 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE UCLA, 197.350-194.250 #20 CALIFORNIA at #19 ARIZONA ARIZ, 196.425-196.100 Mon., Mar. 2 #25 WASHINGTON at #13 STANFORD STAN, 197.525-196.125 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Utah 6 0 1.000 10 0 1.000 UCLA 6 1.857 9 1.900 California 4 3.571 13 3.813 Arizona 3 3.500 6 4.600 Stanford 3 4.429 5 6.455 Oregon State 3 4.429 7 4.636 Washington 1 5.166 6 6.500 Arizona State 0 6.000 1 10.091 NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) RANKINGS AS OF MAR. 2 RANK TEAM REGIONAL QUALIFYING SCORE 1 Oklahoma 197.740 2 L.S.U. 197.485 3 Florida 197.455 4 Utah 197.295 5 Michigan 197.065 6 Alabama 197.055 7 Nebraska 196.840 8 UCLA 196.785 9 Auburn 196.745 10 Georgia 196.720 11 Penn State 196.200 12 Illinois-Champaign 196.195 13 Stanford 196.175 14 Boise State 196.165 15 Oregon State 196.150 16 Minnesota 196.010 17 Denver 195.935 18 Arkansas 195.910 19 Arizona 195.860 20 California 195.845 21 Southern Utah 195.725 22 Kentucky 195.555 23 Michigan State 195.550 24 Missouri 195.460 25 Washington 195.395 - Iowa 195.395

PAC-12 VS. OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten... 1-0-0 Big 12... 1-0-0 East Atlantic Gymnastics League... 1-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic... 2-0-0 Mid-American... 0-0-0 Midwest Independent... 2-0-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... 14-3-1 Mountain Rim... 5-1-0 Southeastern... 0-4-0 Western Athletic... 0-0-0 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic... 4-0-0 Independent... 0-0-0 Total-All... 30-8-1 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SIDS ARIZ...www.arizonawildcats.com... Danielle Bracamonte...dbracamonte@email.arizona.edu... 520-227-8238 ASU...www.thesundevils.com...Maggie Emmons...maggie.emmons@asu.edu... 480-584-9591 CAL...www.calbears.com... Mara Rudolph...marar@berkeley.edu... 510-643-5846 OSU... www.osubeavers.com... Jason Amberg...jason.amber@oregonstate.edu... 541-230-0706 STAN... www.gostanford.com... Greg Marsh... gbmarsh@stanford.edu... 650-736-7635 UCLA... www.uclabruins.com... Liza David... ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu... 310-621-8398 UTAH... www.utahutes.cstv.com...liz Abel...label@huntsman.utah.edu... 801-581-3511 WASH... www.gohuskies.com...justin Green...jgreen8@uw.edu... 801-473-7376 PAC-12... www.pac-12.com... Liz Beadle... lbeadle@pac-12.org... 415-549-2858 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 WEEKLY PAC-12 GYMNASTICS HONORS UCLA s Samantha Peszek named Gymnast of the Week UTAH s Georgia Dabritz named Specialist of the Week UCLA s Christine Peng-Peng Lee named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 women s gymnastics weekly honors for the week of Feb. 24 -- Mar. 1. UCLA s Samantha Peszek was named the Gymnast of the Week, UTAH s Georgia Dabritz was voted Specialist of the Week, and UCLA s Christine Peng-Peng Lee was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. UCLA redshirt senior Samantha Peszek earned gymnast of the week honors for the third time this season after her performance in No. 8 UCLA s road win over ARIZONA STATE on Feb. 28. Peszek tied for first place on the vault with a career-high-tying score of 9.95, marking her fourth vault title of the year and helping the Bruins earn their highest vault score of the season. Pezek also earned second place finishes on beam (9.925) and bars (9.9). Nationally, she is currently the ranked 13th on vault, 11th on bars, and fifth on beam. UTAH senior Georgia Dabritz earned Special Performance of the Week honors for the second week in a row for her performance in the No. 4 Utes victory at No. 15 OREGON STATE. Dabritz picked up her 20th win of the season after victories on bars (9.95) and floor (9.925) to help the Utes win in Corvallis for the first time since 2009. Dabritz is currently ranked second in the nation on vault, first on bars, and fifth on the floor. UCLA redshirt sophomore Christine Peng-Peng Lee, who missed competition the last two seasons due to injuries, earned Newcomer of the Week honors for the second week in a row this week. In the Bruins meet with Arizona State, Lee won the bars for the fifth time this season, scoring her second-consecutive 9.95 on the event as UCLA totaled its second-highest bars score of the year. Additionally, Lee tied for third on both the beam (9.85) and the vault (9.875), marking her career-best vault score. She now ranks fifth in the nation on the bars. Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: Madeline Gardiner, OSU; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Allison Flores, ARIZ Special Performance of the Week: Lexi Mills, ARIZ; Chelsea Tang, OSU; Jordan Williams, UCLA 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 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Victoria Ortiz, ARIZ; Dani Dessaints, OSU PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 2

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......1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT Arizona: @AZGymnastics Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics California: @calwgym Oregon State: @OregonStateGym TWITTER Utah: @UtahGymnastics Washington: @UWGymnastics UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics Stanford: @StanfordWGYM ROSTER BREAKDOWN School FR SO JR SR Grad Total ARIZ 3 3 4 4 0 14 ASU 0 4 5 3 0 12 CAL 4 8 3 2 0 17 OSU 2 5 4 5 0 16 STAN 1 6 4 4 0 15 UCLA 7 7 3 2 1 20 UTAH 4 1 4 4 0 13 WASH 6 6 1 3 0 16 UTAH VOTED PRE-SEASON FAVORITE 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 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 2014. 2015 Pac-12 Women s Gymnastics Preseason CoachesPoll 1. Utah (5)... 46 2. UCLA (3)... 43 3. Stanford... 39 4. California... 28 Oregon State... 28 6. Arizona... 17 7. Washington... 13 8. Arizona State... 10 PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES UCLA and STANFORD to close out regular season Conference schedule: In the last regular season Pac-12 Conference meet of 2015, the #13 ranked Cardinal will travel to Los Angeles to take on the #8 Bruins. Both STANFORD and UCLA are coming off season-high team scores. This past week, STANFORD scored a 197.525 to beat #25 WASHINGTON and UCLA scored a 197.350 to defeat ARIZONA STATE. Pac-12 to face non-conference foes: This coming weekend, several Pac-12 squads will take on top-ranked non-conference opponents. #4 UTAH takes on #5 Michigan, #19 ARIZONA will face #23 Michigan State, ARIZONA STATE will travel to #21 Southern Utah, and #15 OREGON STATE will take on #7 Nebraska. Note on Pac-12 Championships: The 2015 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships have been relocated from Arizona State University to the University of Utah. Tickets for the Mar. 21 event are available at utahtickets.com. Those who previously purchased tickets through Arizona State are encouraged to contact sparkycares@asu.edu for assistance. Berkeley Regional tickets now on sale: Tickets for the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Berkeley Regional are on sale now at CalBears. com. The meet will take place April 4 and feature six teams contenting for a berth to the NCAA national championship. 2015 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Tory Wilson, UTAH Jessie Sisler, ARIZ Elizabeth Price, STAN Jan. 19 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Ivana Hong, STAN Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Jan. 26 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Corrie Lothrop, UTAH Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 2 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 9 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Tory Wilson, UTAH Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 16 Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Taylor Rice, STAN Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 23 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA Mar. 2 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 3

