UCLA senior Napualani Hall has been selected the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the first time in her career.
Hall recorded career-bests on vault and floor to win both events during UCLA's 197.750-197.225 victory at Cal. She stuck her laid-out Yurchenko 1.5 vault and scored a career-high 9.95 for the second meet in a row. She also tied for first on floor exercise in her debut performance this season, scoring a career-best 9.9. Her vault win was just the second of her career, and her floor victory was her first ever. Hall has been on fire on vault, scoring 9.9 or higher in four of her last five meets and averaging 9.915 on her last five vaults.
UCLA has won all six Pac-12 Specialist of the Week awards this season. Christine Peng-Peng Lee has won the award three times, and Hall, Grace Glenn and Felicia Hano have won once.
Joining Hall in winning the weekly awards is Gymnast of the Week MyKayla Skinner of Utah and Freshman of the Week Kyla Bryant of Stanford.
No. 2 UCLA will host No. 3 Utah on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 5 pm in Pauley Pavilion.
Also Nominated:
Gymnast of the Week: Madison Cindric, ARIZ; Anne Kuhm, ASU; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Dani Dessaints, OSU; Nia Dennis, UCLA; Hailey Burleson, WASH.
Specialist of the Week: Victoria Ortiz, ARIZ; Morgan Wilson, ASU; Sofie Seilnacht, CAL; Lena Greene, OSU; Monica Riley, WASH.
Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Anne Kuhm, ASU; Kyana George, CAL; Kaitlyn Yanish, OSU; Grace Glenn, UCLA; Alexia Burch, UTAH.
2018 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week
Jan. 9: MyKayla Skinner, Utah; Jan. 16: MyKayla Skinner, Utah; Jan. 23: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Jan. 30: Kyla Ross, UCLA; Feb. 6: MaKenna Merrell-Giles, Utah; Feb. 13: MyKayla Skinner, Utah.
2018 Pac-12 Specialist of the Week
Jan. 9: Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Jan. 16: Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Jan. 23: Grace Glenn, UCLA; Jan. 30: Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Feb. 6: Felicia Hano, UCLA; Feb. 13: Napualani Hall, UCLA.
2018 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week
Jan. 9: Kyana George, California; Jan. 16: Cairo Leonard-Baker, ASU; Jan. 23: Cairo Leonard-Baker, ASU; Jan. 30: Cairo Leonard-Baker, ASU; Feb. 6: Rachael Flam, Stanford; Feb. 13: Kyla Bryant, Stanford.