UCLA's Francis, Ohashi Honored by Pac-12

Senior Danusia Francis was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week, and Katelyn Ohashi was named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this season.

Francis became the fifth different UCLA gymnast to win Specialist of the Week this season. She scored the Pac-12's first perfect 10 of the year, earning a 10.0 on the balance beam. It was also the first perfect 10 by a UCLA gymnast since she scored one on beam on Mar. 16, 2014, and only the ninth 10 on beam in UCLA history. Francis was flawless on the event on Sunday, performing a routine that was both graceful and difficult, ending with a stuck landing on her one-of-a-kind sideways side aerial to immediate full-twisting layout dismount. Francis, who has moved back into the No. 1 national ranking on beam, has hit 59 routines in a row without a fall, with 53 of those routines scoring 9.8 or above, and has hit 118 of 120 routines without a fall in team competition over her career. She has posted five beam victories this season and is averaging 9.922.

Ohashi earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors for the second week in a row and Pac-12
best fourth time this season after recording a pair of 9.9s on beam and floor against Stanford and Georgia. Since coming back from her sternum injury, she has scored 9.9s on all three of her routines.

After scoring a career-high 9.9 on beam on her first routine back last week, she matched that mark this week with another 9.9. She made her return to the floor lineup for the first time since Jan. 23 and recorded a new career-high of 9.9, placing fourth and helping the Bruins score a meet-high team floor score of 49.475.

Stanford's Elizbaeth Price was named the Gymnast of the Week for the fourth time.

Francis, Ohashi and the Bruins will conclude the regular season on Sunday, Mar. 13 against top-ranked Oklahoma in Pauley Pavilion at 2pm. Tickets for the meet are available at uclabruins.com/tickets.

Also Nominated:

Gymnast of the Week: Lexi Mills, ARIZ; Madeline Gardiner, OSU; Elizabeth Price, STAN; Sophina DeJesus, UCLA; Baely Rowe, UTAH

Specialist of the Week: Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Kaytianna McMillan, OSU; Ivana Hong, STAN; Kassandra Lopez, UTAH; Kaitlyn Duranczyk, WASH

Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Sofie Seilnacht, CAL; Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, OSU; Dare Maxwell, STAN; Malory Rose, WASH

2016 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week
Jan. 12: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Jan. 19: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Jan. 26: Elizabeth Price, Stanford; Feb. 9: Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA; Feb. 16: Toni-Ann Williams, California; Feb. 23: Madeline Gardiner, Oregon State; Mar. 1: Allison Northey, Washington; Mar. 8: Elizabeth Price, Stanford.

2016 Pac-12 Specialist of the Week
Jan. 12: Hallie Mossett, UCLA; Jan. 19: Breanna Hughes, Utah; Jan. 26: Baely Rowe, Utah; Feb. 9: Angi Cipra, UCLA; Feb. 16: Sophina DeJesus, UCLA; Feb. 23: Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA; Mar. 1: Breanna Hughes, Utah; Mar. 8: Danusia Francis, UCLA.

2016 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week
Jan. 12: Sabrina Schwab, Utah; Jan. 19: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA; Jan. 29: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA; Feb. 9: Madison Preston, UCLA; Feb. 16: Sabrina Schwab, Utah; Feb. 23: Mary Jacobsen, Oregon State; Mar. 1: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA; Mar. 8: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA.