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2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Brittany Evans
Brittany Evans

Lynnzee Brown

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-2
  • Events All-Around
  • Hometown Raytown, Missouri
  • Club GAGE

Biography

Career Highs:

Vault: 9.975 (four times, last at Iowa State on February 24, 2023)
Bars: 10.000 (twice, last at NCAA Regional Final on April 3, 2021)
Beam: 9.950 (five times, last at home on April 2, 2023)
Floor: 10.000 (three times, last at home on March 5, 2023)
All-Around: 39.825 (at home on March 7, 2021)

 

Collegiate Awards and Honors:

  • 2019 NCAA National co-Champion (floor)
  • 2023 NCAA National co-Runner-Up (vault)
  • 2023 Honda Inspiration Award Finalist
  • 2021 Honda Sport Award for Gymnastics Finalist
  • 2021 & 2023 AAI Award Finalist
  • 2021 Big 12 co-Gymnast of the Year
  • 2021 Region 2 Gymnast of the Year
  • 2018 Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year
  • 10-Time WCGA Postseason All-American
    • 2023 - All-Around, Vault, Floor (first team)
    • 2021 - Floor (first team); Bars, Beam (second team)
    • 2019 - All-Around, Floor (first team); Bars, Beam (second team)
  • 10-Time WCGA Regular-Season All-American
    • 2021 - All-Around, Bars, Floor (first team); Vault (second team)
    • 2020 - All-Around (first team); Floor (second team)
    • 2019 - All-Around, Floor (first team); Vault, Bars (second team)
  • Four-Time Big 12 Champion
    • 2021: All-Around, Bars, Floor
    • 2019: Vault
  • Three-Time NCAA Regional Champion
    • 2021: Floor
    • 2019: All-Around, Floor
  • Six-Time NCAA Regional Runner-Up
    • 2023: Bars, Beam
    • 2021: All-Around, Vault
    • 2019: Bars, Floor
  • Five-Time All-Big 12 Championship Team Selection
    • 2021: All-Around, Vault, Bars, Floor
    • 2019: All-Around, Vault
  • Four-Time All-Big 12 Conference Team Selection
    • 2021: All-Around, Bars, Floor
    • 2019: Floor
  • Two-Time NCAA National Championships Individual Qualifier (2018: all-around; 2021: all-around)
  • Four-Time WCGA Scholastic All-America (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Five-Time Academic All-Big 12 Team
    • First Team: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • Second Team: 2019
  • 10-Time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week
    • 2023 - Week 9
    • 2022 - Week 3
    • 2021 - Weeks 5, 8, 9, 10
    • 2020 - Week 5
    • 2019 - Weeks 2, 6, 7
  • Two-Time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
    • 2018 - Weeks 1, 10
  • DU Record Holder for Highest All-Around Score (39.825)


Post-Denver & Other Career Highlights:

  • 2024 Olympian (first gymnast to ever represent Haiti)
  • Performer in Simone Biles' nationwide 2021 "Gold Over America Tour"
  • Assistant gymnastics coach at Penn State (beginning with 2023-24 season)
  

2023:

  • Tied for second on vault at NCAA Nationals; placed fourth in the all-around and on floor
  • Posted second-highest all-around score in DU history (39.800) in NCAA Regional Final on April 2
  • Tied career on beam (9.950) in both NCAA Regionals meets (March 31, April 2)
  • Placed second on bars, beam at NCAA Regional Second Round
  • Scored third-career perfect 10.0 on floor on March 3; tied career high on beam; won all-around, vault, floor titles
  • Tied career high on vault and won four individual titles including the all-around on February 24
  • Made season debut on floor (and in the all-around) on February 12
  • Made season debut on vault on January 29
  • Returned from season-ending 2022 injury to compete on bars, beam in first three meets


2022:

  • Tied career high on vault on January 30; won title
  • Won all-around, vault, floor titles on January 21; tied career high on beam
  • Won all-around, bars, floor titles on January 15
  • Won all-around, floor titles on January 9
  • Missed final nine meets due to injury


2021:

  • Tied for seventh on floor, tied for ninth on bars, tied for 10th on beam at NCAA Nationals
  • Scored two perfect 10.0s (bars, floor) in NCAA Regional Final on April 3
  • Won all-around, bars and floor titles at 2021 Big 12 Champion; scored perfect 10.0 on bars
  • Won at least a share of all five individual titles on March 11
  • Set new program all-around record (39.825) on March 7
  • Won all-around, vault, bars and floor titles on March 7
  • Won all-around, bars and floor titles on February 26
  • Won vault, bars titles on February 21
  • Won, all-around, vault, bars, floor titles on February 11
  • Won all-around, floor titles; shared bars title on February 7
  • Won bars title, placed second on vault on January 31
  • Won all-around title on January 24
  • Won all-around, bars and floor titles in return from injury on January 15
 

2020:

  • Led the team in average scoring on bars; second-highest average in the all-around and on vault and floor
  • Competed in 28 total routines, counting all but two to the team total
  • Won a total of seven titles: three on floor, one in the all-around, one on vault, one on bars and one on beam
  • Set new career high on beam on February 16
  • Set new career high on vault on February 7
  • Missed February 22, February 29 and March 8 meets due to injury



2019:

  • Won share of the NCAA floor title on April 19 after tying DU record for highest-ever floor score at NCAA Nationals (9.950)
  • Contributed 59 scores out of 60 routines to the team total during the season
  • Led the team in average all-around and floor scoring; finished with averages scores above 9.825 on all four events
  • Set new school record for highest all-around score (39.575) and final placement (sixth) at NCAA National Championships
  • Tied for ninth on bars, tied for 11th on beam and tied for 20th on vault at the NCAA National Championships
  • Won a total of 19 titles: 10 on floor, four in the all-around, three on bars and two on vault
  • Tied DU's all-time all-around record (39.775) on February 16
  • Scored perfect 10.0 on floor on February 10
  • Set career high on vault (9.950) at Big 12 Championship on March 23
  • Set new career high on bars and tied the third-highest score in DU history (9.975) on February 16
  • Scored a career-high 9.900 on beam three times: February 16, March 1 and April 4 at NCAA Second Round



2018:

  • Competed in 35 total routines, contributing all but one score to the team total
  • Finished with average scores above 9.800 on all four events; led team in average bars scoring (9.873)
  • Tied for No. 20 overall on bars at NCAA National Championships (tied for ninth in Semifinal I)
  • Tied fourth-highest bars score by a DU gymnast at NCAA Nationals (9.875)
  • Finished fourth in the all-around, tied for second bars and floor, and tied for ninth on vault at NCAA Regionals
  • Tied career high on floor (9.950) at NCAA Regionals after returning to event line-up following two months away with injury
  • Tied for fifth on vault and tied for sixth on bars and beam at Big 12 Championships
  • Set new career high on bars (9.925) on March 16 to help tie the program record team score (49.450)
  • Set new career high on floor (9.950) on February 3
  • Won seven total titles (three on floor, two in the all-around, one on vault and one on beam)
  • Won floor title in collegiate debut on January 6
 

Before Denver:

  • 2017 J.O. Nationals runner-up (all-around, bars, floor); also tied for third on vault
  • J.O. National team member 2015-17
  • 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup competitor
  • Placed fourth in the all-around at 2015 and 2016 J.O. Nationals
  • Finished in the top three at J.O. Nationals on vault (2013 and 2016) and floor (2012)
  • Appeared as a specialist in the Kellogg's Tour of Champions in 2016
  • Joined DECA in 2016
 

Personal:

  • Daughter of Tamela Brown
  • Has three older brothers: Delvon, Olajuwon and Jacobi
  • Chose DU because the people at DU believed in her, which was something she says she didn't know she needed at the time
  • Graduated with a bachelor's degree in media studies in June 2021
  • Graduated with a master's degree in communication management (with an emphasis in user experience strategy) in June 2023

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2019Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2020Junior

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2021Senior

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2022Graduate Student

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    All-Around
    5'2"