Amy Ringo Season 2000-01

• Second-Team All-American (2000: FX)
• Two-time Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2000, 2001)
• Honorable Mention Academic All-Big 12 (1999)

Amy (Kruse) Ringo was a four-year letterwinner for Nebraska from 1998 to 2001, earning second-team All-America honors on floor in 2000. A two-time second-team academic All-Big 12 selection, she is tied for ninth on NU’s all-time individual floor charts with a pair of 9.95 scores set in her senior season.

 

2001 – Senior Season

Ringo etched her senior season into the Nebraska individual record books, as her back-to-back floor scores of 9.95 to open the season tie her for ninth all-time at NU. She grabbed five individual event titles over the course of the year, including three on beam and two on floor. Ringo was one of three Huskers to compete on beam in all 14 competitions, which she highlighted with a career-best 9.925 against Florida on March 4. At the 2001 NCAA Championships, Ringo competed solely on beam and contributed scores of 9.80 in the preliminary session and 9.85 in the NCAA Super Six Finals to help Nebraska to a fifth-place national finish.

 

Ringo was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the first time in her career on Jan. 23, following a strong performance at Iowa State on Jan. 19, when she scored a 9.80 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.90 on floor.

 

Ringo capped her senior season with second-team academic All-big 12 honors for the second straight year.

 

2000 – Junior Season

One of the most consistent performers in the Husker lineup, Ringo served as one of NU’s best all-around during her junior campaign. Along with fellow Husker Laura Goss, she was selected as the Co-Most Improved Gymnast by the coaching staff after becoming a second-team All-American on floor at the 2000 NCAA Championships.

 

Ringo turned in two solid performances at Nationals, scoring a 39.175 all-around mark in the preliminary team competition and a 39.15 in the Super Six Finals. In addition, she placed 10th (9.875) on floor in the preliminary session for All-America recognition. Ringo also placed fifth in the all-around at the Big 12 Championships with a 39.20, missing all-conference status by just one place. Ranked fifth in the regional all-around standings, she hit 56 of her 63 routines (89 percent) during her junior campaign.

 

Ringo won her first collegiate all-around title against BYU with a 39.225, and claimed a total of three individual event titles over the season, including two on beam.

 

Ringo maintained a 3.16 grade-point average to earn second-team academic All-Big 12 honors.

 

1999 – Sophomore Season

A key contributor on three events as a sophomore, Ringo earned a regular spot on both vault and floor. She competed on both events during the postseason, setting a career high on floor with a 9.90 at the NCAA Region 3 Championships. Ringo was one of NU’s top floor performer, posting scores of 9.825 or better on four of her five routines in the postseason. She also saw action on beam during the first half of the season, competing in seven meets and scoring a career-high 9.90 at Iowa State for second-place honors.

 

Ringo also found success in the classroom, as she earned honorable mention academic All-Big 12 honors.

 

1998 – Freshman Season

Ringo made steady improvement, especially during the second half of the season, by posting scores of 9.70 or better on all three events she competed at the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional. She scored a season high of 9.75 at Regionals, bettering her previous best of 9.70 set at the conference championships. Ringo, who served as NU’s leadoff performer on floor, recorded a career-high mark of 9.80 on the event at Penn State for one of six scores above 9.60 during the year. As NU’s top scorer on beam at the Midwest Regional, she contributed a 9.825.

 

Before Nebraska

One of the most highly recruited gymnasts in the country, Ringo competed for Coaches Jon Aitken, Debbie Wehr, Amiee Burton and Craig Keaty at Xtreme Gymnastics in Scottsdale, Ariz. Prior to joining Xtreme, she trained under the late Stormy Eaton, a former NCAA floor champion at New Mexico. Ringo finished eighth in the all-around at the 1997 World University Games Trials, including a fourth-place showing on floor.

 

Ringo chose Nebraska over Utah, Georgia and Alabama.

 

Personal

The daughter of Mike and Kay Ringo, Amy was born on May 7, 1979 in Phoenix, Ariz. A 1997 graduate of Arcadia High School, she has one older sister, Jennifer, and a younger brother, Bryan. Ringo graduated from Nebraska with her bachelor’s degree in Art/Graphic Design in 2002.

 

After exhausting her athletic eligibility, Ringo served as an undergraduate student coach and a volunteer coach for the Huskers. She now serves as an assistant coach in women’s gymnastics at the University of Illinois and resides in Champaign, Ill., with her husband, Colby, and their two daughters, Londyn and Jayda and son, Ryder.

 

Career/Season Highs at Nebraska

Career Highs

    All-Around: 39.25 (vs. Iowa, 3/12/00)

    Vault: 9.85 (2 times, at Oregon State, 3/3/00)

    Bars: 9.825 (3 times, at Big 12 Championships, 3/18/00)

    Beam: 9.925 (2 times, vs. Florida, 3/4/01)

    Floor: 9.95, 2 times, vs. Oregon State, 1/14/01)

2001 Season Highs

    Vault: 9.80 (2 times, at Missouri, 1/28/01)

    Beam: 9.925 (2 times, vs. Florida, 3/4/01)

    Floor: 9.95, 2 times, vs. Oregon State, 1/14/01)

2000 Season Highs

    Vault: 9.85 (2 times, at Oregon State, 3/3/00)

    Bars: 9.825 (3 times, at Big 12 Championships, 3/18/00)

    Beam: 9.875 (at Kentucky, 2/11/00)

    Floor: 9.90 (vs. BYU, 3/13/00)

    All-Around: 39.25 (vs. Iowa, 3/12/00)

1999 Season Highs

    Vault: 9.775 (2 times, at Big 12 Championships, 3/27/99)

    Beam: 9.90 (at Iowa State, 1/15/99)

    Floor: 9.90 (NCAA Region 3 Championships, 4/10/99)

1998 Season Highs

    Vault: 9.75 (at NCAA Midwest Regional, 4/4/98)

    Beam: 9.875 (at Iowa State, 3/3/98)

    Floor: 9.80 (at Penn State, 3/14/98)