MEET SAN JOSE STATE

 

The San Jose State Spartans will be starting 2015 off with a strong team of 13 returners with numerous All-Conference Selections from the 2014 season and welcomes a large and talented freshman class.

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SENIORS

Kiley Field

Cami Guyer

Gabrielle Kambur

Alyssa Montalban

The SJSU’s experienced senior class are hoping to lead the Spartans past their third place finish in 2014 to a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference title.

 

A four-year veteran and three-time academic all-conference honoree, Kiley Field

will be a solid counting score on bars, beam and floor for the Spartans. 2014 Academic All-MPSF honoree, Alyssa Montalban will be a consistent competitor on floor and vault in 2015. Cami Guyer is coming off a fantastic 2014 season in which she was a All-MPSF selection on every event. Just like last season, Guyer will be relied on heavily in the all-around for the Spartans.

 

JUNIORS

Allison Bellingham

Amy Bellingham

Hannah Gilbert

Maddie Herr

Jasmine Holmes

Adrianne Manseau

Marissa Unpingco

 

A large class of Spartan juniors will play a major role in the success of SJSU’s success this season.  Allison and Amy Bellingham are the first set of twins in SJSU program history and Amy will hold her spot in both the vault and beam lineups in 2015. Two-time academic all-conference honoree, Hannah Gilbert will lead the Spartans off on vault where she has scored a career high of 9.850. Ohio State University transfer and NACGC/W Scholastic All-American, Maddie Herr will take the floor in 2015 as a Spartan and will contribute on her specialties of bars and beam but has potential to break into lineups on the other two events as well. In her third season for SJSU, two-time academic all-conference honoree, Jasmine Holmes will be a power hitter for the Spartans on vault and floor where she has scored career highs of 9.825 and 9.90, respectively. Marissa Unpingco, an All-MPSF selection on bars, will be a crucial piece of the puzzle for the Spartans on both bars and beam.

 

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SOPHOMORES

Rachel Heinl

Erica Matos

 

Erica Matos did not compete for the Spartans in 2014, but will be looking to break into several lineups in 2015, especially on floor and vault. In her second season with the Spartans, uneven bar specialist Rachel Heinl will definitely be a mainstay in the 2015 bar lineup. 

 

FRESHMAN

Alisa Bogdan

Mackenzie Douglas

McElle McCartney

Eri Tamada

Kaitlin Won

Brooke Young

 

SJSU welcomes a large and talented class of freshman who will be fighting for consistent spots in the lineups on all four events. 

 

Alisa Bogdan was second on beam (9.350) and fourth on floor (9.300) at the 2014 Nevada State Championships. Mackenzie Douglas competed at the 2014 Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament where she was second on floor, fourth on bars, fifth in the all-around and sixth on vault.  McElle McCartney won bars at the 2014 Washington state championships, the 2012 Western Nationals and at the 2013 MAC Open, in addition to winning the beam title at the 2014 MAC Open.

Eri Tamada won the bars, beam and floor at the 2013 Gymnastics World Invitational. Coming from same club gym as current Spartans Rachel Heinl and Mackenzie Douglas, Kaitlin Won won the beam (9.650) and all-around (38.125) titles at the 2013 Region 1 Level 10 Championships. And, Brooke Young competed at the 2014 Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament where she was fourth on beam (9.400), fifth in the all-around (36.975) and sixth on the floor (9.325).

Be sure to watch the Spartans take on #10 Stanford LIVE this Friday at 7p.m. PST, right here on Gymnastike!


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