FORT WORTH, Texas – Sun Devil Gymnastics senior Hannah Scharf, who announced she is returning for a fifth year in 2024, is set for the 2023 NCAA Championships this Thursday, competing in the all-around in semifinal II at 6 p.m. MST on ESPN2.
The NCAA Championships are on April 13 and 15 in Fort Worth, Texas. Scharf will be in the second semifinal at 6 p.m. MST/8 p.m. CDT on April 13, televised on ESPN2. The senior will start her meet on beam in the first rotation, rotating with UCLA.
This is the second time in Scharf's career that she has gone to nationals as an individual, her first occurring in 2021 when she also went in the all-around. In that showing, she earned All-America Second Team honors on bars after scoring a 9.8875. At nationals, All-American status is determined by taking the top four, with ties, on each event and the all-around from each session at the NCAA national championships for the first team and fifth through eighth from each session for the second team.
Individual qualifiers are the top all-around competitors and the top event specialist on each event from each regional who are not on an advancing team. Scharf scored a 39.625, which was the second highest between all gymnasts in both sessions of the second round of the Pittsburgh Regional. The only score that was higher belonged to a gymnast from Florida, who advanced to nationals.
Scharf has had a big senior campaign for her Sun Devils, competing in the all-around in every meet. She ended the regular season ranked No. 21 in the all-around and earned All-Pac-12 First Team honors in the all-around and on floor. She has four all-around scores of 39.625 or better, including her score at regionals. Her career-high of 39.675 that she earned against Utah is tied for the 10th-best all-around mark in program history. She has 19 scores of 9.9-plus (five are 9.95-plus), eight of those coming from floor. Of 52 routines, she has scored below a 9.800 just five times. She has 11 event titles to her name this season and two Pac-12 Coaches Choice of the Week nods.
The NCAA Championships are on April 13 and 15 in Fort Worth, Texas. Scharf will be in the second semifinal at 6 p.m. MST/8 p.m. CDT on April 13, televised on ESPN2. The senior will start her meet on beam in the first rotation, rotating with UCLA.
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This is the second time in Scharf's career that she has gone to nationals as an individual, her first occurring in 2021 when she also went in the all-around. In that showing, she earned All-America Second Team honors on bars after scoring a 9.8875. At nationals, All-American status is determined by taking the top four, with ties, on each event and the all-around from each session at the NCAA national championships for the first team and fifth through eighth from each session for the second team.
Individual qualifiers are the top all-around competitors and the top event specialist on each event from each regional who are not on an advancing team. Scharf scored a 39.625, which was the second highest between all gymnasts in both sessions of the second round of the Pittsburgh Regional. The only score that was higher belonged to a gymnast from Florida, who advanced to nationals.
Scharf has had a big senior campaign for her Sun Devils, competing in the all-around in every meet. She ended the regular season ranked No. 21 in the all-around and earned All-Pac-12 First Team honors in the all-around and on floor. She has four all-around scores of 39.625 or better, including her score at regionals. Her career-high of 39.675 that she earned against Utah is tied for the 10th-best all-around mark in program history. She has 19 scores of 9.9-plus (five are 9.95-plus), eight of those coming from floor. Of 52 routines, she has scored below a 9.800 just five times. She has 11 event titles to her name this season and two Pac-12 Coaches Choice of the Week nods.