SEC GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Diandra Milliner, Alabama
5-3 • So. • Wichita, Kan.
• Diandra Milliner scored a perfect 10.0 on the vault to lead the No. 6 Crimson Tide to an upset win over No. 3 Florida last Friday, propelling Alabama to a 49.600 on the vault and a 197.725 overall. The Tide’s 49.6 is the highest vault total in the nation this season and the 197.725 was the highest in the nation last week and the second highest this season. Milliner is one of just three gymnasts in the nation to earn a perfect 10.0 this season, and one of only two in the SEC, with the other being teammate Geralen Stack-Eaton, who posted a 10 in the first meet of the season. Milliner scored a career-best 9.9 to win the balance beam as well. Her career-best mark boosted the Tide to a season-best 49.425 on the beam against the Gators, the highest score in the conference last week and the second highest SEC beam score this season. Milliner also scored a season-best 9.9 on the floor exercise, pushing Alabama to a season-best 49.450 on the floor, the second highest score in the nation this season and the highest in the SEC.
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Rheagan Courville, LSU
5-2 • Baton Rouge, La.
• Rheagan Courville captured four of five individual titles to lead LSU to a victory against Kentucky, including a career-high 39.450 all-around mark which ranks as the second-highest total by a freshman in the SEC this season. Courville won her fourth-straight vault title with a 9.90. She tied her season high on bars with a 9.875 to win her first bars title. Courville posted a season-best 9.925 on beam to win the event title, and her beam score is the highest on the event by any freshman in the SEC this season. She became the first Tiger to win four out of five titles in a meet since Susan Jackson won four of five vs. Iowa on March 12, 2010.