Wassung Named MPSF Co-Gymnast of the Week

<?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Lincoln ? Senior Jason Wassung was named this week’s co-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week on Tuesday, sharing the title with Oklahoma’s Jonathan Horton.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

Wassung’s award comes following an outstanding meet at Iowa on Feb. 24 that saw him capture the fourth all-around title of his career with a season-high score of 52.50. He also won the high bar (8.50), and finished third on the floor exercise (9.00), pommel horse (8.55) and still rings (9.20). Wassung’s scores on the pommel horse and rings were both season highs.

 

Five meets into the season, Wassung has finished either first or second in the all-around each time, including earning a pair of all-around titles. Nebraska’s only fourth-year competitor, Wassung has also set career-high marks on the parallel bars (9.40) and high bar (9.20), and owns an event title on each apparatus.

 

This is Wassung’s first gymnast of the week honor of the season and the third of his career after the Lincoln native earned a pair of awards during his sophomore season in 2005. This is also the second MPSF Gymnast of the Week selection for the Huskers in 2007, as sophomore T.J. Schmidt earned the award on Jan. 23.

 

Wassung has climbed as high as fourth in the national all-around standings this season (Feb. 19), and is currently ranked sixth. He is also ranked 20th nationally on the parallel bars.

 

Wassung and the Huskers return home this Sunday, March 4 to take on Stanford at the DevaneyCenter at 2 p.m. It is the first of a three consecutive home meets for Nebraska, which also faces Minnesota on Sunday, March 11, and Air Force on Saturday, March 17.