Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida's Trinity Thomas is the 2023 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Region 6 Gymnast of the Year, the WCGA announced this afternoon.
 
In addition, UF's Kim Green is the region's Administrator of the Year.
 

WCGA Region 6 Awards
Gymnast of the Year:	Trinity Thomas	Florida
Head Coach of the Year:	Jay Ramirez	Towson
Assistant Coach of the Year:	Ashley Sauer	Towson
Administrator of the Year:	Kim Green	Florida

 
Gymnast of the Year:
Trinity Thomas claims her third WCGA Region Gymnast of the Year honor. She was the 2019 and 2020 Region 5 winner. The region gymnast of the year has gone to a Gator eight of the last 10 seasons.
 
AS A GRADUATE (2023):
· One of three in nation with five 2023 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) All-America regular-season honors. First team for all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise; second team vault and balance beam
· 2023 Southeastern Conference Gymnast of Year. Joins Alabama's Andreé Pickens as only three-time recipients in award's history.
· SEC all-around (39.80), uneven bars and floor exercise (10.0) champion. Part of All-SEC team
· One of two in SEC Championship meet history with two 10.0 in a single meet.
· Second consecutive SEC Gymnast of the Week after posting nation's third-highest all-around total (39.85), winning uneven bars (9.975) and sharing balance beam (10.0) and floor exercise (9.95) titles at LSU
· SEC Gymnast of the Week after winning all-around (39.825) and balance beam (10.0) versus Missouri. Also shared floor exercise win at 9.975
· Florida's career all-arounder leader (30), passing Bridget Sloan (27) with win vs Missouri
· Opened 2023 floor performances with nation's first 10.0 on event versus Auburn.
· SEC Specialist Gymnast of Week 1 & 4. Posted a 10.0 in Jan. 6 (floor) and Jan. 27 (vault) meets
· Beam 10.0 was first in the nation for 2023 – sixth consecutive meet with a 10.0 (dating back to 2022 NCAA Regionals).
· Vault 10.0 versus Georgia. Only gymnast in NCAA history with at least four 10.0 on each apparatus for fourth career Gym Slam
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
· Finalist for AAI Award (given to nation's top senior gymnast)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
Administrator of the Year:
Associate Athletics Director Kim Green receives her third Region Administrator of the Year honor of the last five seasons.
 

2023 WCGA Region Awards
Region	Gymnast	Coach	Assistant Coaches	Administrator
1	Jordan Chiles, UCLA	Janelle McDonald, UCL	BJ Das, Kyle Grable, Autumn Grable, UCLA	Josh Hummel, California
2	Brianna Brooks, Utah State	Scott Baumann, SUU	Jeff Richards, Jamie Wysong, SUU	Marc Ryan, Minnesota
3	Helen Hu, Missouri & Emma Spence, Nebraska	Shannon Welker, Missouri	Casey Jo Macpherson, Whitney Snowden, Missouri & Brian Amato, Oleksii Koltakov, Nebraska	Dr. Lawrence Chatter, Nebraska
4	Haleigh Bryant, LSU	Joanna Saleem, Ball State	Rachel Garrison, Chad Wiest - Kentucky; Cassandra Ringer, Scott Wilson – Ball State; Nicole Curler Jones, Devin Wright – Michigan State	Heather McAtee, Kentucky
5	Sierra Brooks, Michigan	Beverly Plocki, Michigan	Scott Sherman, Maile'ana Kanewa-Hermelyn, Michigan	Carrie Kimball, New Hampshire
6	Trinity Thomas, Florida	Jay Ramirez, Towson	Ashley Sauer, Towson	Kim Green, Florida
7	McKenna Kissinger, West Chester	Lisa Bowerman, TWU	Kristen Harold, Matt DeGrandpre – TWU; Stephanie Plaugher – West Chester, Mark Sorrentino – Bridgeport	Deirdre Bertotti, West Chester