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Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards - March 1, 2022

Mar 1, 2022

Gymnast of the Week: Hannah Scharf, Jr., Arizona State (Seal Beach, Calif.)

  • Helped ASU beat previously undefeated Cal, as Scharf won the all-around with a career-high 39.575 for her third all-around title of the season.
  • Also won the beam with a career-high 9.950 on beam, the highest beam score by any Gym Devil this season.
  • Matched her personal best on vault with a 9.900.
  • Has scored a 9.800 or better in all but three routines this season.
  • Pushed the Sun Devils to their second-highest score of the season and a season high vault score of 49.350.
  • Second Pac-12 weekly honor this season (Coaches Choice - Feb. 22).

Freshman of the Week: Jade Carey, Fr., Oregon State (Phoenix, Ariz.)

  • Tied her career-high all-around score of 39.825 in victory over then-No. 19 Stanford, tying her Oregon State record that she set earlier this season against Arizona State on Feb. 5.
  • Claimed titles in all five individual events; all-around (39.825), vault (9.95), bars (9.95), beam (9.925) and floor (10.0).
  • Perfect 10 on floor was her second on the event and third during her career after scoring a 10.0 on bars against ASU.
  • Now holds the top four OSU's program all-around scores and seven of the eight top all-around scores after only competing seven times during her career.
  • Third straight Freshman of the Week honor and fifth of the season.

Specialist of the Week: Kaitlyn Yanish, G-Sr., Oregon State (Gilbert, Ariz.)

  • In her final home meet of her career, super senior Yanish guided the Beavers to a 197.225-195.05 victory over then-No. 19 Stanford on Friday evening, as Oregon State concluded its home slate 7-0 this season.
  • Yanish began the night by posting a 9.825 on vault to finish third overall before her Beaver Nation farewell floor exercise of 9.95.
  • With her first pass of a double layout split, her floor routine boasted second in the meet behind teammate Jade Carey's Perfect 10. The 9.9 score is her fourth of the season on the event.
  • The senior also was recently nominated for the prestigious AAI award.

Coaches Choice: Elena Deets, So., Arizona (Maple Grove, Minn.)

  • Earned a career highs on bars (9.90) and tied her career high on floor (9.85) to help Arizona beat Utah for the first time.
  • Competed on floor for the first time this season due to a preseason injury and tied her career best of 9.85.
  • Followed a fall on bars with a career best 9.90 to help the GymCats earn a season best 49.200 on the event.
  • Her 9.85 performance on floor helped the GymCats earn a 49.300 on the event to push them to a season best score of 196.850 to win the meet.

2022 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards

  Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Coaches Choice
Jan. 11 Cristal Isa, Utah Jaedyn Rucker, Utah Amelie Morgan, Utah Jillian Hoffman, Utah
Jan. 18 Kyla Bryant, Stanford Sage Thompson, Utah Grace McCallum, Utah Wesley Stephenson, Stanford
Jan. 25 Jade Carey, Oregon State Jillian Hoffman, Utah Jade Carey, Oregon State Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, Washington
Feb. 1 Maile O'Keefe, Utah Cristal Isa, Utah Jade Carey, Oregon State Emi Watterson, California
Feb. 8 Jade Carey, Oregon State Jordan Chiles, UCLA Maile O'Keefe, Utah Madi Dagen, Oregon State
Feb. 15 Jade Carey, Oregon State Jaedyn Rucker, Utah Jade Carey, Oregon State Jillian Hoffman, Utah
Feb. 22 Emily White, Arizona State Cristal Isa, Utah Jade Carey, Oregon State Hannah Scharf, Arizona State
March 1 Hannah Scharf, Arizona State Kaitlyn Yanish, Oregon State Jade Carey, Oregon State Elena Deets, Arizona