Feb. 2, 2010

Walnut Creek, Calif. - UCLA junior Brittani McCullough was awarded Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honors for Jan. 25-31, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today.

McCullough, a native of Corona, Calif., helped UCLA achieve a season-high mark of 49.35 on vault in the team's 196.55-193.475 win over Arizona State. McCullough scored a season-high 9.925 with a stuck Yurchenko layout full vault to claim her first individual victory of the season.

You can watch her winning vault HERE.

This is the first-career Special Performance honor for McCullough and UCLA's ninth all-time Special Performance selection.

Also receiving weekly honors was Oregon State's Mandi Rodriguez, who was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week.

ALSO NOMINATED:
Gymnast of the Week: Molly Quirk, ARIZ; Allyse Ishino, STAN; Anna Li, UCLA
Special Performance of the Week: Miranda Russell, ARIZ; Avery Gee, CAL; Laura-Ann Chong, OSU; Shelley Alexander, STAN

2010 PAC-10 GYMAST OF THE WEEK: Jan. 12 - Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA; Jan. 19 - Carly Janiga, STAN; Jan. 26 - Makayla Stambaugh, OSU; Feb. 2 - Mandi Rodriguez, OSU

2010 PAC-10 SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: Jan. 12 - Britnie Jones, ARIZ; Jan. 19 - Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA; Jan. 26 - Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA; Feb. 2 - Brittani McCullough, UCLA