Gymnastics Preview: Blue Devils looking to make a splash this year

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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION: The Blue Devils start off the 2014 on a very competitive note, welcoming in defending national champion UW-Whitewater, Friday, Jan. 9 at 6 p.m.  Live Scoring is expected to be available, as well as a live video stream with Kayla Widmar and Maddy Sevilla on the play-by-play. Six of the eight WIAC gymnastics schools open competition this weekend. UW-Eau Claire opened last week and Winona State opened Thursday night.

A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS: The 2015 UW-Stout Blue Devils are made up of one senior, four juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen. The Blue Devils return three players who have national experience. Sophomore Kaylee Jondahl and junior Randi Schorzman last season competed at the national meet Schorzman on the balance beam and Jondahl on the floor exercise. Jondahl narrowly missed advancing on the vault. Schorzman earned All-America honors as a freshman. Junior Sara Perez competed on the uneven bars as a freshman and will be looking for a return trip this year. The Blue Devils will be working their way through injuries the first part of the season. The Blue Devils graduated seven seniors from last year's team.  |  2014 Season Stats

A LOOK AT THE WARHAWKS: UW-Whitewater captured their third consecutive national championship last spring with a Division III record score a year ago and nearly swept the individual awards at the finals. Then freshman Katie Fiorilli won the all-around title for the first time in school history. Senior Allyse Dieringer made UW-Whitewater history winning her second and third individual national championship on the bars and beam in 2014. Courtney Pickett added the vault title to the championship tally in her first collegiate season. Still, the focus is set on the present season instead of past successes. | 2014 Season Statistics

CAREER BESTS: Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page to check out each Blue Devil's collegiate best score in each of their events.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE EIGHT REGIONAL AND WIAC TEAMS

UW-Eau Claire:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

Gustavus Adolphus College:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

Hamline University:  Schedule  |  Roster

UW-La Crosse:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

UW-Oshkosh:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

UW-Stout:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

UW-Whitewater:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

Winona State University:  Schedule  |  Roster  |  Statistics

LAST YEAR'S BLUE DEVILS:  UW-Stout set school a new school team record (188.650) and event records on the vault (47.575), uneven bars (47.400), and the balance beam (46.875). Kasondra Tulloch set a school record on the uneven bars (9.750). Three gymnasts - Katherine Prouty, Kaylee Jondahl, Randi Schorzman - advanced to the NCGA Championship. Schorzman and Jondahl return. Prouty earned four All-America honors in her final collegiate meet, setting a new school record in the all-around (38.550). For Schorzman, it was her second trip to the national championship.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Kaylee Jondahl was the WIAC gymastics specialist of the week two consecutive weeks, following meets at the University of Nebraska and after the Gustavus Adolphus Dual. Jondahl was also named the UW-Stout/Northwestern Mutual Athlete of the Week...Katherine Prouty was the WIAC gymnastics all-arounder of the week after Stout competed at the University of Nebraska.

2015 TEAM CAPTAINS: Captains for the 2015 season are Callie Counts and Mesha Peterson.

THE BLUE DEVIL COACH: UW-Stout: Becky Beaulieu is in her 10th season as the Blue Devil coach. Under Beaulieu's direction, UW-Stout gymnasts have earned 32 All-American awards and Beaulieu has coached national champions on the balance beam in 2008, the floor exercise in 2009, the uneven bars in 2010 and the vault and floor exercise in 2011. A UW-Stout gymnast has qualified and competed at the NCAA Division I regionals in 2009 at the University of Iowa and in 2010 at the University of Utah. Beaulieu, competing as Becky McDonnell at UW-La Crosse from 1997-2001, captured back-to-back NCGA floor exercise titles in 1998 and 1999. She established a since-eclipsed school floor exercise record score of 9.8. A seven-time NCGA All-American, she also garnered all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors nine times. The Eagles, for which she was a two-year captain, won two NCGA titles during her competing days. In 2012, Beaulieau was selected to the WIAC All-Time Gymnastics Team as the conference celebrated their 100th anniversary.

