Trinity Thomas is 2022 SEC Gymnast of the Year
Trinity Thomas claims her second SEC Gymnast of the Year honor and is joined on the All-SEC team by four other Gators
Mary Howard
3/23/2022
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.
All-SEC Teams Criteria:
All-SEC Criteria: Top two event scores (including ties) in each session of the SEC Championships made up the All-SEC team. The freshmen with the top event score (including ties) in each SEC Championships’ session filled out the SEC All-Freshman team.
All-SEC Gators:
Florida and Missouri led all programs with five each on the 2022 All-SEC team.
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
| Shania Adams | Alabama |
| Luisa Blanco | Alabama |
| Makarri Doggette | Alabama |
| Kennedy Hambrick | Arkansas |
| Sarah Shaffer | Arkansas |
| Aria Brusch | Auburn |
| Derrian Gobourne | Auburn |
| Sophia Groth | Auburn |
| Sunisa Lee | Auburn |
| Alyssa Baumann | Florida |
| Nya Reed | Florida |
| Megan Skaggs | Florida |
| Trinity Thomas | Florida |
| Leanne Wong | Florida |
| Victoria Nguyen | Georgia |
| Arianna Patterson | Kentucky |
| Raena Worley | Kentucky |
| Haleigh Bryant | LSU |
| Amari Celestine | Missouri |
| Helen Hu | Missouri |
| Jocelyn Moore | Missouri |
| Sienna Schreiber | Missouri |
| Alisa Sheremeta | Missouri |
SEC All-Freshman Team
| Lilly Hudson | Alabama |
| Kalyxta Gamiao | Arkansas |
| Leah Smith | Arkansas |
| Sunisa Lee | Auburn |
| Leanne Wong | Florida |
| Jillian Procasky | Kentucky |
| KJ Johnson | LSU |
| Amari Celestine | Missouri |
| Jocelyn Moore | Missouri |
2022 SEC Gymnastics Awards
| Gymnast of the Year | Trinity Thomas, Florida |
| Co-Specialist of the Year | Derrian Gobourne, Auburn |
| Sienna Schreiber, Missouri | |
| Freshman of the Year | Sunisa Lee, Auburn |
| Scholar-Athletes of the Year | Bailey Lovette, Arkansas |
| Coach of the Year | Shannon Welker, Missouri |
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