Celebrate 50 years of Sun Devil Gymnastics! Relive the legacy, honor the players and coaches, and join the Sun Devil Nation in commemorating five decades of excellence on and off the court. Onward to victory!
50 years of Sun Devil Gymnastics
Sun Devil Gymnastics Alumni Meet
This special event will reunite generations of Sun Devil greats as former gymnasts take the floor once again, bringing back the passion, energy and pride that define the program. Don’t miss your chance to honor the past, cheer the present and inspire the future of Sun Devil Gymnastics!
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2022 Pac-12 Champions!
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Highlights from the Arizona State Gymnastics team's 2022 season.
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29 All
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9 in ASU
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8 NCAA
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1 Conference Championship
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NCAA Individual Champions
Ashley Kelly: 2004 balance beam
Elizabeth Reid: 1997 balance beam
Jackie Brummer: 1986 all-around, balance beam; 1984 uneven bars
Kim Neal: 1986 vault; 1983 floor
Lisa Zeis: 1986 floor; 1985 balance beam
1983: Jeri Cameron, uneven bars
Gymnastics Awards and Accolades
All-American status is awarded based on the top performers at the NCAA National Championships. The First Team consists of the top four finishers, including any ties, on each event and in the all-around from each session. The second team consists of those finishing fifth through eighth in each session.
Gymnastics also recognizes regular-season All-America honors, which are based on the NQS rankings following the conclusion of the conference championships. These honors are determined in a similar manner to the postseason awards: the top four finishers, including ties, on each event and in the all-around are selected for the First Team, while the fifth through eighth-place finishers are named to the second team.
- Mary Atkinson: 2010 First Team, vault
- Cairo Leonard-Baker: 2019 Second Team, bars; Second Team, bars (regular season); 2018 Second Team, all-around
- Suzy Baldock: 1987 First Team, vault
- Tina Brinkman: 1995 First Team, vault; 1994 First Team, floor, vault; 1992 First Team, floor;
- Jackie Brummer: 1986 First Team, all-around, beam, bars; 1984 First Team, bars
- Tracy Butler: 1989 First Team, beam
- Jeri Cameron: 1983 First Team, bars; 1982 First Team, all-around, bars; 981 First Team, bars, vault
- Kelly Christensen: 1999 First Team, floor
- Carie Courtney: 1997 First Team, all-around, beam
- Wendy Ellsberry: 2003 Second Team, beam; 1999 First Team, beam; Second Team, floor
- Jenny Ester: 1993 First Team, bars
- Katie Freeland: 1995 First Team, vault, all-around; 1994 First Team, vault
- Maggie Germaine: 2003 Second Team, floor; 2001 Second Team, floor
- Pam Godward: 1980 First Team, beam; 1979 First Team, beam
- Nicole Harris: 2006 Second Team, beam
- Ashley Kelly: 2006 First Team, bars; 2004 First Team, all-around, beam; Second Team, vault, floor
- Shari Mann: 1985 First Team, vault
- Elizabeth McNabb: 1999 First Team, floor; 1998 First Team, floor
- Laura Moon: 2001 Second Team, all-around
- Kim Neal: 1986 First Team, all-around, vault, bars; 1984 First Team, floor
- Becky Rashoff: 1985 First Team, beam, floor
- Elizabeth Reid: 1999 First Team, beam; Second Team, floor, all-around; 1998 Second Team, beam; 1997 First Team, beam, bars, floor
- Hannah Scharf: 2022 Second Team, all-around (regular season); 2021 Second Team, bars; Second Team, all-around (regular season)
- Amy Shelton: 1998 Second Team, vault
- Anaya Smith: 2024 First Team, vault
- Karli Urban: 1989 First Team, floor; 1987 First Team, beam
- Lisa Vincijanovic: 1998 First Team, beam; 1997 First Team, beam
- Meagan Wright: 1996 First Team, vault, all-around, bars
- Lisa Zeis: 1986 First Team, beam, floor; 1984 First Team, all-around, floor, beam
The annual Bill Kajikawa Award is presented to two senior student-athletes in recognition of their contributions at ASU in honor of legendary Sun Devil Bill Kajikawa. Award recipients are selected based on demonstrated academic excellence, athletic accomplishment, leadership and service in the community.
2021
- Cairo Leonard-Baker
2019
- Heather Udowitch
Founded in the 1950s, the Academic All-America program, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), is the premier award recognizing excellence in academics and athletics. CSC members nominate and vote for honorees in 16 sports, including soccer, basketball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and more. Formerly known as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Sun Devils now have 158 CSC Academic All-Americans entering the 2025-26 athletic season, the most in the Big 12.
