2023 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships Bracket | Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Record Book

SAN FRANCISCO - After an exciting round of NCAA Regionals saw six of eight Pac-12 women’s gymnastics squads qualify for Regional Finals, the most by any conference, three of those teams advanced to this week's 2023 NCAA Championships, set for April 13 & 15 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Utah, California and UCLA will all represent the conference as part of the final eight teams at Nationals, with the three teams matching the most for the Pac-12 since the NCAA's format change to the postseason in 2019. The league will also have three individuals at the event as Arizona State's Hannah Scharf and Stanford's Chloe Widner will compete in the all-around and Oregon State's Jade Carey will compete on beam.

The championships will begin with two semifinals sessions on Thursday, April 13 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT and 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, both airing live on ESPN2. The final eight teams were re-seeded and placed in the two semifinals with the first semifinal featuring No. 3 Florida, No. 4 California, No. 6 LSU and No. 8 Denver. Stanford's Widner will also compete in this session. The second semifinal includes top-seeded and defending champion Oklahoma, No. 2 Utah, No. 5 UCLA and No. 7 Kentucky. ASU's Scharf and OSU's Carey are both in the second session. The top two teams from each session will move onto the finals, which will be on Saturday, April 15 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT live on ABC. Thursday's events will also determine the individual national champions. Gymnasts with the highest scores on each of the four events and the all-around will be crowned. Titles can be shared should multiple routines be given the same score.

2023 NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS (April 13 & 15)

• Second-seeded Utah turned in a superb performance in Los Angeles, posting back-to-back scores of 198-plus to pick up a third straight NCAA Regional title. It was the first time in program history the Utes had posted consecutive scores of 198. The win clinched the Utes' 47th consecutive National Championship appearance as the Red Rocks are the only program in the nation to qualify for every national championship. Utah has now won 34 regional titles (30 NCAA) and have finished second the other 13 years. After third-place finishes at the last two National Finals, the Utes are looking to break through and win their first national title since 1995. Overall, Utah has won nine NCAA Championships and 10 total national titles (1981 AIAW), while finishing as the NCAA runner-up eight times.
  • Seniors Jaedyn Rucker and two-time Pac-12 Specialist of the Year Maile O'Keefe both hit perfect 10s during Regional competition. Rucker scored two consecutive 10.0s on vault in the second round and in the final, becoming the first Utah gymnast to score a 10.0 on vault in NCAA postseason history. O'Keefe recorded her fourth 10.0 of the season on beam in the second round, improving her own school record for most 10.0s on beam in a single season (4) and in a career (8).
• Competing at home as the top seed in the Los Angeles Regional, UCLA finished in second behind the Utes to claim the second advancing spot as the Bruins will be making their first NCAA Championship appearance since 2019 as the fifth seed. UCLA has won seven NCAA championships overall with the most recent one coming in 2018. The Bruins have now qualified for 36 of the 41 NCAA Championships and a second since the new eight-team format was introduced in 2019.
  • With a score of 197.925 in the LA Regional Final at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins came up short of the Regional title, but the night was highlighted by 2023 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Selena Harris earning her first career Perfect 10 on vault to tie for first on the event with Utah's Rucker. The score also helped Harris win the Regional all-around title with a 39.750, tying her career high. Harris wasn't the only Bruin to earn a Perfect 10 on the night with teammate Jordan Chiles scoring her fourth 10.0 of the season as she captured the floor title and took second behind Harris in the all-around with a 39.725.
• After ending the regular season with the program's highest two scores of 198-plus in program history and its highest score all-time at the Pac-12 Championships, California continued to make history this year. The Bears won their first ever Regional title at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional after posting a score of 198.075, the highest score of any team in the Regional final round. It marked the highest road and postseason score all time for the Bears and the third-highest score all-time, while Cal was one of only three teams to place first in both the semifinal and final round of its Regional. The Bears, seeded fourth, will be making just their fifth appearance in program history in the NCAA National Championships this week and the second time in the last three years after finishing seventh in 2021.
  • Freshman eMjae Frazier broke the program record in the all-around with a 39.750 to finish as the runner up. What's even more impressive is the Bears won the regional title after ending the first rotation in fourth and the second rotation in third before mounting a comeback as every routine on both beam and floor scored a 9.9 or better to push Cal to the victory. 
• The Pac-12 will also have three individual competitors vying for event titles on Thursday. While the Beavers and Sun Devils came up just short in their respective Regional Finals, Olympian Jade Carey will represent Oregon State on beam and senior Hannah Scharf will represent Arizona State in the all-around competition. Stanford senior Chloe Widner will also be competing in the all-around. Scharf and Widner both recently announced they will be returning for a fifth year next season. Widner will be in the first semifinal and Carey and Scharf will both be in the second. Carey, who finished second in the uneven bars and fourth in the all-around at last year's national finals, led the country in the all-around all season but unfortunately did not qualify to compete in it at this year's championships. Scharf is at nationals for a second time in her career after she competed as an individual in the all-around in 2021, earning All-America Second Team honors on the bars. Widner will be competing in her first NCAA Championships.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE 

