January

7 at Utah State W, 193.475

14 UCLA W, 194.750

21 Sacramento State * W, 195.750

29 at BYU w/ Iowa St. & Utah St. 3rd, 194.275

February

4 Utah State *& W, 194.000

11 at CS-Fullerton * W, 193.000

18 San Jose State * L, 193.700

25 at Missouri L, 193.750

March

4 at Boise State * L, 194.650

7 Auburn w/ BYU Cedar City 7 pm

12 Iowa w/ Utah State Cedar City 2 pm

19 WAC Championships San Jose, Calif. 6 pm

april

2 NCAA Regionals TBA 6 pm

15-17 NCAA Nationals TBA 6 pm

* - Denotes Western Athletic Conference Meet

& - Denotes Breast Cancer Awareness Meet

SoUTheRN UTAh UNIveRSITY GYMNASTICS

2010 WAC ChAMpIoNS2011 Schedule/reSultS Overall: 6-5 Wac: 3-2 home: 3-1 away: 3-4

thiS Meet: Auburn with Brigham Young

Cedar City, Utah

Centrum Arena

7:00 p.m.

liveStatS: online at www.suutbirds.com

live videO: online at www.suutbirds.com

abOut the Meet: Southern Utah University gymnastics will

host Auburn and Brigham Young on Monday night in the first

of two final regular season home meets for the Thunderbirds

this season.

SUU will be coming off its third-highest mark of the season,

scoring a 194.650 in a defeat at Boise State on Friday. The

total included an individual title for Shannon Coughlin on

the floor exercise, marking at least one individual title for the

Thunderbirds in each meet this season.

Season highs for the Thunderbirds have come from Bailey

pendley on vault (9.850), Michaela Chernoch and Alyssa

Click on bars with 9.825’s, Ari Lamb on the balance beam

with a 9.925 and Coughlin with a 9.900 on the floor exercise.

Live stats and a free video stream for the meet will be avail-

able online at www.suutibrds.com

abOut auburn: Auburn University will enter the meet on

Monday night riding a two-meet winning streak with victories

at Brigham Young University and a home win against pitts-

burgh. The Tigers have posted back-to-back team scores in

the 195’s over the two-meet stretch.

Toi Garcia has posted the season-best mark for the Tigers on

the vault, scoring a 9.925. petrina Yokey has matched the

9.925 on bars, leading Auburn on that event with Rachel In-

niss tallying a season-high 9.925 on the floor exercise. Inniss,

Allyson Sandusky and Kylie Shields have notched the season

high for AU on beam with matching 9.900’s.

abOut brighaM yOung: Brigham Young University has lost

two meets heading into the contest on Monday night. Both

losses came at home with defeats against Arizona and Au-

burn over the past two weekends.

BYU has yet to earn higher than a 9.875 this year as season

highs for the Cougars have come from Natalie eyre and

haylee Rollins on vault with matching 9.875’s, Madeleine

Johnson and Rollins on bars with 9.875’s, Krysten Koval with a

9.875 on beam and Rollins with a 9.875 on floor.

deFending the trOphy: Southern Utah will enter the 2011

season as the defending Western Athletic Conference

champions after capturing the trophy for the first time in

school history in 2010.

Kyle Cottam, Assistant Sports Information Director • cottam@suu.edu • 435-586-7752

deFending the titleS: Sophomore Caitlin Kennedy will also

enter the season with a chance to defend her conference

title on beam. The Temple, Texas native scored a 9.875 on

the event to take the title in 2010.

departed SeniOrS: The Thunderbirds will be without depart-

ed seniors Melissa Johnson and elise Wheeler in 2011. The

pair will leave behind much to be missed, as Johnson cap-

ture the WAC vault title last year. Wheeler was a three-time

All-American in 2009, two-time WAC Gymnast of the Year

and the 2010 North Central Region Gymnast of the Year.

inJury bug biteS: Senior and team captain Jenna vogt

will be out for the 2011 campaign after tearing her Achilles

tendon three weeks before the season was set to begin.

Fellow senior Bailey pendley will also be out for the year after

injuring her elbow during the third meet of the season.

