2016 alaska anchorage seawolves gymnastics guide

Dec. 16 GREEN & GOLD INTRASQUAD (ex.) ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER 5:30 pmJan. 23 at Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio 2 pmFeb. 6 BRIGHAM YOUNG ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER 7 pmFeb. 12 at Navy Pier Invitational Chicago, Ill. 4 pmFeb. 14 at Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. 11 amFeb. 26 at Seattle Pacifi c (w/ San Jose State) Seattle, Wash. 6 pmFeb. 28 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. NoonMar. 11 AIR FORCE ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER 7 pmMar. 13 AIR FORCE ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER 2 pmMar. 19 MPSF Championships Sacramento, Calif. 5 pm (UAA, Air Force, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Seattle Pacifi c, UC Davis)Apr. 2 at NCAA West Regionals Salt Lake City, Utah 4 pm

Home meets in BOLD CAPS / All times Alaska

2016 UAA GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE

2016 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Gymnas cs TeamTop Row (le -to-right): Julia York, Kelsy Konkright, Sariaye Fishburn, Kaylin Mancari, Marie-Sophie Boggasch, Mor-gan Colee. Middle Row (l-r): Kallie Randolph, Morgan Ross, Emily Ramberg, Kendra Daniels, Madeleine Arbuckle, Brice Mizell. Bo om Row (l-r): Kierra Abraham, Nicole Larkin, M’rcy Matsunami, Simone Penker, Erica Man.

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TABLE OF CONTENTSTeam Photo and 2016 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front CoverQuick Facts/Table of Contents/Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12016 Alaska Anchorage Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

COACHING STAFF & ROSTERHead Coach Paul Stoklos & Assistant Coach Tami Monette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32016 Seawolf Roster / Coaching & Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILESReturning Letterwinners SENIORS: Marie-Sophie Boggasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sariaye Fishburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M’rcy Matsunami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Simone Penker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 JUNIORS: Kelsy Konkright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Nicole Larkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Brice Mizell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kallie Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Julia York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SOPHOMORES: Madeleine Arbuckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kendra Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Emily Ramberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Morgan Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 FRESHMEN: Kierra Abraham/Morgan Colee/Erica Man/Kaylin Mancari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

SEAWOLF STATISTICS, RECORDS & HISTORY2015 Season Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21All-Time Seawolf Top Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23Seawolf Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Mountain Pacific Sports Federation / The Seawolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

UAA & ALASKAThe Alaska Airlines Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27UAA Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Anchorage & Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back CoverThis is UAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover

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GENERAL INFORMATIONName: University of Alaska AnchorageLocation: 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508Founded: 1977Enrollment: 16,568Nickname: SeawolvesColors: Green & Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Mountain Pacific Sports FederationChancellor: Tom CaseAthletics Director: Keith HackettAthletic Dept. Phone: 907-786-1250Ticket Phone: 907-786-1562

COACHING/SUPPORT STAFFHead Coach: Paul Stoklos, 32nd season Alma Mater: Arizona (’81) Phone: 907-786-1229 Email: [email protected] Coach: Tami Monette, 21st season Phone: 907-786-1248 Email: [email protected]: Alyssa Straub, 2nd season Alma Mater: Rutgers (‘14) Phone: 907-786-7866 Email: [email protected] Trainer: Chris Volk Office Phone: 907-786-1326

TEAM INFORMATION2015 Dual Record: 7-82015 MPSF Finish: 4th of 6Letterwinners Returning: 13Letterwinners Lost: 2Newcomers: 4Home Arena: Alaska Airlines Center

TEAM HISTORYFirst Year of Gymnastics: 1985Division I Since: 2004MPSF Titles: 2009

MEDIA RELATIONSGymnastics Contact: Nate Sagan Office Phone: 907-786-1295 E-Mail: [email protected]. Director: Dallas Baldwin Office: 907-786-4625 E-Mail: [email protected]: GoSeawolves.comTwitter: @UAASeawolves & @UAAGymnasticsFacebook: Alaska Anchorage SeawolvesInstagram: uaa_seawolves

The 2016 UAA Gymnastics media guide was writ-ten, edited, designed and compiled by UAA Media Relations Director Nate Sagan. Editorial assistance by Dallas Baldwin. Primary photography by Sam Wasson. It is the policy of UAA to provide ser-vices and benefits to all students and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era veteran. This official publication was released by the University of Alaska Anchorage, produced to promote Seawolf Gymnastics.

ON THE COVER: From left-to-right, seniors Marie-Sophie Boggasch, M’rcy Matsunami and Simone Penker. Photo by Sam Wasson.

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MEDIA GUIDELINESFor credentials or interview requests, please contact the UAA Media Relations office at least one day in advance. Media Relations produces weekly press releases and game notes complete with statistics for each sport during the season.

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son, while Canadian import Madeleine Arbuckle adds solid depth to the vault and beam lineups. Nevada native Morgan Ross showed glimpses brilliance in her exhibition routines last year and look to contribute to the regular lineup in 2016, especially on floor exercise. Four freshmen round out the roster, with Maryland native Kierra Abraham capable of a breakout season, according to Stoklos. North Carolinian Kaylin Mancari and former Florida club teammates Erica Man and Morgan Colee will also try to make an impact as rookies.

Konkright owns excellent skills on both vault and floor, while Mizell is trying to regain the form of her freshman season when she competed on all four apparatus. The sophomores are composed of a threesome of talented beam competi-tors, led by Kendra Daniels. Another Oregon native, Daniels posted a season-high 9.825 last year on beam to tie the fourth-best score in program history. Minnesota native and team co-cap-tain Emily Ramberg also owns a career-high of 9.825 on beam, contributing on all four events throughout the 2015 sea-

Coming off perhaps the most success-ful campaign in program history, the

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves may have even more thrills to offer their fans in 2016. The Seawolves return 13 gymnasts from last year’s team – including two-time NCAA Regional qualifier M’rcy Matsunami – along with four talented freshmen to compose the roster. “For the second year in a row, we have a veteran-laden roster and a great balance between our classes,” said UAA head coach Paul Stoklos, whose team broke 20 program records in 2015. “Our senior class is also comprised of some great leaders, which should help speed up the maturity of our younger gymnasts.” Matsunami will lead the way as the Nebraska native is coming off the best individual season in program history, set-ting or tying 11 individual UAA records and posting seven of the program’s top 12 all-around scores. After earning a league-high four MPSF Gymnast of the Week honors during the regular season, Matsunami finished her record campaign with the MPSF bars title and a trip to the NCAA West Regional all-around finals. Fellow All-MPSF all-around per-former Simone Penker is also coming off a terrific season that saw her record the 8th-best all-around average in school history at 38.156. The Austrian also had UAA’s No. 2 bars average and 13th-best in program history at 9.568. Seniors Marie-Sophie Boggasch and Sariaye Jensen both return to give the Seawolves their most talented and expe-rienced bars lineup ever, while either gymnast is capable on vault as well. UAA’s junior class represents the entire West Coast, with Californian Julia York, Oregonian Brice Mizell, Washingtonians Nicole Larkin and Kelsy Konkright, and homegrown talent Kallie Randolph. A two-time All-MPSF floor exercise performer, Randolph already owns two of the top six season averages in program history on her primary event, including a 9.753 mark last year. York is a solid three-event performer, having earned All-MPSF vault honors as a freshman in 2014 and sporting career-highs over 9.7 on beam and floor, too. Meanwhile, Larkin brings career-highs of 9.775 on bars and 9.825 on floor to go with her leadership abilities, serving as team co-captain for the second year in a row.

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PAUL STOKLOSHead Coach 32nd Season

The only gymnastics coach the University of Alaska Anchorage has

ever known, Paul Stoklos keeps taking the Seawolves to new heights as he embarks on his 32nd season in 2016. Under his leadership, the Seawolves posted a historic 2015 campaign that produced 20 program records, including highest overall average overall, highest

beam average and highest single-meet score. Since overseeing UAA’s transition to the Division I level in the early 2000s, Stoklos has boosted the team’s talent to its highest level ever. The 20 best team scores in program history have all come since 2004, includ-ing 14 of the top 15 marks since 2009. In 2009, Stoklos’ squad won its first-ever conference title when it captured the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships in Colorado Springs, and in 2015 UAA came within fractions of upsetting league power Sacramento State for third place at MPSFs, hosting the meet for the first time. Individually, Stoklos has qualified 14 Seawolf gymnasts to the NCAA West Regional all-around competition — includ-ing twice for current squad member M’rcy Matsunami — and pro-duced 10 MPSF event titlists. Stoklos’ gymnasts have also been huge winners in the classroom, topping the MPSF All-Academic Team in 2010 with 10 honorees and finishing eighth in the nation with a 3.58 overall team GPA in 2013. Since joining the MPSF in 2003, the Seawolves have aver-aged 5.7 all-academic honorees per season — well over half the eligible student-athletes. From the program’s inception in 1985 until becoming a full-fledged Division I program in 2004, Stoklos’ program produced three national champions, 12 All-Americans and 37 Academic All-Americans at the Division II level. Prior to coming to UAA, Stoklos served as a coach as an undergraduate and graduate assistant at the University of Arizona for seven years, help-ing bring a fledgling program from ground level to a national ranking in just four years. Stoklos was an excellent athlete in his own right, earning varsity letters in football, track and gymnastics in high school. He was a competitive skydiver at Arizona where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1981. An avid and experienced downhill and cross-country skier, Stoklos is a member of the Mt. Alyeska Ski Patrol during the winter months. He enjoys hiking, fishing, scuba diving, skydiving and is a rated private air-plane pilot. Stoklos is also a longtime member of the Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs.

THE STOKLOS FILEHometown: Brookfi eld, Wis.Educa on: B.S., General Studies, Univ. of Arizona, 1981; M.S., Exercise Science, Arizona, 1984

Head Coaching Achievements(UAA, 1985-present)

Has coached...3 USAG Na onal Champions (5 tles)

12 All-Americans (39 awards)14 NCAA West Regional Qualifi ers37 Div. II Academic All-Americans

2004 MPSF Coach of the Year2005 MPSF Co-Coach of the Year

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TAMI MONETTEAssistant Coach 21st Season

In her 21st season as assistant coach for the Seawolves in 2016, Tami Monette has

become an integral part of the program. Monette was voted the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Assistant Coach of the Year in 2009 for the third time, repeating the honor

she shared in 2006 and won outright in 2005. Monette has an extensive background in gymnastics as a competitor, head coach, compulsory judge and club owner. She has served two stints as head coach for the Anchorage Gymnastics Association, from 1993-95 and from 1978-85. Monette currently serves as an age-group director at the state level. She is USA safety-certified and has served as a judge at levels five through seven. She has placed gymnasts on Region II teams to Nationals from 1985 through 1995.

