Saturday, May 11, 2024

Gymnastics

ICE HOCKEY

MSU student-athletes named Academic All-Big Ten honorees

62 MSU student-athletes were named Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the 2017 winter sports season, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday. To be eligible for this honor, each student-athlete must earn a varsity letter, be in at least their second academic year at a Big Ten university and obtain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. MSU swimming and diving sophomores Gabe Whitaker, Courtney Aycock and Heidi Surdyk were three of 12 conference student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Below is the full list of MSU's honorees: Men's Basketball Kyle Ahrens, So.

BASKETBALL

Other MSU head coaches react to Izzo's Final Four run

Anyone who spends a significant amount of time around the athletic staff at MSU knows they are a tight-knit group, always eager to support one another. With the men’s basketball team making their seventh Final Four appearance under head coach Tom Izzo , a few of the other head coaches at MSU weighed in on the man Izzo is, the basketball team’s success and Izzo’s ability to keep producing quality teams that make long post-season runs.

SPORTS

Gymnastics falls to Minnesota

In the annual annual Jan Howard Memorial Breast Cancer Awareness Meet the MSU women's gymnastics team the  Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday evening.  The Spartans began the night on the vault with junior Nicola Deans coming in first in the competition, while MSU was on the vault, Minnesota had a quality team performance on the bars.

SPORTS

Three gymnasts heading to NCAA Regionals

As three MSU gymnasts head to compete at the NCAA Regionals on April 5 in Baton Rouge, La., they go in with the support of their team.Junior Alina Cartwright, sophomore Lisa Burt and freshman Elena Lagoski qualified for the meet with dual meet scores throughout their season, as well as their high performances in the Big Ten Championships. Cartwright and Burt are making the trip for the second year in a row and will compete in the all-around competition.