Four Wolverines Combine for Seven WCGA Regular-Season All-America Citations
3/23/2023 1:33:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team had four gymnasts -- seniors Sierra Brooks and Gabby Wilson and graduate students Natalie Wojcik and Abby Heiskell -- combine for seven Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association regular season All-America citations an announced Thursday (March 23).
Student-athletes with the top eight National Qualifying Scores for the regular season (with ties) for each event plus the all-around earned All-America honors. Second team All-America honors are earned by student-athletes ranked Nos. 9-16 (with ties) in the NQS.
Brooks, the two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, is a three time All-America honoree this season bringing her career total to 10 regular season All-America citations. Brooks earned first-team honors in the all-around for the second consecutive season, ranking eighth nationally. She also earned first-team honors on vault, where she ranks fifth nationally, and a second-team nod on uneven bars, ranking 14th in the nation. Brooks won 14 event titles in the regular season which included four all-around titles. She set a career high on uneven bars with a 9.975 and tied a career best with a perfect 10.0 on vault.
Wilson earned a third career regular-season All-America honor with Thursday's first-team citation, this time on vault on which she is ranked eighth nationally. She had six scores of 9.900 or higher on vault this season, including a 9.975 at Rutgers, and was the Big Ten vault champion.
Wojcik was named to the second team on uneven bars and balance beam, making her a 14-time regular-season All-American. Wojcik won six event titles between the two events, with three on each apparatus, including posting a perfect 10.0 on the beam against Minnesota.
Heiskell rounds out Michigan's honorees, earning second-team honors in the all-around to bring her career tally to five. Heiskell won two all-around regular-season titles and earned the fifth-highest score in program history with a 39.800 at Rutgers.
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