SUU lost a third gymnast for the season at the end of Febru-

ary as Brooke Cersosimo suffered a leg injury at the University

of Missouri.

preSeaSOn pOll: Southern Utah University has been picked

second in the annual pre-season poll as voted upon by the

conference coaches, earning two first-place votes and trail-

ing conference favorite Boise State by one point.

Wac preSeaSOn cOacheS pOll

1. Boise State (4) 23

2. Southern Utah (2) 22

3. San Jose State 14

4. Utah State 13

Sacramento State 13

6. Cal State Fullerton 5

FOllOW the thunderbirdS Online: SUU gymnastics fans

can follow the team online at www.suutbirds.com, via face-

book (facebook.com/Southern-Utah-Thunderbirds) and on

twitter (twitter.com/SUUThunderbirds)

athleteS OF the Week: Brooke Cersosimo and Ari Lamb

swept the weekly conference awards during the first week

of competition (1/10). Cersosimo was named the verizon

WAC Gymnast of the Week and Lamb was honored with the

verizon WAC Specialist of the Week.

Lamb was named the verizon WAC Specialist of the Week

(1/31) for a second time this season after scoring a 9.925 on

the balance beam at BYU.

at utah Statebb - Ari Lamb (9.825) **

FX - Shannon Coughlin (9.825)

aa - B. Cersosimo (38.875) *

Ari Lamb (38.875)

uclaFX - Shannon Coughlin (9.850)

Sacramento Statevt - Lindsey Schultz (9.800)

ub - Caitlin Kennedy (9.800)

Brooke Cersosimo (9.800)

bb - Alyssa Click (9.875)

Ari Lamb (9.875)

FX - Shannon Coughlin (9.900)

aa - Ari Lamb (39.100)

at byu w/ iowa St. & uSuvt - Lindsey Schultz (9.750)

bb - Ari Lamb (9.925)

FX - Lindsey Schultz (9.875)

utah Statevt - Lindsey Schultz (9.825)

bb - Brooke Cersosimo (9.825)

FX - Brooke Cersosimo (9.850)

Lindsey Schultz (9.850)

aa - Ari Lamb (38.950)

at cS-Fullertonub - Alyssa Click (9.800)

bb - Brooke Cersosimo (9.775)

FX - Lindsey Schultz (9.750)

aa - Brooke Cersosimo (38.650)

San Jose Stateub - Alyssa Click (9.825)

FX - Shannon Coughlin (9.850)

at Missourivt - Lindsey Schultz (9.825)

aa - Ari Lamb (38.950)

at boise StateFX - Shannon Coughlin (9.875)

auburn w/ byu

iowa w/ utah St.

Wac championships

ncaa regionals

* - WAC Gymnast of the Week

** - WAC Specialist of the Week

2011 event chaMpiOnS & aWardS

vault

Nat - Lindsey Schultz (113, 9.770)

Reg - Lindsey Schultz (13, 9.770)

WAC - Lindsey Schultz (6, 9.770)

uneven bars

Nat - Ari Lamb (136, 9.735)

Reg - Ari Lamb (25, 9.735)

WAC - Ari Lamb (8, 9.735)

balance beam

Nat - Ari Lamb (55, 9.785)

Reg - Ari Lamb (8, 9.785)

WAC - Ari Lamb (3, 9.785)

Floor exercise

Nat - Shannon Coughlin (80, 9.800)

Reg - Shannon Coughlin (12, 9.800)

WAC - Shannon Coughlin (5, 9.800)

all-around

Nat - Ari Lamb (40, 38.880)

Reg - Ari Lamb (9, 38.880)

WAC - Ari Lamb (3, 38.880)

vault (48.615)

Nation - 34

Region - 7

WAC - 3

uneven bars (48.385)

Nation - 38

Region - 7

WAC - 3

balance beam (48.435)

Nation - 30

Region - 7

WAC - 2

Floor exercise (48.855)

Nation - 26

Region - 6

WAC - 3

tOtal (194.050)

Nation - 33

Region - 7

WAC - 3

2011 individual & teaM rankingS (2/28)

david FallS gOliath: Southern Utah’s victory over 2010

NCAA National Champion UCLA in the second week of the

season stands as one of the biggest upsets in school history.

beSt Out OF Five: Southern Utah will face Utah State a total

of five times this season, more than any other team on either

school’s schedules.

SOuthern utah univerSity 2011 rOSter

name ht yr hometown

Brooke Cersosimo 5-2 Jr. Mitchell, S.D.

