2016 Gymnastics Season Highlights Video

DENVER - The University of Denver women's gymnastics team celebrated another record-breaking season at its annual postseason banquet on Saturday night.

The team announced its award winners for the season, including Most Valuable Gymnast Nina McGee (Cincinnati, Ohio), who won the program's first-ever NCAA individual title in April, doing so on floor.

McGee wraps up her collegiate career as the DU record holder in all-around score (39.775), most career individual titles (101) and most perfect 10.0s in a single season (3). In total, she earned seven regular-season and NCAA All-American honors in 2016. She competed in the all-around in every meet in 2016, contributing all but two scores. An incredible 49 of her 56 routines scored 9.800 or higher, and she never had a fall in 2016. She was also a finalist for the prestigious AAI Award and Honda Sports Award for Gymnastics.

Junior Leah Lomonte (Katy, Texas) earned the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for having the team's highest cumulative GPA. She was named to the Dean's List for both the fall and winter quarters, and was also a Hornbeck Scholar for the winter quarter.

Lomonte shared the Jack Pommrehn Spirit Award with fellow junior Rachel Fielitz (Walden, N.Y.). Despite season-ending injuries, both Lomonte and Fielitz continued to support their teammates and help the team succeed however they could.

For the second year in a row, junior Julia Ross (Henderson, Nev.) earned the Unsung Hero award for contributing significantly to the team's success while her efforts largely went unnoticed. Ross competed on vault, bars and beam in every meet in 2016, contributing all but three scores to the team total.

The Coaches' Award, recognizing the student-athlete whom the coaches feel exemplifies the team's philosophies of teamwork, character and excellence, was given to senior Katie Menhinick (Paramus, N.J.). Menhinick competed on bars in every meet in 2016, adding beam routines in all but two meets as well as floor in four meets.

Sophomore Nikole Addison (Fort Myers, Fla.) took home the Most Inspirational Award, working through an injury all season long while continuing to show passion and desire to help the team. She competed on bars and floor in every meet and had the team's second highest RQS on floor.

The Most Improved Gymnast was sophomore Claire Hammen (Loveland, Colo.). After only one competitive routine in 2015, Hammen competed in 25 routines in 2016--including on floor in every meet. Of her 25 routines, 16 scored at least a 9.800, which includes a streak of eight meets in a row to finish the season.

Claire Kern (Charlotte, N.C.) was named the Freshman of the Year, presented to the freshman who succeeds both in the gym and in the classroom. Kern competed on bars in every meet of the season, counting all but one score toward the team total. She did not have a fall the entire season.

The Pioneers also celebrated their six seniors: Emily Barrett, Maggie Laughlin, Nina McGee, Katie Menhinick, Morgan Tolman and volunteer assistant coach Emily Novotny.

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