Trinity Thomas is 2022 SEC Gymnast of the Year

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida senior Trinity Thomas picks up her second Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year honor, the league announced today. A vote of the league coaches determines the SEC award winners.

Trinity Thomas: SEC Gymnast of the Year:

• SEC Championships’ winning all-around total is second-highest (39.825) in meet’s 41-year history. Posted 2022 No. 1 (39.85) and No. 2 (39.825) all-around totals
• Leads Florida with 25 event titles in 2022. Gators Career Event Wins leader (99).
• Completed ‘Gym Slam’ in 2022 (10.0 for each apparatus during collegiate career). Third Gator among the 12 in NCAA history with a Gym Slam.
• Nation’s leader with six 10.0s in 2022 (3 floor, 2 vault, 1 beam)SEC Academic Honor Roll

Thomas is the first Gator among the four in the award's 30-year history with multiple SEC Gymnast of the Year honors. She also earned the 2020 award. Five Gators have been named SEC Gymnast of the Year.

Alyssa Baumann – Graduate

2022 All-SEC

All-SEC qualifying events: Balance Beam (T2nd)

• Shared second on balance beam with a season-best 9.95
• Fourth All-SEC honor
• First (2018, 2019, 2021) or second (2022) in every SEC Championships beam standings of Gator career

Nya Reed – Senior

2022 All-SEC

All-SEC qualifying events: Vault

• Shared second with a 9.95 on vault
• Seventh vault mark of 9.9 or better in 2022 standings
• First All-SEC honor

Megan Skaggs – Graduate

2022 All-SEC

All-SEC qualifying events: All-Around, Uneven Bars & Balance Beam

• Qualified for 2022 All-SEC honors by tying for second in three events at SEC Championship meet – all-around (39.65), uneven bars (9.95) and balance beam (9.95)
• Marks of 9.95 for both bars and beam equals collegiate bests
• Earned All-SEC honors in the last three SEC Championship meets – 2019, 2021 and 2022

Trinity Thomas – Senior

2022 All-SEC

All-SEC qualifying events: All-Around,  Vault, Uneven Bars & Floor Exercise

• Qualified for 2022 All-SEC honors by winning three event outright – all-around (39.825), vault (9.975) and floor exercise (9.975) and tying for second on uneven bars (9.95)
• Joins Gator Great Melissa Miller (1988) as only Gators with three SEC individual titles in a single SEC meet
• Third All-SEC honor (2019, 2020, 2022)

Leanne Wong – Freshman

2022 All-SEC

All-SEC qualifying events: All-Around,  Balance Beam

• Qualified for 2022 All-SEC honors by winning balance beam with a collegiate-best 9.975 and by sharing second in the all-around (39.65)
• Third Gator freshman to win beam in the last four SEC Championship meets (Alyssa Baumann, 2018 and Ellie Lazzari, 2021)
• Also earned spot on SEC All-Freshman team. Top freshman in SEC Championship meet all-around. 

All-SEC Team

SEC All-Freshman Team

2022 SEC Gymnastics Awards