WOODLAND, Calif. – Alaska Anchorage senior Shakea Sanders earned her sixth career all-league honor to lead a contingent of six Seawolves on the 2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Conference Team, announced this week by the league office.
The All-MPSF team is decided by the top regional qualifying scores (RQS) among the conference’s gymnasts.
Sanders, from Federal Way, Wash., recorded the MPSF’s sixth-best RQS on vault at 9.695. It was her fourth career honor on vault, along with floor exercise accolades her first two seasons.
Sophomore Melissa Doucette (Rochester, N.H.) and freshman Sariaye Jensen (Henderson, Nev.) both made all-conference on a pair of events. Doucette posted the league’s fifth-highest RQS on vault (9.720) and was eighth on floor exercise (9.635), while Jensen placed sixth on uneven bars (9.690) and seventh in the all-around (37.340).
Freshman Morgan Cook (Hot Springs, Ark.) was the league’s No. 6 all-around performer with a 37.435 final RQS. Cook is also the No. 6 individual scorer among non-qualifying teams in the West Region, making her the all-around alternate for the upcoming NCAA Div. I West Regional Championships, Apr. 7 in Seattle.
Sophomore Emily Petersen (Indianapolis) and senior Kathleen Mantell (Antioch, Calif.) also earned their first career all-league awards. Petersen – who broke UAA’s single-season bars average record at 9.679 – was the No. 5 bars performer in the league with a 9.695 RQS, while Mantell made it on balance beam (9.525).
2012 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
ALL-AROUND Student-Athlete Yr RQS School Hometown/Last School Katie Yamamura Jr 38.925 UC Davis Palo Alto, CA/Gunn HS
Linnaea Hance So 38.160 Air Force Naperville, IL/Napervle North HS
Tiana Montell Fr 38.070 UC Davis Hilo, HI/St. Joseph HS
Katie Hawthorne So 38.005 Air Force Forney, TX/Texas Tech HS
Jennifer Larsen So 37.970 Air Force St. Paul, MN/North St. Paul HS Morgan Cook Fr 37.435 Alaska Anchorage Hot Springs, AR/Lakeside HS Sariaye Jensen Fr 37.340 Alaska Anchorage Henderson, NV/Silverado HS
VAULT
Katie Yamamura Jr 9.810 UC Davis Palo Alto, CA/Gunn HS
Jessica Wallander Fr 9.785 Air Force Dallas, TX/Coppell HS
Sherah Veron Sr 9.750 Seattle Pacific Broken Arrow, OK/BAHS
Anna Shumaker So 9.750 UC Davis Alameda, CA/Alameda HS Melissa Doucette So 9.720 Alaska Anchorage Rochester, NH/Spaulding HS Shakea Sanders Sr 9.695 Alaska Anchorage Federal Way, WA/Federal Way HS Jennifer Larsen So 9.640 Air Force St. Paul, MN/North St. Paul HS
Madeline Kennedy So 9.640 UC Davis Lodi, CA/St. Mary’s HS
UNEVEN BARS
Katie Yamamura Jr 9.800 UC Davis Palo Alto, CA/Gunn HS
Linnaea Hance So 9.745 Air Force Naperville, IL/Napervle North HS
Katie Hawthorne So 9.730 Air Force Forney, TX/Texas Tech HS
Texie Gregory Sr 9.725 Seattle Pacific Auburn, CA/Bear River HS Emily Petersen So 9.695 Alaska Anchorage Indianapolis, IN/North Central HS Sariaye Jensen Fr 9.690 Alaska Anchorage Henderson, NV/Silverado HS Michelle Ho Jr 9.680 UC Davis Los Altos, CA/Mountain View HS
Samantha Jones Sr 9.660 Air Force Sewell, NJ/Washington TWP
BALANCE BEAM
Leah Housman Jr 9.730 UC Davis Arcadia, CA/Cal State Fullerton
Jessica Hanner So 9.730 Air Force Owasso, OK/Rejoice Christian HS
Stephanie Wagner Jr 9.710 Seattle Pacific Estacada, OR/Estacada, OR
Katie Yamamura Jr 9.705 UC Davis Palo Alto, CA/Gunn HS
Linnaea Hance So 9.700 Air Force Naperville, IL/Napervle North HS
Anna Shumaker So 9.660 UC Davis Alameda, CA/Alameda HS
Aditi Kulkarni Sr 9.640 Seattle Pacific Lakewood, CO/D’Evelyn HS Kathleen Mantell Sr 9.525 Alaska Anchorage Antioch, CA/Deer Valley HS
FLOOR EXERCISE
Sherah Veron Sr 9.810 Seattle Pacific Broken Arrow, OK/Broken Arrow HS
Michelle Ho Jr 9.805 UC Davis Los Altos, CA/Mountain View HS
Katie Yamamura Jr 9.785 UC Davis Palo Alto, CA/Gunn HS
Stephanie Wagner Jr 9.750 Seattle Pacific Estacada, OR/Estacada, OR
Taryn West Jr 9.735 UC Davis Hayward, CA/Bishop O’Dowd HS
Madeline Kennedy So 9.730 UC Davis Lodi, CA/St. Mary’s HS
Jessica Wallander Fr 9.725 Air Force Dallas, TX/Coppell HS Melissa Doucette So 9.635 Alaska Anchorage Rochester, NH/Spaulding HS
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