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SEAWOLVESBY CLASS

Seniors – 4 (Boggasch, Fishburn, Matsunami, Penker)

Juniors – 5 (Konkright, Larkin, Mizell, Randolph, York)

Sophomores – 4 (Arbuckle, Daniels, Ramberg, Ross)

Freshmen – 4 (Abraham, Colee, Man, Mancari)

SEAWOLVESBY STATE/COUNTRY

Washington – 2 (Konkright, Larkin)Florida – 2 (Man, Colee)Nevada – 2 (Fishburn, Ross)Oregon 2 – (Daniels, Mizell)Alaska – 1 (Randolph)California – 1 (York)Maryland 1 – (Abraham)Minnesota – 1 (Ramberg)Nebraska – 1 (Matsunami)North Carolina – 1 (Mancari)Austria – 1 (Penker)Canada – 1 (Arbuckle)Germany – 1 (Boggasch)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNAME HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (High School/Club Team)Kierra Abraham 5-1 Fr. HS Reistertown, Md. (Western Sch. of Technology/United Gymnastix)Madeleine Arbuckle 5-4 So. 1V Winnipeg, Manitoba (Vincent Massey Collegiate/Springers GC)Marie-Sophie Boggasch 5-5 Sr. 3V Schwarzenbach am Wald, Germany (Otto-Hahn Gymnasium)Morgan Colee 5-5 Fr. HS Tampa, Fla. (Freedom HS/LaFleur’s Gymnastics)Kendra Daniels 5-3 So. 1V Veneta, Ore. (Elmira HS/Gymnastics Northwest) Sariaye Fishburn 5-6 Sr. 3V Las Vegas, Nev. (Silverado HS/Brown’s Las Vegas GC)Kelsy Konkright 5-4 Jr. 2V Yakima, Wash. (West Valley HS/Gymnastics Plus)Nicole Larkin 5-0 Jr. 2V Kennewick, Wash. (Southridge HS/Mid-Columbia Gym. Academy)Erica Man 5-0 Fr. HS Land O’ Lakes, Fla. (Sunlake HS/LaFleur’s Gymnastics)Kaylin Mancari 5-7 Fr. HS High Point, N.C. (High Point Central HS/High Point Gym. Academy)M’rcy Matsunami 5-3 Sr. 3V Omaha, Neb. (Omaha North HS/Premier Gymnastics)Brice Mizell 5-4 Jr. 1V Mill City, Ore. (Santiam HS/The Athletic Edge)Simone Penker 5-2 Sr. 3V Maria Saal, Austria (BG Tanzenberg)Emily Ramberg 5-5 So. 1V Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake Area HS/Flyaways Gold Gym.)Kallie Randolph 5-2 Jr. 2V Anchorage, Alaska (Polaris K-12/Anchorage Gymnastics Assoc.)Morgan Ross 5-3 So. 1V Reno, Nev. (Reno HS/Flips USA Gymnastics) Julia York 5-4 Jr. 2V Mission Viejo, Calif. (Trabuco Hills HS/Gym Max)

HEAD COACH: Paul Stoklos (Arizona ’81), 32nd seasonASSISTANT COACHES: Tami Monette, 21st season; Alyssa Straub (Rutgers ’14), 2nd seasonSTUDENT ASSISTANT COACH: Nicole Wetzel, 2nd seasonPRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Boggasch • b’GOSH

Colee • KOOL-eeMancari • man-KAY-reeM’rcy Matsunami • MAR-cee mat-soo-NAH-meeMizell • my-ZELL

Mone e • moe-NETTSariaye • SAY-ree-aySimone • sih-MONEStoklos • STOKE-lohs

ALYSSA STRAUBGraduate Assistant Coach

1st Season

Former collegiate competitor Alyssa Straub returns to the Seawolf gymnastics

staff for her second season as the graduate assistant coach in 2016. The former Rutgers University standout was instrumental in UAA’s school-record

48.270 average on balance beam in her fi rst year, helping the squad to four of the top 10 scores in program history. Straub competed in more than 40 career meets in her four sea-sons at Rutgers and helped the Scarlet Knights to an NCAA Div. I Regional Championships berth as a senior in 2014. A Second Team All-East Atlantic Gymnastics League all-around honoree as a soph-omore in 2012, she posted career-highs of 9.875 on vault, 9.7 on uneven bars, 9.875 on beam, 9.8 on fl oor and 38.825 all-around. Prior to college, the native of Nazareth, Pa., was a fi ve-time Junior Olympic national qualifi er, winning a national vault title in 2009, plus state and regional all-around titles in 2010.

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NICOLE WETZELStudent Assistant Coach

Athletic Trainers Christine Volk (Head) Kevin Lechtenberg (Assoc.) Rachel Butler (WBB) Michael DhesseHead Team Physician Jeff Moore, MDTeam Physicians Richard McEvoy, MD Paul Steer, MD

Sports Medicine Consultants Leo Bustad, MD Shane Cummings, MD Leslie Dean, MD Jay Derksen, DM Mary Ann Foland, MD Rikki Keen, RD Larry Levine, MD Jan Nyboer, MD Elisha Powell, MD Douglas Prevost, MD Greg Stone, DM Kenneth Swayman, DPM

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CHRIS VOLKAthletic Trainer 22nd Season

Head athletic trainer Chris Volk is in her 22nd season with the UAA Ath-

letic Department. Volk cares for the treat-ment and prevention of injuries to Seawolf student-athletes, and manages the overall operation of the department’s Sport Medi-cine offi ce.

A 1979 graduate of the University of Dayton with a bach-elor’s degree in biology, Volk also earned a master’s degree in bi-ology from UD in 1986. She is a certifi ed member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. She and her husband Rick are the parents of three children — Megan, Cody and Casey.

NATE SAGANMedia Relations Dir.

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MARIE-SOPHIE BOGGASCHSENIOR • 3VL

5-4Schwarzenbach am Wald,

GermanyO o-Hahn Gymnasium

2015: Competed on vault and bars in all 11 meets, help-ing Seawolves set program records for highest average (191.627) and RQS (192.605) … vault average of 9.618 was 3rd-best on team and No. 17 on UAA single-season list … scored 9.6 or higher on nine of 11 vaults, includ-ing season-best 9.8 at MPSF Championships … also scored 9.625 on bars at MPSFs to help UAA to 3rd-best team score in program history … scored 9.7 vault at Air Force to contribute to UAA-record 193.825 total … earned career-high 9.75 bars score vs. Centenary (Mar. 1) and produced 9.725s vs. Centenary (Feb. 27) and at Seattle Pacific … also had 9.6 vault at SPU to help UAA earn first-ever road victory over Falcons … earned event victories against Centenary with 9.725 on bars (Feb. 27) and at 3-team Harley Davidson Invitational with 9.675 on vault … competed three times on floor with season-best of 9.425 vs. Winona State (Jan. 10) … made MPSF All-Academic Team for second straight year with league-best 4.00 overall GPA.

2014: Produced team’s third-best bars average at 9.425, along with a 9.429 average on vault … posted season-high 9.75 vault at UC Davis … had best meet at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships with 9.725 on vault and season-best 9.7 on bars … earned spot on MPSF All-Academic Team as one of only three student-athletes with a cumulative 4.00 grade-point average.

2013: Emerged as team’s third-best vault and bars com-petitor by average, ranking 14th in program history with a 9.614 vault average and 12th with a 9.561 bars average … sprung team season-best score on any apparatus and tied for 5th on UAA all-time vault list with 9.875 score, Feb. 17 vs Eastern Michigan … also scored 9.6 on bars vs EMU to help UAA to No. 3 team total (192.850) in pro-gram history … scored 9.575-plus on eight of nine vaults and 9.55-plus on seven of nine bars routines.

BEFORE UAA: Competed in international events through-out Europe … placed 4th at 2012 Sidijk Gymnastics Tournament in Holland and was 3rd-place fi nisher in German national team league in 2010 and 2011 … also

BOGGASCH’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.875 vs Eastern Michigan, 2/17/13Uneven Bars: 9.75 vs Centenary, 3/1/15Balance Beam: N/AFloor Exercise: 9.575 at Boise State, 3/6/15All-Around: N/A

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PERSONAL: Born September 1995 in Germany … daughter of Roger and Mirjam Boggasch … professional piloting major.

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SARIAYE FISHBURNSENIOR • 3VL

5-6Las Vegas, Nevada

Silverado HSBrown’s Gymnas cs

2015: Participated in multiple meets as exhibition per-former … excelled in lone chance in regular lineup, scor-ing 9.625 on vault at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships.

2014: Redshirted.

2013: Saw action in all 10 regular-season meets as regu-lar on vault and bars … registered team’s 4th-best bars average at 9.469 … scored 9.6-plus on three vaults and four bars routines, helping Seawolves to team season av-erage records on both events … had top week in Jan. 25-26 meets vs. rival Seattle Pacific, helping UAA to victory with 9.675 vault on Friday and following with 9.7 vault and 9.725 bars routine in narrow loss Saturday … compet-ed four times on floor exercise, scoring season-high 9.575 at Eastern Michigan (Mar. 9) … earned selection to MPSF All-Academic Team with 3.27 overall GPA.

2012: Competed in 10 of 11 meets, tying for team high with nine all-around appearances … earned All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors on two events, with re-gional qualifying scores of 9.690 on bars and 37.340 all-around … season bars average of 9.540 ranked No. 10 in program history … scored between 9.6 and 9.75 on eight of 10 bars routines, including 9.75s vs Michigan State (Mar. 9), at Denver (Feb. 4) and at Towson (Jan. 22) … recorded season-high 38.175 all-around Mar. 11 vs. Michigan State, helping UAA to No. 6 team score (192.625) in program history … earned victories on bars (9.7) and all-around (37.825) in collegiate debut, Jan. 8 vs. SUNY Cortland.

BEFORE UAA: Qualifi ed for 2011 state, regional and NIT meets … placed 5th in all-around and 4th on bars at 2011 Nevada L10 State meet … placed 5th or better or bars at Fiesta Bowl, Heart of a Champion, Lady Luck and Malibu Classic meets, including 3rd at Fiesta Bowl … competed at Level 10 for four years.

