May 19, 2006
Women's Gymnastics (John Spini/26th Year): Finished ninth at the NCAA Championships in Corvallis, Ore., with a score of 195.575 ...ASU recorded its fourth top-10 finish in the last six years, which is the 19th top-10 finish of Spini's 26-year career as ASU's head coach...with a score of 196.675, the team finished first at the NCAA North Central Regional Championship in Ames, Iowa, the third NCAA Regional Championship in school history and the team's first since 1987...Spini was named by his peers as the 2006 Pacific-10 Conference Co-Coach of the Year...the team finished fourth at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships in Corvallis, Oregon with a 193.9...senior co-captain Ashley Kelly and freshman Nicole Harris each earned All-American honors, with Kelly earning first-team accolades on the uneven bars and Harris earning second-team honors on the beam...Kelly's honors marked the third time she had received first-team recognition...Kelly placed third on the uneven bars at the NCAA Championships, recording a score of 9.8375, only .0125 behind the first place score...for the season, Harris ranked 20th in the nation on the balance beam (9.865), and at the NCAA Championships she scored a 9.85 on the beam, earning her a tie for fifth place... Kelly ranked second nationally in the all-around (39.555), and junior April Boone ranked 17th (39.36)...Kelly won her 22nd career all-around competition at the North Central Regional Championships on April 8 by winning the balance beam with a score of 9.900... ASU debuted at No. 14 in the national rankings, and finished the regular season ranked at No. 11...Spini has a career record of 326-133-7...team posted a 19-7 won-loss record.
All-America: Ashley Kelly (first in balance beam), Nicole Harris (second in balance beam)
All-Pac-10: Ashley Kelly (first in all-around, bars and on balance beam)
Pac-10 All-Academic: April Boone (second-team), Josie Hancock (honorable mention)
Attendance: 24,536 total (1,887 avg.); 5,808 for five home dates (1,162 avg.)