Special report on the Florida Gators gymnastics team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida led the nation with seven earning 2021 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) regular-season All-America honors. This is the ninth year the WCGA has recognized regular-season All-Americans.
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The seven Gators tallied a national high13 WCGA All-America honors.
Gator 2021 All-Americans
Thomas is the nation’s only gymnast to collect the maximum five All-America honors – all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise Thomas also earned five All-America honors in 2020. She is the second Gator to earn five regular-season All-America honors, joining Gator Great Bridget Sloan in 2016 and 2014.
A pair of seniors collected a pair of honors. Alyssa Baumann appears on the balance beam and floor exercise lists, bringing her career total of regular-season All-America honors to six.
Megan Skaggs picked up All-America honors for all-around and uneven bars, bringing her career total to three regular-season All-America honors.
Four other Gators claimed honors – Leah Clapper (beam), Ellie Lazzari (beam), Nya Reed (floor) and Savannah Schoenherr (vault).
Meet the Gator All-Americans:
Alyssa Baumann – Senior
2021 All-America honors:
Second Team: Balance Beam
Second Team: Floor Exercise
* Claimed third Southeastern Conference balance beam title to become the first in the 40-year history of the SEC Championship meet to claim three balance beam titles.
* Equaled collegiate floor best of 9.975 to share event title at Alabama
* 2021 All-SEC
* Six consecutive floor marks of 9.90 or better
* Six beam marks of 9.925 or better
Leah Clapper – Junior
2021 All-America honors:
First Team: Balance Beam
* 10.0 balance beam routine won title versus Kentucky. Sixth gymnast in Florida gymnastics’ 49-season history to earn a perfect beam mark
* Followed that performance with a near perfect 9.975 to share beam win versus Auburn (Feb. 26)
* 2021 All-SEC
* Five 2021 beam routines scored 9.90 or better
Ellie Lazzari – Freshman
2021 All-America honors:
First Team: Balance Beam
* Shared SEC balance beam title at 9.95. First freshman to claim title since Baumann in 2018.
* Set collegiate best with a near perfect 9.975 to share beam win versus Auburn (Feb. 26)
* Only freshman to earn All-America first-team honors on beam
* 2021 All-SEC
* Six 2021 beam routines scored 9.90 or better
Nya Reed – Junior
2021 All-America honors:
Second Team: Floor Exercise
* Every floor routine of 2021 scored 9.925 or better. Two-time floor winner
* Set collegiate floor best of 9.975 to take win versus Georgia
* Three-time SEC Specialist of the Week in 2021
Savannah Schoenherr – Junior
2021 All-America honors:
Second Team: Vault
* Set collegiate vault best of 9.95 to win title at Arkansas. Performance earned SEC Specialist of the Week honor
* Equaled that mark to take win versus Auburn (Feb. 26)
* Four vault marks of 9.90 or better
Megan Skaggs – Senior
2021 All-America honors:
Second Team: All-Around
Second Team: Uneven Bars
* Won all-around at Arkansas (39.50) and that performance claimed SEC Gymnast of the Week accolades
* Six all-around performances tallied 39.50 or better. Twice posted collegiate-best 39.60 (Jan. 29 and Feb. 26)
* Equaled or set collegiate bests for vault (9.925), uneven bars (9.95) and beam (9.95) in 2021
* Five bars routines were 9.925 or best
* Six beam routines scored 9.90 or better.
* 2021 All-SEC
Trinity Thomas – Junior
2021 All-America honors:
First Team: All-Around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Floor Exercise
Second Team: Balance Beam
* Nation’s only gymnast with maximum five All-America honors in 2021 WCGA regular-season awards.
* Set nation’s 2021 high and Florida record all-around best (39.90) to win title at then No. 2 LSU. Nation’s fifth-highest total all-time.
* Owns four of 2021’s top 11 all-around totals (No. 1: 39.90; No.T-8: 39.75 3x). No other gymnast with more than two scores among 2021 top 11 all-around totals
* One of three in nation with three 10.0s in 2021 (bars; floor-twice)
* Second Gator ever with a pair of 10.0 in single meet (uneven bars and floor exercise) versus Auburn on Feb. 26
* Leads Gators with 19 event wins in 2021 – four all-around, vault, bars, floor; three beam.
* Four SEC Gymnast of the Week led all league gymnasts in 2021 and gives her 15 for career – the most in the 22-year history of the honor.