Michaela Chernoch 5-3 So. Naples, Fla.

Alyssa Click 5-4 So. vancouver, Wash.

Shannon Coughlin 5-2 Sr. Anchorage, Alaska

Lauren Jeffrey 5-5 Jr. Kingwood, Texas

Caitlin Kennedy 5-5 So. Temple, Texas

Ari Lamb 5-5 Sr. eagan, Minn.

Rebecca Moore 5-1 Fr. Iowa City, Iowa

Jennifer Nguyen 5-0 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif.

Bailey pendley 4-11 Sr. Las vegas, Nev.

Lindsey Schultz 5-8 Sr. Gr Junction, Colo.

Anna Schumacher 5-3 Jr. Green Bay, Wis.

Jenna vogt 5-1 Sr. White Bear Lake, Minn.

Doniele Volopich 4-10 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz.

SOuthern utah univerSity Quick FactS

location: Cedar City, Utah

Founded: 1897

enrollment: 8,066

nickname: Thunderbirds

colors: Scarlet and White

conference: Western Athletic (gymnastics only)

All other sports compete in The Summit League

Affiliation: NCAA Division I

home arena: Centrum Arena (5,300)

natiOnal rankingS (aS OF Feb. 28)

no. team rQS high1. Florida 197.055 197.725

2. Stanford 196.710 196.975

3. Alabama 196.590 197.675

4. oklahoma 196.345 197.225

5. Utah 196.335 196.975

6. Georgia 196.200 197.225

7. oregon State 196.190 196.950

8. ucla 196.170 197.4759. Michigan 195.955 196.800

10. Nebraska 195.730 196.500

11. penn State 195.675 196.600

12. Arkansas 195.600 196.700

13. ohio State 195.560 195.900

14. boise State * 195.540 196.25015. Washington 195.445 195.800

16. iowa 195.400 196.35017. Illinois-Champaign 195.300 195.975

18. Denver 195.245 196.375

19. Iowa State 195.140 196.350

20. Minnesota 195.080 196.125

21. Kent State 194.970 195.875

22. Auburn 194.940 195.925

23. Arizona 194.925 195.550

24. L.S.U. 194.825 196.350

25. BYU 194.740 195.200

27. Missouri 194.620 195.40032. San Jose State * 194.085 195.55033. Southern utah 194.050 195.75045. utah State * 192.265 192.20051. Sacramento State * 191.200 192.900

* - Denotes member of Western Athletic Conference

Bold - Denotes 2011 opponent

anticipated line-up (3/7)vault

1. Caitlin Kennedy

2. Shannon Coughlin

3. Lindsey Schultz

4. Ari Lamb

5. Lauren Jeffrey

6. Rebecca Moore

uneven bars

1. Ari Lamb

2. Lauren Jeffrey

3. Michaela Chernoch

4. Alyssa Click

5. Caitlin Kennedy

6. Doniele volopich

balance beam

1. Michaela Chernoch

2. Shannon Coughlin

3. Caitlin Kennedy

4. Alyssa Click

5. Ari Lamb

6. Lauren Jeffrey

Floor exercise

1. Michaela Chernoch

2. Ari Lamb

3. Lauren Jeffrey

4. Alyssa Click

5. Shannon Coughlin

6. Lindsey Schultz

all-around avg uSu ucla Sac St. byu uSu2 cSF SJSu Mizzou bSu aub iowa Wac regs

A. Lamb 38.825 38.875 - 39.100 38.975 38.950 38.300 38.650 38.950 38.800

B. Cersosimo 38.783 38.875 39.150 - 38.250 38.700 38.650 39.175 - -

L. Jeffrey 38.238 - - - - - - - 38.625 37.850

Team 194.150 193.475 194.750 195.750 194.275 194.000 193.000 193.700 193.750 194.650

