A total of 10 UC Davis women's gymnastics plus the team at large were honored as part of the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) Academic Awards program. Collectively, the Aggies compiled a 3.4700 grade-point average to rank 10th nationally and highest among the West Region teams. More
Four Aggies earned Outstanding Contribution awards while juniors Stacey Nicolini and Jessica Rea were announced as 2011 team captains at the annual UC Davis women's gymnastics season banquet at Sudwerk Restaurant & Brewery Sunday afternoon.
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UC Davis head coach John Lavallee was selected as the Division I West Region Coach of the Year, it was announced by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) recently. The NACGC/W handed out awards for each of the six Div. I regions, plus one each for Division II a...
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Freshman Katie Yamamura tied for eighth place on vault with a 9.850 score to highlight UC Davis action at the NCAA Los Angeles Region women's gymnastics meet at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion Saturday. Yamamura joined seniors Lida Gehlen and Tanya Ho to form a three-person Aggie contingent of individual ...
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A total of eight UC Davis student-athletes were named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Gymnastics All-Academic squad, it was announced by executive director Al Beaird on Thursday. The Aggie contingent represents exactly one third of the honorees in the four-team conference.
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The Aggie gymnastics trio of senior Lida Gehlen, senior Tanya Ho and freshman Katie Yamamura return to competition as individual qualifiers for the NCAA Los Angeles Regional, held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. Ho and Yamamura earned regional berths as all-around competitors, while Gehle...
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A trio UC Davis student-athletes have qualified as at-large competitors for the 2010 NCAA Los Angeles Region gymnastics meet, held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, April 10, it was announced by the NCAA Monday afternoon. Senior Tanya Ho and freshman Katie Yamamura earned two of the five ber...
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UC Davis senior Tanya Ho was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Year while a total of eight Aggie student-athletes took down 19 All-MPSF awards, it was announced by the conference office on Monday. Furthermore, UC Davis boasted the top-ranked performer in all four events plus...
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Sophomore Erika Van Dyke tied the school balance beam record with a winning 9.900 while senior Lida Gehlen led a 1-2-3-4 Aggie sweep on the uneven bars, leading UC Davis women's gymnastics to a team score of 194.150 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation team title in the conference champions...
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UC Davis freshman Katie Yamamura has been selected as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week for second straight week, the conference office announced on Tuesday. This is the fourth such honor for the former Airborne Gymnastics standout, and the eighth award by an Aggie this s...
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Coming off a strong home finale in which the Aggies barely missed a second consecutive season-best score, the UC Davis women's gymnastics team heads into Saturday's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships with the opportunity of regaining the conference title and taking a dramatic leap i...
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Spotlight Aggie - Tori Hooper
With graduation on the horizon and career considerations looming, UC Davis senior volleyball player Tori Hooper has followed a family tradition of taking to the skies. She is halfway through her flight training, with plans of joining the Air Force Reserve.
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Louie Bishop: Seventh Day Committment
Louie Bishop enjoyed an oustanding career with the UC Davis men's golf team, graduating in 2007 with a degree in managerial economics. Named the 2007 Division I Independent Golfer of the Year and Ping All-America Honorable Mention, Bishop capped his Aggie career by being named the winner of UC Davis' W.P. Lindley Award for achievement in athletics, academics and community service. He participated in the 2009 U.S. Amateur on Aug. 24-25. The Tulsa World published the following story on the first day of the tournament
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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