Gators Earning 2021 WCGA All-America regular season honors
Name
AA
V
UB
BB
FX
Alyssa Baumann
2nd
2nd
Leah Clapper
1st
Ellie Lazzari
1st
Nya Reed
2nd
Savannah Schoenherr
2nd
Megan Skaggs
2nd
2nd
Trinity Thomas
1st
1st
1st
2nd
1st
2021 WCGA All-America regular season awards
All-Around First Team
Rank
Name
AA NRQS
Team
1
Trinity Thomas
39.788
Florida
2
Lynnzee Brown
39.756
Denver
2
Lexy Ramler
39.756
Minnesota
4
Luisa Blanco
39.738
Alabama
5
Anastasia Webb
39.706
Oklahoma
6
Natalie Wojcik
39.625
Michigan
6
Maile O’Keefe
39.625
Utah
8
Kennedy Hambrick
39.600
Arkansas
All-Around Second Team
9
Haleigh Bryant
39.594
LSU
10
Adnerys De Jesus
39.575
Iowa State
10
Nevaeh DeSouza
39.575
California
12
Megan Skaggs
39.569
Florida
13
Ona Loper
39.556
Minnesota
14
Raena Worley
39.538
Kentucky
15
Sierra Brooks
39.531
Michigan
16
Hannah Scharf
39.506
Arizona State
Vault First Team
1
Evy Schoepfer
9.963
Oklahoma
1
Anastasia Webb
9.963
Oklahoma
3
Ona Loper
9.956
Minnesota
3
Haleigh Bryant
9.956
LSU
5
Sierra Brooks
9.950
Michigan
5
Lexy Ramler
9.950
Minnesota
7
Trinity Thomas
9.944
Florida
7
Abby Heiskell
9.944
Michigan
Vault Second Team
9
Kennedy Hambrick
9.938
Arkansas
10
Alexia Burch
9.931
Utah
10
Adnerys De Jesus
9.931
Iowa State
12
Savannah Schoenherr
9.925
Florida
12
Madi Dagen
9.925
Oregon State
12
Alyona Shchennikova
9.925
LSU
12
Luisa Blanco
9.925
Alabama
12
Maddie Quarles
9.925
Minnesota
12
Naomi Morrison
9.925
Michigan
12
Lynnzee Brown
9.925
Denver
12
Natalie Wojcik
9.925
Michigan
12
Kiya Johnson
9.925
LSU
Uneven Bars First Team
1
Trinity Thomas
9.975
Florida
2
Lynnzee Brown
9.969
Denver
3
Lexy Ramler
9.963
Minnesota
4
Emily Muhlenhaupt
9.950
Boise State
4
Audrey Davis
9.950
Oklahoma
6
Margzetta Frazier
9.944
UCLA
6
Natalie Wojcik
9.944
Michigan
8
Luisa Blanco
9.938
Alabama
Uneven Bars Second Team
9
Nina Schank
9.931
California
9
Makarri Doggette
9.931
Alabama
11
Megan Skaggs
9.925
Florida
11
Maggie O’Hara
9.925
Arkansas
11
Andi Li
9.925
California
11
Katherine Levasseur
9.925
Oklahoma
11
Maile O’Keefe
9.925
Utah
11
Sami Durante
9.925
LSU
Balance Beam First Team
1
Lexy Ramler
9.975
Minnesota
1
Maile O’Keefe
9.975
Utah
3
Anastasia Webb
9.969
Oklahoma
4
Ellie Lazzari
9.956
Florida
4
Natalie Wojcik
9.956
Michigan
6
Leah Clapper
9.950
Florida
6
Abby Paulson
9.950
Utah
6
Elizabeth Culton
9.950
North Carolina
6
Luisa Blanco
9.950
Alabama
Balance Beam Second Team
10
Trinity Thomas
9.944
Florida
10
Adeline Kenlin
9.944
Iowa
10
Alexis Vasquez
9.944
Denver
13
Alyssa Baumann
9.938
Florida
13
Karrie Thomas
9.938
Oklahoma
13
Kennedy Hambrick
9.938
Arkansas
13
Sienna Schreiber
9.938
Missouri
13
Mary Korlin-Downs
9.938
Minnesota
13
Cristal Isa
9.938
Utah
Floor Exercise First Team
1
Kiya Johnson
9.988
LSU
2
Trinity Thomas
9.975
Florida
3
Lynnzee Brown
9.969
Denver
4
Mya Hooten
9.956
Minnesota
4
Derrian Gobourne
9.956
Auburn
4
Lexi Graber
9.956
Alabama
4
Haleigh Bryant
9.956
LSU
8
Lauren Guerin
9.950
Iowa
8
Sydney Soloski
9.950
Utah
Floor Exercise Second Team
10
Alyssa Baumann
9.944
Florida
10
Nya Reed
9.944
Florida
10
Abbey Miner Alder
9.944
BYU
10
Anastasia Webb
9.944
Oklahoma
10
Jerquavia Henderson
9.944
Iowa
10
Kyana George
9.944
California
10
Ona Loper
9.944
Minnesota