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- Nebraska Head Coach: Dan Kendig (18th Year)
- Current Team Record: 7-7 (3-1 Big 12)
- 2011 High Score: 196.50 (Masters Classic, 2/27/11)
- 2010 NCAA Finish: 7th (196.175)
The 10th-ranked Nebraska women's gymnastics team hosts Arizona State on Sunday, March 6. Competition is scheduled for 2 p.m. (CST) at the Devaney Center. The Nebraska men's gymnastics team will also host Stanford Sunday afternoon. Arizona State leads the all-time series with the Huskers 30-18. NU last met Arizona State in 2009 along with Cal State Fullerton and Ball State, as the Huskers posted a 196.75 to Arizona State's 196.00.
Nebraska's final home meet is on Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m. as the Huskers take on Iowa State on Senior Day.
Scouting the Competition: Arizona State
- Head Coach: John Spini (31st Year)
- 2011 Record: 4-9
- 2011 High Score: 195.75 (vs. Washington, 2/18/11)
- 2010 NCAA Finish: DNQ
A Glance at the Sun Devils...
- Last week the Sun Devils fell to Stanford 196.825-192.375 in Palo Alto, Calif.
- Sophomore Nickie Johnson posted a 9.85 on floor and freshman Sammie Seaman hit the same score on vault, tying for the second-highest score of the meet last weekend.
- The Sun Devil's posted their highest score of the season (195.75) in an upset win over then-No. .13 Washington on Feb. 18.
Competition Order vs. Arizona State
Rotation Nebraska Arizona State
1 Vault Uneven Bars
2 Uneven Bars Vault
3 Balance Beam Floor Exercise
4 Floor Exercise Balance Beam
Youth Team Day
All youth eighth grade and under who wear team apparel with their team name or logo will receive free admission.
Huskers in the National Ranks
The Nebraska women's gymnastics team is ranked 10th this week in the latest GymInfo poll. The poll, which is calculated by regional qualifying score, also ranks NU second in the South Central region and in the Big 12 Conference. In addition, the Huskers are ranked second nationally in team vault scoring (49.325), ninth on bars (49.055), 25th on beam (48.572) and are ninth on floor (49.005).
Individually, senior Erin Davis is ranked first on vault, with an RQS of 9.93. Davis posted a 9.95 on the event at the Masters Classic and has earned five vault crowns on the season. She is the first Nebraska gymnast to be ranked No. 1 in the vault since Emily Parsons, who competed for NU from 2005 to 2008. Junior Lora Evenstad is ranked fourth on floor (9.89), while freshman Jamie Schleppenbach is tied for No. 19 in the vault rankings (9.865). Sophomore Janelle Giblin is tied for 16th on bars (9.86).
Huskers See Strong Performances in 2011
The Nebraska women's gymnastics team has entered the 2011 season with the potential for national success and the goal to capture the Big 12 championship. With four returning All-Americans, as well as a total of nine returning letterwinners and four newcomers, the Huskers once again rank high among the nation's elite collegiate programs. Head Coach Dan Kendig, who enters his 18th season at NU, Associate Head Coach Danna Durante and Assistant Coach Tim Garrison are poised to guide Nebraska to its 15th NCAA Championships appearance.
"We have a great group and a great team," Kendig said. "They are very talented and strong athletes and a fun group to work with. They walk in every day excited about what will be thrown at them. The training is hard, the work ethic is there and they guard against going through the motions. Wherever this team wants to go, they'll be able to accomplish it."
All-Americans Shine for Nebraska
Although Nebraska faces a schedule filled with the country's best teams, the Huskers own an impressive roster of their own, supplemented by four returning All-Americans. Junior Lora Evenstad and sophomore Brittany Skinner both earned first-team accolades on vault at the 2010 NCAA Championships, while sophomore Janelle Giblin and junior Kassandra Nathe captured second-team honors on bars.
