BATON ROUGE – LSU gymnasts Sarah Finnegan, Kennedi Edney, McKenna Kelley, Lexie Priessman and Reagan Campbell combined to earn an SEC-best 10 Women’s College Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Regular Season All-America honors, the association announced Wednesday.
A gymnast earns All-America honors if they finish in the top-16 of the final NQS individual event rankings. LSU ranks first in the league and tied for third in the nation with 10 honors.
Overall, LSU gymnasts have combined to earn 66 All-America honors in the regular season since the association begin this honor in 2013. LSU has now combined to earn 249 regular season and meet honors in program history.
Finnegan, the two-time SEC all-around champion, earned honors on vault, bars, beam and all-around. With the four honors, Finnegan pushed her total for her career to 19. She’s just four away from tying Rheagan Courville for the most in school history.
The Lee’s Summit, Missouri, native is one of seven gymnasts in the nation and one of two in the SEC with four or more All-America honors. Finnegan finished ranked in the top-eight of all three events and all-around. Finnegan ended the season ranked second in the all-around, third on bars, fourth on beam and seventh on floor. The senior joined Kyla Ross of UCLA and Mykayla Skinner of Utah as the only gymnasts in the nation to finish in the top-eight of four or more rankings.
Edney pushed her All-America total to nine after finishing the season ranked 12th on vault, 13th in the all-around and 16th on floor. Priessman earned her sixth All-America honor on bars after finishing sixth in the nation and Kelley earned her third on floor after finishing 10th. Campbell earned her first honors after ending the year ranked 15th on beam.
The third-ranked Tigers will take a weekend off from competition for the first time this season before hosting the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional April 4-6. The Tigers own the top seed and the teams will advance to the NCAA Championships. LSU will take on Utah, Minnesota, Auburn, BYU, Arizona, State, Arkansas, George Washington and Lindenwood inside the PMAC.
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Status | Place | Name | University | NQS | |
Vault | All America | 1 | Kyla Ross | UCLA | 9.97 |
Vault | All America | 2 | MyKayla Skinner | Utah | 9.96 |
Vault | All America | 3 | Natalie Wojcik | Michigan | 9.955 |
Vault | All America | 4 | Maddie Karr | Denver | 9.94 |
Vault | All America | 5 | Sydney Snead | Georgia | 9.935 |
Vault | All America | 6 | Felicia Hano | UCLA | 9.93 |
Vault | All America | 7 | Kirah Koshinski | West Virginia | 9.925 |
Vault | All America | 8(t) | MaKenna Merrell-Giles | Utah | 9.92 |
Vault | All America | 8(t) | Brenna Dowell | Oklahoma | 9.92 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 10(t) | Lynnzee Brown | Denver | 9.915 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 10(t) | Jade Degouveia | Oklahoma | 9.915 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Mollie Korth | Kentucky | 9.91 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Kennedi Edney | LSU | 9.91 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Olivia Trautman | Oklahoma | 9.91 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 15(t) | Anastasia Webb | Oklahoma | 9.905 |
Vault | Second Team All America | 15(t) | Rachel Lukacs | Georgia | 9.905 |
Bars | All America | 1 | Kyla Ross | UCLA | 9.995 |
Bars | All America | 2 | Maggie Nichols | Oklahoma | 9.96 |
Bars | All America | 3 | Sarah Finnegan | LSU | 9.955 |
Bars | All America | 4(t) | Trinity Thomas | Florida | 9.95 |
Bars | All America | 4(t) | Nicole Lehrmann | Oklahoma | 9.95 |
Bars | All America | 6(t) | Lexie Priessman | LSU | 9.945 |
Bars | All America | 6(t) | Madison Kocian | UCLA | 9.945 |
Bars | All America | 6(t) | MyKayla Skinner | Utah | 9.945 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 9 | Maddie Karr | Denver | 9.94 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 10 | Ivy lu | Minnesota | 9.93 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 11 | Cairo Leonard-Baker | Arizona State | 9.925 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Megan Skaggs | Florida | 9.925 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Christina Berg | Arizona | 9.92 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 14(t) | Brenna Dowell | Oklahoma | 9.92 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 14(t) | Norah Flatley | UCLA | 9.92 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 14(t) | Taylor Houchin | Nebraska | 9.92 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 14(t) | Lynnzee Brown | Denver | 9.92 |