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS IN THE NCAA POSTSEASON

• For the second straight year and second time in Pac-12 history, every program advanced to NCAA Regionals. Six of eight Pac-12 teams went on to advance to Regional Finals, the most of any conference in the country in 2023.
• Pac-12 teams have won 16 total NCAA Championships with UCLA owning seven and Utah with the other nine. The Bruins were the last Pac-12 squad to win the NCAA title, taking first in 2018. UCLA also won in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2010. All of Utah's titles came before they joined the Pac-12 in 2012, the last one coming in 1995. 
• This is the second time since the NCAA revamped the bracket to an eight-team final in 2019 that the Pac-12 has had three teams advance to the National Finals. UCLA, Utah and Oregon State were the three conference representatives in 2019.

WCGA REGULAR SEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Pac-12 women’s gymnastics saw 12 student-athletes earn WCGA Regular Season All-America honors, the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced Thursday. Nine of the 12 received first-team status, while the 12 collected a total of 26 awards among first-and-second-team honors in the all-around and the vault, bars, beam and floor events. 

• Oregon State: 
  • Jade Carey - First Team (All-Around, Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor)
• UCLA: 
  • Jordan Chiles - First Team (All-Around, Vault, Bars, Floor)
  • Selena Harris - First Team (All-Around,); Second Team (Vault, Bars, Beam)
  • Chae Campbell - Second Team (Vault, Floor)
• Utah:
  • Jaedyn Rucker - Second Team (Vault)
  • Maile O’Keefe - First Team (Beam)
  • Kara Eaker - First Team (Beam)
  • Cristal Isa - Second Team (Beam)
• California:
  • Andi Li - First Team (Bars); Second Team (All-Around)
  • Mya Lauzon - First Team (Vault, Beam); Second Team (Floor)
  • Maddie Williams - First Team (Bars)
  • eMjae Frazier - First Team (Floor)

2023 PAC-12 HONORS

The Pac-12 Conference announced the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics All-Conference honors and Annual Awards, presented by Gatorade, on Tuesday March, 21. For a second consecutive year, Oregon State's Jade Carey earned Gymnast of the Year honors and Utah's Maile O'Keefe was named the Specialist of the Year. UCLA's Selena Harris was named the Freshman of the Year and Arizona State's Jay Santos was named the Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. The individual award recipients are voted on by the league's head coaches.

The All-Pac-12 First Team consists of the top six all-around performers, and top six performers in each individual event (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. All-Pac-12 honorable mention recipients are the seventh- and eighth-place performances in each individual event and the all-around (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. For the full 2023 All-Pac-12 Honors click here.

198 CLUB

Utah, Oregon State, California and UCLA all posted team scores over 198 this season, representing four of just 11 teams in the country to do so during the regular season in 2023. In all, the Pac-12 has seen 10 scores over 198 in 2023.

• Utah posted back-to-back scores of 198-plus at the Los Angeles Regional, with a 198.125 in the Regional Second Round on March 30 and a 198.050 to win the Regional Final on April 1. It was the first time in program history the Utes had recorded consecutive 198s.
• California recorded its third 198 of the season, winning the Pittsburgh Regional on April 2 with a score of 198.075, just the fourth time in program history the Bears have posted a score of 198-plus.
• California ended the regular season with a ton of momentum, scoring back-to-back 198s at a pair of home quad meets, marking the Bears’ two highest scores in program history and just the second and third times all-time to go over the 198 plateau. Cal also broke the program balance beam record in the quad meet on Friday, March 10 with a 49.600.
• In a top-25 showdown on March 5, UCLA came out on top over the Cardinal (198.175-196.825) with the Bruins joining the 198 club behind their third-highest bars score in school history (49.725). UCLA recorded its second 198+ of the season in the finale against Iowa State on March 11, with their score of 198.275 being the sixth-highest in program history.
• Utah’s 198.550 in the top-10 win over Cal on Feb. 24 marked the second 198+ score of the season for the Utes, which was its third-best score in program history. The Utes’ first of the season came in a 198.200-197.450 win in a top-five matchup against UCLA on Feb. 3.
• In the win over Stanford on Feb. 24, Oregon State topped the 198 mark for the first time in program history, scoring a 198.075. The Beavers also broke the program’s beam record with a 49.650 at the meet. 

