McMillan Tabbed as Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Oregon State senior All-American Kaytianna McMillan has been named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for February 6-12 when weekly honors were announced by the Pac-12 Conference office Tuesday.

McMillan, who is majoring in human development and family sciences with an option in human services and a minor in psychology, helped lead the 11th-ranked Beavers past No. 4 Utah by the narrowest of margins, 196.550-196.525, Saturday afternoon.

The Beavers led the meet throughout the afternoon, but when McMillan stepped onto the floor for the final floor routine, she needed a 9.925 to send her team to victory. A near-perfect routine resulted in a meet-high score 9.925 to secure the win.

In addition to her floor exercise title, McMillan tied for meet-high scores on uneven bars (9.850), balance beam (9.875) and in the all-around (39.500). The Coburg, Ore. Native ranks 20th in the nation and is fourth in the conference in the all-around and has won the floor exercise title in all six of the Beavers' meets in 2017.

This is McMillan's first career Gymnast of the Week honor and Oregon State's 27th all-time.

The Beavers, ranked No. 12 this week, travel this week for the first of back-to-back road trips to the Bay Area to face No. 18 California, Saturday, Feb. 18, and Stanford, Friday, Feb. 24. OSU's next home meet is slated for Sunday, March 5, when the Beavers host Washington at noon. All three meets will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.

Also Nominated:
Gymnast of the Week: Krysten Howard, ARIZ; Nichelle Christopherson, CAL; Danielle McNair, STAN; Madison Kocian, UCLA; MyKayla Skinner, UTAH; Hailey Burleson, WASH.

Special Performance of the Week: Kennady Schneider, ARIZ; Katelyn Lenz, ASU; Desiree Palomares, CAL; Dani Dessaints, OSU; Aleeza Yu, STAN; Kaitlyn Duranczyk, WASH.

Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Heather Swanson, ARIZ; Nichelle Christopherson, ASU; Mariah Peterson, CAL; Ashley Tai, STAN; MyKayla Skinner, UTAH; Maya Washington, WASH.

Players Mentioned

Dani Dessaints

Kaytianna McMillan

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