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Show This is Utah Gymnastics 6 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s Red Hot Ticket Red Hot Ticket Nation's Leader in Attendance Meet Attendance Records 1. 15,238 Utah vs. Cal CS-Fullerton, 2-11-91 2. 15,168 Utah vs. Boise St./Washington, 3-6-93 3. 15,162 Alabama vs. Florida, 1-20-06 4. 15,075 Alabama vs. Auburn, 1-26-07 5. 15,072 Utah vs. BYU/USU./So. Utah, 1-20-92 6. 15,040 Alabama vs. Georgia, 2-1-97 7. 14,978 Utah vs. Penn State, 3-9-92 8. 14,679 Utah vs. BYU, 1-21-94 9. 14,407 Utah vs. BYU, 3-24-06 10. 14,285 Utah vs. BYU, 3-23-02 11. 14,263 Alabama vs. Georgia, 2-10-06 12. 14,100 Utah vs. BYU, 2-11-05 13. 14,097 Alabama vs. Georgia, 2-13-99 14. 14,044 Utah vs. BYU, Arkansas, SUU 15. 13,956 Utah vs. BYU, 1-30-93 Season Attendance Champions 1992 ...... Utah............................. 12,557 1993....... Utah............................. 13,164 1994....... Utah............................. 10,511 1995....... Utah............................. 10,292 1996....... Utah............................. 9,790 1997....... Alabama ...................... 9,815 Utah............................. 9,773 1998....... Utah............................. 10,211 1999....... Utah............................. 10,568 2000....... Utah............................. 9,808 2001....... Georgia........................ 9,855 Utah............................. 9,594 2002....... Utah............................. 9,921 2003....... Utah............................. 9,851 2004....... Alabama ...................... 10,274 Utah............................. 10,125 2005....... Utah............................. 11,300 2006....... Utah............................. 12,747 2007....... Utah............................. 11,297 Did You Know? In the last 16 years, Utah has averaged 10,719 fans a season to its home meets. NCAA Championship Attendance 2006-07 Attendance Leaders Three-Day Format, 1993-present Year....... Host.................................... Attendance 1993....... Oregon State ...................... 16,092 1994....... Utah.................................... 29,172 1995....... Georgia............................... 20,999 1996....... Alabama ............................. 29,467 1997....... Florida................................. 22,699 1998....... UCLA.................................. 13,413 1999....... Utah.................................... 25,631 2000....... Boise State ......................... 18,992 2001....... Georgia............................... 20,331 2002....... Alabama ............................. 22,987 2003....... Nebraska ............................ 18,902 2004....... UCLA.................................. 18,477 2005....... Auburn................................ 11,959 2006....... Oregon State ...................... 15,583 2007....... Utah.................................... 36,655 Two-Day Format, 1982-92 Year....... Host.................................... Attendance 1982....... Utah.................................... 14,030 1983....... Utah.................................... 17,203 1984....... UCLA.................................. 9,562 1985....... Utah.................................... 13,844 1986....... Florida................................. 14,299 1987....... Utah.................................... 16,470 1988....... Utah.................................... 12,325 1989....... Georgia............................... 9,078 1990....... Oregon State ...................... 16,867 1991....... Alabama ............................. 15,284 1992....... Minnesota ........................... 14,377 Gymnastics Teams Rank..Team ....................................... Attendance 1.........Utah......................................... 11,297 2.........Alabama .................................. 11,284 3.........Georgia.................................... 9,518 4.........Florida...................................... 4,563 5.........Oregon State ........................... 3,421 6.........Kentucky.................................. 2,820 7.........UCLA....................................... 2,812 8.........L.S.U........................................ 2,791 9.........Auburn .................................... 