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O’Keefe Wins Governor’s State of Sport ‘Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year’ Award
2/24/2025 10:23 AM | Gymnastics
The Red Rocks’ record-breaking gymnast has been recognized as one of the best athletes in the state of Utah for 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — Former Red Rock standout Maile O'Keefe has been awarded the Governor's State of Sport Award 'Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year' for her outstanding accomplishments during her Utah gymnastics career, and record-breaking senior season in 2024.
The Las Vegas native claimed a 21-year-old program record set by Theresa Kulikowski as her own last season, earning 15 perfect 10s during her career to jump Kulikowski's 14.
O'Keefe is also the Utah record holder for 10s on beam in a career (14) and the record holder for 10's on beam in a season (6), which she earned in 2023.
Adding to the impressive nature of her time with Utah Gymnastics, O'Keefe left the Red Rocks as a four-time national champion (bars and floor in 2021; all-around and beam in 2023), earned 19 All-America nods (seven regular season, 12 NCCA) and posted 76 career wins.
In 2021 and 2023, O'Keefe was crowned NCAA Regional beam champion.
O'Keefe is a 10-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection and a four-time Pac-12 champion in the all-around, bars, beam, and floor in 2021, as well as 2024 Pac-12 beam champion.
The Pac-12 recognized O'Keefe as the Gymnast of the Year in 2021, a two-time Specialist of the Year in 2022 and 2023, and she earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week seven times from 2020-2024.
The Red Rocks' reigning Beam Queen was a finalist in 2023 and 2024 for the prestigious AAI Award given annually to the top female gymnast in the NCAA, was the recipient of the Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal given to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics, and leadership, and was a co-recipient of the Marsden Leadership Award.
In addition to being a star on the competition floor, O'Keefe was also a star in the classroom as a four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American, four-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection, and three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.
O'Keefe now serves as a student-coach for the 2025 Utah gymnastics team, helping to teach and inspire the next generation of Red Rocks.
The Las Vegas native claimed a 21-year-old program record set by Theresa Kulikowski as her own last season, earning 15 perfect 10s during her career to jump Kulikowski's 14.
O'Keefe is also the Utah record holder for 10s on beam in a career (14) and the record holder for 10's on beam in a season (6), which she earned in 2023.
Adding to the impressive nature of her time with Utah Gymnastics, O'Keefe left the Red Rocks as a four-time national champion (bars and floor in 2021; all-around and beam in 2023), earned 19 All-America nods (seven regular season, 12 NCCA) and posted 76 career wins.
In 2021 and 2023, O'Keefe was crowned NCAA Regional beam champion.
O'Keefe is a 10-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection and a four-time Pac-12 champion in the all-around, bars, beam, and floor in 2021, as well as 2024 Pac-12 beam champion.
The Pac-12 recognized O'Keefe as the Gymnast of the Year in 2021, a two-time Specialist of the Year in 2022 and 2023, and she earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week seven times from 2020-2024.
The Red Rocks' reigning Beam Queen was a finalist in 2023 and 2024 for the prestigious AAI Award given annually to the top female gymnast in the NCAA, was the recipient of the Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal given to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics, and leadership, and was a co-recipient of the Marsden Leadership Award.
In addition to being a star on the competition floor, O'Keefe was also a star in the classroom as a four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American, four-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection, and three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.
O'Keefe now serves as a student-coach for the 2025 Utah gymnastics team, helping to teach and inspire the next generation of Red Rocks.
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