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FISHBURN’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.7 vs Sea le Pacifi c, 1/26/13Uneven Bars: 9.725 vs Sea le Pacifi c, 1/26/13Balance Beam: 9.3 vs Michigan State, 3/11/12Floor Exercise: 9.625 vs Michigan State, 3/11/12All-Around: 38.175 vs Michigan State, 3/11/12

Year Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around 2012 (Fr.) 9.650 9.750 9.300 9.625 38.175 2013 (So.) 9.700 9.725 — 9.575 — 2014 (Jr.) REDSHIRT 2015 (Jr.) 9.625 — — — —

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M’RCY MATSUNAMISENIOR • 3VL

5-3Omaha, NebraskaOmaha North HS

Premier Gymnas cs

2015 (Jr.): Delivered one of best seasons in program history, setting or tying 11 individual school records and helping Seawolves break nine program marks … voted UAA’s Team MVP and led Seawolves’ contin-gent on All-MPSF Team, earning recognition on vault, bars, beam and all-around ... earned MPSF uneven bars crown with 9.85 and placed 3rd in all-around with 39.175 at league championship meet … recorded best individual streak in program history over last five reg-ular-season meets, posting five of top seven all-around scores ever for a Seawolf … became just second gym-nast in program history to reach 39-point barrier with 39.025 vs. Centenary on Mar. 1, before breaking Domi-nique Ingram’s 11-year-old school record (39.125) with 39.200 performance at Air Force on Mar. 9 ... finished junior season with seven of top 12 all-around scores ever at UAA ... also at Air Force, set UAA road record with a 9.9 on bars, earning best mark on that event for any MPSF gymnast since 2004 ... posted 17 individual event victories season – second-most in UAA’s Div. I era (Ingram, 22 in 2005) ... led league with four MPSF Gymnast of the Week awards, earning honors for showings against Winona State, Seattle Pacific, Cente-nary and Air Force ... became just second Seawolf ever to qualify for multiple NCAA Div. I West Regional Championships meets, making it as all-arounder ... other school records included highest season all-around average (38.590), highest bars average (9.713), highest all-around RQS (39.000) and highest bars RQS (9.785) … nominated for UAA’s Bill MacKay Athlete of the Year award.

2014: Limited to uneven bars for majority of season due to injury … competed all-around in first two meets, pro-ducing winning all-around score of 38.325 in season-opener at Seattle Pacific … tallied 9.65 bars score at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships to help UAA to season-best team total.

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MATSUNAMI’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.85, twice (last: vs Sea le Pacifi c, 1/25/13)Uneven Bars: 9.9 at Air Force, 3/9/15Balance Beam: 9.8, twice (last: at Boise State, 3/6/15)Floor Exercise: 9.825 at Air Force, 3/9/15All-Around: 39.200 at Air Force, 3/9/15

Year Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around 2013 (Fr.) 9.850 9.800 9.700 9.775 38.750 2014 (So.) 9.700 9.650 — — — 2015 (Jr.) 9.800 9.900 9.800 9.825 39.200

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2013: Set school single-season average records for all-around (38.539) and bars (9.686), and finished No. 4 on vault (9.734) … earned trip to NCAA Div. I West Region-al Championships in Corvallis, Ore., as individual vault competitor … All-MPSF honoree on vault, floor and all-around, earning top-4 RQS’s on each apparatus … earned 10 individual wins, including four straight all-around titles from Jan. 25-Feb. 10 … tabbed MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 25-26 performances against Seattle Pacific, with 38.750 all-around matching 11th-best score in program history … with vaults of 9.85 and 9.825 vs SPU, became just third Seawolf to post at least four career vaults of 9.8 or better, joining Dominique Ingram (’04-05) and Lauren Agostino (’05-06, 07-09) … among other all-time Seawolf top scores, 9.85 vaults are tied for 7th and 9.8 bars routine Jan. 26 is tied for 8th … sprung UAA season-best 9.775 floor exercise at Eastern Michigan, while 38.725 all-around Feb. 10 vs Centenary tied No. 16 score in program history.

BEFORE UAA: Competed three straight years at Level 10 JO Nationals ... placed 7th on bars, 9th on beam and 15th all-around in Senior C division at 2012 JO’s ... won titles on

vault and beam and fi nished 4th all-around at 2012 Nebraska Optional State Championships ... had impressive showing at 2011 JO Nationals, fi nishing 5th on bars and 12th all-around in the Senior B division ... produced L-10 career-highs of 9.7 on vault, 9.6 on bars, 9.55 on beam, 9.325 on fl oor and 37.625 all-around ... earned 2009 Level 9 Western Regional titles on bars and all-around.

PERSONAL: Born April 1994 in Omaha, Neb. … daughter of Rick and Gerry Matsunami … name is pronounced ‘Marcy’ ... physical education major.

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SIMONE PENKERSENIOR • 3VL

5-2Maria Saal, Austria

BG TanzenbergCarinthian GC

2015: Saw action in every meet, with eight all-arounds and a pair of three-even performances … all-around aver-age of 38.156 ranked No. 8 on UAA single-season list, while RQS of 38.255 ranked No. 9 … also had UAA’s No. 2 bars average and 13th-best in program history at 9.568 … tripled career victories total, winning all-around and floor against Winona State on Jan. 10, on floor at SPU, and on beam at Harley Davidson Invitational ... tied for team’s best floor score of season with 9.825 at Seattle Pacific … earned career-high 38.550 all-around at SPU to help Seawolves to first-ever road dual victory over rival Falcons … had 9.7 on bars, 9.675 on beam and 9.525 on vault to help UAA to school-record 193.825 total in Mar. 9 win at Air Force … helped UAA break school records for highest season average (191.627) and RQS (192.605) … landed spot on All-MPSF Team as all-arounder … tied for highest GPA on All-MPSF Academic Team for second straight year with perfect 4.00 overall mark.

2014: Competed in all 11 meets, including eight three-event performances and one all-around … earned All-MPSF honors on balance beam with 9.645 regional quali-fying score … earned team’s second-best average on vault at 9.556 … earned 37.975 total in lone all-around, help-ing UAA to season-high team score at MPSF Champion-ships … scored 9.45 or higher on all nine vaults, including season-best 9.65 at Illinois State … also had season-best beam score of 9.7 at ISU on Feb. 7, followed by season-best 9.65 bars score two days later at SE Missouri … was one of just three gymnasts on MPSF All-Academic Team with 4.00 overall grade-point average.

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PENKER’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.7 at MPSF Championships, 3/23/13Uneven Bars: 9.725 at Rutgers, 1/12/13Balance Beam: 9.75, three mes (last: vs Centenary, 3/1/15)Floor Exercise: 9.825 at Sea le Pacifi c, 1/30/15All-Around: 38.675 vs Winona State, 1/10/15

Year Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around 2013 (Fr.) 9.700 9.725 9.750 9.625 38.450 2014 (So.) 9.650 9.650 9.700 9.650 37.975 2015 (Jr.) 9.675 9.700 9.750 9.825 38.675

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2013: Saw action in all 10 meets, including four all-around performances … average all-around score of 37.975 tied for 11th on UAA all-time chart … season beam average of 9.575 ranked third on team and No. 7 in program history … helped UAA set season team average records on vault (48.295), bars (47.760), beam (47.875) and total score (191.850) … won all-around in second competition of career with 38.450 score at Rutgers tri-meet, Jan. 12, topping seven-woman field … equaled season-high with 9.75 on beam and 38.450 all-around vs Eastern Michigan, Feb. 17, helping UAA to No. 3 team score (192.850) in program history … sprung season-best 9.7 vault at MPSF Championships.

BEFORE UAA: Competed in international events throughout Europe, including World Cup meets in Osijek, Croatia, and Porto, Portugal, and European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France … competed for Austrian National Team and in German ‘high school’ league from 2009-12 … com-peted at club level for KTV (Carinthian Gymnastics Club).

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KELSY KONKRIGHTJunior • 2VL

5-4Yakima, Washington

Washington Academyof Arts & Technology

Gymnas cs Plus

2015 (So.): Returned from early-season injuries to con-tribute to regular lineup on vault and floor in last four meets … delivered team’s 4th-best vault at Mountain Pacific Sports Championships with 9.65 … had season-best 9.55 floor routine in Mar. 1 win over Centenary … earned MPSF All-Academic Team honors with 3.88 overall GPA.

2014: Joined regular lineup on vault and floor exercise in final five meets after overcoming injury that cost first half of season … produced team’s fourth-best average on floor at 9.513, boosted by 9.575s vs UC Davis and Lindenwood … improved vault score in all five appear-ances, topping out with 9.675 at MPSF Championships.

BEFORE UAA: Qualifi ed for L-10 state, regional and na-tional meets in 2013, placing 3rd on fl oor exercise at regionals … two-time L-9 state, regional and Western qualifi er … won fl oor exercise at 2012 regionals … placed 2nd on fl oor, and 5th in all-around at 2012 West-erns … all-around runner-up and 3rd on vault, bars and fl oor at 2012 state meet … competed for Gymnastics Plus club team for nine years … competed two years in equestrian for West Valley High School.

PERSONAL: Born July 1994 in Monroe, Wash. … daugh-ter of Nina Hyvonen … high school valedictorian … 11-year member of 4-H … interests include equestri-an sports, camping, hiking, photography, animals and snowboarding … geological sciences major.

KONKRIGHT’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.675 at MPSF Championships, 3/22/14Bars: N/ABeam: N/AFloor: 9.575, twice (last: vs Lindenwood, 3/2/14)All-Around: N/A

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NICOLE LARKINJunior • 2VL

5-2Kennewick, Washington

Southridge HSMid-Columbia Gym. Acad.

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2015 (So.): Competed on bars in all 11 meets , plus eight times on floor … produced team’s third-best bars average at 9.464 … helped Seawolves set school-record 193.825 total with best meet of season at Air Force on Mar. 9, tying career-high with 9.825 on bars and earning 9.725 on floor … tied No. 5 bars score in program history and earned first individual win of career with 9.825 bars set in Jan. 10 victory over Winona State … had best three floor rou-tines to end season, including career-high 9.775 at MPSF Championships … made first career MPSF All-Academ-ic Team with 3.40 overall GPA ... team co-captain.

2014: Saw action in all 11 meets on both uneven bars and balance beam, along with four all-around performances … produced team’s second-best bars average at 9.536, which tied for 16th-best mark in program history … earned sea-son-high 37.825 all-around score in Feb. 28 dual vs. Lin-denwood, boosted by a 9.6 on bars … season-best 9.675 bars routine came Feb. 16 vs. UC Davis … helped UAA to Jan. 26 dual win over Temple with 9.475 on bars, 9.5 on beam and 9.625 on floor … sprung season-bests of 9.7 on floor and 9.5 on vault at Illinois State … earned 9.65s on both beam and bars at MPSF Championships to help UAA to season-high team total.

BEFORE UAA: Placed third in all-around at Region 2 Ju-nior Olympics meet in both 2012 and 2013, competing for Mid-Columbia Gymnastics Academy ... placed 43rd and 44th in back-to-back L-10 JO Nationals all-arounds ... qualifi ed for L-9 Western meet in 2011 and was L-8, 9 and 10 regional qualifi er.

