Division I

Gymnast of the Week

Marissa Rosen, University of Pennsylvania
Sophomore, Annandale, Va.

Scores form the week:
VT: 9.55, UB: 9.80, BB: 9.775, FX: 9.825, AA: 38.95

After training hard and being a team leader during the fall workouts, Rosen has started her sophomore season off with much success.  This weekend in Penn's home opener against Rutgers, she hit four out of four events and took home the top all around score, 38.95.  Starting on vault, she scored a 9.55.  She also placed first on bars (9.80), beam (9.775) and floor (9.825).  Rosen has added difficulty in each routine and showed what a true all-around competitor she is.  As a sophomore, she comes back with experience and the drive for success.  She continues to be a key player for our team.

Rookie of the Week

Dani Riportella, University of Rhode Island
Freshman, Great River, NY

Scores from the week:
VT: 9.55, UB: 9.80, BB: 9.775, FX: 9.825, AA: 38.95

Riportella competed in the All-Around in her first collegiate competition, against University of New Hampshire.  She had solid vault (9.5, sixth) and beam (9.3, fifth), and had an outstanding floor routine tying for second (9.675).  She won the all-around with a 37.275 in just her first meet.  Riportella accomplished this on just one week of gymnastics training after injuring her foot in December.

Specialist of the Week

Kerri Lutfey, University of Pennsylvania
Junior, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Score from the week:
BB: 9.325

Lutfey competed this weekend for Penn on the beam and scored a 9.325.  After injuring her ankle in warm up that kept her out of vault and bars, she stepped up and started Penn off on beam with a stuck routine. 

Coach's Choice
Alison Mak, Yale University
Sophomore, Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada

Scores from the week:
VT: 9.075, BB: 9.65, FX: 9.50

Mak was recovering from knee surgery her freshman year and only competed beam. She was put in vault and floor line up this year with not much than a month and half of training. In a six team competition she won the beam event and had the Springfield's men's team standing and cheering her mount of three flairs. This also happened last year at Penn State competition with their men's team standing and cheering her very difficult mount. She continued with illusions and aerial cartwheel back hand spring and double turn.  The content of routine was outstanding.  In her first competition after her serious knee surgery that kept her out of all but one event. 

Division III

Gymnast of the Week

Olivia Oller, Ursinus College
Sophomore, Bennington, Vt.

Oller scored an impressive 37.250 in her first collegiate All-Around competition.  Her highlight of the meet was a 9.5 on bars.  She has really stepped up to the plate and will be a big contributor to this years team scores.

Specialist of the Week

Christine Cate, SUNY-Cortland
Sophomore, Concord, NH

Cate had a great performance to capture second place on Vault at the meet.  She is recovering from a season ending injury last year during the second meet, and had several medical complications this year, but has overcome them quite well.  The sophomore Red Dragon scored a 9.55 with her first successful vault in her collegiate career.

Rookie of the Week

Lauren Marcoux, Ithaca College
Freshman, Glastonbury, CT

Marcoux was Ithaca's top scorer on the Vault and Floor at their season open at Springfield College with SUNY Brockport, Yale, Southern Connecticut University, and University of Bridgeport.  She finished 16^th on the vault with a 9.15 and finished 13^th on Floor with a 9.5.  The freshman Bomber is leading the next generation as Ithaca rebuilds its team after graduating six.