2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 6-4 // Pac-12: 3-3 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-10 // Pac-12: 0-6 9 at Alabama L, 196.225-194.3753 16 vs. Illinois-Chigaco, Sacramento State, Wisconsin-Stout 1st, 195.250 19 at UCLA* L, 195.975-195.300 24 at Washington* W, 196.050-195.950 31 vs. Utah* L, 197.850-196.375 7 at Oregon State* L, 196.250-195.100 16 vs. Arizona State* W, 196.625-195.375 28 vs. California* W, 196.425-196.100 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, 194.2 193.925 16 vs. Kentucky and LSU 3rd, 194.400 25 at California* 4th, 192.650 with San Jose State, Denver 31 vs. Stanford* L, 196.525-193.775 6 at Utah* L, 197.825-194.100 16 at Arizona* L, 196.625-195.375 20 vs. Oregon State* L, 196.275-193.475 28 vs. UCLA* L, 197.350-194.250 6 at Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT 13 vs. Air Force 7 p.m. MT All times Mountain Time. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Overall: 13-3 // Pac-12: 4-3 OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 7-4 // Pac-12: 3-4 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 1st, 195.175 with Stanford*, San Jose State and Sacramento State 9 at Sacramento State W, 194.875-194.250 16 vs. San Jose State, UW-LaCrosse 1st, 194.875 25 vs. Arizona State*, San Jose State, Denver 1st, 195.900 1 at UCLA* L, 196.800-195.425 8 vs. Stanford* W, 195.475-195.325 13 vs. Oregon State* L, 197.250-196.225 21 at Washington* 1st, 196.600 with Seattle Pacific 28 at Arizona* L, 196.425-196.100 8 vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m PT 13 at Southern Utah TBA 12 vs. UCLA* L, 196.000-195.450 18 at Iowa State 1st, 195.975 with Southeast Missouri State 26 at Stanford* L, 197.000-196.450 30 vs. Washington*, Hamline, Sacramento State 2nd, 195.800 7 vs. Arizona* W, 196.250-195.100 13 at California* W, 197.250-196.225 20 at Arizona State* W, 196.275-193.475 27 vs. Utah* L, 196.875-195.750 7 at Nebraska 4 p.m PT 14 vs. San Jose State, Lindenwood, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 4

2014 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: 5-6-1 // Pac-12: 3-4 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 9-1 // Pac-12: 6-1 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 4th, 193.450 with California*, San Jose State, and Sacramento State 9 at San Jose State W, 196.275-193.175 18 at Penn W, 195.950-189.575 26 vs. Oregon State* W, 197.000-196.450 31 at Arizona State* W, 196.525-193.775 8 at California* L, 195.475-195.325 14 vs. UCLA* L, 197.075-196.225 21 at Utah* L, 198.050-195.900 2 vs. Washington* W, 197.525-196.125 7 at UCLA* 4 p.m. PT 12 at Oregon State* W, 196.000-195.450 19 vs. Arizona* W, 195.975-195.300 23 at Utah* L, 196.725-194.725 1 vs California* W, 196.800-195.425 9 vs. Washington* W, 197.000-194.500 14 at Stanford* W, 197.075-196.225 21 vs. Nebraska, Sacramento State, Bridgeport 1st,197.050 28 at Arizona State* W, 197.350-194.250 7 vs. Stanford* 4 p.m. PT 13 at Arkansas 5 p.m. PT UTAH UTES Overall: 10-0 // Pac-12: 6-0 WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 6-6 // Pac-12: 1-5 9 at BYU W, 196.900-193.350 16 vs. So. Utah, Boise State, UC Davis 1st, 196.675 23 vs UCLA* W, 196.725-194.725 31 at Arizona* W, 197.850-196.375 6 vs. Arizona State* W, 197.825-194.100 14 at Washington* W, 197.025-195.650 21 vs. Stanford* W, 198.050-195.900 27 at Oregon State* W, 196.875-195.750 6 vs. Michigan 7 p.m. MT 14 at Georgia 1 p.m. MT All times Moutain Time. 12 vs. Kentucky L, 194.875-194.325 16 at North Carolina State W, 195.550-194.150 24 vs. Arizona* L, 196.050-195.950 30 at Oregon State* 1st, 196.300 with Sacramento State, Hamline 9 at UCLA* L, 197.000-194.500 14 vs. Utah* L, 197.025-195.650 21 vs. California*, Seattle Pacific 2nd, 195.325 2 at Stanford* L, 197.525-196.125 6 vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT 13 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 5