PERSONAL: Born July 1995 in Kennewick, Wash. … daughter of Keith and Susan Larkin … biological sciences major.

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LARKIN’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.5 at Illinois State, 2/7/14Bars: 9.825, twice (last: at Air Force, 3/9/15)Beam: 9.65 at MPSF Championships, 3/22/14Floor: 9.775 at MPSF Championships, 3/21/15All-Around: 37.825 vs Lindenwood, 2/28/14

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BRICE MIZELLJunior • 2VL

5-3Mill City, Oregon

San am HSThe Athle c Edge

2015: Saw action multiple times as exhibition performer ... competed once in regular lineup on beam, Jan. 30 in road victory over Seattle Pacific.

2014: Competed in all 11 meets as true freshman, includ-ing four all-around efforts … scored season-high 37.300 all-around Jan. 26 to help UAA to dual victory over Tem-ple … scored 9.525s on both vault and beam at Moun-tain Pacific Sports Federation Championships to aid Sea-wolves’ season-best team total … had season-best 9.55 on beam against Temple in Jan. 24 dual victory.

BEFORE UAA: Placed eighth in all-around at the Region 2 Junior Olympics meet and 17th at the National Invitation-al Tournament in 2013 ... placed sixth in the all-around at 2012 Region 2 JOs and qualifi ed for JO Nationals, placing 48th ... competed seven years on the club level for The Athletic Edge.

PERSONAL: Born March 1995 in Portland, Ore. … daugh-ter of Aaron Mizell and Brandy Backer … nursing major.

MIZELL’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.525 at MPSF Championships, 3/22/14Bars: 9.3 vs Lindenwood, 2/28/14Beam: 9.55 vs Temple, 1/24/14Floor: 9.475, three mes (last: vs UC Davis, 2/16/14)All-Around: 37.300 vs Temple, 1/26/14

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KALLIE RANDOLPHJunior • 2VL

5-2Anchorage, Alaska

Polaris K-12Anchorage Gymnas cs

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2015: Was team’s best floor worker for second straight season, producing No. 3 average (9.753) and No. 4 RQS (9.785) in program history, and earning All-MPSF Team honors ... scored 9.625 or better on all nine floor routines, including season-ending streak of seven straight 9.75-plus marks ... career-high 9.85 floor routine at Air Force tied atop podium for fifth victory of season -- second-most on team ... hit stride on beam late in year, posting consecu-tive career-highs of 9.650 vs Centenary, 9.725 at Boise State and 9.775 at Air Force … performance at Air Force helped UAA break 11-year-old school record for highest team total (193.825) … scored 9.8 on floor at Northern Illinois to help UAA to school-record 48.875 total on that apparatus.

2014: Produced one of top floor exercise seasons in pro-gram history, ranking No. 5 on UAA single-season list with 9.682 average … earned All-MPSF honors on floor with regional qualifying score of 9.705 … scored between 9.6 and 9.75 on all 11 floor routines … tied for team-high honors with four individual event victories (all on floor) … flipped to season-high 9.75s in home meets against UC Davis and Lindenwood … performed five times balance beam, earning season-high 9.475 at Sacramento State.

BEFORE UAA: Qualifi ed for L-9 Western Championships and Region 2 Championships in 2013 … placed 3rd in division with 9.5 on fl oor at Westerns … won fl oor com-petition at 2013 Great West Gym Fest with 9.6 … also qualifi ed for Westerns in 2011 and 2012, plus Region 2 meet in 2012 … competed on the club level for Anchorage Gymnastics Academy.

PERSONAL: Born February 1995 in Anchorage … daughter of Steve and Kim Randolph … early childhood education major.

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RANDOLPH’S CAREER BESTSVault: N/ABars: N/ABeam: 9.775 at Air Force, 3/9/15Floor: 9.85 at Air Force, 3/9/15All-Around: N/A

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JULIA YORKJunior • 2VL

5-4Mission Viejo, California

Trabuco Hills HSGym Max

2015: Competed in nine of 11 meets, appearing in regular lineup eight times on floor, six times on vault and five times on beam … tied for 10th-best floor score in pro-gram history and second-highest score on any apparatus for Seawolves in 2015 with 9.875 at Northern Illinois … produced UAA’s second-best placing at MPSF Champi-onships with runner-up 9.85 on floor ... won beam with 9.625 at Ozone Invitational, marking first individual win for UAA in a quad meet since 2011 ... had season-best 9.7 on beam to aid UAA’s first-ever road dual win over rival Seattle Pacific on Jan. 30 … scored 9.675 on floor and season-high 9.625 on vault to help UAA to school-record 193.875 total at Air Force on Mar. 9 … made MPSF All-Academic Team with 3.90 overall GPA – fourth-best among league’s 42 honorees.

2014: Earned All-MPSF Team honors on vault with 9.645 regional qualifying score … had team-best 9.643 average on vault, good for No. 12 in program history … competed on vault and floor in all 11 meets … scored between 9.55 and 9.775 on all 11 vaults … finished with 9.55 on floor and season-best 9.775 on vault at MPSF Championships to help Seawolves to season-high team total … posted season-best 9.7 floor routine at Southeast Missouri … earned four straight 9.675s on vault from Feb. 16-Mar. 7 … helped UAA to dual victory over Temple with 9.5 on floor and winning 9.65 on vault, Jan. 24.

2013: Redshirted.

BEFORE UAA: Qualifi ed for L-10 JO Nationals on vault … competed all-around in 2012 Region 1 Championships … won L-9 state title on vault in 2011 … competed for Gym-Max club team for eight years.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 1994 in Mission Viejo, Calif. … daughter of Walter and Joan York … interests include tra-peze, reading, hiking and shopping … psychology major.

YORK’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.775 at MPSF Championships, 3/22/14Bars: N/ABeam: 9.7 at Sea le Pacifi c, 1/30/15Floor: 9.875 at Northern Illinois, 2/15/15All-Around: N/A

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MADELEINE ARBUCKLESophomore • 1VL

5-4Winnipeg, Manitoba

Vincent Massey CollegiateSpringers Gymas cs Club

2015: Saw action in regular lineup twice on vault and four times on beam … produced season-highs of 9.6 on vault and 9.55 on beam to aid Jan. 10 dual win over Winona State … flipped to 9.5 on beam at MPSF Championships.

BEFORE UAA: Competed at National Open level in Canada, equivalent to Level 10 … placed 3rd on vault and helped team to bronze medal at 2013 Canadian National Open Championships … also placed 3rd on vault and helped squad to silver medal with all-around performance at Western Canadian Championships … qualifi ed for pres-tigious international competition, Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France, in Nov. 2013, placing 11th on vault … placed 4th on vault and 21st all-around at 2012 Canadian Women’s Open Championships.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 25, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario … daughter of Grant Arbuckle and Rosanne Ashley … has one brother, Spencer … hobbies include photography and cooking … environmental studies major.

ARBUCKLE’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.6 vs Winona State, 1/10/15Bars: N/ABeam: 9.55, twice (last: vs Winona State, 1/10/15)Floor: N/AAll-Around: N/A

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KENDRA DANIELSSophomore • 1VL

5-3Veneta, Oregon

Elmira HSGymas cs Northwest

2015: Was one of team’s top beam workers, topping 9.6 mark in five of nine routines … earned first career out-right victory and tied for No. 4 beam score in program his-tory with 9.825 against Centenary on Mar. 1 ... captured MPSF Specialist of the Week award for effort against Centenary and followed next week with 9.725 at Boise State … tied atop beam podium at Harley Davidson tri-meet with 9.6 … performed once on floor, posting 9.425 in Jan. 10 over Winona State.

BEFORE UAA: Qualifi ed for JO Nationals in fi rst year as Level 10 competitor in 2014 … earned titles on vault, beam, fl oor and all-around at 2014 Oregon State Cham-pionships … won titles on beam and fl oor and was 3rd place in all-around at JO Regionals … also won fl oor titles at Great West GymFest and Emerald Team Challenge … was 3-time L-9 Westerns qualifi er from 2011-13.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 19, 1995 in Eugene, Oregon … daughter of Edward and Lorrie Daniels … has one broth-er, Trevor … pre-majoring in technology.

DANIELS’S CAREER BESTSVault: N/ABars: N/ABeam: 9.825 vs Centenary, 3/1/15Floor: 9.425 vs Winona State, 1/10/15All-Around: N/A

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EMILY RAMBERGSophomore • 1VL

5-5Forest Lake, Minnesota

Forest Lake Area HSFlyaway Golds Gymas cs

2015: Performed in 10 of 11 meets in regular beam lineup and eight times in regular vault lineup … tied 4th-best bal-ance beam routine in UAA history with 9.825 at Seattle Pacific, boosting UAA to school-record-tying 48.575 to-tal and first-ever road win over Falcons ... captured MPSF Newcomer of the Week and Specialist of the Week awards for showing at SPU, becoming first gymnast in league history to sweep those honors ... sprung season-best 9.575 vault in Feb. 27 win over Centenary … con-tributed to UAA-record 193.825 team score with 9.75 on beam and 9.525 on vault, Mar. 9 at Air Force.

BEFORE UAA: Competed at Level 10 since 2011 … quali-fi ed for JO NIT meets in 2014 and 2014, and JO Nation-als in 2013 … competed six straight years at Region IV Championships, fi nishing 5th all-around in 2013 … won bars at the 2013 Luau Legacy and placed 3rd on bars at Harley Davidson meet.

PERSONAL: Sept. 8, 1995 in Chisago, Minnesota … daugh-ter of Peter and Miko Ramberg … older sister Jessica is on diving team at University of Minnesota … hobbies include swing dancing, fi shing and hunting … aviation technology major.

RAMBERG’S CAREER BESTSVault: 9.575 vs Centenary, 2/27/15Bars: 7.65 at Harley Davidson Invita onal, 2/13/15Beam: 9.825 at Sea le Pacifi c, 1/30/15Floor: 8.875 at Sea le Pacifi c, 1/30/15All-Around: N/A

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MORGAN ROSSSophomore • 1VL

5-3Reno, Nevada

Reno HSFlips USA Gymnas cs

2015: Competed several exhibition routines throughout season … performed in regular lineup once, scoring 8.65 on floor in road victory over Seattle Pacific.

BEFORE UAA: Moved to Level 10 in 2014 … qualifi ed for JO Region 1 Championships in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014 … placed 10th on vault at 2014 L-10 regionals … won fl oor exercise and placed runner-up on vault at Flips USA Invitational … earned top-10 placings at Classic Rock Invitational and IGI Chicago Style meets … sat out 2013 season due to injury … was L-9 Regionals qualifi er in 2012.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 12, 1996 in Reno, Nevada … daughter of Colin Ross and Margaret O’Hara … has fi ve siblings … favorite activities include hiking and playing with dogs … environment and society major.

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Western School ofTechnology

United Gymnas x

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BEFORE UAA: Competed at Level 10 since late 2012 … qualifi ed for Maryland State Championships in 2013 and 2015, plus Region 7 Championships in 2014 … earned senior division title on fl oor and was runner-up on vault at 2015 United Winterfest Invitational.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 26, 1997 in Hampton, Va. … daughter of Kyron and Davina Abraham … has two brothers, Kyron Jr. and Kyrell … nickname is ‘Keke’ … enjoys singing … has already earned cosmetology license … major is undeclared.

Freshman • 5-5Tampa, Florida

Freedom HSLaFleur’s Gymnas cs

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BEFORE UAA: Competed three years at Level 10 with LaFleur’s Gymnastics … qualifi ed for three straight Region 8 Championships meets, tying for third on vault with career-high 9.675 at 2015 event … placed fi fth in Region 8 Senior D division on both vault and bars in 2014 … tied for second on vault and 12th all-around in Senior B division at 2014 JO NIT meet … won vault, bars and all-around titles at 2015 LaFleur Invitational.

PERSONAL: Feb. 2, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … daughter of Chris and Mara Colee … has one brother, Bryce … enjoys going to the beach, reading and movies … health sciences major.

Freshman • 5-0Land O’ Lakes, Florida

Sunlake HSLaFleur’s Gymnas cs

ERICAMAN

BEFORE UAA: Four-year Level 10 competitor for LaFleur’s Gymnas-tics, qualifying every year for regional meet … qualifi ed on fl oor for 2015 Florida L10 State meet … competed three events at 2014 JO Nationals and JO NIT meet … placed ninth on vault and fl oor at 2014 Region 8 Championships and was runner-up on vault and sixth all-around at 2014 Florida State Championships … earned three straight top-3 placings on fl oor to begin 2014 club campaign … was 2014 NIT qualifi er … Region 8 and State Championships all-around competitor in 2013.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 9, 1997 in Tampa, Fla. … daughter of Eric and Virasin Man … has two siblings, Jovi and Bonita … interests include music, shopping and reading … health sciences major.

Freshman • 5-7High Point, N.C.

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KAYLINMANCARI

BEFORE UAA: Competed three years at Level 10 … fi nished 7th in all-around and on bars at 2015 JO NIT meet … was 5th on beam and 10th all-around at L10 Regionals and 8th in all-around at L10 State meet in spring 2015 … medaled on fl oor at 2014 L10 Region-als and placed 5th all-around and on bars at L10 State … was JO NIT and Regional qualifi er in fi rst L10 season in 2013.

PERSONAL: Born Apr. 10, 1997 in Charlotte, N.C. … daughter of Robert and Laurel Mancari … honor roll student … interests in-clude hiking, wakeboarding and surfi ng … natural sciences major.


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The Seawolves enjoyed a banner season in 2015 with 20 school records, including highest overall aver-

age (192.605), highest balance beam average (48.270) and highest single-meet score (193.825). UAA swept all four of its regular-season home meets in its first season in the Alaska Airlines Center, while the Seawolves’ 4th-place finish at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships – hosted by UAA for the first time ever – marked the program’s best showing since 2009. Junior M’rcy Matsunami was among four All-MPSF honorees and qualified as an individual all-arounder for the NCAA Div. I West Regional meet. Matsunami also won the MPSF title on uneven bars and broke multiple school records.

2015 MEET RESULTS(DUAL RECORD: 7-8)

Date Meet/Opponent ResultJan. 8 WINONA STATE W, 191.550-178.450Jan. 10 WINONA STATE W, 192.250-185.275Jan. 17 at Ozone Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) vs Bowling Green L, 188.850-193.075 vs BYU L, 188.850-191.175 vs Wisconsin-Whitewater L, 188.850-189.975Jan. 30 at Seattle Pacific W, 191.825-189.550Feb. 13 at Harley Davidson Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) vs Wisconsin Whitewater L, 189.050-190.575 vs Winona State W, 189.050-183.975Feb. 15 at Northern Illinois L, 190.925-195.650 vs Bowling Green L, 190.925-195.200Feb.27 CENTENARY W, 190.675-185.475Mar. 1 CENTENARY W, 192.750-191.675Mar. 6 at Boise State L, 192.500-196.800Mar. 9 at Air Force W, 193.825-193.225 vs Denver L, 193.825-196.450Mar. 21 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS (Anchorage) 1) UC Davis 195.300 2) San Jose State 195.175 3) Sacramento State 194.175 4) UAA 193.700 5) Seattle Pacific 192.700 6) Air Force 191.150Home meets in ALL CAPS at Alaska Airlines Center

2015 TOP SCORESTEAM

V — 48.575 at MPSF Championships, Mar. 21UB — 48.625 at Air Force, Mar. 9BB — 48.650 vs Centenary, Mar. 1FX — 48.857 at Northern Illinois, Feb. 15Total — 193.825 at Air Force, Mar. 9

INDIVIDUALV — 9.825, Simone Penker at Seattle Pacific, Jan. 30UB — 9.9, M’rcy Matsunami at Air Force, Mar. 9BB — 9.825, Emily Ramberg at Seattle Pacific, Jan. 30 9.825, Kendra Daniels vs Centenary, Mar. 1FX — 9.875, Julia York at Northern Illinois, Feb. 15AA — 39.200, M’rcy Matsunami at Air Force, Mar. 9

Marie-Sophie BoggaschMPSF All-Academic Team (highest GPA)

Stefany BryanMPSF All-Academic Team

Morgan CookAll-MPSF Team (AA)MPSF All-Academic Team

Kendra DanielsMPSF Specialist of the Week (2/24-3/3)

Kelsy KonkrightMPSF All-Academic Team

Kelsy KonkrightMPSF All-Academic Team

M’rcy MatsunamiGymnast of the Week, (1/6-12)MPSF Gymnast of the Week, (1/27-2/2)

MPSF Gymnast of the Week (2/24-3/3)MPSF Gymnast of the Week, (3/9-15)All-MPSF Team (V, UB, BB, AA)MPSF Uneven Bars ChampionNCAA West Regional All-Arnd QualifierBill MacKay Athlete of the Year nominee

Simone PenkerAll-MPSF Team (AA)MPSF All-Academic Team (highest GPA)

Emily RambergMPSF Specialist of the Week (1/27-2/2)MPSF Newcomer of the Week (1/27-2/2)

Kallie RandolphAll-MPSF Team (FX)

Julia YorkMPSF All-Academic Team

2015 SEAWOLF HONORS & AWARDS

Senior Morgan Cook was an All-MPSF performer in the all-around in 2015, helping the Seawolves break school records for overall season average and single-meet scores.


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TEAMALL-AROUND1. 193.825 at Air Force, 3/9/152. 193.750 at MPSF Championships, 3/20/043. 193.700 – MPSF Championships, 3/21/154. 193.000 vs Kentucky, 3/15/095. 192.850 vs Eastern Michigan, 2/16/136. 192.825 at MPSF Championships, 3/28/08 192.825 at MPSF Championships, 3/20/098. 192.775 at Rutgers, 2/28/099. 192.750 vs Centenary, 3/1/1510. 192.625 vs Michigan State, 3/11/12

VAULT1. 48.675 vs Kentucky, 3/15/092. 48.650 at MPSF Championships, 3/23/133. 48.625 vs Kentucky, 3/13/094. 48.575 vs Temple, 2/22/09 48.575 – MPSF Championships, 3/21/15 6. 48.550 at Ursinus, 2/27/097. 48.500 at MPSF Championships, 3/20/09 48.500 at Rutgers, 1/12/13 48.500 vs Seattle Pacific, 1/25/13 48.500 vs Eastern Michigan, 2/16/1310. 48.475 at UC Davis, 2/12/10 48.475 vs Air Force, 3/14/10

UNEVEN BARS1. 48.825 at MPSF Championships, 3/20/042. 48.650 at MPSF Championships, 3/28/083. 48.625 at Air Force, 3/9/154. 48.500 vs Seattle Pacific, 1/26/13 48.500 at Centenary, 2/8/136. 48.475 vs Seattle Pacific, 1/25/137. 48.450 vs UC Davis, 1/27/088. 48.400 at Michigan State, 2/27/119. 48.375 – MPSF Championships, 3/21/1510. 48.300 at New Hampshire, 2/1/08

BALANCE BEAM1. 48.650 vs Centenary, 3/1/152. 48.575 at Seattle Pacific, 2/7/04 48.575 at Seattle Pacific, 1/30/154. 48.525 vs Eastern Michigan, 2/16/135. 48.400 at Rutgers, 1/12/13 48.400 at MPSF Championships, 3/22/147. 48.375 vs Kentucky, 3/15/098. 48.350 vs Seattle Pacific, 1/25/139. 48.300 vs Winona State, 1/10/1510. 48.275 at Northern Illinois, 2/22/04 48.275 at Boise State, 3/6/15

FLOOR EXERCISE1. 49.075 at MPSF Championships, 3/20/042. 48.875 at Seattle Pacific, 3/19/05 48.875 at Northern Illinois, 2/15/15 48.875 – MPSF Championships, 3/21/155. 48.825 at MPSF Championships, 3/27/106. 48.800 at Air Force, 3/9/157. 48.775 at MPSF Championships, 3/29/038. 48.600 at Maui Invitational, 1/7/05 48.600 at MPSF Championships, 3/24/06 48.600 at Southeast Missouri, 3/7/10

INDIVIDUALALL-AROUND1. 39.200, M’rcy Matsunami at Air Force, 3/9/152. 39.175, M’rcy Matsunami – MPSF Championships, 3/21/153. 39.125, Dominique Ingram at MPSF Championships, 3/20/044. 39.025, M’rcy Matsunami vs Centenary, 3/1/155. 38.975, Leah Wilson vs Kentucky, 3/15/096. 38.950, M’rcy Matsunami vs Centenary, 2/27/15 38.950, M’rcy Matsunami at Boise State, 3/6/158. 38.925, Jessica Portlock at Western Michigan, 2/26/069. 38.900, Dominique Ingram at Sacramento State, 2/15/04 38.900, Jessica Portlock at MPSF Championships, 3/24/06 38.900, M’rcy Matsunami at Seattle Pacific, 1/30/15