2,673 10.......Iowa State................................ 2,464 11.......Missouri ................................... 2,355 12.......Arkansas.................................. 2,318 13.......Penn State............................... 2,265 14.......Nebraska ................................. 2,119 15.......North Carolina State................ 2,094 All Women's College Teams Rank..Team ....................................... Attendance 1.........Tennessee Basketball.............. 14,678 2.........Utah Gymnastics ..................... 11,297 3. .......Alabama Gymnastics............... 11,284 4.........Connecticut Basketball............ 10,802 5.........Texas Tech Basketball ............. 10,668 6.........Oklahoma Basketball............... 10,437 7.........New Mexico Basketball ........... 9,582 8.........Maryland Basketball ................ 9,533 9.........Georgia Gymnastics................ 8,518 10.......Iowa State Basketball.............. 8,906 11.......Purdue Basketball ................... 7,585 12.......Hawai'i Volleyball..................... 7,186 13.......Michigan State Basketball ....... 6,389 14.......Notre Dame Basketball............ 6,364 15.......Baylor Basketball..................... 6,295 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s 7 Media Exposure Media Exposure Utah Gymnastics is Front Page News The Utah gymnasts receive more media exposure than any team in the nation. Last year, newspapers published 265 stories on the Ute gymnasts! Salt Lake Tribune Website: www.slltrib.com Beat Writer: Lya Wodraska lwodraska@sltrib.com Deseret Morning News Website: www.deseretnews.com Beat Writer: Linda Hamilton lham@desnews.com Daily Utah Chronicle Website: www.dailyutahchronicle.com Sports Editor: Tony Pizza tpizza@mac.com Beat Writer: Jon Gilbert j.gilbert@chronicle.utah.edu Newspapers For over 30 years, the Salt Lake City newspapers have assigned full-time beat writers to cover the Utah gymnastics program. Linda Hamilton, a reporter for the Deseret Morning News, has reported on Utah gymnastics since 1977. Lya Wodraska, now in her fourth year as the gymnastics beat writer for the Salt Lake Tribune, first began covering college gym-nastics as a student at Georgia. In addition to reporting on the Utes, Wodraska writes a weekly national gymnastics page entitled The Gymnastics Insider. The student paper, the Daily Utah Chronicle, assigns its beat writers annually. This year's gymnastics reporters are Tony Pizza and Jon Gilbert. Television The University of Utah enjoys national (CSTV and VERSUS), regional (The Mtn.) and local (KTVX- ABC 4) television part-nerships. ABC 4 will produce and tape-de-lay air four 2008 Utah home meets on the Sunday following the event. The broadcast schedule includes Georgia (Jan. 13, 11:30 a.m.), Minnesota (Feb. 3, 11 a.m.), Oregon State (Mar. 9, 11 a.m.) and BYU (Mar. 30 (2 p.m.). The meets will also be rebroadcast regionally on The Mtn. and nationally on CSTV. Go to UtahUtes.com for updated listings. CSTV is a 24-hour college sports network owned by CBS Corporation. It is the fastest growing independent cable network and is available in 65 million homes. VERSUS is seen in 72 million homes nationwide. The Mtn., a regional channel devoted to Moun-tain West Conference sports, is co-owned by Comcast - the largest cable operator in the United States. Four network affiliates are based in Salt Lake City (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) and all provide extensive coverage of Utah gymnastics. Internet UtahUtes.com hosts live scoring and video streaming for all Utah gymnastics meets free of charge. Live scoring and text commentary are available for road meets on the schedule/results section of the Utah gymnastics website, while free live broadband streaming for all home meets is included in the UtahUtes.com All-Access package. Road meets can be viewed on-demand within 48 hours of the meet on the popular gymnastics multi-media site, accessed from UtahUtes.com. The Utah gymnastics multi-media site also hosts Ute gymnastics photo galleries and daily practice videos. 