CLEVELAND, Ohio – Junior Rachel Stypinski has been named Mid-American Conference Gymnast of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. The 2016 MAC Gymnast of the Year has received the honor following both of the Golden Flashes' competition weekends this season.
Stypinski accomplished a rare feat on Kent State's first conference meet against Western Michigan on Friday at the M.A.C. Center, as she captured all five individual event titles. Her 39.525 all-around score matched Jessie James (March 14, 2004) for the fourth-best performance in program history. She also achieved a new personal-best on vault (9.