VAULT1. 9.925, Dominique Ingram vs San Jose State, 3/13/04 9.925, Dominique Ingram at USAG Championships, 4/10/043. 9.900, Lauren Agostino vs Kentucky, 3/13/09 9.900, Dominique Ingram at USAG Championships, 4/8/045. 9.875, Dominique Ingram at Seattle Pacific, 3/19/05 9.875, Dominique Ingram at MPSF Championships, 3/25/05 9.875, Marie-Sophie Boggasch vs Eastern Michigan, 2/17/138. 9.850, Dominique Ingram at Sacramento State, 2/15/04 9.850, Dominique Ingram at MPSF Championships, 3/20/04 9.850, Lauren Agostino at Sacramento State, 1/22/06 9.850, Jessica Portlock at Yale, 2/3/08 9.850, Jessica Portlock vs Air Force, 3/16/08 9.850, M’rcy Matsunami at Rutgers, 1/12/13 9.850, M’rcy Matsunami vs Seattle Pacific, 1/25/13

UNEVEN BARS1. 9.925, Elena Tkacheva vs Springfield, 3/23/962. 9.900, Elena Tkacheva vs Springfield, 3/22/96 9.900, M’rcy Matsunami at Air Force, 3/9/154. 9.850, Tiffany Staton at MPSF Championships, 3/20/04 9.850, Jessica Portlock vs Hamline, 3/12/05 9.850, M’rcy Matsunami – MPSF Championships, 3/21/157. 9.825, Dominique Ingram at MPSF Championships, 3/20/04 9.825, Jessica Portlock vs Iowa, 2/11/07 9.825, Emily Petersen vs Seattle Pacific, 1/25/13 9.825, Nicole Larkin vs Winona State, 1/10/15 9.825, Nicole Larkin at Air Force, 3/9/15 9.825, M’rcy Matsunami vs Centenary, 3/1/15

BALANCE BEAM1. 9.850, Jessi Simmons vs Springfield, 3/23/96 9.850, Elena Tkacheva at Western Independent Champ., 3/22/97 9.850, Elena Tkacheva at Seattle Pacific, 3/10/974. 9.825, Brianna Thomas vs San Jose State, 3/13/04 9.825, Lauren Agostino vs Ball State, 3/18/07 9.825, Leah Wilson vs Kentucky, 3/15/09 9.825, Kaelei Spoor at MPSF Championships, 3/27/10 9.825, Emily Petersen vs Michigan State, 3/11/12 9.825, Emily Petersen vs Seattle Pacific, 1/26/13 9.825, Emily Ramberg at Seattle Pacific, 1/30/15 9.825, Kendra Daniels vs Centenary, 3/1/15

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. 9.950, Elena Tkacheva vs Winona State, 2/28/97 9.950, Elena Tkacheva vs Winona State, 3/1/97 3. 9.925, Dominique Ingram at MPSF Championships, 3/20/04 9.925, Dominique Ingram at Seattle Pacific, 3/19/05 5. 9.900, Elena Tkacheva at USAG Championships, 4/11/97 9.900, Dominique Ingram at Seattle Pacific, 2/7/04 9.900, Dominique Ingram at USAG Championships, 4/10/04 9.900, Dominique Ingram at Maui Invitational, 1/7/05 9.900, Dominique Ingram at Sacramento State, 2/25/0510. 9.875, Rachel Glover at MPSF Championships, 3/29/03 9.875, Elena Tkacheva vs Sacramento State, 2/22/97 9.875, Mandi Burdick at MPSF Championships, 3/20/04 9.875, Kaelei Spoor at MPSF Championships, 3/27/10 9.875, Julia York at Northern Illinois, 2/15/15

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TEAMALL-AROUNDYear Average2013................. 191.1902004................. 189.9632005................. 189.7982008................. 189.6922011................. 189.6582014................. 189.4432009................. 189.2212006................. 188.9432012................. 188.7982010................. 187.619

VAULTYear Average2013................... 48.2952009................... 48.0462010................... 47.9692011................... 47.7582012................... 47.7482008................... 47.6652014................... 47.6502006................... 47.6362005................... 47.3412004................... 47.294

UNEVEN BARSYear Average2013................... 47.7602008................... 47.6942011................... 47.3862014................... 47.2002004................... 47.1732005................... 47.0702012................... 46.9302006................... 46.7392009................... 46.3422007................... 46.256

BALANCE BEAMYear Average2013................... 47.8752004................... 47.5632005................... 47.3822008................... 47.1922009................... 47.1382006................... 46.9212011................... 46.8782014................... 46.8752003................... 46.7452012................... 46.534

FLOOR EXERCISEYear Average2005................... 48.0052004................... 47.9932014................... 47.7182009................... 47.6942006................... 47.6462011................... 47.6362012................... 47.5862003................... 47.5402010................... 47.4192013................... 47.260

INDIVIDUALALL-AROUNDYear Gymnast Average2015 .... M’rcy Matsunami ...... 38.5902013 .... M’rcy Matsunami ...... 38.5392009..... Leah Wilson ................ 38.4152004..... Dominique Ingram ...... 38.4002005..... Dominique Ingram ...... 38.2612006..... Jessica Portlock ........... 38.2371997..... Elena Tkacheva ........... 38.1602015 .... Simone Penker ........... 38.1562004..... Mandi Burdick ............. 38.1482005..... Jessica Portlock ........... 38.073

VAULTYear Gymnast Average2009..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.7802004 .... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.7552005..... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.7462013 .... M’rcy Matsunami ........ 9.7342012..... Melissa Doucette .......... 9.7112015 .... M’rcy Matsunami ........ 9.7082006..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.6752007..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.6642013..... Morgan Cook ................ 9.6632009..... Leah Wilson .................. 9.663

UNEVEN BARSYear Gymnast Average2015 .... M’rcy Matsunami ........ 9.7132013 .... M’rcy Matsunami ........ 9.6862012..... Emily Petersen .............. 9.6792005..... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.6622013..... Emily Petersen .............. 9.6502011..... Maria Puricelli ............... 9.6502008..... Kristy Boswell ................ 9.6442004..... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.6061996..... Elena Tkacheva ............. 9.5982008..... Maria Puricelli ............... 9.585

BALANCE BEAMYear Gymnast Average2009..... Leah Wilson .................. 9.7532013..... Emily Petersen .............. 9.6752013..... Morgan Cook ................ 9.6532004..... Brianna Thomas ............ 9.6402014..... Morgan Cook ................ 9.6092006..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.6072009..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.5952013 .... Simone Penker ............. 9.5752005..... Tiffany Staton ............... 9.5571997..... Elena Tkacheva ............. 9.541

FLOOR EXERCISEYear Gymnast Average1997..... Elena Tkacheva ............. 9.7882004..... Mandi Burdick ............... 9.7562015 .... Kallie Randolph ........... 9.7532005..... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.7452004..... Mandy Kolosovsky ........ 9.6982014 .... Kallie Randolph ........... 9.6822004..... Dominique Ingram ........ 9.6802015 .... M’rcy Matsunami ........ 9.6752009..... Lauren Agostino ............ 9.6682001..... Mandi Burdick ............... 9.667

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NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS2015 M’rcy Matsunami AA2014 Stefany Bryan AA2013 M’rcy Matsunami Vault2012 Morgan Cook AA2009 Leah Wilson AA2006 Lauren Agos no AA Jessica Portlock AA2005 Dominique Ingram Vault2003 Mandi Burdick AA1998 Jessi Simmons AA1997 Elena Tkacheva AA1996 Elena Tkacheva AA1995 Elena Tkacheva AA1994 Elena Tkacheva AA Kerry Robitaille AA1988 Anne e Nicolaus AA

USAG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS2004 Dominique Ingram V Dominique Ingram FX1998 Jessi Simmons V1997 Elena Tkacheva AA Elena Tkacheva FX

USAG ALL-AMERICANS2005 Jamie Burton BB Dominique Ingram V/UB/AA2004 Mandi Burdick AA Dominique Ingram V/FX/AA Mandy Kolosovsky V Brianna Thomas BB2000 Leisha Jenkins AA1999 Jessi Simmons FX/AA1998 Jessi Simmons UB/V1997 E. Tkacheva UB/BB/FX/AA1996 Jessi Simmons BB/FX/AA Elena Tkacheva UB1995 Karen Hoey BB/V/AA E. Tkacheva UB/BB/FX/AA1994 Karen Hoey V Kerry Robitaille BB/AA Elena Tkacheva BB1990 Teri Frankie V1987 Anne e Nicolaus BB/AA1986 Teri Frankie FX1985 Teri Frankie BB

MPSF GYMNAST OF THE YEAR2006 Jessica Portlock

MPSF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS2015 M’rcy Matsunami UB 9.852011 Kelsey Fullerton FX 9.8252009 Lauren Agos no *V 9.8 Kristy Boswell UB 9.82008 Kelsey Fullerton *FX 9.8252006 Lauren Agos no FX 9.775 Jessica Portlock AA 38.900 Jessica Portlock V 9.775 Jessica Portlock FX 9.7752005 Dominique Ingram *V 9.875

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Brooke Nall BB Jessica Portlock V/UB/FX Courtney Williams AA Leah Wilson BB2007 Lauren Agos no V/BB Rachael Lehmkuhl V/FX/AA Lauren Magiera UB Jessica Portlock UB/FX Courtney Williams BB/AA2006 Lauren Agos no V/BB/AA Dominique Ingram UB/FX J. Portlock V/UB/BB/FX2005 D. Ingram V/UB/FX/AA Mandy Kolosovsky V Jessica Portlock UB/AA Tiff any Staton BB/FX2004 Mandi Burdick FX/AA D. Ingram V/UB/FX Sara Randall BB/AA Brianna Thomas V/UB/BB

MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK2015 M’rcy Matsunami 1/6-12 M’rcy Matsunami 1/27-2/2 M’rcy Matsunami 2/24/3/3 M’rcy Matsunami 3/9-152013 M’rcy Matsunami 1/21-272012 Melissa Douce e 1/17-232009 Lauren Agos no 1/12-18 Leah Wilson 2/16-22 Leah Wilson 3/9-152006 Lauren Agos no 1/9-15 Jessica Portlock 2/14-20 Jessica Portlock 2/21-27 Jessica Portlock 3/15-212004 Jessica Portlock 1/25-2/1 Dominique Ingram 2/2-8 Domnique Ingram 2/9-152003 Jesse Currie 2/4-10

MPSF NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK2015 Emily Ramberg 1/27-2/2

MPSF SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK2015 Emily Ramberg 1/27-2/2 Kendra Daniels 2/24-3/3