8 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s Program of Champions Program of Champions Utes are 10-Time National Champions Greg Marsden Sue Stednitz Megan McCunniff Missy Marlowe Theresa Kulikowski The Facts • Utah has won a record 10 national champion-ships. The Utes have placed in the top two 17 times, including three runner-up finishes this decade (2000, 2006 and 2007). • Utah has produced more All-Americans than any other program. • Utah is the only school to qualify for every NCAA Championship. The Famous • Former Ute NCAA Champion and U.S. Olympian Missy Marlowe is the only gymnast in history to win the Honda Broderick Cup. • Sue Stednitz, Megan McCunniff, Missy Marlowe and Theresa Kulikowski won NCAA all-around championships. • Theresa Kulikowski is the only gymnast ever named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (from 360,000 NCAA athletes). • Ute Head Coach Greg Marsden has been named National Coach of the Year a record seven times. The Fans • Utah competes before more spectators than any team in the nation. Since 1992, the Ute gymnasts have averaged 10,719 fans to their meets in the Huntsman Center. • Utah owns virtually every gymnastics attendance record, including most fans to attend a meet (15,238) and highest average attendance for a season (13,164). • The Utes have had nine crowds in excess of 14,000 and three of those drew over 15,000 people. The Facilities • The Utes train in the Dumke Gymnastics Center, a state-of-the-art, 18,000-square foot facility, that opened in January of 1999. It features all of the latest models of gymnastics equipment and matting (loose foam, as well as resi-pits for each apparatus area), high-tech automated video playback and bungee systems, custom-designed sound, lighting and ventilation systems, and locker, training, aerobics, strength and rehabilitation areas. • The 15,000-seat Jon M. Huntsman Center is one of the most beautiful arenas in the nation. Nine national gymnastics championships, 11 regional meets and a number of elite competitions have been held in the Huntsman Center. Utah has taken second place at the last two NCAA Championships. 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s 9 Comparing Utah Gym Gems The NCAA Championships Home Meet Attendance Academic Performance NCAA Qualifiers NCAA Appearances NCAA Team Titles All-America Awards Individual Titles Utah 26 9 280 24 Alabama 25 4 223 21 Florida 25 0 121 4 Georgia 24 8 265 31 UCLA 23 5 205 26 Arizona State 19 0 72 10 Louisiana State 18 0 62 2 Nebraska 18 0 101 5 Oregon State 18 0 68 6 Michigan 16 0 124 6 Penn State 16 0 74 1 Arizona 10 0 35 2 BYU 9 0 19 0 Stanford 8 0 60 1 Oklahoma 7 0 31 4 Washington 4 0 21 2 Iowa State 3 0 22 0 West Virginia 3 0 5 0 Iowa 2 0 4 0 Auburn 2 0 9 0 Denver 2 0 4 0 Minnesota 2 0 10 1 Arkansas 1 0 0 0 California 1 0 5 0 Michigan St. 1 0 3 0 New Hampshire 1 0 1 0 NC State 1 0 0 0 Towson 1 0 1 0 Utah State 1 0 1 0 Utah 10,542 11,297 12,747 11,300 Alabama 9,897 11,284 12,654 10,570 Georgia 9,168 9,518 9,484 8,915 Michigan 3,421 2,004 3,032 3,933 Florida 3,385 4,563 4,147 3,814 Oregon State 2,958 3,421 3,101 3,266 LSU 2,668 2,791 2,511 3,024 UCLA 2,550 2,812 2,675 2,550 Arkansas n/a 2,318 2,474 3,413 Penn State 2,211 2,265 2,652 2,103 Auburn 2,137 2,673 3,187 2,017 Nebraska 1,916 2,119 1,777 1,773 Minnesota 1,849 1,651 1,812 1,717 Stanford 1,734 1,258 1,272 1,572 BYU 1,585 1,664 2,023 1,493 Iowa State 1,388 2,464 1,902 1,302 Utah State 1,386 1,124 1,102 1,451 N.C. State 1,341 2,094 1,500 1,335 Washington 1,312 1,327 1,203 1,355 Denver 1,193 1,571 1,411 1,278 Arizona 1,077 1,263 1,105 966 Arizona State 988 1,549 1,154 913 N. Hampshire 941 898 713 956 Iowa 857 535 495 933 West Va. 846 1,241 763 798 California 750 482 780 773 Michigan St. 734 736 741 715 Oklahoma 612 813 546 689 Towson 589 618 719 604 NCAA Qualifiers 10-Year Average 2007 Average 2006 Average 2005 Average NCAA Qualifiers 9-Year Average GPA 2007 Team GPA 2006 Team GPA Utah 3.5250 3.27 3.36 3.49 Denver 3.4284 3.74 3.54 3.57 Alabama 3.4145 3.40 3.40 3.17 Stanford 3.3918 3.43 3.37 3.40 Penn State 3.3248 3.33 3.52 3.49 Michigan State 3.2399 3.37 3.32 3.32 UCLA 3.2357 3.16 3.14 