Four Gator gymnasts earn WCGA Regular-Season All-America honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Four Gators – Alyssa Baumann, Rachel Gowey, Savannah Schoenherr and Trinity Thomas – are among the 2020 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) regular-season All-America list. This is the eighth year the WCGA recognizes regular-season All-Americans.

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Four Gators claimed nine WCGA All-America honors – the nation’s No. 2 number of total 2020 honors for a program.

Gator 2020 All-Americans
Nine WCGA All-America honors went to the Gators. Thomas is one of three in the nation to collect the maximum five All-America honors – all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. She is the second Gator to earn five regular-season All-America honors, joining Gator Great Bridget Sloan in 2016 and 2014.

Baumann appears on the balance beam and floor exercise lists, bringing her career total of regular-season All-America honors to four.

Gowey earns her second regular-season All-America for balance beam (2018, 2020). Schoenherr collects her first regular-season All-America honors for uneven bars.

Gators Earning 2020 WCGA All-America regular season honors

Name

AA

V

UB

BB

FX

Alyssa Baumann

2nd

1st

Rachel Gowey

1st

Savannah Schoenherr

2nd

Trinity Thomas

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

Meet the Gator All-Americans:
Alyssa Baumann – Junior
2020 All-America honors:
                First Team: Floor Exercise
                Second Team: Balance Beam

* Won 10th balance beam title of Gator career with a near perfect 9.975 at Georgia. Also matched collegiate beam best of 9.975 versus LSU

* Raised collegiate floor best to 9.975 to share title with teammate Trinity Thomas versus Denver and Iowa State

* Used a 9.975 to take Alabama dual floor win

* Seven consecutive beam marks of 9.90 or above

* Seven floor marks of 9.90 or better, with six scoring 9.925 or higher

Rachel Gowey – Senior
2020 All-America honors:
                First Team: Balance Beam

* 10.0 balance beam routine won title at Penn State. Fifth gymnast in Florida gymnastics’ 48-season history to earn a perfect beam mark

* Performance at March 7 Penn State claimed Southeastern Conference Specialist of the Week honor

* Equaled or set beam best three times in 2020 – equaled then best of 9.95 versus Arkansas, upped to near-perfect 9.975 versus LSU and scored perfect 10.0 at PSU

* Eight 2020 beam routines scored 9.90 or better

Savannah Schoenherr – Sophomore
2020 All-America honors:
                Second Team: Uneven Bars

* Nearly perfect uneven bars mark of 9.975 shared second versus LSU

* Won first collegiate uneven bars title with 9.95 versus Denver & Iowa State.

* Shared bars win at Penn State (9.95)

* Placed among the top three bar performers in eight 2020 meets

* Five 2020 bars routines scored 9.90 or better – with three 9.95 or better

Trinity Thomas – Sophomore
2020 All-America honors:
                First Team: All-Around, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise
                Second Team: Vault

* One of three collegiate gymnasts with maximum five All-America honors in 2020 WCGA regular-season awards.

* Joins Gator Great Bridget Sloan (2014, 2016) as UF’s second to earn five regular-season honors in a single season

* Only 2020 gymnast with a 10.0 in three different events

* 14th Gator to earn a 10.0 with winning mark in LSU dual uneven bars competition

* 10.0 on balance beam versus Denver & Iowa State. Beam 10.0 again in next meet at Auburn

* 10.0 won floor exercise at Penn State.

* Set collegiate all-around best (39.825) to win title at Georgia. Nation’s third-highest total of 2020 and equals Florida record

* All-arounder in every meet, with six totals among the nation’s top 20 – including four in top 10 (No. T3 39.825; No. T7 39.775 3x)

* Led Gators with 28 event wins in 2020 – eight all-around, floor, six bars, five beam, one vault

2020 WCGA All-America regular season awards

All-Around First Team

Rank

Name

AA NRQS

Team

1

Maggie Nichols

39.775

Oklahoma

2

Trinity Thomas

39.750

Florida

3

Kyla Ross

39.700

UCLA

4

Maddie Karr

39.680

Denver

5

Anastasia Webb

39.645

Oklahoma

6

Kiya Johnson

39.630

LSU

7

Lynnzee Brown

39.555

Denver

8

Lexy Ramler

39.545

Minnesota

All-Around Second Team

9

Mollie Korth

39.520

Kentucky

10

Kyana George

39.505

California

11

Sierra Brooks

39.500

Michigan

12

Ona Loper

39.495

Minnesota

12

Evanni Roberson

39.495

Washington

14

Natalie Wojcik

39.435

Michigan

15

Maya Bordas

39.395

California

16

Kennedy Hambrick

39.385

Arkansas

Vault First Team

1

Maggie Nichols

9.985

Oklahoma

2

Anastasia Webb

9.935

Oklahoma

3

Taylor Houchin

9.930

Nebraska

4

Kiya Johnson

9.925

LSU

4

Maddie Karr

9.925

Denver

4

Mollie Korth

9.925

Kentucky

7

Jade Degouveia

9.920

Oklahoma

7

Drew Watson

9.920

Auburn

Vault Second Team

9

Abby Brenner

9.910

Michigan

9

Kim Tessen

9.910

Utah

11

Kennedi Edney

9.905

LSU

11

Khazia Hislop

9.905

North Carolina

11

Kyla Ross

9.905

UCLA

14

Trinity Thomas

9.900

Florida

15

Sierra Brooks

9.895

Michigan

15

Ruby Harrold

9.895

LSU

15

Allie Stern

9.895

Oklahoma

Uneven Bars First Team

1

Kyla Ross

9.975

UCLA

2

Maddie Karr

9.960

Denver

2

Maggie Nichols

9.960

Oklahoma

4

Trinity Thomas

9.945

Florida

4

Emily Muhlenhaupt

9.945

Boise State

6

Lexy Ramler

9.935

Minnesota

7

Jade Degouveia

9.930

Oklahoma

7

Ragan Smith

9.930

Oklahoma

Uneven Bars Second Team

9

Kim Tessen

9.920

Utah

10

Margzetta Frazier

9.915

UCLA

11

Savannah Schoenherr

9.910

Florida

11

Maya Bordas

9.910

California

11

Helen Hu

9.910

Missouri

14

Makarri Doggette

9.905

Alabama

14

Derrian Gobourne

9.905

Auburn

16

Madison Copiak

9.900

Washington

16

Cristal Isa

9.900

Utah

16

Mollie Korth

9.900

Kentucky

Balance Beam First Team

1

Lexy Ramler

9.975

Minnesota

2

Trinity Thomas

9.965

Florida

2

Kyla Ross

9.965

UCLA

4

Alexis Vasquez

9.960

Denver

5

Helen Hu

9.955

Missouri

6

Rachel Gowey

9.945

Florida

7

Grace Glenn

9.940

UCLA

7

Maggie Nichols

9.940

Oklahoma

Balance Beam Second Team

9

Alyssa Baumann

9.930

Florida

9

Reagan Campbell

9.930

LSU

9

Cristal Isa

9.930

Utah

9

Abby Paulson

9.930

Utah

13

Maile O’Keefe

9.925

Utah

13

Ragan Smith

9.925

Oklahoma

13

Anastasia Webb

9.925

Oklahoma

16

Evanni Roberson

9.920

Washington

Floor Exercise First Team

1

Trinity Thomas

9.965

Florida

2

Kiya Johnson

9.960

LSU

3

Gracie Kramer

9.950

UCLA

4

Kristyn Hoffa

9.940

Washington

4

Maggie Nichols

9.940

Oklahoma

4

Kyla Ross

9.940

UCLA

7

Alyssa Baumann

9.935

Florida

7

Andrea Maldonado

9.935

Iowa State

Floor Exercise Second Team

9

Sabrina Vega

9.930

Georgia

9

Maya Washington

9.930

Washington

11

Kyla Bryant

9.925

Stanford

11

Sophia Carter

9.925

Arkansas

11

Maddie Karr

9.925

Denver

11

Sydney Soloski

9.925

Utah

11

Anastasia Webb

9.925

Oklahoma

16

Lynnzee Brown

9.920

Denver

16

Lauren Guerin

9.920

Iowa