Kendig Builds One of Nation's Top Programs at Nebraska
Head Coach Dan Kendig is the all-time winningest coach in the 34 years of Nebraska women's gymnastics history. In 18 seasons at Nebraska, Kendig is 394-151-4 overall and 270-59-2 in regular-season meets. Kendig is in his 28th year of coaching and owns a career record of 507-263-5.
An eight-time Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, Kendig has guided the Huskers to 11 conference championships and three straight regional championships from 2000 to 2002. He was most recently named the 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year.
He has also led Nebraska to 13 NCAA Championship appearances in the past 16 seasons, including NCAA Super Six Finals appearances in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Kendig was honored as the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2003, a year in which the Huskers finished fourth nationally.
Under Kendig's guidance in 2010, Nebraska finished with a 23-8 overall record. The Huskers took seventh at the 2010 NCAA Championships in Gainesville, Fla., in their 27th straight NCAA postseason appearance. Five of Kendig's gymnasts --Lora Evenstad (V), Brittany Skinner (V), Janelle Giblin (UB), Kathryn Howard (UB) and Kassandra Nathe (UB) -- earned All-America honors.
Kendig is assisted by associate head coach Danna Durante, who is in her ninth season with Nebraska, and assistant coach Tim Garrison, who is in his fifth year on the Husker staff.
Huskers Tally 11 on Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
The Nebraska women's gymnastics team placed 11 gymnasts among 358 Husker student-athletes honored as members of the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll, the conference office announced. The honor roll recognizes student-athletes with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the previous semester, and within Nebraska's 358 selections, 43 earned perfect 4.0 GPAs.
Senior Maria Scaffidi led the impressive contingent of women's gymnasts on the list, as she posted a perfect 4.0 GPA and was included for the seventh time in her career. Juniors Lora Evenstad and Kassandra Nathe also earned their fifth honor, while freshman Janelle Giblin received the third such accolade of her career. Senior Erin Davis, junior Kaitlin Reid and freshmen Deanna Barmore and Emily Wong all earned nods on the honor roll as well. Additionally, former Huskers Hannah Bower, Kristin Fyffe and Stephanie Seich were honored for the second, fifth and fourth time, respectively.
Huskers Garner Conference Honors
Senior Erin Davis was honored as Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday, March 1. She collected her sixth overall Event Specialist of the Week award and fourth this season after taking the vault title at the Masters Classic last weekend. The only other gymnast to win the award four times in a season since the award began in 2007 is former Husker Tricia Woo in 2009.
Davis earned the honor after tying her season-high on vault as the Huskers finished first in the Masters Classic last Sunday. Her score of 9.95 against No. 15 Iowa, Kentucky and Bowling Green gave the senior her fifth vault crown of the season. She is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault and is the first from NU to hold the top spot in the event since Emily Parsons (2005-08). Davis also posted a 9.85 on floor, tying her season-high mark. She was also named Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 25, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8.
Prior to Davis' awards, NU saw Lora Evenstad earn Gymnast of the Week honors after making her first all-around performance at the Metroplex Challenge.
Competing Against the Nation's Elite
Nebraska is 4-7 on the season, counting its only losses to top-10 opponents such as No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Utah and No. 9 Michigan.
Giblin, Evenstad Debut as All-Arounders
Sophomore All-American Janelle Giblin debuted as an all-arounder for Nebraska against Iowa State, totaling a score of 39.025. It marked the first all-around performance of her career and made her the first all-arounder to compete for the Huskers in 2011. The native of San Ramon, Calif., posted a score of 9.85 on vault against Utah on Jan. 22. She added scores of 9.875 on bars, 9.70 on beam, 9.80 on floor and 39.125 in the all-around at the Metroplex Challenge. Giblin added a career-high 9.875 on vault and a 39.125 in the all-around against Missouri on Feb. 4. She posted a career-high-tying 9.875 on bars against Oklahoma on Feb. 6. Giblin matched her career-best score on bars at Michigan and at the Masters Classic and on vault and beam at Denver. She also hit a career-high 9.85 on floor at the Masters Classic. She is currently tied for 16th on bars nationally.
