LOGAN, Utah – Utah State gymnast Brianna Brooks was named the Mountain West Beam Specialist of the Year, as the conference announced it specialty awards Friday.
 
Graduate Brianna Brooks, Las Vegas, Nevada
Along with being named the MW Beam Specialist of the Year, Brook garnered first-team All-MW 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.
 
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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Specialists of the Year
Vault – Alyssa Vulaj, Boise State
Bars – Emily Lopez, Boise State
Beam – Brianna Brooks, Utah State
Floor – Maggie Slife, Air Force
 
Mountain West Coach of the Year
Tina Bird, Boise State
 
Mountain West Gymnast of the Year
Maggie Slife, Air Force
 
Mountain West Co-Freshmen of the Year
Alyssa Bigler, Air Force
Kristina Shchennikova, Boise State