UCLA gymnasts won two of the three Pac-12 weekly gymnastics awards in the final week of the regular season. Junior Katelyn Ohashi won Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors for the second time this year, while Anna Glenn received UCLA's first Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honor this season.
Ohashi scored her nation-leading third perfect 10 of the season on floor exercise and also posted a career-high 9.95 on uneven bars to lead UCLA to its highest team score of the season, 198.275, in a victory over San Jose State. Ohashi also contributed a 9.85 on beam, sticking her dismount dispite missing her foot on the takeoff. Ohashi ranks second in the nation on floor exercise with a RQS of 9.965 and third on balance beam with a 9.945 RQS.
Glenn earned her first career honor after posting career-high scores of 9.9 on both vault and beam. Glenn's vault score helped the Bruins achieve a season-high vault total of 49.625, the fifth-highest vault score in school history. On beam, she made a big splash in her competitive debut, scoring 9.9 to tie with her twin sister Grace Glenn for second place.
Joining the Bruin duo in winning the weekly awards was Utah's MyKayla Skinner, who earned Gymnast of the Week honors. UCLA finishes the season having won 10 of the 11 Pac-12 Specialist of the Week awards, the most by any program in one season ever. Christine Peng-Peng Lee won the award five times, Ohashi twice, and Napualani Hall, Grace Glenn and Felicia Hano have each won once.
No. 3 UCLA will compete at the Pac-12 Championships this Saturday at 6pm PT in Tucson, Ariz.
Also Nominated:
Gymnast of the Week: Anne Kuhm, ASU; McKenna Singley, OSU; Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Hailey Burleson, WASH.
Specialist of the Week: Ashley Szafranski, ASU; Mary Jacobsen, OSU; Tiffani Lewis, UTAH.
Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Anne Kuhm, ASU; Kaitlyn Yanish, OSU; Sydney Soloski, 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; Feb. 20: MyKayla Skinner, Utah; Feb. 27: Toni-Ann Williams, California; Mar. 6: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Mar. 12: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Mar. 20: 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; Feb. 20: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA; Feb. 27: Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Mar. 6: Sofie Seilnacht, California; Mar. 12: Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA; Mar. 20: Katelyn Ohashi, 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; Feb. 20: Cairo Leonard-Baker, ASU; Feb. 27: Cairo Leonard-Baker, ASU; Mar. 6: Kyana George, California; Mar. 12: Kaitlyn Yanish, Oregon State; Mar. 20: Anna Glenn, UCLA.