1. sports
2. gymnastics

WBB CONTACT: NATE SAGAN
OFFICE: (907) 786-1295
EMAIL: [email protected]
2015 GYMNASTICS
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE • ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER • MAILING: 3211 PROVIDENCE DR / ANCHORAGE, AK 99508
January 5, 2015
Seawolves open AK Airlines Center era with pair against Winona State
THIS WEEK IN SEAWOLF GYMNASTICS ...
Thursday, Jan. 8 – 7 pm AST – Alaska Airlines Center – Anchorage, AK
Winona State (0-0) at Alaska Anchorage (0-0)
&
Saturday, Jan. 10 – 2 pm AST – Alaska Airlines Center – Anchorage, AK
Winona State at Alaska Anchorage
2015 Schedule & Results
JANUARY
8 WINONA STATE
7 pm
10 WINONA STATE
2 pm
17 at Ozone Collegiate Classic^
4 pm
(UAA, BYU, BGSU, UW-Whitewater)
30 at SeaƩle Pacific
6 pm
TV/VIDEOSTREAM: None
LIVE STATS: Find link at GoSeawolves.com Gymnastics schedule page
SOCIAL MEDIA: Get periodic game updates by following the @UAAGymnastics Twitter
feed ... fans can also like UAA’s main Facebook page (Alaska Anchorage Seawolves), the
UAA Gymnastics Facebook page, or the Alaska Anchorage Instagram feed.
TICKETS: $10 regular / $8 for UAA staff/faculty/alumni or military, youth (3-18) and seniors
(60+) ... group discount (10+) for $6 ... single-game tickets can be purchased online at
GoSeawolves.com or AlaskaAirlinesCenter.com.
SPECIAL PROMOTIONS: The first 125 fans Thursday will receive a free 2015 UAA Gymnastics schedule poster.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING: The Seawolves will host their first-ever home meets in the
brand-new Alaska Airlines Center when they start the 2015 season against Winona State
on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. ... UAA’s regular-season
meets will take place in the Center’s auxilliary gymnasium, while the MPSF Championships will be hosted in the main arena ... UAA’s first 30 seasons of gymnastics had been
hosted down the road at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.
FEBRUARY
13 at Harley Davidson InvitaƟonal% 4 pm
(UAA, UW-Whitewater, Winona St.)
15 at Northern Illinois (w/ BGSU)
11 am
27 CENTENARY
7 pm
MARCH
1 CENTENARY
2 pm
6 at Boise State
5 pm
9 at Air Force (w/ Denver)
4 pm
21 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS
6 pm
(UAA, Air Force, Sacramento State,
San Jose St., SeaƩle Pacific, UC Davis)
APRIL
4 at NCAA West Regionals*
^Knoxville, TN %Milwaukee, WI *Berkeley, CA
Home meets in ALL CAPS
All Ɵmes Alaska
2015 Seawolf GymnasƟcs Roster
Name
Madeleine Arbuckle
Marie-Sophie Boggasch
Stefany Bryan
Morgan Cook
Kendra Daniels
Sariaye Fishburn
Kelsy Konkright
Nicole Larkin
M’rcy Matsunami
Brice Mizell
Simone Penker
Emily Ramberg
Kallie Randolph
Morgan Ross
Julia York
Ht.
5-4
5-5
5-1
5-3
5-3
5-6
5-4
5-0
5-3
5-4
5-2
5-5
5-2
5-3
5-4
Cl.-Exp
Fr.-HS
Jr.-2V
Jr.-2V
Sr.-3V
Fr.-HS
Jr.-2V*
So.-1V
So.-1V
Jr.-2V
So.-1V
Jr.-2V
Fr.-HS
So.-1V
Fr.-HS
So.-1V*
Hometown (High School/Club Team)
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Vincent Massey Collegiate/Springers GC)
Schwarzenbach am Wald, Germany (OƩo-Hahn Gymnasium)
SeaƩle, Wash. (Roosevelt HS/SeaƩle GymnasƟcs Academy)
Hot Springs, Ark. (Lakeside HS/Hot Springs GymnasƟcs)
Veneta, Ore. (Elmira HS/GymnasƟcs Northwest)
Las Vegas, Nev. (Silverado HS/Brown’s Las Vegas GC)
Yakima, Wash. (West Valley HS/GymnasƟcs Plus)
Kennewick, Wash. (Southridge HS/Mid-Columbia Gym. Academy)
Omaha, Neb. (Omaha North HS/Premier GymnasƟcs)
Mill City, Ore. (SanƟam HS/The AthleƟc Edge)
Maria Saal, Austria (BG Tanzenberg)
Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake Area HS/Flyaways Gold Gym.)
Anchorage, Alaska (Polaris K-12/Anchorage GymnasƟcs Assoc.)
Reno, Nev. (Reno HS/Flips USA GymnasƟcs)
Mission Viejo, Calif. (Trabuco Hills HS/Gym Max)
HEAD COACH: Paul Stoklos (Arizona, ’81), 31st season
ASSISTANT COACHES: Tami MoneƩe, 20th season; Alyssa Straub (Rutgers, ’14), 1st season
(for full bios, visit GoSeawolves.com)
5 pm
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
b’GOSH
SAY-ree-ay
KONN-krite
MARR-cee mat-soo-NAH-mee
my-ZELL
KAY-lee
2015 ALASKA ANCHORAGE GYMNASTICS
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS: Winona State is coming off
a 2014 campaign in which it averaged 181.289 and posted
a season-high of 184.675 ... one of the few remaining Div.
II programs in women’s collegiate gymnastics, the Minnesota school features a young roster with two seniors and
10 freshmen.