3.23 LSU 3.2303 3.17 3.15 3.11 California 3.1727 3.05 3.15 3.26 N. Hampshire 3.0925 3.18 3.03 2.92 Arizona n/a 3.17 3.15 3.15 Arizona State n/a 2.82 Arkansas n/a 3.36 3.30 3.51 Auburn n/a 3.27 3.21 BYU n/a 2.95 3.11 Florida n/a 3.24 3.17 3.19 Georgia n/a 3.27 3.07 3.17 Iowa n/a 2.93 3.21 Iowa State n/a 3.42 Michigan n/a 3.25 3.25 Minnesota n/a 3.30 3.23 Nebraska n/a 3.13 N.C. State n/a 3.11 3.24 3.24 Oklahoma n/a 3.20 3.26 Oregon State n/a 3.26 3.26 3.26 Towson n/a 3.15 3.30 2.88 Utah State n/a 3.37 3.37 3.22 Washington n/a 3.15 3.13 3.25 West Va. n/a 3.36 3.34 3.14 2005 Team GPA Champion of Championships Individual Titles (Year) • Utah has won a record 10 national championships, including nine NCAA titles. • Utah is the only school to qualify for all 26 NCAA Championships (1982-07). • Utah is one of just two schools to qualify for all eight NCAA Super Six Championships since 2000. • Utah is one of just two schools to win an NCAA Championship at home, on the road and at a neutral site. • Utah holds the record for most indi-vidual event championships in a single year (5). 5..... Utah.................................. 1992 4..... Arizona State .................... 1986 4..... Georgia............................. 1991 4..... Kentucky........................... 1995 4..... Georgia............................. 1997 4..... Georgia............................. 1998 3..... Utah.................................. 1982 3..... Georgia............................. 1993 3..... Kentucky........................... 1994 3..... Alabama............................ 1996 3..... Utah.................................. 1999 3..... UCLA ................................ 2001 3..... UCLA ................................ 2002 3..... UCLA ................................ 2003 3..... Alabama............................ 2004 3..... UCLA ................................ 2005 3..... Georgia............................. 2006 10 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s Highest Honors Highest Honors Utes Receive NCAA's Highest Honors Utah gymnasts Missy Marlowe, Shannon Bowles and Theresa Kulikowski combined to win 34 All-America honors and eight NCAA individual championships during their remark-able careers. After graduating, the trio continued to win national honors. Marlowe and Kulikowski won awards never previously or since accorded to a gymnast: Marlowe is the only gymnast in history to win the Honda Broderick Cup, given to the best female athlete in NCAA sports. Kulikowski is the only gymnast ever named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, an award encompassing every NCAA sport (male and female). Missy Marlowe (1989-1992) • 1988 U.S. Olympian • Five-time NCAA Champion • 12-time All-American • NCAA team titles in 1990 and 1992 • 1992 Honda Broderick Cup winner • 1992 NCAA Top Six Award • 1992 Conference Female Athlete of the Year Shannon Bowles (1998-2002) • U.S. National Team • Nine-time All-American • 2002 Verizon Academic All-American • 2002 NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist • 2002 NCAA Region Gymnast of the Year • 2002 Conference Female Athlete of the Year • Graduated Cum Laude with a 3.83 GPA • NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Utah associate head coach Megan Marsden and Shannon Bowles were congratulated by television sportscaster Robin Roberts at the 2002 NCAA Woman of the Year ceremony. Theresa Kulikowski (1999-2003) • 1996 U.S. Olympic Alternate • Three-time NCAA Champion • 13-time All-American • Two-time Verizon Academic All-American • 2003 AAI Senior Gymnast of the Year • 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year • 2003 Conference Female Athlete of the Year • Graduated Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA • NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Missy Marlowe is the only gymnast ever to win the Honda Broderick Cup, which is awarded to the nation's best female athlete. She won the award in 1992. 