MPSF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM2015 M.-Sophie Boggasch 4.00 Simone Penker 4.00 Julia York 3.90 Kelsy Konkright 3.88 Stefany Bryan 3.73 Nicole Larkin 3.40 Morgan Cook 3.212014 M.-Sophie Boggasch 4.00 Simone Penker 4.00 Stefany Bryan 3.77 Nicole Wetzel 3.75 Morgan Cook 3.062013 Emily Petersen 3.93 Paige Pirie 3.45 Sariaye Jensen 3.272012 Emily Petersen 3.87 Jackie Thomas 3.57 Melissa Douce e 3.45 Kathleen Mantell 3.262011 Kristy Boswell 3.56 Kelsey Fullerton 3.53 Maria Puricelli 3.50 Kathleen Mantell 3.232010 Kristy Boswell 3.55 Jackie Thomas 3.52 Leah Wilson 3.45 Lauren Agos no 3.44 Erin Aitcheson 3.41 Kelsey Fullerton 3.33 Maria Puricelli 3.32 Meagan Byrne 3.31 Kaelei Spoor 3.21 Courtney Williams 3.202009 Kristy Boswell 3.72 Lauren Agos no 3.37 Meagan Byrne 3.32 Courtney Williams 3.22 Maria Puricelli 3.132008 Jessica Portlock 3.63

MPSF COACH OF THE YEAR2004 Paul Stoklos

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ALL-MPSF TEAM2015 Morgan Cook AA M’rcy Matsunami V/UB/BB/AA Simone Penker AA Kallie Randolph FX2014 Stefany Bryan UB/AA Simone Penker BB Kallie Randolph FX Julia York V2013 Morgan Cook BB M’rcy Matsunami V/FX/AA Emily Petersen BB/UB2012 Morgan Cook AA Melissa Douce e V/FX Sariaye Jensen UB/AA Kathleen Mantell BB Emily Petersen UB Shakea Sanders V2011 Kelsey Fullerton V Maria Puricelli UB Shakea Sanders V Kaelei Spoor BB/FX2010 Lauren Agos no BB Kelsey Fullerton FX Maria Puricelli UB Shakea Sanders V/FX Kaelei Spoor FX Courtney Williams UB/AA2009 Lauren Agos no V/BB/FX Kristy Boswell UB/BB Shakea Sanders V/FX Kealei Spoor BB Leah Wilson V/BB/AA2008 Kristy Boswell UB Kelsey Fullerton FX


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Pirie, Paige .............................................................2012-13Puricelli, Maria ........................................... 2008-09-10-11

RRAMBERG, EMILY ................................................... 2015Randall, Sara .............................................. 2002-03-04-05RANDOLPH, KALLIE ............................................ 2014-15Renfro, Stacey ............................................................2000Rennebaum, Lisa ........................................................1992Robitaille, Kerry .......................................... 1991-92-93-94

SSalo, Heather .......................................... 1999-2000-01-02Sanders, Shakea ......................................... 2009-10-11-12Schahczinksi, Juliann .............................................1990-91Schmidt, Audra ...........................................................1991Silvey, Christy ........................................................1993-95Simmons, Jessi ........................................... 1996-97-98-99Sokolik, Noel ............................................... 1997-98-2000Sova, Lisa ...............................................................1991-92Spoor, Kaelei .............................................. 2009-10-11-12Stall, Sharon ...............................................................1989Staton, Tiffany ............................................ 2004-05-06-07Stockdale, Carissa.......................................................2003Sullivan, Kathy ............................................................1985

TTarkett, Shannon ............................................. 1997-98-99Thomas, Brianna ........................................................2004Thomas, Jackie ................................................ 2009-10-12Tkacheva, Elena.......................................... 1994-95-96-97Tolliver, Matoyia ........................................................2000Toney, Kristie .............................................. 1998-99-2000Touchet, Carla .......................................................1985-86

VVincent, Lynn .............................................................1986

WWeis, Kathy ...........................................................1991-92Westbrook, Britni .......................................................1999Wetzel, Nicole .......................................................2013-14White, Molly ..............................................................1998Williams, Courtney ..................................... 2007-08-09-10Wilson, Leah .................................................... 2008-09-10

YYORK, JULIA ...................................................... 2014-15

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Hill-Whetten, Megan .............................................1996-97Hoey, Karen ................................................ 1992-93-94-95Horvath, Rita .........................................................1985-86

IIngram, Dominique ......................................... 2004-05-06

JJenkins, Leisha ........................................ 1997-98-99-2000Johnson, Christina ......................................................2004Johnson, Kara .............................................................1996Jones, Amy ................................................. 2001-02-03-05Jorgensen, JoAnn ..................................................1989-90

KKeever, Amanda .............................................. 2004-05-06Kleiner, Kelly ............................................... 1989-90-91-92Kolosovsky, Amanda .................................. 2002-03-04-05KONKRIGHT, KELSEY .......................................... 2014-15Kramer, Lindsey ..........................................................2003Kurczewski, Leslie .......................................................1986

LLackey, Alli .............................................................2001-02LARKIN, NICOLE ................................................. 2014-15Lehmkuhl, Rachael ..................................... 2004-05-06-07

MMacDonald, Shelby ....................................................2011Magiera, Lauren ......................................... 2005-06-07-08Mantell, Kathleen ..................................................2011-12Marx, Karen ...........................................................1991-93MATSUNAMI, M’RCY .................................... 2013-14-15McCullar, Angie ..........................................................1998Merritt, Melinda .............................................. 2000-01-02Miller, Sukanya ........................................... 1991-92-93-94Mitchell, Joanne ....................................................2002-03MIZELL, BRICE .................................................... 2014-15Morgan, Melissa .........................................................1999

NNall, Brooke ..................................................... 2006-07-08Nelson, Faye ...............................................................2005Nicolaus, Annette ....................................... 1987-88-89-90

OO’Connor, Molly .........................................................1999

PPENKER, SIMONE.......................................... 2013-14-15Petersen, Emily ................................................ 2011-12-13Portlock, Jessica ......................................... 2005-06-07-08Prater, Janine .............................................................1985

AAgostino, Lauren ........................................ 2006-07-09-10Aitchenson, Erin ....................................................2010-11ARBUCKLE, MADELEINE .......................................... 2015

BBackus, Laura.........................................................1989-90Baker, Chelsey ............................................................2013Barleycorn, Sheri ........................................................1987Barnett, Christine .......................................................1986Bartleman, Michelle ........................................ 2001-02-03Benham, Diane ...........................................................1989BOGGASCH, MARIE-SOPHIE .......................... 2013-14-15Boswell, Kristy ............................................ 2008-09-10-11Bryan, Stefany ................................................. 2013-14-15Bukojemskyi, Renee ...................................................1989Burdick, Mandi ........................................... 2001-02-03-04Burton, Jamie ........................................................2005-06Byrne, Meagan ........................................... 2007-08-09-10

CCarley, Christina .........................................................1999Carver, Sara ..................................................... 1994-95-96Chapin, Chimmi .....................................................1989-90Cole, Micki .............................................................2007-08Cook, Morgan ............................................. 2012-13-14-15Currie, Jesse .................................................... 2001-02-03

DDANIELS, KENDRA .................................................. 2015Davies, Kayli ...............................................................2013Davlin, Tina.................................................................1991Deering, Susan ...........................................................1987Dombecky, Chantel ......................................... 1994-95-96Doucette, Melissa .................................................2011-12Duarte-Pedrosa, Ann ....................................... 1987-89-90Duncan, Susan ............................................................1989

FFegley, Danielle .......................................... 1992-93-94-95FISHBURN (JENSEN), SARIAYE ....................... 2012-13-15Frankie, Teri..................................................... 1985-86-90Franz, Karli ..................................................................2006Fullerton, Kelsey .............................................. 2008-10-11

GGlover, Rachel ........................................ 1999-2000-02-03Guimera, Silvia ...........................................................1987

HHavelak, Cyndi ............................................ 1995-96-97-98Hensiek, Laura ............................................................1986

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Meagan Byrne 3.34 Lauren Magiera 3.28 Brooke Nall 3.18 Courtney Williams 3.092007 Rachael Lehmkuhl 3.55 Jessica Portlock 3.51 Brooke Nall 3.33 Tiff any Staton 3.27 Lauren Agos no 3.27 Lauren Magiera 3.122006 Rachael Lehmkuhl 3.66 Jessica Portlock 3.57 Amanda Keever 3.52 Jamie Burton 3.22 Tiff any Staton 3.152005 Rachael Lehmkuhl 3.59 Sara Randall 3.33 Tiff any Staton 3.052004 Mandi Burdick 3.53 Sara Randall 3.32 Mandy Kolosovsky 3.122003 Michelle Bartleman 3.85 Mandi Burdick 3.61

Joanne Mitchell 3.47 Rachel Glover 3.34 Sara Randall 3.27 Amy Jones 3.26 Jesse Currie 3.15 Mandy Kolosovsky 3.10

RETIRED LEOTARDElena Tkacheva (1994-97)

SEAWOLF HALL OF FAME2007 Elena (Tkacheva) Lowery2001 Teri Frankie-LaVallee


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T he Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) was established in 1992 to serve the competitive needs of member institutions

from the Big West, Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic and West Coast Conferences and other selected colleges and universities in the western United States, providing championship competition for Division I intercollegiate Olympic sports in a conference setting. In women’s gymnastics, the league expanded back to six institu-tions in 2014 as former members Sacramento State and San Jose State rejoined Air Force, Alaska Anchorage, UC Davis and Seattle Pacific. The MPSF was originally formed to provide enhanced competition and championship opportunities for sports without conference affili-ation, to contain the costs of competition, and to ensure the survival of sports impacted by Title IX and other fiscal pressures. It has also served as an incubator for emerging women’s sports and a safe harbor for sports impacted by conference realignments. In 2014-15, the Federation is celebrating its 23rd year of competi-tion, and today the MPSF is more relevant than at any other time since its inception. This year the MPSF will again provide competition in 10 Olympic sports while serving 93 teams from 38 universities in nine western states. All MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, women’s lacrosse, and men’s volleyball. MPSF team champi-ons are eligible to compete in the NCAA Championships with men’s and women’s water polo, men’s volleyball, and women’s lacrosse champions earning automatic qualification. In 2014-15, MPSF teams won four NCAA team championships, extending the streak to 11 straight years achieving such a feat and bring-ing the league’s total to 80 NCAA titles since its inaugural season in 1992-93.

In the Seawolf, the University of Alaska Anchorage has one of the more unique mascots in collegiate sports.

Originally nicknamed the Sourdoughs, UAA adopted the Seawolf moniker in 1977. The name Seawolf represents a mythical sea creature. Ac cording to the legend of the Seawolf, anyone fortunate enough to view it was subject to good luck. The exact nature or shape of the Seawolf, however, was left to the imagination and thus the creature has been depicted in many forms through-out the years. The Seawolf of today was introduced in 1985. Created by the Clark Mishler & Associates Company of Anchorage in cooperation with a University committee, it represents an adaptation of a more traditional Alaska totemic-like characterization of the mythical Seawolf.

