University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Gymnasts Earn 17 All-America Honors
April 26, 1999
Five UCLA gymnasts earned 17 All-America honors in 1999, breaking the school record of 15 set a year ago. UCLA led all schools at the NCAA Championships with most first-team honors (13), most overall honors (17, tied with Georgia) and most first-team All-American gymnasts (five).
Junior Heidi Moneymaker (Santa Rosa, CA) became the first gymnast in UCLA history to earn the maximum five first-team honors (all-around, vault, bars, beam and floor) at an NCAA Championship. She now has eight All-America honors in her career, third-most in school history.
Senior Kiralee Hayashi (Kailua, HI) added to her All-America stash by earning first-team honors on vault, beam and floor as well as second-team honors in the all-around. Her nine All-America certificates rank second all-time at UCLA.
Junior Lena Degteva (Mississauga, Ontario) earned first-team All-America honors in the all-around, vault and bars. She also earned second-team acclaim on the floor exercise. Like Moneymaker, she also ranks third all-time with eight career All-America honors.
Senior Luisa Portocarrero (Guatemala City, Guatemala) ended her career as a first-team All-American on vault and a second-teamer on bars. She was a first-team All-American as a freshman on beam.
Rounding out the All-American list is sophomore Mohini Bhardwaj (Cincinnati, OH), who earned first-team honors on bars and second-team honors in the all-around.
1999 NACGC/W Gymnastics All-Americans
All-Around
1st Team
Heather Brink, Nebraska
Lena Degteva, UCLA
Heidi Hornbeek, Arizona
Theresa Kulikowski, Utah
Karin Lichey, Georgia
Kristi Lichey, Georgia
Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA
Andree Pickens, Alabama
2nd Team
Jenni Beathard, Georgia
Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA
Sarah Cain, Michigan
Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA
Misty Oxford, Nebraska
Elizabeth Reid, Arizona State
Lisa Simes, Michigan
Lindsey Vagedes, Ohio State
Chrissy Van Fleet, Florida
Vault
1st Team
Heather Brink, Nebraska
Amanda Curry, Georgia
Lena Degteva, UCLA
Larissa Fontaine, Stanford
Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA
Theresa Kulikowski, Utah
Karin Lichey, Georgia
Shanyn MacEachern, LSU
Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA
Andree Pickens, Alabama
Luisa Portocarrero, UCLA
Gwen Spidle, Alabama
Lindsey Vagedes, Ohio State
2nd Team
Brooke Andersen, Georgia
Courtney Brown, Nebraska
Kristi Lichey, Georgia
Suzanne Sears, Georgia
Chrissy Van Fleet, Florida
Bars
1st Team
Jenni Beathard, Georgia
Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA
Sarah Cain, Michigan
Lena Degteva, UCLA
Deidra Graham, Utah
Heidi Hornbeek, Arizona
Theresa Kulikowski, Utah
Angie Leonard, Utah
Karin Lichey, Georgia
Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA
Nikki Peters, Michigan
Andree Pickens, Alabama
2nd Team
Ellen Casey, Penn State
Kristin Jensen, Stanford
Amy Murakami, Stanford
Luisa Portocarrero, UCLA
Dara Stewart, Alabama
Beam
1st Team
Colleen Barger, LSU
Jenni Beathard, Georgia
Shannon Bowles, Utah
Wendy Ellsberry, Arizona State
Stacey Galloway, Georgia
Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA
Heidi Hornbeek, Arizona
Theresa Kulikowski, Utah
Karin Lichey, Georgia
Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA
Andree Pickens, Alabama
Elizabeth Reid, Arizona State
Karina Senior, Michigan
Lissy Smith, Alabama
Stacey Wegener, LSU
2nd Team
Courtney Brown, Nebraska
Emily Chell, Georgia
Amanda Curry, Georgia
Kristi Lichey, Georgia
Shannon MacKenzie, Michigan
Lisa Simes, Michigan
Nikki Smith, Penn State
Chrissy Van Fleet, Florida
Floor
1st Team
Heather Brink, Nebraska
Kelly Christensen, Arizona State
Sarah Harding, Stanford
Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA
Bridget Knaeble, Michigan
Theresa Kulikowski, Utah
Karin Lichey, Georgia
Elizabeth McNabb, Arizona State
Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA
Marny Oestreng, Bowling Green
Misty Oxford, Nebraska
Nikki Peters, Michigan
Andree Pickens, Alabama
2nd Team
Courtney Brown, Nebraska
Sarah Cain, Michigan
Ellen Casey, Penn State
Lena Degteva, UCLA
Wendy Ellsberry, Arizona State
Lexa Evans, Alabama
Angie Leonard, Utah
Amy Murakami, Stanford
Elizabeth Reid, Arizona State