LOGAN, Utah — Utah State senior gymnast Brianna Brooks has been named one of the 50 nominees for the American Athletic Inc. (AAI) Award, it was announced on Monday.
Brooks is one of three Mountain West nominees, joining Boise State's Courtney Blackson and San José State's Lauren Macpherson.
The AAI Award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior collegiate female gymnast and is considered the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics.
In the North Central region, Brooks ranks 14th in the all-around, tied for 14th on bars, tied for 24th on beam, 37th on vault and 102nd on floor.
Brooks is an all-conference athlete and was named the NCAA North Central Region Gymnast of the Year in 2023. She has been named the Gymnast of the Week as well as Beam Specialist of the Week in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference, and the Bars Specialist of the Week in the Mountain West Conference.
The native of Las Vegas, Nevada, ranks first all-time in Utah State history with a single-season bars average of 9.860, set in 2022. She also holds the third-best bars average in program history with a 9.855, set in 2023. And she ranks eighth and ninth all-time in school history with single season beam averages of 9.825 and 9.820, set in 2022 and 2023, respectively. She also holds the second-best and is tied for the third-best bars score in school history for an NCAA Regional Championships meet with a career-best 9.925 in 2023, and a 9.900 in 2022. Her 9.925 on bars is also tied for 11th all-time in school history on the event. She is also tied for the ninth-best beam score in school history with a personal-best 9.925.
Academically, Brooks excels in the classroom and holds a 3.58 GPA. She is a three-time Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American, a two-time academic all-Mountain Rim Conference honoree and was named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
Brooks will graduate in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise science.
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