DeCavitch Named MAC Freshman of the Year
4/13/2020 1:01:00 PM | Gymnastics
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Kent State gymnast Rachel DeCavitch was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and to the All-MAC Second Team, the conference announced Monday.
She is just the fifth Golden Flash to be named MAC Freshman of the Year and the first since Rachel Stypinski in 2015.
DeCavitch began her collegiate career on fire, winning two MAC Gymnasts of the Week in the first four weeks of the season. She swept every event and posted a career-high all-around score at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational (39.400) to win the first of her five all-around titles this season. She became the first Kent State gymnast to win every event in a meet since 2017. In addition to winning the all-around five times, she won nine individual event titles as a freshman.
DeCavitch was a consistent force in the Flashes' lineup, competing all-around in all nine meets and connecting on 92 percent (33-for-36) of her routines. The freshman led the Golden Flashes with 349.8 total points on the season and ranked first among freshmen in points per meet (38.87). She posted the second-highest individual all-around score in the MAC (39.400) and had the fourth best NQS in the Conference (39.020).
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2020 MAC Gymnastics Postseason Awards:
Gymnast of the Year: Denelle Pedrick, Central Michigan, Senior
Senior Gymnast of the Year: Denelle Pedrick, Central Michigan, Senior
Co-Specialist of the Year: Claudia Goyco, Ball State, Junior
Co-Specialist of the Year: Amelia Mohler, Western Michigan, Senior
Freshman of the Year: Rachel DeCavitch, Kent State, Freshman
Coach of the Year: Penny Jernigan, Western Michigan (7th year)
2020 Women's Gymnastics All-MAC First Team:
Denelle Pedrick, Central Michigan, Senior
Morgan Tong, Central Michigan, Sophomore
Claudio Goyco, Ball State, Junior
2020 Women's Gymnastics All-MAC Second Team
Jovannah East, Bowling Green, Senior
Hannah DeMers, Central Michigan, Freshman
Rachel DeCavitch, Kent State, Freshman
Mia Lord, NIU, Junior
Caitlin Satler, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore
Jada Rondeau, Eastern Michigan, Junior
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