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University of Illinois Athletics

National Awards & Honors

Updated July 2018

Team at NCAA All-Around Championships
Season	Team Finish	Place in Session (Score)
2009	12th overall	6th in Session 2 (195.050)
2011	11th overall	6th in Session 1 (195.100)
2013	11th overall	5th in Session 1 (195.700)
2014	11th overall	6th in Session 1 (195.800)

NCAA All-Around All-Americans
Season	Student-Athlete	Event	Place in Session (Score)
1976	Nancy Thies	Uneven Bars	(AIAW) T-6th (9.15)
2008	Allison Buckley	Beam (2nd Team)	T-6th (9.825)
2009	Melissa Fernandez	Beam (1st Team)	T-1st (9.900)
2009	Sarah Schmidt	Floor (2nd Team)	T-6th (9.850)
2010	Allison Buckley	Vault (1st Team)	T-3rd (9.900)
2011	Melissa Fernandez	All-Around (1st Team)	T-3rd (39.375)
2011	Melissa Fernandez	Beam (1st Team)	T-4th (9.850)
2011	Melissa Fernandez	Floor (2nd Team)	T-8th (9.850)
2011	Allison Buckley	Floor (2nd Team)	T-6th (9.875)
2011	Kelsey Joannides	Vault (2nd Team)	T-7th (9.875)
2011	Alina Weinstein	Floor (2nd Team)	T-8th (9.850)
2013	Alina Weinstein	Floor (1st Team)	T-1st (9.900)
2015	Giana O'Connor	All-Around (1st Team)	T-6th (39.425)
2018	Rae Balthazor	Floor (2nd Team)	T-8th (9.900)

NACGC/W Regular Season All-Americans
Season	Student-Athlete	Event
2013	Alina Weinstein	(1st Team) Floor
2013	Alina Weinstein	(2nd Team) All-Around
2015	Mary Jane Horth	(1st Team) Bars
2015	Mary Jane Horth	(2nd Team) All-Around
2015	Sunny Kato	(2nd Team) Bars
2015	Sunny Kato	(2nd Team) Beam
2015	Giana O'Connor	(2nd Team) All-Around
2016	Sunny Kato	(1st Team) Beam

Individual National Qualifiers
Season	Student-Athlete	Event	Place in Session (Score)
1976	Nancy Thies	All-Around	8th (35.55)
1977	Patty Carmichael	All-Around	32nd (33.23)
1977	Nancy Thies	All-Around	Did not compete
1979	Gayle Fleischmann	All-Around	31st (33.85)
1981	Heidi Helmke	All-Around	T-71st (32.45)
1982	Heidi Helmke	All-Around	T-40th (34.30)
1982	Karen Brems	All-Around	T-40th (34.30)
1987	Denise Lamborn	All-Around	T-42nd (34.95)
2004	Ashley Williams	All-Around	T-19th (38.450)
2004	Cara Pomeroy	Uneven Bars	T-28th (9.800)
2008	Nicole Cowart	All-Around	15th (38.925)
2008	Allison Buckley	All-Around	18th (38.525)
2010	Allison Buckley	Vault	T-3rd (9.900)
2010	Sarah Schmidt	All-Around	15th (38.425)
2012	Alina Weinstein	All-Around	20th (38.550)
2015	Giana O'Connor	All-Around	T-3rd (39.425)
2015	Mary Jane Horth	All-Around	12th (39.200)
2015	Sunny Kato	Uneven Bars	29th (9.825)
2016	Lizzy LeDuc	Floor	85th (9.637)
2018	Rae Balthazor	All-Around	13th (39.325)

Individual All-Around National Finishes When Team Qualifies
Season	Student-Athlete	Place in Session (Score)
2009	Allison Buckley	14th (39.300)
2009	Nicole Cowart	18th (38.775)
2009	Kelsey Joannides	23rd (38.500)
2011	Melissa Fernandez	T-3rd (39.375)
2011	Allison Buckley	14th (38.525)
2011	Kelsey Joannides	15th (38.475)
2011	Alina Weinstein	16th (38.375)
2013	Giana O'Connor	11th (39.100)
2013	Alina Weinstein	15th (38.500)

Individual Regional Qualifiers
Season	Student-Athlete	Event(s)
1986	Laura Hicks	All-Around
1986	Allison Garrity	All-Around
1995	Kelli Farrar	All-Around
1995	Stacy Redmond	All-Around
1995	Nicole Ward	All-Around
2000	Phaedra Dixon	All-Around
2000	Karen Hawley	All-Around
2000	Carissa Ericson	Floor
2000	Jana Gallagher	Beam
2001	Jana Gallagher	All-Around
2001	Carissa Ericson	Vault, Floor
2002	Jana Gallagher	All-Around
2002	Ashley Williams	All-Around
2003	Kara Kapernekas	All-Around
2003	Ashley Williams	All-Around