PERFECT 10s

The Conference have 23 Perfect 10s during the 2023 season. Two-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Jade Carey led the way with seven. After earning 10s on floor, bars and vault this season, Carey became just the 13th NCAA gymnast to complete the gym slam with her first career perfect 10 on beam on March 4.

• (7) Jade Carey, Oregon State
  • Jan. 14 at Wasatch Classic - 10.0 on floor and vault
  • Feb. 18 vs. Arizona - 10.0 on floor and vault
  • Feb. 24 at Stanford - 10.0 on floor and bars
  • March 4 at Arizona - 10.0 on beam
• (4) Jordan Chiles, UCLA
  • Feb. 10 vs. Arizona State - 10.0 on floor
  • March 5 vs. Stanford - 10.0 on bars
  • March 11 vs. Iowa State - 10.0 on bars
  • April 1 - LA Regional Final - 10.0 on floor
• (4) Maile O’Keefe, Utah
  • Feb. 3 vs. UCLA - 10.0 on beam
  • Feb. 10 at Metroplex Challenge - 10.0 on beam
  • Feb. 24 vs. California - 10.0 on beam
  • March 30 - LA Regional Second Round - 10.0 on beam
• (3) Jaedyn Rucker, Utah
  • Feb. 24 vs. California - 10.0 on vault (First career)
  • March 30 - LA Regional Second Round - 10.0 on vault
  • April 1 - LA Regional Final - 10.0 on vault
• (1) Selena Harris, UCLA (First career)
  • April 1 - LA Regional Final - 10.0 on vault
• (1) eMjae Frazier, Cal (First career)
  • March 3 at LSU Podium Challenge - 10.0 on floor 
• (1) Mya Lauzon, Cal (First career)
  • March 12 at Haas Quad Meet #2 - 10.0 on beam
• (1) Kara Eaker, Utah
  • Jan. 13 at Rio Tinto Best of Utah Quad Meet - 10.0 on beam
• (1) Cristal Isa, Utah

  • March 3 vs. Arizona - 10.0 on beam

BY THE (HISTORIC) NUMBERS

It was a season full of record-setting numbers for Pac-12 women’s gymnastics squads and gymnasts. Two programs - Oregon State and California - posted their highest team scores in program history, with OSU breaking the 198 mark for the first time. Other highlights include:

• Utah became just the second team in Pac-12 history to win at least three straight conference titles only behind the four straight that UCLA won from 1987-90. The three consecutive championships and six overall by Utah are the most by any Pac-12 team since the conference expanded in 2012.
• Cal finished third at the Pac-12 Championships behind their highest team score at the event in program history (197.825), while junior All-American Mya Lauzon became the first Bear all-time to earn a Pac-12 beam title after she finished in a tie for first on the event at the championships.
• ASU finished the regular season with an NQS over 197 for just the third time in program history and the second time under head coach Jay Santos. 
• Olympic Gold Medalist and now back-to-back Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Jade Carey has been superb in her sophomore campaign at Oregon State. She is just the third gymnast in Pac-12 history to earn the award in consecutive years and the seventh overall to earn the honor more than once during a career. As the back-to-back Pac-12 All-Around title holder, Carey is only the fourth gymnast to win the all-around at the event two straight years. She broke the OSU all-around record two straight weeks with back-to-back 39.875s, which is tied for the second highest all-around score in the country this year. At the Wasatch Classic on Jan. 14, Carey became the first OSU gymnast to record a pair of perfect scores in a meet since former Beaver Chari Knight accomplished the feat in 1993. She went on to do it two more times during the regular season, scoring a 10.0 on floor and bars on Feb. 24 vs. Stanford and a pair of 10s on floor and vault in the win over Arizona on Feb. 18. She won the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor six times in 2023.
• Carey’s 2020 Olympic teammate, UCLA sophomore Jordan Chiles earned five Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honors this year, including two straight to end the regular season. In the finale against Iowa State, Chiles posted the nation’s best all-around score of 2023 with a 39.900, which was the second-highest all-around score by a Bruin in program history. 
• Carey and Chiles were the only Pac-12 gymnasts to sweep all four event titles and the all-around in a single meet this year. Jade did it three times (Beaver Quad Meet on Jan. 21, vs. No. 7 California on Feb 10, vs. Arizona on Feb. 18) while Chiles did it once against Iowa State.
• In the final Pac-12 dual of the regular season on March 11, Oregon State upset then No. 4 Utah 197.950-197.700. The 197.950 was the Beavers’ second-best score in all-time and highest score inside Gill Coliseum in program history, while the home victory kept OSU’s home record perfect over the last two seasons of competition.
• California sophomore Mya Lauzon, a two-time Specialist of the Week honor this year, ended the regular season on a high note, winning five of the six events she competed in at Cal’s two home quads meets on March 10 & 12. After breaking the program beam record with a 9.975 on Friday, she followed that performance with the first perfect 10 on the event in school history on Sunday. The Sunday performance helped the Bears to the second-highest team beam score in NCAA history (49.825), which is also tied for the highest team score on any event in 2023.
• Utah senior Maile O’Keefe, last year’s Pac-12 Specialist of the Year and a two-time Specialist of the Week honoree in 2023, has posted three perfect 10s on beam this season to give her seven for her career, setting a new Utah record for most 10.0s in a career and breaking the tie with Theresa Kulikowski (1999-2003), who earned six during her career. 
• California competed at LSU’s Podium Challenge on March 3 where freshman eMjae Frazier made history, becoming the first Bear to earn a 10.0 on the floor and first freshman to earn a 10.0 on any event since former Bear Toni Ann Williams in 2015. Earlier in the season on Feb. 18 in a win over Arizona, Frazier tied the Bears’ program record of 39.700 to win the first all-around title of her career.
• In the loss to the Beavers on Feb. 24, Stanford’s 197.575 was the fifth-best in program history and the best in Maples Pavilion dating back to 1999.
• The Sun Devils’ upset over No. 4 Utah by just .050 of a point on Feb. 20 was ASU’s first win over the Utes since 2003 and first in Tempe since 2000 behind the 11th-best score in program history. ASU senior Hannah Scharf was key to the win, setting a career high of 39.675 in the all-around against Utah, which ranks as the 10th-best AA score in program history. With the meet against the Utes coming down to the last rotation on the floor, Scharf scored a 9.925 to win the event and secure the Sun Devil upset.
• After the conference had not seen a tie in a regular season league dual since Feb. 23, 2020, there were ties in three consecutive weeks. The first came between Oregon State and UCLA on January 29 in LA, the second came a week later as Oregon State hosted California at Gill Coliseum on Feb. 10 and the third was between UCLA and California in Berkeley on Feb. 18. 
• Cal’s score of 197.600 in the win over Arizona State on Feb. 4 was the sixth-highest score in program history, while its 9-0 mark to start the year was one win shy of matching the record of 10, which was set back in 2015. 
• Utah matched its school record on beam against UCLA on Feb. 3, scoring a 49.775. 
• Oregon State’s 197.275 in the tie at UCLA on Jan. 29 was their highest score at UCLA in program history. 
• UCLA freshman Selena Harris, the No. 1 ranked recruit in the nation last year, has lived up to her billing in her first collegiate season. Harris earned five straight Freshman/Newcomer of the Week awards to start the season, tying the Pac-12 record for most consecutive weekly awards, held by Toni-Ann Williams from California in 2015. Harris earned the honor for a sixth time on March 14 to tie the all-time record for most freshman honors in a season since the award was introduced in 2013, held by Williams, Utah’s MyKayla Skinner (2017) and Oregon State’s Jade Carey (2022).
• Utah opened the season taking down the then-No.6 LSU Tigers (197.275-196.775) in front of a packed house of over 11,000 fans at the Huntsman Center in an event that aired live on ESPN2. It was Utah’s highest season-opening score since 2005 and the third-best in program history. 
• California opened its season with a historical performance, posting its best overall score in a season-opening meet in program history (197.457), taking first at the Super 16 event in Las Vegas. Cal’s No. 3 Road to Nationals ranking after week one was its highest in the ranking system in program history.

2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards