North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Gymnastics' History of Success
8/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
To begin talking about the history of NC State gymnastics, you only need to begin with one name - Mark Stevenson. Stevenson has been the only head coach in the program's history, spanning the last 28 years. He has been named the NCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the Year four times, including the 2008 season when he was also tabbed as EAGL Coach of the Year for the third-straight year while leading the conference in regional qualifying score.
Many individual athletes were standouts for the Wolfpack over the years, with perhaps the best gymnasts in school history was 2008 senior Leigha Hancock. Described by Stevenson as the best NC State gymnast ever, Hancock was the only athlete to earn NCAA Southeast Gymnast of the Year honors, and was a two-time event champion at NCAA Regionals, the only Wolfpack athlete to accomplish that feat.
Kelli Brown posted a school record 23 scores of 9.9 or higher in her career from 1999-2002, including one of four perfect 10's for the Wolfpack.
Christi Newton posted 16 scores of 9.9 or higher, including a school record eight on the vault alone. Her scorrs of 9.950 on the vault on 1995 and 1996 still rank as school records.
NCAA SOUTHEAST REGION HONORS Event Champion 2006 Leigha Hancock - Floor 2008 Leigha Hancock - Beam Athlete of the Year 2008 Leigha Hancock Coach of the Year 1993 Mark Stevenson 1994 Mark Stevenson 2000 Mark Stevenson 2008 Mark Stevenson Assistant Coach of the Year 1992 Sam Schuh 2000 Sam Schuh 2002 Greg Frew 2003 Colleen Johnson 2008 Karen Pleasants EAGL HONORS Event Champion 1996 Christi Newton - Floor 1997 Stephanie Wall - All-Around 1998 Ashley Hutsell - Floor 1999 Amy Langendorf - Bars 2000 Jenny Sommer - Beam 2002 Kelli Brown - Bars 2006 Leigha Hancock - Vault 2006 Leigha Hancock - Beam 2008 Leigha Hancock - Floor 2008 Taylor Seaman - Floor Coach of the Year 1998 Mark Stevenson 2006 Mark Stevenson 2007 Mark Stevenson 2008 Mark Stevenson Gymnast of the Year 1996 Christi Newton Senior of the Year 1996 Christi Newton 2008 Leigha Hancock Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2004 Marlyn Madey Rookie of the Year 1998 Kara Charles 2005 Leigha Hancock 2008 Brittney Hardiman Gymnast of the Week 1996 Christi Newton (4 times) 1998 Stephanie Wall 1999 Amy Langendorf 2000 Kara Charles Amy Langendorf 2001 Kelli Brown (2 times) 2002 Kelli Brown (3 times) 2003 Leah Sabo 2008 Leigha Hancock (3 times) 2008 Taylor Seaman Specialist of the Week 2003 Cori Goldstein (2 times) Molly Pennington 2004 Rachel Katz 2005 Cori Goldstein (2 times) Rachel Katz (2 times) 2006 Leigha Hancock (4 times) Rachel Katz 2007 Leigha Hancock (4 times) 2008 Brittany Vontz Rookie of the Week 2005 Leigha Hancock Kelsey Lee (2 times) Heather Zolton (3 times) 2007 Taylor Seaman (4 times) 2008 Brittney Hardiman (4 times) All-EAGL (By vote of league coaches) First Team 1996 Christi Newton V, UB, BB, FX, AA Stephanie Wall BB 1997 Liz Bernstein V, UB Stephanie Wall BB, AA 1998 Monica Berry BB Kara Charles AA Ashley Hutsell V, FX Amy Langendorf UB Jenny Sommer FX Stephanie Wall BB 1999 Monica Berry BB Maggie Haney FX Amy Langendorf UB, AA Gemma Robinson FX 2000 Kelli Brown V Maggie Haney BB, FX Amy Langendorf UB, AA 2001 Kelli Brown V, UB, FX, AA Monica Berry BB Sara Dolan BB 2002 Kelli Brown V, UB, AA Laura Jazab BB Aimee Panton UB 2003 Kylah Bachman BB Kelley Kello UB Marlyn Madey UB Molly Pennington V 2004 Rachel Katz V Marlyn Madey UB 2005 Kylah Bachman V, UB Cori Goldstein BB, FX Amanda Jones UB Rachel Katz V Andrea Petrocelli BB 2006 Kylah Bachman BB, AA Leigha Hancock BB, FX Ashley Shepard FX 2007 Leigha Hancock - V, BB Amanda Jones - UB Heather Zolton - AA Ashley Shepard - FX Taylor Seaman AA 2008 Leigha Hancock FX, V, BB Taylor Seaman FX, UB Brittney Hardiman V, UB, AA Kelsey Lee UB, AA Heather Zolton AA Second Team 1996 Ashley Hutsell V Jennifer Kilgore UB, BB 1997 Liz Bernstein FX Ashley Hutsell V Stephanie Flanagan V, AA 1998 Kara Charles BB Gemma Robison V Jenny Sommer UB Stephanie Wall UB, AA1999 Kelli Brown FX, BB Stephanie Flanagan FX Maggie Haney BB Laura Jazab UB Amy Langendorf FX 2000 Kara Charles AA Aimee Panton V Jenny Sommer BB 2001 Kara Charles UB, AA Adina Stock V 2002 Kelli Brown FX Cori Goldstein FX 2003 Cori Goldstein BB, FX Leah Sabo FX, AA 2004 Kylah Bachman FX, AA Cori Goldstein FX Marlyn Madey AA Leah Sabo BB 2005 Kylah Bachman AA Leigha Hancock BB Rachel Katz FX Heather Zolton UB 2006 Leigha Hancock V Ashley Shepard FX Heather Zolton UB 2007 Leigha Hancock - FX Lauren Deuser BB 2008 Brittney Hardiman FX, BB Kelsey Lee FX, V Taylor Seaman V, AA Brittany Vontz UB Heather Zolton UB, BB ACC Honors (In the summer of 2002, the Atlantic Coast Conference celebrated its 50th anniversary by naming its top-50 athletes in each sport. The ACC was only a conference sport for one season, 1984.) NC State Honorees Vicki Kreider Angela Regan NC State Honors
H.C. Kennett Award (Awarded to the outstanding all around student athlete of the year at NC State) 1996 Christi Newton 2002 Kelli Brown Phi Beta Kappa 1996 Jennifer Kilgore Academic Honors NACGC/W Academic All-Americans 1999 Kelli Brown Cara Dougherty Mary Freyvogel Marlyn Madey Lauren Palefsky Alexis Pero Rebecca Silverstein Stephanie Southard Faryn Walker Angie Welch 2002 The 2002 NC State gymnastics team was also named an Academic All-American team. 2008 Elyse Adams Amy Depasquale Lauren Deuser Brittney Hardiman Mackenzie Payne Ashley Shepard Brittan Vontz CoSIDA Academic All-America 1993 Christy Davis Jennifer Kilgore 1994 Jennifer Kilgore 1995 Jennifer Kilgore 1996 Jennifer Kilgore
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