THE SERIES ...
vs Winona State: UAA leads 16-12 (tied 8-8 in Anchorage)
Last: UAA 190.025-186.075 (2/8/10 at Centenary) / Streak: UAA 9
Notes: UAA’s current win streak dates back to 2002 ... Winona’s
last win came 182.675-181.050, Mar. 11, 2000 in Minnesota ... the
last two meetings have been on neutral floors ... the last meetings in
Anchorage were Jan. 21-22, 2005 ... series started in 1986.
2014 UAA SEASON RECAP: The Seawolves battled
through an injury plagued season to post four team
scores of 190 or higher in 2014 ... UAA posted backto-back dual victories over Temple to highlight its final
season in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, and posted a season-high 192.200 score in the season finale
at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships in March ... then-sophomores Stefany Bryan
Penker
and Simone Penker and then-freshmen Julia York
and Kallie Randolph all earned All-MPSF accolades, while Bryan
became the 13th gymnast in program history to qualify for the NCAA
Div. I West Regional Championships.
BRYAN MAKES REGIONALS, TABBED MVP: Stefany Bryan was named the team’s 2014 MVP on Apr.
23 when the Seawolves celebrated with their year-end
banquet … Bryan was an NCAA Div. I West Regional
Championships all-around qualifier – just the 11th in
program history – and earned All-MPSF honors in the
all-around and on uneven bars … the Seattle native
competed all-around 10 times, averaging 37.548 and
Bryan
producing a career-high of 38.475 on Feb. 16 … Bryan’s 9.584 bars average ranked 10th-best in program history, and
she also made the MPSF All-Academic Team with an overall GPA
of 3.75 … other team award winners included Julia York (Most Improved) and Sariaye Jensen and Simone Penker (co-Most Inspirational).
MORE GYMNAST NOTES: Along with Bryan, the
2015 Seawolves return three gymnasts with NCAA
Regionals experience, with senior Morgan Cook and
junior M’rcy Matsunami both making it as freshman,
in 2012 and 2013 respectively ... after being limited by
an ankle sprain for four straight meets, Cook returned
to the all-around in UAA’s last two 2014 regular-season
competitions, topping the 38-point mark each time …
Cook
with a season average of 38.025, Cook tied for 10th
on UAA’s all-time list, while her 9.609 average on beam ranked 5th
and her 9.622 average on floor was 15th … Cook tied for team-high
honors in 2014 with four individual event victories … on UAA’s other
season average lists, Kallie Randolph ranked No. 5 all-time with her
9.682 mark on floor, Julia York was No. 12 on vault at 9.643, and Nicole Larkin tied for No. 16 on bars at 9.536 last season … Randolph
equaled Cook with four all-around victories — all on floor exercise.
Seawolves 2014 Meet-by-Meet
(season-highs in bold)
Meet
1/10 @SPU
1/13 @UC Davis
1/24 TEMPLE
1/26 TEMPLE
2/07 @ISU
2/09 @SEMO
2/16 UC DAVIS
2/28 LINDENWD
3/02 LINDENWD
3/07 @Sac St.
3/22 @MPSFs
Averages
Vault
47.175
47.600
47.500
47.825
47.725
47.650
47.050
47.575
47.850
47.850
48.350
47.650
Bars
46.850
47.225
46.450
47.125
46.900
47.550
47.675
46.825
46.950
47.250
48.400
47.200
Beam
46.425
46.325
46.425
47.200
46.700
46.950
47.575
47.575
47.050
46.075
47.325
46.875
Floor
47.750
47.125
47.625
48.000
47.600
48.175
47.925
47.350
47.850
47.375
48.125
47.718
Total
188.200
188.275
188.000
190.150
188.925
190.325
190.225
189.325
189.700
188.550
192.200
189.443
2014 Individual Season Highs
V — 9.75, Marie-Sophie Boggasch at UC Davis, Jan. 13
UB — 9.75, Stefany Bryan at Illinois State, Feb. 7;
9.75, Stefany Bryan vs UC Davis, Feb. 16
BB — 9.725, Morgan Cook vs Lindenwood, Feb. 28
FX — 9.8, Morgan Cook at MPSF Championships, Mar. 22
AA — 38.475, Stefany Bryan vs UC Davis, Feb. 16
Career-Best Scores by Gymnast
Gymnast
Arbuckle
Boggasch
Bryan
Cook
Daniels
Konkright
Larkin
Matsunami
Mizell
Penker
Ramberg
Randolph
Ross
Fishburn
York
V
—–
9.875
9.55
9.775
—–
9.675
9.5
9.85
9.525
9.7
—–
—–
—–
9.65
9.775
UB
—–
9.725
9.75
9.675
—–
—–
9.675
9.8
9.3
9.725
—–
—–
—–
9.75
—–
BB
—–
—–
9.625
9.8
—–
—–
9.65
9.7
9.55
9.75
—–
9.475
—–
9.3
—–
FX
—–
—–
9.725
9.8
—–
9.575
9.7
9.775
9.475
9.65
—–
9.75
—–
9.625
9.7
AA
—–
—–
38.475
38.400
—–
—–
37.825
38.750
37.300
38.450
—–
—–
—–
38.175
—–
HEAD COACH PAUL STOKLOS: The only coach
in the history of the UAA gymnastics program,
Paul Stoklos is the two-time MPSF Coach of the
Year, capturing the honor outright in 2004 and
sharing it in 2005. After founding the Seawolf program in 1985, Stoklos has produced 37 Academic
All-Americans. Under his tutelage, the Seawolves
have earned 39 All-America certificates and five
USAG individual national titles. In 2003, Stoklos led the Seawolves into the Div. I ranks and has raised the team’s talent
level to its highest ever. In 2009, Stoklos led the Seawolves to
their first-ever MPSF league title. Stoklos is assisted for the 20th
straight season by Tami Monette, along with 1st-year assistant
Alyssa Straub.