RQS 194.050

vault

L. Schultz 9.769 9.750 9.675 9.800 9.750 9.825 9.725 - 9.825 9.800

B. Cersosimo 9.766 9.775 9.775 9.750 9.725 9.800 9.775 9.800 9.725 -

S. Coughlin 9.731 9.700 9.775 9.750 9.650 9.800 9.700 9.750 9.750 9.700

C. Kennedy 9.672 9.725 9.750 9.700 9.525 9.775 9.575 9.775 9.675 9.550

A. Lamb 9.656 9.575 - 9.675 9.575 9.750 9.650 9.725 9.650 9.650

B. pendley 9.625 9.550 9.850 9.475 - - - - - -

L. Jeffrey 9.496 - - - 9.425 9.575 9.450 9.575 9.550 9.400

R. Moore 9.425 - - - - - - 9.525 - 9.325

D. volopich 8.950 - 8.950 - - - - - - -

Team 48.553 48.525 48.825 48.675 48.225 48.950 48.425 48.625 48.625 48.100

uneven bars

A. Lamb 9.681 9.700 9.600 9.775 9.700 9.775 9.625 9.775 9.725 9.450

B. Cersosimo 9.659 9.650 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.225 9.650 9.725 9.725 -

L. Jeffrey 9.572 9.625 9.700 9.775 9.600 9.675 9.750 8.650 9.725 9.400

C. Kennedy 9.561 9.725 9.650 9.800 9.750 9.675 9.550 8.550 9.750 9.550

A. Click 9.518 - - 9.775 9.775 8.700 9.800 9.825 8.900 9.850

M. Chernoch 9.414 - 8.800 - 9.825 9.050 9.550 9.775 9.100 9.800

D. volopich 9.392 9.625 9.700 - - - - - - 8.850

J. Nguyen 9.225 9.225 - - - - - - - -

Team 48.261 48.325 48.400 48.925 48.800 47.400 48.375 47.750 48.025 48.350

balance beam

A. Lamb 9.747 9.825 9.750 9.875 9.925 9.625 9.650 9.375 9.825 9.875

M. Chernoch 9.731 - 9.700 9.775 9.800 9.700 9.650 9.775 9.700 9.750

B. Cersosimo 9.689 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.100 9.825 9.775 9.825 - -

S. Coughlin 9.614 9.200 9.650 9.775 9.725 9.750 9.725 9.325 9.625 9.750

C. Kennedy 9.614 9.675 9.725 9.675 9.725 9.575 9.000 9.500 9.800 9.850

A. Click 9.579 - - 9.875 9.200 9.450 9.325 9.825 - 9.800

L. Jeffrey 9.192 8.950 - - - - - - 9.625 9.000

A. Schumacher 9.117 9.425 8.900 - - - - - 9.025 -

Team 48.492 47.875 48.625 49.050 48.375 48.475 48.125 48.300 48.575 49.025

Floor exercise

S. Coughlin 9.789 9.825 9.850 9.900 9.725 9.825 9.500 9.850 9.750 9.875

M. Chernoch 9.758 - - - - - - 9.775 9.675 9.825

L. Jeffrey 9.753 9.725 9.750 9.750 9.750 9.825 9.700 9.750 9.725 9.800

L. Schultz 9.725 9.200 9.775 9.875 9.875 9.850 9.750 - 9.625 9.850

A. Lamb 9.717 9.775 9.600 9.775 9.775 9.800 9.375 9.775 9.750 9.825

A. Click 9.654 - - 9.800 9.750 9.825 9.675 9.800 - 9.075

B. pendley 9.533 9.725 9.700 9.175 - - - - - -

B. Cersosimo 9.346 9.700 9.825 - 9.675 9.850 9.450 9.825 7.200 -

Team 48.844 48.750 48.900 49.100 48.875 49.175 48.075 49.025 48.525 49.175

2011 SeaSOn StatiSticS

brooke cersosimo Season careervault 9.800 9.800Bars 9.800 9.800Beam 9.825 9.825Floor 9.850 9.850All-Around 39.175 39.175

Michaela chernoch Season careervault - -Bars 9.825 9.825Beam 9.800 9.800Floor 9.825 9.825All-Around - -

alyssa click Season careervault - -Bars 9.850 9.925Beam 9.875 9.875Floor 9.825 9.850All-Around - -

lauren Jeffrey Season careervault 9.575 9.700Bars 9.775 9.825Beam 9.625 9.625Floor 9.825 9.875All-Around 38.625 38.625

ari lamb Season careervault 9.750 9.750Bars 9.775 9.850Beam 9.925 9.925Floor 9.825 9.825All-Around 39.100 39.100

