SAN FRANCISCO—The record-setting streak continues for Utah's
MyKayla Skinner, who for the third-straight week has won Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors. Skinner is the only gymnast in Pac-12 history to win both awards in the same week multiple times since the advent of the Freshman of the Year award in 2013.
Skinner captured four individual titles in Utah's quad meet win over No. 7 Denver, No. 15 Boise State and Illinois-Chicago last Friday—wins that included the second-best score in the nation this season in the all-around (39.775) and on floor (9.975). She also scored a career-high 9.975 to win vault and a 9.925 to tie for first on beam. She placed second on bars with a 9.90.
The freshman sensation's 39.775 all-around score is tied for the fifth-best in school history and ties Ashley Postell (2005) for the best all-around score by a Utah freshman.
In her first three collegiate meets, Skinner has won 13 of a possible 15 individual titles, including all three all-around, vault and floor competitions.
The only Ute ever to win Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in the same week, Skinner is also the first Utah gymnast to win either award in three-straight weeks. One more award in either category will tie her for the school single-season record. Georgia Dabritz was a four-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week in 2015 and
Sabrina Schwab was a four-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week last year. Dabritz holds Utah's career record for Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards with six from 2012-15.
Skinner starts the week ranked in the top 10 in the nation in the all-around and on all four events this week, ranking No. 2 in the all-around and on floor, No. 4 on vault, No. 9 on bars and No. 10 on beam.