American Athletic, Inc. (AAI) introduced the six finalists for the 2024 AAI Award on Friday.
The six finalists for the 2024 award embody Luisa Blanco (Alabama), Haleigh Bryant (LSU), Audrey Davis (Oklahoma), Maile O’Keefe (Utah), Gabby Wilson (Michigan), and Raena Worley (Kentucky).
Fifth-year seniors Blanco, O’Keefe, and Worley had been additionally finalists final 12 months.
Fifty feminine athletes had been nominated for this 12 months’s award, which is offered to essentially the most excellent collegiate senior feminine gymnast within the nation.
The AAI Award is broadly thought-about the Heisman Trophy of girls’s gymnastics. AAI has been awarding this honor for over 30 years.
Lynnzee Brown (Denver), Sierra Brooks (Michigan), and Trinity Thomas (Florida) rounded out the 2023 finalists, with Brooks finally taking dwelling the title of the 2023 AAI Award Winner.
This 12 months, Auburn, UCLA, and Florida led the nominations with three apiece.
NCAA head coaches are requested to submit a nomination for the candidate or candidates of their alternative. After the preliminary nominations, the sphere is narrowed to the highest 6 athletes earlier than the winner is introduced the week of nationals.
See beneath for this 12 months’s checklist of nominees in alphabetical order.
2024 AAI Award Nominees
- Shania Adams – College of Alabama
- Alyssa Al-Ashari – Northern Illinois College
- Courtney Blackson – Boise State College
- Luisa Blanco – College of Alabama
- Raisa Boris – Jap Michigan College
- Brianna Brooks – Utah State College
- Aria Brusch – Auburn College
- Haleigh Bryant – Louisiana State College
- Chae Campbell – College of California, Los Angeles
- Audrey Davis – College of Oklahoma
- Kinsey Davis – College of Nebraska
- Brooke Donabedian – Temple College
- Katie Finnegan – College of Georgia
- Margzetta Frazier – College of California, Los Angeles
- Gianna Gerdes – College of Minnesota
- Kylie Gorgenyi – College of New Hampshire
- Gayla Griswold – Lindenwood College
- Malia Hargrove – College of Arizona
- Olivia Hollingsworth – Auburn College
- Mya Hooten – College of Minnesota
- Jessica Hutchinson – College of Denver
- Maddie Johnston – Penn State College
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm – College of Washington
- Angelica Labat – Illinois State College
- Ellie Lazzari – College of Florida
- Emily Leese – Rutgers College
- Andi Li – College of California
- Lauren Macpherson – San Jose State College
- Alondra Maldonado – Talladega School
- Chloe Negrete – North Carolina State College
- Victoria Nguyen – College of Florida
- Maile O’Keefe – College of Utah
- Nya Reed – College of California, Los Angeles
- Payton Richards – College of Florida
- Elease Rollins – Brigham Younger College
- Jensen Scalzo – College of Arkansas
- Hannah Scharf – Arizona State College
- Sienna Schreiber – College of Missouri
- Emma Silberman – College of Maryland
- Ragan Smith – College of Oklahoma
- Cassie Stevens – Auburn College
- Mia Takekawa – College of Illinois
- Megan Teter – Ball State College
- Lauren Thomas – Iowa State College
- Hallie Thompson – College of North Carolina
- Rebecca Wells – Clemson College
- Chloe Widner – Stanford College
- Gabby Wilson – College of Michigan
- Daisy Woodring – Texas Lady’s College
- Raena Worley – College of Kentucky