Shannon coughlin Season careervault 9.800 9.850Bars - -Beam 9.775 9.825Floor 9.900 9.900All-Around - -

caitlin kennedy Season careervault 9.775 9.850Bars 9.800 9.800Beam 9.850 9.875Floor - -All-Around - -

2011 SeaSOn/career beStS

rebecca Moore Season careervault 9.525 9.525Bars - -Beam - -Floor - -All-Around - -

Jennifer nguyen Season careervault - -Bars 9.225 9.225Beam - -Floor - -All-Around - -

bailey pendley Season careervault 9.850 9.850Bars - 9.800Beam - 9.125Floor 9.725 9.900All-Around - -

anna Schumacher Season careervault - -Bars - -Beam 9.425 9.425Floor - -All-Around - -

doniele volopich Season careervault 8.950 8.950Bars 9.700 9.700Beam - -Floor - -All-Around - -

lindsey Schultz Season careervault 9.825 9.950Bars - -Beam - 9.850Floor 9.875 9.875All-Around - -

Jenna vogt Season careervault - 9.800Bars - 9.875Beam - 9.850Floor - 9.900All-Around - 39.225

Suu recOrd bOOkindividual recOrdS

all-around Score date1. elise Wheeler 39.575 3/19/102. elise Wheeler 39.550 2/26/103. elise Wheeler 39.500 3/12/104. elise Wheeler 39.525 3/14/095. elise Wheeler 39.425 2/15/10 elise Wheeler 39.425 2/6/10 elise Wheeler 39.425 2/20/09 Carly Geronimo 39.425 3/13/04

vault Score date1. Lindsey Schultz 9.950 2/20/092. Melissa Johnson 9.925 3/27/10 Melissa Johnson 9.925 2/15/10 Lindsey Schultz 9.925 3/14/09 elise Wheeler 9.925 3/14/09 Molly Bauer 9.925 3/3/04 Molly Bauer 9.925 3/29/036. elise Wheeler 9.900 3/12/10 elise Wheeler 9.900 2/26/10 Melissa Johnson 9.900 1/30/10 Melissa Johnson 9.900 1/29/10 Nine more tied with 9.900

uneven bars Score date1. Alyssa Click 9.925 3/22/10 elise Wheeler 9.925 3/19/103. elise Wheeler 9.900 3/12/10 elise Wheeler 9.900 3/16/09 elise Wheeler 9.900 3/17/08 elise Wheeler 9.900 3/23/07 Kellie Dangerfield 9.900 3/23/07 elise Wheeler 9.900 3/9/07 Carly Geronimo 9.900 3/8/04 Ashley Sharpe 9.900 2/20/04 erica Burk 9.900 3/12/01 erica Burk 9.900 3/2/01 Julie Grant 9.900 3/17/97

balance beam avg. high1. elise Wheeler 9.950 2/23/07 Leah Sakhitab 9.950 3/3/043. ari lamb 9.925 1/29/11 elise Wheeler 9.925 3/22/10 Kellie Dangerfield 9.925 3/6/09 Leah Sakhitab 9.925 2/9/07 Leah Sakhitab 9.925 2/11/05 Carly Geronimo 9.925 3/3/04 Carly Geronimo 9.925 2/27/04 Talayna Fortunato 9.925 3/29/03 Talayna Fortunato 9.925 3/21/03

Floor exercise avg. high1. Carly Geronimo 9.950 1/28/05 Molly Bauer 9.950 3/15/04 Sandi Lyman 9.950 3/22/024. elise Wheeler 9.925 2/4/08 Leah Sakhitab 9.925 3/16/07 Carly Geronimo 9.925 3/20/04 Sheena Shaw 9.925 3/15/04 Carly Geronimo 9.925 3/12/04 Molly Bauer 9.925 1/30/04 Sandi Lyman 9.925 2/10/03 Sandi Lyman 9.925 1/31/03 Sarah Geisler 9.925 3/22/02 Molly Bauer 9.925 3/22/02

