LOGAN, Utah – Utah State gymnastics had eight student-athletes earn 10 combined All-Mountain West honors as announced by the conference office on Thursday.
 
The eight Utah State gymnasts honored, and 10 total awards are the most in the MW.
 
Utah State had four gymnasts earn first-team All-MW honors in graduate Brianna Brooks (bars, beam), sophomore Nyla Morabito (vault, floor), junior Avery Bibbey (bars), and sophomore Sydney Jelen (beam). Four more Aggies earned second-team All-MW honors in sophomore Isabella Vater (floor), and freshmen Kaylie Medrano (vault), Olivia Orengo (floor) and Lundyn VanderToolen (bars).
 
Graduate Brianna Brooks, Las Vegas, Nevada
Brooks earned first-team honors on bars and beam to give her six career conference accolades. For her career, she has been named first-team all-conference three times with one honor each on beam, bars and in the all-around and second-team all-conference three more times with two honors on bars and one in the all-around.
 
Brooks has won seven beam titles this year, which is tied for the most in school history, and has scored at least 9.875 on the apparatus seven times in her last eight outings. She ranks first in the MW, tied for sixth in the North Central Region and tied for 48th nationally on beam with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.880. Her 9.837 average on beam this year is a career high and the sixth best in program history.
 
Brooks added four bar titles to her resume this year and scored 9.800 or better on the event 10 times. She was a second-team All-MW honoree on bars last year. Brooks ranks second in the MW, tied for 11th in the North Central Region and tied for 76th nationally on bars with a NQS of 9.865.
 
Brooks, who scored season highs of 9.900 on both events this year, added three more top three finishes on bars and one on beam during the season.
 
Sophomore Nyla Morabito, Welland, Ontario, Canada
Morabito earned first-team accolades on vault and floor, the first conference honors of her career. She won five floor titles and two vault titles on the season and added five more top three finishes on vault and three on floor. Morabito scored 9.825 or higher on floor nine times this year and 9.800 or higher on vault eight times. She ranks second in the MW, tied for 16th in the North Central Region and tied for 98th nationally on floor with a NQS of 9.880 and second in the MW, 18th in the North Central Region and tied for 100th nationally on vault with a NQS of 9.830.
 
This season, Morabito tied her career high on floor with a 9.925, which is tied for the 13th best score on the event in program history and tied her career high on vault with a score of 9.850. Her 9.807 average on vault is the 11th best in program history.
 
Junior Avery Bibbey, Chandler, Arizona
Bibbey earned first-team honors on bars for her first career accolade. She claimed a pair of titles during the year at the Boise State Tri Meet and against San José State and scored 9.800 or higher eight times, which included tying her career high of 9.900 twice. She also placed in the top three on bars in five other meets. Bibbey ranks third in the MW, tied for 14th in the North Central Region and tied for 84th nationally on bars with a NQS of 9.860. 
 
Sophomore Sydney Jelen, Algonquin, Illinois
Jelen received the first conference honor of her career as she earned first-team accolades on beam. Jelen won one beam title this year, scoring a career high 9.875 at Air Force, and finished in the top three at three more events. She scored 9.825 or better on beam seven times this year and tied her career high of 9.875 at two other meets. Jelen ranks tied for second in the MW, 13th in the North Central Region and tied for 91st nationally on beam with a NQS of 9.855.  
 
Sophomore Isabella Vater, Las Vegas, Nevada
Vater garnered all-conference honors for the first time as she was named second team on floor. She won one title this year scoring a career high 9.875 against Boise State and placed in the top three on floor in two other meets. She scored 9.800 or better on floor five times this year, including three times in her last four outings. Vater ranks tied for sixth the MW and tied for 33rd in the North Central Region on floor with a NQS of 9.820.  
 
Freshman Kaylie Medrano, Buckeye, Arizona
Medrano earned second-team honors on vault for her first career accolade. She won one title this year, tying for first on vault at Arizona with a career-high-tying 9.825 and placed in the top three on the event in four other meets. Medrano scored 9.800 or higher on vault five times this season, including three times in her last four outings. She ranks sixth the MW and 31st in the North Central Region on vault with a NQS of 9.800.    
 
Freshman Olivia Orengo, Rogers, Minnesota
Orengo garnered all-conference honors for the first time as she was named second team on floor. She placed in the top three on the event twice this year and scored 9.825 or higher on floor six times, including five times in her last six meets. She scored a career high 9.875 on the event against No. 7 California and Texas Woman's. Orengo ranks fifth the MW and tied for 30th in the North Central Region on floor with a NQS of 9.835. 
 
Freshman Lundyn VanderToolen, Cottonwood Heights, Utah
VanderToolen earned all-conference honors for the first time as she was named second team on bars. She placed in the top three on the event six times this year, including winning the bars title against Boise State with a career high 9.925, which is tied for the 11th highest score in program history. She scored 9.800 or higher on bars seven times this season. VanderToolen ranks sixth the MW and tied for 24th in the North Central Region on bars with a NQS of 9.840.       
 
All-Mountain West Criteria
The All-Mountain West teams are determined by National Qualifying Scores (NQS). The All-MW First Team consists of the top three all-around performers, and top three performers in each individual event based on NQS scores. The All-MW Second Team is made up of the fourth to sixth best performers in each individual event based on NQS scores.
 
Next Up
Utah State travels to San Jose, California, this weekend to compete in the 2025 Mountain West Championships, hosted by San José State, on Saturday, March 22, at 3 p.m. (MT). USU finished second at the inaugural MW Championships last year, which the Aggies hosted, with a team score of 196.500.
 
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All-Mountain West All-Around
First Team
Maggie Slife, Air Force
Devyn Valuch, San José State
Alyssa Bigler, Air Force
 
All-Mountain West Vault
First Team
Alyssa Vulaj, Boise State
Nyla Morabito, Utah State
Maggie Slife, Air Force
 
Second Team
Madison, Kirsch, San José State
Emily Lopez, Boise State
Kaylie Medrano, Utah State
 
All-Mountain West Bars
First Team
Emily Lopez, Boise State
Brianna Brooks, Utah State
Avery Bibbey, Utah State
 
Second Team
Kristina Shchennikova, Boise State
Maggie Slife, Air Force
Lundyn VanderToolen, Utah State
 
All-Mountain West Beam
First Team
Brianna Brooks, Utah State
Sydney Jelen, Utah State
Emily Lopez, Boise State
 
Second Team
Madison Gustitus, San José State
Alyssa Vulaj, Boise State
Katherine Weyhmiller, San José State
 
All-Mountain West Floor
First Team
Maggie Slife, Air Force
Nyla Morabito, Utah State
Emma Loyim, Boise State
Blake Pascal, Boise State
 
Second Team
Olivia Orengo, Utah State
Bridget Kemp, Boise State
Isabella Vater, Utah State
Jaudai Lopes, San José State