The OSU Gymnastics End-of Season Banquet was held today (Sunday May 5th), here are the awards presented ...
(besides the Pac-12 All-Conference honors & Jade’s All-America honors.)
Academic Excellence Award (highest GPA):
Carely Beeman, 4.0 GPA!
Community Service Award:
Carely Beeman & Natalie Briones!!
Unsung Hero Award*:
Karlie Chavez
Heart and Soul Award* (voted by the gymnasts):
Sage Thompson!
Most Inspirational (voted by the gymnasts):
Jade Carey!
Most Improved:
Kaitlin Garcia & Jennifer McMillan!!
Newcomer of the Year:
Sophia Esposito!
MVP:
Jade Carey!
Ariana Young was recognized as the lone graduating Senior gymnast!
(*Hopefully, the upcoming OSU release will provide a better description for these two new awards, than I could have tried to give here!)
The other Academic recognitions announced were for the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (which was announced last week by the Pac-12; the criteria is a 3.3+ cumulative GPA, on roster, & at school for 1yr+ … so the freshmen, and Sage, were not eligible.):
Carely Beeman, Natalie Briones, Jade Carey, Francesca Caso, Kaitlin Garcia, Sydney Gonzales, Phoebe Jakubczyk, Lauren Letzsch, Savannah Miller, & Ellie Weaver (I think 8 of these 10 were on the, 3.5+ GPA, OSU Winter Term Honor Roll lists, … plus Sage Thomson, the four freshmen, and Ariana Young.) … and the 2023 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans (on this team; GPA>=3.5 for prior academic year, or cumulative) were recognized (these are announced in August): Carley Beeman, Natalie Briones, Jade Carey, Francesca Caso, Kaitlin Garcia, Sydney Gonzales, Phoebe Jakubczyk, Lauren Letzsch, Savannah Miller, (Sage Thompson @Utah), & Ellie Weaver!