THE SEAWOLF

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A new era in Seawolf Athletics began in 2014 with the opening of the $110 million, 196,000-square foot Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus. The main arena, with a seating capacity of 5,000, will be the home of Seawolf basketball and volleyball, while the gymnastics team will compete in the 800-seat auxilary gym and utilize one of the top training facilities in the nation. The gymnastics team will also host the 2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships in the main arena. With state-of-the-art scoreboards, video production and sound quality, the Alaska Airlines Center will be a first-class venue for spectators and competitors alike. Behind the scenes, UAA student-athletes from all 13 sports utilize the Center’s high-tech sports medicine and weight training facilities, which include a HydroWorx hydrotherapy pool with underwater treadmill and an AlterG anti-gravity treadmill. Also home to UAA Commencement, high school state tournaments, concerts and numerous community events.

Home of the Seawolves

• 5,000-seat capacity in main arena• 800-seat capacity in axuiliary gym• 600 parking spaces, with overflow

capacity of 1,200• State-of-the-art Sports Medicine &

Weight Training facilities• 19 locker rooms• Student Fitness Center• Raven’s Nest Walking Track• Suite Level seating• Varsity Sports Grill restaurant

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Athle cs Dept. Senior Staff Keith Hacke Director of Athle csTim McDiff e Sr. Assoc. AD (External)Jane Pallister Sr. Assoc. AD (Internal)Dede Allen Assoc. AD (Compliance)Tlisa Northcu Assoc. AD (Development)Michael Friess Assoc. AD (Sports Med./Strength & Condit.)Nate Sagan Assistant AD (Media Rela ons)

Rusty Osborne Men’s BasketballRyan McCarthy Women’s BasketballMichael Friess Men’s & Women’s Cross Country and Men’s & Women’s Track & FieldPaul Stoklos Gymnas csMa Thomas HockeySparky Anderson Men’s & Women’s SkiingChris Green Volleyball

CHANCELLORTOM CASE

Tom Case, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret.), became chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage in May 2011.

Upon completing his Air Force career, he was appoint-ed dean of UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP), where he served nearly six years before becoming president and chief operating officer of the state-owned, independently operated Alaska Aerospace

Corporation. Since returning to UAA as Chancellor, Case has focused on helping students succeed in their college goals. In 2011, UAA became one of only 11 universities nationwide to open a VetSuccess program on campus. UAA opened a Veteran’s Resource Center in 2013 to support its growing military and veteran student population. With support from Chancellor funds, UAA established the INNOVATE awards in 2011 to provide an incentive for innovative research. Seawolf Holdings was approved in 2012, establishing a pathway toward the commer-cialization of UAA research. In February 2013, ZENSOR, LLC became the first startup company incorporated in Alaska based upon research by UAA faculty. A second startup incorporated in June 2013. Currently, UAA has 31 invention disclosures with 12 patents pending.Under Case’s leadership, UAA opened a new Health Sciences Building, the new Alaska Airlines Center, and received funding to complete a new Engineering and Industry Building, slated to open in 2015. Married to his wife Susan for 45 years, they have a daughter Donna, son-in-law Daniel, and three grandchildren. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Case received a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the National War College, the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, the Air War College, and Emory University’s Advanced Management Program.He is an active member of the community, having served on the boards of the Alaska World Affairs Council and World Trade Center Alaska, and is immediate past president of Commonwealth North. He is an avid pilot and, of course, a great Seawolf fan.

Seawolf Head Coaches

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICSKEITH HACKETT

Entering his third year as Director of Athletics at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2015-16, Keith

Hackett has positioned the Seawolves’ 13-sport NCAA program for unprecedented growth and success. Since arriving on Oct. 1, 2013, Hackett has overseen planning and logistics for the department’s transition into

the $109 million Alaska Airlines Center – a state-of-the-art sports, commu-nity and concert venue that has transformed the UAA campus – along with a major expansion of the Seawolves’ hockey facilities at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Under his leadership, the department has developed a strategic plan that lists priorities, guiding the decision-making process and allowing the department to maintain focus on the Mission of Seawolf Athletics. A university and administrative management executive with 38 years of higher education experience, Hackett values connecting with the Anchorage community and building positive relationships with campus faculty, students, staff and U-Med District partners. In addition to reorganizing the internal management structure of the depart-ment, he has also entered into agreements with several national leaders in col-legiate brand advancement. Hackett has developed partnerships with industry leader Spectra to manage the Alaska Airlines Center and UAA’s ticketing operations; Learfield Sports – the industry leader in media rights and sponsor-ships; and its newest partner, Basketball Travelers, to assist UAA in developing the GCI Great Alaska Shootout. Hackett has worked closely with corporate partners GCI and Alaska Airlines – and national TV partner CBS Sports Network – to bolster the vitality of UAA’s most visible event, the GCI Great Alaska Shootout. Other important areas that Hackett has targeted include external develop-ment, revenue generation, and enhancing the ‘Seawolf Fan Experience.’ Since Hackett’s arrival, over $3.2 million new dollars have been raised for facility projects and Student-Athlete support, total sales revenue has increased yearly by 36 percent, and significant enhancements have been made to the in-game fan experience and the level of service provided to season-ticket holders and Seawolf fans. Along with his behind-the-scenes contributions, UAA’s success in the competitive arena has also been apparent in Hackett’s first two years, with the Seawolf program finishing among the top 12 percent of all NCAA Div. II institutions in the Learfield Director’s Cup both times. All told during his tenure, the Seawolves’ D-II programs have qualified for NCAA postseason competition at a 90 percent rate, producing 42 All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans®, and seven Great Northwest Athletic Conference team titles. Even more impressively, UAA student-athletes have continued their tradition of academic excellence under Hackett’s leadership, combining for better than a 3.15 overall grade-point average in his of his two years at the helm. Hackett came to the Seawolves after working from 2004-13 as the senior associate AD for internal affairs at the University of Nevada, where he oversaw the football, track & field/cross country and baseball programs. Prior to his time in Reno, Hackett served as Executive VP for Special Projects and Director of the St. Gregory’s University College for Working Adults in Tulsa, Okla. He also served as Executive VP and Provost at St. Gregory’s from 1997-2004, and as VP for Admissions and Enrollment Management/Dean of Admissions for Law, Graduate and Undergraduate Admissions at Oklahoma City University from 1992-97. He worked at OCU as Dean of Students from 1986-89. From 1989-92, Hackett was the Associate AD at Northern Illinois University, where he oversaw eight Division I sports, including football and men’s and women’s basketball. The native of Nanuet, N.Y., began his college coaching and teaching career at Baker University in Baldwin, Kan., where he was head baseball coach from 1978-83 and assistant football coach from 1977-83. From there, he went on to coach offensive line for the football program at Div. I Memphis from 1983-85. Hackett earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Tarkio (Mo.) College in 1976 and an M.S. in education from the University of Kansas in 1979. He and his wife Patricia have been married for 39 years and have two adult children, Katie and James.


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Alaska’s most populous city is home to more than a few surprises. Aside from

the human population of nearly 300,000, it is home to 1,500 moose and copious other wildlife. More than 50 glaciers stand in the nearby Chugach Mountains, one of the larg-est state parks in the nation. It’s the best mix of iconic Alaska and urban amenities. More than 135 miles of paved trails wind through the city, and salmon can be caught within the city limits. But Anchorage

The State of Alaska

local breweries, and homegrown arts, and it’s a perfect place to explore no matter the season. Thanksgiving weekend is a special time for Anchorage. The GCI Great Alaska Shootout headlines a holiday weekend packed with events. The Town Square tree lighting, the Anchorage Museums craft fair and seasonal exhibits, and other big sporting events all combine to keep Anchorage jump-ing.

also has a bustling downtown – complete with high-rises, nightlife and one of the nation’s fastest-growing culinary scenes. Anchorage is at the center of road, rail and air travel inside the state, making it a natural fit for visitors hoping to experience Alaska. Activities from the city range from bear viewing to glacier trekking, kayaking to gold panning. Pair adventure opportunities with Anchorage’s outstanding hotels, restaurants,

Alaska is the largest state in the union — one-fifth the size of the contiguous 48 states and more than twice the size of the second largest state, Texas.

Although Minnesota is called the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Alaska holds the real title in that department with more than three million lakes. Alaska also boasts 39 different mountain ranges, three of which can be seen from Anchorage, and an estimated 100,000 glaciers. The 49th State is home to Denali, the highest peak in North America (20,320 feet). Previously known as Mt. McKinley, the colossal mountain is located in the heart of Denali National Park and Preserve, located 200 miles north of Anchorage, and can be seen from the city on clear days.

Alaska Fast FactsStatehood: Jan. 3, 1959 State flower: Forget-Me-NotPopulation (2010): 710,231 State tree: Sitka SpruceMotto: North to the Future State bird: Willow PtarmiganNickname: The Last Frontier State fish: King SalmonCapital: Juneau State song: Alaska’s FlagSize: 663,268 sq. miles State sport: Dog Mushing

The Municipality of Anchorage

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The University of Alaska Anchorage, academic home to more than 16,000 students, is an

intersection for intellectual exploration, adventure and transfor-mative experiences in and out of the classroom. With campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska, from the shores of majestic Prince William Sound to the verdant Matanuska and Susitna Valleys, UAA students experience a unique, hands-on education through academics, research, leadership opportunities and mentorship with our community partners in-state, across the country and globally. Surrounded by an environment that is both urban and wild, UAA is a gateway to innovative thinking, learning and exploration in a changing, modern world. UAA is rooted in the Alaska communities it serves and off ers exciting pathways in 200 major areas of study, all at a great value.

UAA’s student-athletes, the beating heart of #SeawolfNation, compete

in 13 NCAA collegiate sports. At the Division I level, UAA fi elds a men’s ice hockey team and a women’s gymnastics team. Compet-ing in Division II are men’s and women’s basketball, cross country running, skiing and indoor and outdoor track & fi eld teams, as well as our women’s volleyball team. True student-athletes, our Seawolves maintained a 3.17 GPA last year across all teams, while producing three conference titles, nine NCAA fi nishes, 18 All-Amer-icans and placing 34th of 300 schools in the Learfi eld Sports Director’s Cup rankings. In September 2014, Seawolf Athletics cut the ribbon on its new home, the Alaska Airlines Center, a state-of-the-art 196,000-square-foot sporting event, training, sports medicine, special event and performance venue that is shared by the Anchorage community. The AAC is the new home for the GCI Great Alaska Shootout and has already played host to the NCAA Div. II Women’s Basketball West Regional Championships and the MPSF Gymnastics Championships.

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