Six Utah Gymnasts Earn All-Pac-12 Honors

SAN FRANCISCO – Utah Gymnastics had six athletes earn All-Pac-12 honors as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.

Earning a pair of All-Pac-12 awards, Maile O'Keefe and Grace McCallum added to their ever-growing list of awards. With O'Keefe claiming first-team recognition on beam and floor, and McCallum earning first-team honors on bars and floor. The Red Rocks added first-team honors from Jaedyn Rucker on vault and Abby Paulson on beam. Makenna Smith collected her first all-conference nod with a first-team designation in the all-around. Jaylene Gilstrap earned her first All-Pac-12 honor, as an honorable mention selection, with some dazzling performances on floor.

O'Keefe secured her fifth first-team all-conference award on beam, accumulating seven wins on the apparatus, including the 2024 Pac-12 event title. The undisputed 'beam queen' tallied four scores of 10.0 this season, including a perfect score at the final edition of the Pac-12 Championships. With her fourth perfect 10 of the season, O'Keefe claimed the top spot for career perfect 10s with her 15^th all-time. O'Keefe currently ranks as the second-ranked beam worker in the nation, posting an NQS of 9.990.

After being named an honorable mention in 2022, O'Keefe adds All-Pac-12 First Team on floor to her extensive Red Rocks resume. Closing out the regular season with an NQS of 9.945, O'Keefe hit routines of 9.9 or better in eight of nine competitions in the event, including three event wins.

McCallum earns her second First Team Pac-12 award in the event, after being named to the list in her freshman season. This season, McCallum scored her first career perfect 10 on floor against Stanford, posting an NQS of 9.950 in 12 competitions. McCallum tallied scores of 9.9 or better in 10 of 12 meets with six event wins.

McCallum added her second first team-team all-conference honor of the postseason on bars. Scoring her third perfect 10 of her career on the apparatus on the road at Arizona, McCallum has an NQS of 9.950, scoring a 9.9+ in 9 of 12 meets this season with seven wins on the apparatus.

Paulson collects her fourth first-team All-Pac-12 honor on beam, achieving four event wins this season on the apparatus. Throughout this season, Paulson established an eight-consecutive meet streak of scoring 9.9+, during that span she eclipsed 9.950 four of eight times. She brought down the house on senior night, scoring her second career perfect 10 on the apparatus in front of the 14,000 fans of the Huntsman Center.

Rucker adds her third consecutive first-team All-Pac-12 honor on vault, after earning an honorable mention selection after her sophomore season. Rucker has an NQS of 9.910 with four event wins this season. Rucker came alive at the end of the season, collecting a pair of wins on the road at California and at Arizona with scores of 9.900 and 9.925. Rucker posted scores above 9.9 five times this season, hitting a season-high of 9.975.

Smith secured her first all-conference selection, as one of the top all-around performers. She opened the season with five consecutive all-around wins, before adding her sixth and final all-around win of the season on the road at UCLA. Smith hit her all-around career-high in the final meet of the season against Utah State and Stanford, scoring a 39.550. Smith would also add a pair of wins on vault against Boise State and at the Best of Utah.

Rounding out the Utah squad to collect All-Pac-12 honors is Jaylene Gilstrap with an honorable mention selection. This is her first All-Pac-12 selection of her career, hitting her career-high of 9.950 in each of the three final meets of the regular season.

The All-Conference teams are determined by national qualifying scores, including the regular season, and the Pac-12 Championships. The All-Pac-12 First Team consists of the top six all-around performers, and top six performers in each individual event (including ties) based on national qualifying scores (through March 24). All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention consists of seventh and eighth-place performances in each individual event and the all-around (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. A gymnast is eligible for the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year if the gymnast does not have an NQS in the all-around

2024 All-Pac-12 Honors
The All-Pac-12 First Team consists of the top six all-around performers, and top six performers in each individual event (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. All-Pac-12 honorable mention recipients are the seventh- and eighth-place performances in each individual event and the all-around (including ties) based on national qualifying scores.

All-Pac-12 All-Around First Team:
eMjae Frazier, California
Selena Harris, UCLA
Mya Lauzon, California
Madelyn Williams, California
Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, Washington
Makenna Smith, Utah

All-Pac-12 All-Around Honorable Mention: Katelyn Rosen, UCLA; Alysen Fears, ARIZ.

All-Pac-12 Vault First Team:
Selena Harris, UCLA
Mya Lauzon, California
Anaya Smith, Arizona State
Jaedyn Rucker, Utah
Chae Campbell, UCLA
eMjae Frazier, California

All-Pac-12 Vault Honorable Mention: Malia Hargrove, ARIZ; Sophia Esposito, OSU.

All-Pac-12 Bars First Team:
Madelyn Williams, California
eMjae Frazier, California
Jade Carey, Oregon State
Gabby Perea, California
Grace McCallum, Utah
Selena Harris, UCLA

All-Pac-12 Bars Honorable Mention: Andi Li, CAL; Sage Thompson, OSU.

All-Pac-12 Beam First Team:
Maile O'Keefe, Utah
Mya Lauzon, California
eMjae Frazier, California
Abby Paulson, Utah
Chloe Widner, Stanford
Selena Harris, UCLA

All-Pac-12 Beam Honorable Mention: Emma Malalbyuo, UCLA; Gabby Perea, CAL; Jade Carey, OSU.

All-Pac-12 Floor First Team
eMjae Frazier, California
Mya Lauzon, California
Grace McCallum, Utah
Maile O'Keefe, Utah
Selena Harris, UCLA
Nya Reed, UCLA

All-Pac-12 Floor Honorable Mention: Brooklyn Moors, UCLA; Jaylene Gilstrap, UTAH.

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