teaM recOrdSall-around Opponent date1. 196.575 eastern Michigan 3/3/04

2. 196.350 CS Fullerton 3/19/10

3. 196.225 Brigham Young 3/8/04

4. 196.175 Boise State 2/11/05

196.175 Boise State 2/27/04

196.175 oklahoma 2/20/04

vault Opponent date1. 49.275 Boise State 2/26/10

49.275 Iowa 2/20/09

3. 49.200 at Boise State 3/14/09

4. 49.150 Brigham Young 3/8/04

5. 49.100 2010 WAC Championships 3/27/10

uneven bars Opponent date1. 49.150 Brigham Young 3/23/07

49.150 Brigham Young 3/7/03

3. 49.100 at Utah 3/12/10

49.100 Southeast Missouri St. 2/25/08

49.100 eastern Michigan 3/3/04

5. 49.075 at Brigham Young 2/27/09

49.075 Boise State 2/27/04

49.075 Iowa 2/22/03

balance beam Opponent date1. 49.400 Boise State 2/9/07

49.400 eastern Michigan 3/3/04

3. 49.300 Boise State 2/27/04

4. 49.275 at Brigham Young 2/27/09

5. 49.225 Utah State 2/16/04

Floor exercise Opponent date1. 49.525 WGC Championships 3/22/02

2. 49.475 Brigham Young 3/15/04

3. 49.450 Utah State 2/10/03

4. 49.425 WGC Championships 3/20/04

5. 49.375 oklahoma 2/20/04

49.375 Brigham Young 3/24/03

head coach Scott Bauman will celebrate his 20th year at the helm of the SUU gymnastics program in 2011,

setting him apart as the longest tenured coach in all of Thunderbird athletics. over that time, Bauman has

overseen the ascent of the squad from a relatively unknown entity to one which has ingrained a reputation

as one of the nation’s established and respected programs. The ascent has culminated in three consecu-

tive NCAA Regional appearances, a three-time All-American in elise Wheeler and the 2010 Western Athletic

Conference Championship trophy.

Southern Utah would have had even more success at regional meets had the newest rules adopted in 2008

been in play during Bauman’s time as head coach. The Thunderbirds would have appeared in the NCAA

post season in 16 of 19 years, finishing in the top 36 of the nation in each of those campaigns.

Bauman’s work with the SUU squad has been a constant process. During his first year at SUU, his gymnasts set

school records for practically every individual and team score. That 1992 season set a precedent for those which would follow, as the Thun-

derbird gymnasts have virtually rewritten the record books in each subsequent year. The only exception was in 1994, when Bauman saw the

departure of seven seniors that were at Southern Utah when he joined the program.

Under Bauman’s guidance the team has jumped its all-around average from 182.16 in 1991 (the year before he came) to a school-record

195.181 in 2010. The team’s assault on the record books has been relentless. A quick glance at the SUU book shows that every individual

record has been equalled or set within the last six seasons and every team mark has been established in the last eight.

Correspondingly, school RQS marks have been shattered in the Bauman years, going from a 184.123 in 1991 to an SUU record 195.900 in

2004.

Although 2000 was the first time the entire team qualified for the post-season, at least three SUU gymnasts have qualified for at-large berths

in all but one of Bauman’s seasons at Southern Utah, including four in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 while five qualified in 2001. In 1998 the

Thunderbirds used just two all-arounders; both advanced for the regional meet. Bauman has earned several coaching honors throughout

the years, including the 1993 Midwest Region Coach of the Year, 2010 WAC Coach of the Year and the North Central Region Coach of the

Year in 2003 and 2010.

A 1990 graduate of Utah State University, Bauman is in his first head-coaching capacity. He cut his coaching teeth under the tutelage of

former USU head coach Ray Corn where he helped develop the Aggies into a national power. Bauman spent seven years as both an

undergraduate and graduate assistant in Logan.

Bauman was initially involved in aerial ski jumping

for nine years, creating an interest in gymnastics.

he originally became involved with the sport

while in high school in his hometown of price,

Utah, where he served as a part-time coach at

price Gymnastics. After enrolling at Utah State,

Bauman went to work with the USU program,

helped out at Logan’s Ten-o Gymnastics, and

eventually moved on to take the head job at

SUU.

Bauman has also worked at the Lake owen

Gymnastics Camp the past 14 summers and is the

founder and administrator of the Southern Utah

Gymnastics Academy.

Bauman is married to the former Stephanie

Green. They have two daughters, Shay (14) and

Shaun (11).

HeAd CoACH SCott BAumAn • 20tH SeASon • utAH StAte, 1990