Bars | Second Team All America | 14(t) | Lexy Ramler | Minnesota | 9.92 |
Beam | All America | 1 | Maggie Nichols | Oklahoma | 9.975 |
Beam | All America | 2 | Katelyn Ohashi | UCLA | 9.965 |
Beam | All America | 3 | Kyla Ross | UCLA | 9.95 |
Beam | All America | 4(t) | Sarah Finnegan | LSU | 9.945 |
Beam | All America | 4(t) | Lexy Ramler | Minnesota | 9.945 |
Beam | All America | 6 | Alexis Vasquez | Denver | 9.935 |
Beam | All America | 7 | Natalie Wojcik | Michigan | 9.93 |
Beam | All America | 8(t) | Anastasia Webb | Oklahoma | 9.925 |
Beam | All America | 8(t) | Sabrina Vega | Georgia | 9.925 |
Beam | All America | 8(t) | Kaitlyn Schou | Denver | 9.925 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 11 | Carly Woodard | Oklahoma | 9.92 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Maddie Karr | Denver | 9.915 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 12(t) | Shani Remme | Boise State | 9.915 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 14 | Trinity Thomas | Florida | 9.91 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 15(t) | Alyssa Baumann | Florida | 9.905 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 15(t) | Nicole Lehrmann | Oklahoma | 9.905 |
Beam | Second Team All America | 15(t) | Reagan Campbell | LSU | 9.905 |
Floor | All America | 1 | Katelyn Ohashi | UCLA | 10 |
Floor | All America | 2(t) | Trinity Thomas | Florida | 9.965 |
Floor | All America | 2(t) | Olivia Trautman | Oklahoma | 9.965 |
Floor | All America | 4(t) | Lynnzee Brown | Denver | 9.96 |
Floor | All America | 4(t) | Kyla Ross | UCLA | 9.96 |
Floor | All America | 6 | MyKayla Skinner | Utah | 9.955 |
Floor | All America | 7 | Sarah Finnegan | LSU | 9.95 |
Floor | All America | 8 | Brenna Dowell | Oklahoma | 9.945 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 9 | Alicia Boren | Florida | 9.94 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 10(t) | McKenna Kelley | LSU | 9.935 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 10(t) | Kaitlyn Yanish | Oregon State | 9.935 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 10(t) | Sophia Carter | Arkansas | 9.935 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 13(t) | Rachel Dickson | Georgia | 9.93 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 13(t) | Sabrina Vega | Georgia | 9.93 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 13(t) | Gracie Kramer | UCLA | 9.93 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Kennedi Edney | LSU | 9.925 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Felicia Hano | UCLA | 9.925 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Jade Degouveia | Oklahoma | 9.925 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Olivia Karas | Michigan | 9.925 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Khazia Hislop | North Carolina | 9.925 |
Floor | Second Team All America | 16(t) | Madison Ward | Utah State | 9.925 |
All-Around | All America | 1 | Kyla Ross | UCLA | 39.78 |
All-Around | All America | 2 | Sarah Finnegan | LSU | 39.71 |
All-Around | All America | 3 | MyKayla Skinner | Utah | 39.69 |
All-Around | All America | 4 | Maddie Karr | Denver | 39.665 |
All-Around | All America | 5 | Trinity Thomas | Florida | 39.65 |
All-Around | All America | 6 | Natalie Wojcik | Michigan | 39.63 |
All-Around | All America | 7 | Lynnzee Brown | Denver | 39.615 |
All-Around | All America | 8 | Brenna Dowell | Oklahoma | 39.61 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 9 | Lexy Ramler | Minnesota | 39.6 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 10 | Anastasia Webb | Oklahoma | 39.59 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 11 | MaKenna Merrell-Giles | Utah | 39.585 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 12 | Alicia Boren | Florida | 39.555 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 13 | Kennedi Edney | LSU | 39.545 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 14 | Sydney Snead | Georgia | 39.545 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 15 | Olivia Karas | Michigan | 39.535 |
All-Around | Second Team All America | 16 | Alex Hyland | Kentucky | 39.47 |