Junior All-American Lora Evenstad made her all-around debut at the Metroplex Challenge, posting an impressive score of 39.275. She notched scores of 9.875 on vault, 9.85 on bars and a career high on beam (9.775). Evenstad tied her career high of 9.90 on vault and posted a new career-high 9.925 on bars at Michigan. She hit another 9.90 on floor at Denver on Feb. 19, and tabbed a 9.90 on vault and a career-high-tying 9.925 on floor at the Masters Classic. She is currently ranked fourth on floor nationally.
NU Looks to Seniors for Leadership, Experience
Erin Davis debuted with a bang for the Huskers in the third week of competition against Utah. The senior from Round Rock, Texas hit a season-high 9.925 on vault. She was named the Co-Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for her efforts. Davis earned the vault crown for the second straight week, hitting a 9.925 at the Metroplex Challenge, she also posted a 9.80 on floor. Davis was named Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for the second-straight week. Davis did not disappoint against Missouri on Feb. 4 and against Oklahoma two days later, hitting a 9.925 on the event in both meets, and adding two more event crowns to her accomplishments for the year. She picked up her third straight Event Specialist of the Week honor, and fifth of her career, after claiming the two vault titles. She is the fourth gymnast, and third Husker, to win three Event Specialist honors in a season since the award was created in 2007 and first to win three in a row. She posted a season-high 9.95 on vault at Michigan on Feb. 13, taking second in the event, and tied her season-high floor score with a 9.85 at Denver. She tabbed a 9.95 on vault at the Masters Classic, in addition to hitting a 9.85 on floor for the second-straight week. Davis was named the Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week on March 1 and is ranked first in the nation on vault.
Brittnee Habbib opened her senior year by leading the Huskers in the season opener as she took second on bars with a score of 9.85 as the Huskers took on Florida on Jan. 7. Habbib notched her first event title of the season with a 9.825 on beam at Iowa State, tying for first-place in the event. She posted a 9.85 on bars against Utah, tying for third in the event. She matched that same bars score at Michigan on Feb. 13. She tallied a 9.825 on beam, tying her season-high mark, at the Masters Classic.
Maria Scaffidi has competed on bars, beam and floor for the Huskers in 2011, hitting a season high against Utah of 9.825. She added a career-high 9.85 on beam at the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 29. Scaffidi hit a season-high 9.825 on floor at Missouri on Feb. 4. She tabbed a 9.825 again at Michigan on Feb. 13. Scaffidi posted a career-high-tying 9.875 on bars at the Masters Classic for first on the event.
Maddie Steinauer opened her senior campaign by hitting a 9.75 on vault, a 9.80 on beam and a 9.825 on floor for the Huskers against Florida on Jan. 7. She tied her career highs on both beam and floor against the Gators. She earned a mark of 9.825 on beam at Iowa State, tying for the event crown. Steinauer posted a 9.825 on vault against Utah on Jan. 22. Steinauer was clutch for the Huskers at Missouri, hitting a season-high 9.85 on vault and tallying career highs on beam (9.90) and floor (9.825). She earned her second beam title of the year with her performance at Missouri. Steinauer tied her season-high vault score (9.875) at Denver. She hit a 9.825 at the Masters Classic, tying her career-high mark for the sixth time.
Evenstad, Juniors Supply Spark
All-American Lora Evenstad opened the season by taking fourth on floor against Florida with a team-high score of 9.875. She also posted a 9.80 on vault and a 9.75 on bars. At Iowa State on Jan. 14, she captured the floor title with a score of 9.875. She took second on vault, notching a 9.85. As the Huskers took on Utah on Jan. 22, Evenstad hit a 9.85 on vault and took the floor crown with a season-high 9.90. She made her all-around debut at the Metroplex Challenge, posting an impressive score of 39.275. She notched season highs on vault (9.875) and bars (9.85) and a career high on beam (9.775). She was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 1. She notched a 9.90 on floor to tie her season high at Missouri on Feb. 4. Evenstad tied her career high of 9.90 on vault and posted a new career-high 9.925 on bars for the event crown at Michigan. She hit another 9.90 on floor at Denver on Feb. 19. She tabbed a 9.90 on vault and a career-high-tying 9.925 on floor at the Masters Classic. She is currently ranked fourth on floor nationally.
Kassandra Nathe has been sidelined with an injury so far in 2011. A second-team All-American on bars, she tallied a career-high 9.85 on bars and 9.875 on beam, en route to posting two individual event titles as a sophomore. She returned in her second year with NU as a talented and indispensable gymnast.
Kaitlin Reid joined the Huskers after spending two seasons at Cal State Fullerton, where she was a bars and beam specialist for the Titans. She earned a 9.60 on bars at the Metroplex Challenge in her Husker debut.
Sophomores Set Themselves Apart
Sophomore All-American Janelle Giblin debuted as an all-arounder for Nebraska against Iowa State, totaling a score of 39.025. It marked the first all-around performance of her career and made her the first all-arounder to compete for the Huskers in 2011.The native of San Ramon, Calif., posted a score of 9.85 on vault against Utah on Jan. 22. She added scores of 9.875 on bars, 9.70 on beam, 9.80 on floor and 39.125 in the all-around at the Metroplex Challenge. Giblin added a career-high 9.875 on vault and a 39.125 in the all-around against Missouri on Feb. 4. She posted a career-high-tying 9.875 on bars against Oklahoma on Feb. 6. Giblin matched her career-best score on bars at Michigan and at the Masters Classic and on vault and beam at Denver. She also hit a career-high 9.85 on floor at the Masters Classic. She is currently tied for 16th on bars nationally.
First-Team All-American Skinner received marks of 9.775 on vault, 9.75 on bars and 9.625 on beam as NU took on Florida on Jan. 7. She earned the bars title at Iowa State with a score of 9.825. Skinner hit a season high on vault, notching a 9.80, against Utah on Jan. 22. Skinner hit a season-high 9.85 on vault and 9.675 on beam at the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 29. She tied her career-high score on vault with a 9.90 at Missouri. Skinner tacked on a 9.825 on bars against the Tigers and tabbed a season-high 9.775 on beam against Oklahoma. She posted a season-high 9.875 on bars at Michigan on Feb. 13.
Freshmen Provide Solid Contributions
Nebraska welcomed three freshmen to its roster in 2011: Deanna Barmore, Jamie Schleppenbach and Emily Wong. All three freshmen have provided strong contributions for the Huskers in their first collegiate meets.
Barmore, a native of Omaha, Neb., competed for Coach Barb Bottieri at Nebraska Gold Gymnastics in Omaha. She contributed on NU's vault and beam lineups against the Gators on Jan. 7. She notched a career-high 9.725 on vault at Iowa State on Jan. 14.
Schleppenbach came to Nebraska from the Nebraska School of Gymnastics in Lincoln. She aided the Huskers on vault and floor in her first collegiate meet at Florida, hitting a 9.75 and 9.65, respectively. She captured her first event title at Iowa State with a 9.875 on vault. Schleppenbach also hit a 9.775 on floor for NU. She posted or tied career highs on every event against Utah on Jan. 22, hitting a 9.875 on vault, a 9.075 on beam and a 9.775 on floor. She notched a pair of 9.85s on vault at Missouri and against Oklahoma. Schleppenbach tied her career-high 9.875 on vault at Denver and again at the Masters Classic and is tied for 19th on the event nationally.
Wong is also a Level 10 product from Red River Valley Gymnastics in Grand Forks, N.D. She proved to be very impressive in her Husker debut, tallying a 9.675 on bars, 9.775 on beam and a 9.80 on floor. At Iowa State on Jan. 14, she earned a share of the beam title with a mark of 9.825. She also posted a 9.775 on floor. Wong notched a 9.80 on bars against Utah on Jan. 22 and came in third on beam after scoring a 9.80. She came in second on bars at Missouri, hitting a 9.85. Wong notched two career-highs on bars (9.875) and floor (9.825) at the Masters Classic.