- Katie Freeland: 1995-96; 1994-95 (Second Team)
- Anne Kuhm: 2018-19 (Third Team)
- Lisa Vincijanovic: 1997-98 (Second Team)
Pac 12
- Anne Kuhm: BA in liberal studies, May 2019
- Mary Atkinson: BS in biological sciences, emphasis in genetics and cell and developmental biology, May 2011
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| Koopman, Amy | United States | Gymnastics | 1980* |
Feature stories
Two Arizona locals live their Sun Devil Gymnastics dream together
ASU senior Kayla Lee from Scottsdale and freshman Kaydence Lockhart from Chandler grew up watching ASU Gymnastics. Now, they’re living the dream in Maroon and Gold and making their hometowns proud. But this season is bittersweet. With Lee in her last season and Lockhart in her first, watch as the pair share their thoughts on their journeys, friendship, and what this year means to them both.
Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame
Pam Godward, Induction Class of 2019
Pam Godward set the foundation for ASU Women’s Gymnastics as the program’s first female All-American. Competing from 1977–80, she became a national standout on balance beam, earning All-America honors in her final two seasons and finishing as the 1979 national runner-up. A key piece of ASU’s ninth-place finish at the 1980 AIAW Championships, she also placed third on beam, becoming the first of five Sun Devils to earn multiple All-America honors on the event. After her career, Godward continued shaping the sport as a coach and elite judge, receiving the NAWGJ Green Flag Award in 2019.
Ashley Kelly, Induction Class of 2018
A five-time All-American from 2004 to 2006, Ashley Kelly stands among the most accomplished gymnasts in ASU history and was inducted into the Sun Devil Hall of Fame in 2018. She captured the NCAA balance beam title in 2004, becoming just the eighth Sun Devil to claim an individual national championship. Kelly earned All-America honors across all five events during her career, including first-team recognition in the all-around and beam and second-team honors on vault and floor in 2004. She completed the sweep in 2005 with All-America distinction on the uneven bars. A consistent presence on the All-Pac-10 teams, Kelly also recorded eight perfect 10s across multiple events, the second-highest total in program history, surpassed only by Maggie Germaine.
Maggie (Germaine) Ethier, Induction Class of 2014
Maggie Germaine was a standout for ASU Women’s Gymnastics, earning All-American honors in 2001 and 2003 while excelling in the all-around and floor exercise. She set program records in 2003 with a career-best 39.775 all-around score and collected first-team All-Pac-10 honors across multiple events, along with second-team All-America recognition on floor. Known for her power and consistency on floor, vault, and bars, Germaine posted numerous top finishes during her career and previously earned second-team All-America honors on vault at the 2001 NCAA Championships.
Katie Freeland, Induction Class of 2009
Katie Freeland was a standout for Arizona State, earning three All-America honors and being named the 1996 Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year. She first reached All-America status with a third-place national finish on vault, then added two more honors in her junior and senior seasons on vault and beam. An exceptional student-athlete, Freeland was a multiple-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection, a GTE Academic All-American, and capped her career by receiving the Pac-10 Medal of Honor for excellence in athletics, academics, and leadership.
Tina Brinkman, Induction Class of 2005
Tina Brinkman was a three-time All-American and three-time All-Pac-10 performer, while also earning Academic All-Pac-10 honors in 1995. She claimed Pac-10 titles on uneven bars and vault and was a three-time conference champion in the floor exercise, establishing herself as one of ASU’s most decorated performers of her era.
Kim Neal, Induction Class of 1997
Kim Neal captured two NCAA individual championships, winning the floor exercise title in 1983 and the vault crown in 1986, and finished as the national runner-up on floor in 1985. A four-time All-American, she also claimed the 1984 WCAA vault championship, earned two all-conference honors, and was a key contributor to three conference championship teams and three NCAA runner-up squads.
Lisa Zeis, Induction Class of 1997
Lisa Zeis was a two-time NCAA individual champion, winning the balance beam title in 1985 and the floor exercise crown in 1986. A competitor at the 1983 World University Games, she earned All-America and all-conference honors during her four seasons at ASU and captured three Pacific West Conference titles in 1986 on beam, floor, and in the all-around. She also claimed WCAA championships on balance beam and in the all-around in 1984. Following her competitive career, Zeis joined the Sun Devil coaching staff in 1987 as the program’s first full-time assistant coach and was part of three conference championship teams and three NCAA runner-up squads.
Jackie Brummer, Induction Class of 1996
Jackie Brummer captured three NCAA individual championships, winning the uneven bars title in 1984 after a runner-up finish in 1983, then claiming national crowns in the all-around and balance beam in 1986. A three-time All-American and All-Pac-10 selection, Brummer also secured five Pac-10 titles, including two each on vault and uneven bars, along with the 1983 all-around championship.
Jeri Cameron-Vanyek, Induction Class of 1992
Jeri Cameron-Vanyek was a four-time All-WCAA selection who captured conference championships in four events in 1982 and added the floor exercise title in 1983. She made program history by earning ASU’s first women’s gymnastics national championship in 1983 on the uneven bars. Competing from 1980 to 1983, Cameron-Vanyek earned All-America honors in each of her final three seasons.
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