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s 11 Why Utah? Why Utah? Academics Utah gymnasts attend classes at a school that boasts such luminaries as Mario R. Capecchi - the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in physiology/medicine. Utah gymnasts have won plenty of prestigious honors themselves. In 2003, Theresa Kulikowski received the NCAA's highest academic award when she was named the CoSIDA Academic All-Ameri-can of the Year. Kulikowski, who graduated cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, beat out a field of 360,000 male and female athletes for the honor. Ute gymnasts have received five total CoSIDA Academic All-America awards- including first-team selections Kulikowski (2002 and 2003) and Shannon Bowles (2002). Second-team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans include Kristen Kenoyer (1993) and Molly Northrop (1998). Melissa Vituj made the third team in 2004. Kulikowski and Bowles also won NCAA post-graduate scholarships upon graduating from the U. The University of Utah is a major research institution, recognized for its academic excellence in many fields. Its many colleges include a college of law and a school of medicine. Utah's student-athletes have their own academic center on campus. The Burbidge Athletic Academic Center offers an expan-sive computer lab, classrooms, tutoring rooms and a student-athlete lounge. Access Salt Lake International Airport is closer to the city it serves than any other major airport. With more than 800 daily flights, airfares are competitive. The Salt Lake In-ternational Airport is less than three hours flying time from half the population of the United States and offers non-stop flights coast-to-coast. Salt Lake has an extensive public trans-portation system that is free to University of Utah students. Transportation options include the award-winning TRAX light rail system, as well as city and campus buses. Attendance Utah is the nation's gymnastics atten-dance leader, averaging almost 11,000 fans per meet for the last 16 years. Utah holds every NCAA gymnastics attendance record. Campus Life The U. campus is located in a residen-tial neighborhood five minutes from down-town shopping and entertainment. Its loca-tion at the base of the Wasatch Mountains is just 30 minutes from some of the best skiing, hiking, rock climbing and mountain biking found anywhere in the world. University of Utah students have the option of luxurious living quarters in the Heritage Commons residence halls, which served as the Athletes Village for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Situated on a 70-acre parcel on the eastern corner of campus, Heritage Commons offers single and double semi-suites with free email, high speed Internet connection, satellite TV and local telephone. Off campus housing is also available and affordable. Gymnasts who choose to live off campus receive the full amount of room and board permitted by the NCAA. Coaching Great gymnastics requires consistency, and at Utah, that attribute extends to the coaching staff. Head coach Greg Marsden is in his 33rd year at Utah and has won more meets than any coach in collegiate gymnastics history. He is the sport's only 800-win gymnastics coach, has won 10 national championships, is a seven-time National Coach of the Year and a former U.S. National Team coach. Associate head coach Megan Marsden is in her 24th year on the U. staff. She was honored as the 2005 National Assistant Coach of the Year and the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. A two-time NCAA all-around cham-pion during her college days at Utah, she starred on four national champion teams. She has helped Utah to another six NCAA titles as a coach. Assistant coach Jeff Graba, in his third year at Utah, has over a decade of college coaching experience, as well as a club coaching background. Mary Wright, an internationally re-nowned club coach and a choreographer for numerous national, Olympic and World Championships team members, is in her fifth year as Utah's volunteer assistant coach. She is owner of Olympus Gymnas-tics Club in Salt Lake City. Consultants The Utah gymnastics team employs a staff of certified consultants that includes a strength coach, athletic trainer, sport psychologist, sport nutritionist, condition-ing experts, sport massage therapists and