WIAC AND NCGA: The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is made up of eight schools - UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout, UW-Whitewater, Hamline University, Gustavus Adolphus College and Winona State University. These eight schools make up the NCGA West Region and are also members of the 15-school National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA). The other seven schools are: SUNY-Brockport, SUNY-Cortland, Ithaca (NY) College, Springfield (Mass) College, Rhode Island College, Ursinus (Pa) College and Wilson (Pa) College.

DOWN THE ROAD: The Blue Devils will be at the University of Arizona, Friday, Jan. 16,  where they will face the Wildcats, Illinois-Chicago and Sacramento State, all NCAA Division I programs.

2015 UW-Stout Team Scores & Schedule
January 9 - vs. UW-Whitewater, 6 p.m.
January 16 - University of Arizona, w/Illinois-Chicago, Sacramento State, 7 p.m.
January 23 - at Gustavus Adolphus, 6:30 p.m.
January 30 - at Gershon Invite, w/UW-La Crosse, Winona State, Gustavus Adolphus, 6:30 p.m.
February 6 - John Zuerlein Invite w/Hamline, UW-La Crosse, 6 p.m.
February 20 - UW-Oshkosh, 6 p.m.
February 28 - Winona State, 6 p.m.
March 6 - at UW-Eau Claire, 6 p.m.
March15 - at WIAC/NCGA Regional, 2 p.m.
March 27-28 - at NCGA Championship, 6/4 p.m.


UW-STOUT COLLEGIATE VARSITY HIGHS: (updated January 8, 2015)

Callie Counts
Vault: 9.45 - Jan. 19, 20133
Balance Beam: 9.25 (2x), Feb. 7, 2014, Jan. 29, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.600 - Mar. 9, 2013

Kelly Huseman
Vault: 9.300 - Feb. 7, 2014
Uneven Bars: 8.575 - Jan. 25, 2014
Balance Beam: 9.450 - Feb. 7, 2014

Kaylee Jondahl
Vault: 9.675 - Feb. 23, 2014
Uneven Bars: 9.20 - Feb. 14, 2014
Balance Beam: 7.775 - Jan. 25, 2014
Floor Exercise: 9.725 - March 21, 2014
All-Around: 36.125, March 2, 2014

Sara Perez
Vault:
Uneven Bars: 9.525 - Feb. 8, 2013
Balance Beam: 8.475 - Jan. 11, 2014
Floor Exercise: 8.70 - Feb. 22, 2013;  Jan. 12, 2013 (ex)
All-Around:

Mesha Peterson
Vault: 9.50 - Jan. 12, 2013
Uneven Bars: 8.975 - Jan. 12, 2013
Balance Beam: 8.725 - Jan. 12, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.425 - Jan. 12, 2013
All-Around: 36.625 - Jan. 12, 2013

Randi Schorzman
Vault: 9.500 - March 1, 2013
Uneven Bars:
Balance Beam: 9.575 - Feb. 15, 2013
Floor Exercise: 8.70 - Jan. 19, 2013
All-Around:

Kasondra Tulloch
Vault:
Uneven Bars: 9.750* - Feb. 23, 2014
Balance Beam: 7.650 - Jan. 11, 2014
Floor Exercise: 8.550 - Jan. 31, 2014

Tara Zimmerman
Uneven Bars: 8.650 - Feb. 12, 2012
Floor Exercise: 9.275 - Jan. 11, 2014

BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Vault: 9.700 - Naomi De Lara, 2011
Uneven Bars: 9.750 - Kasondra Tulloch, 2014
Balance Beam: 9.850 - Naomi De Lara, 2011
Floor Exercise: 9.800 - Rhian Paulsen, 2004
All-Around: 38.550 - Katherine Prouty, 2014

BLUE DEVIL TEAM RECORDS
Vault: 47.575 - Feb. 23, 2014
Uneven Bars: 47.400 - Feb. 23, 2014
Balance Beam: 46.875 - Feb. 7, 2014
Floor Exercise: 48.150 - Mar. 9, 2013
Team Score: 188.650 - Feb. 23, 2014