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Ute Gymnasts Are Honored At Team Banquet
5/2/2003 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
May 2, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
Five Ute gymnasts were recognized for their outstanding achievements at the annual gymnastics banquet on May 1. Head coach Greg Marsden, who led Utah into the team finals at the 2003 NCAA Championships, presented awards to Theresa Kulikowski, Kim Alan, Gritt Hofmann, Annabeth Eberle and Melissa Vituj.
Kulikowski won the Dahl Award for athletic and academic achievement. A 4.0 student, Kulikowski graduated in May of 2002 and has spent the current academic year taking prerequisite classes for admittance to the physical therapy program. A 14-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA champion, Kulikowski won two first-team honors at the recent NCAA Championships, placing first on bars and second on beam in the NCAA qualifying session. Utah's team captain was unable to compete for another NCAA individual title after injuring her shoulder during Super Six competition. Kulikowski is undergoing surgery to remove a tumor lodged on her spinal cord today.
Senior Kim Allan received the Diane Ellingson Most Inspirational Award. Allan recovered from Achilles surgery in 2001 to become one of Utah's most consistent performers this year. A 2000 balance beam All-American, Allan competed on vault, bars and beam at the 2003 NCAA Championships.
Sophomore Gritt Hofmann won the Coaches' Award, which honors the most improved gymnast. Hofmann, who competed just one routine as a freshman a year ago, became an outstanding competitor on beam and floor in 2003. She also competed part-time on vault.
Sharing the Most Valuable Performer award were sophomore Annabeth Eberle and junior Melissa Vituj. Eberle was the 2003 NCAA regional all-around winner, while Vituj won vault and floor at the regional championships. Both athletes were first-team All-Americans at the 2003 NCAA Championships. Eberle tied for fourth in the nation in the all-around and placed sixth on vault. She was also a second-team All-American on the uneven bars. Vituj tied for ninth in the nation in the all-around for second-team All-America honors and won her third-straight first-team All-America citation on the floor exercise, placing ninth. Vituj led the team in victories in 2003 with 22, followed by Eberle with 19.
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