physicians. Media Exposure The Utah gymnasts receive more media exposure than any team in the nation. Utah is the only gymnastics team featured regularly in two major metropolitan dailies: the Salt Lake Tribune (sltrib.com) and the Deseret Morning News (deseretnews.com). The University of Utah has a confer-ence- wide regional and national television contract with CSTV, VERSUS and The Mtn. Televised gymnastics meets will be announced on Utah's official website (UtahUtes.com) when the schedule is final-ized. In addition, UtahUtes.com provides live broadband video streaming of its home meets and video on demand (delayed streaming) of road meets. Scholarships The University of Utah offers 12 gym-nastics scholarships, as permitted by the NCAA. A scholarship at the University of Utah includes full tuition, fees, room and board, and books. Utah's famed gymnas-tics boosters donate all of the gymnastics scholarships at the U. Summer school and fifth-year scholarships are available to Utah gymnasts. Training The Utah gymnastics team trains on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:30-5:30 p.m. The Utes also partici-pate in two hours of strength and condition-ing on Wednesday and Saturday. They take Sundays off. The Utah gymnasts train in the 18,000- square foot Dumke Gymnastics Center, which was built and designed solely for their use. Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill with U. professor and 2007 Nobel Prize winner Mario R. Capecchi . 12 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s Just For Fun Just For Fun The Utah gymnasts took their show on the road to Germany, home to former Ute All-American Gritt Hofmann. No one drowned in the team's first triathlon. Jessie applied the Ute tattoos at the Fan Festival. 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s 13 Just For Fun Just For Fun Winning the annual Halloween contest is not an easy feat. Former U.S. Olympian John Roethlisberger stops by to see his Ute friends. The gym "rebuild" wasn't all work. 14 1 0 - t i m e n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s Community Support Community Support The Team Behind the Team The Utah gymnastics team enjoys tremen-dous community support. The most prominent examples are the Gymnastics Scholarship Circle, whose members donate an annual scholarship; the Gymnastics Development Fund, consisting of donors to the program; and Meet Sponsors, comprised of local busi-nesses. For the sixth straight year, the Gymnas-tics Scholarship Circle has donated every gymnastics scholarship. The development fund, aided by a generous lead gift of $1 million by the Zeke and Katherine Dumke family, was responsible for the construction of Utah's training facility-the Dumke Gymnastics Center. A local business sponsors every home Ute meet. Rick and Alisa Casey Bill and Pat Child Katherine & Zeke Dumke, Jr. (Endowed) Dr. Burtis Evans (Endowed) George and Debbie Felt Don and Sherry Foot Family (Endowed) Jim and Joyce Hembree Daniel and Deena Lofgren Tom and Jan Murdock Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah Robert L. and Joyce Rice (Endowed) Jan. 11 Comcast (Georgia) Jan. 18 RC Willey (Nebraska) Feb. 1 RC Willey (Minnesota) Feb. 22 Deseret Morning News (Utah State/Southern Utah) Mar. 7 RC Willey (Oregon State) Mar. 28 Deseret First Credit Union (Brigham Young) Development Fund Dave Amidon Lynne Anderson A. L. Barbieri John and Georgia Bircumshaw Kenneth and Carolyn Bowles Jim and Shirley Demet Maggie Donovan Dave and Joan Eckhoff Karen Giacomini Les and June Glaser Mark Holsten Nancy and Paul Kuhn Trent Lofgren Jane Marquardt Jennifer Mercier Frank McElwain Brian Hogan and Scott Monson Jay and Ariel Mumma Joe and Shirley Novak Lou and Shirley Petersen Ashley Phillips Terry and Aimee Preston C. Dale Roberts Bette C. and E. Rod Ross Mark and Margee Ruff Jessica Smith Fred and Marilyn Smolka Sandy Sobotka Rob and Angie Sonne Vince and Bev Stauffer Robyn Thompson Randy and Susan F. Turpin Douglas and Kristin Willmore Gymnastics Scholarship Circle 2008 Home Meet Sponsors Doug Knuth Assistant Athletics Dir. Development Olivia Bramble Assistant Director Crimson Club |
