Six Oklahoma Gymnasts Land All-America
By OU Media Relations
Six members of the No. 1-ranked Oklahoma women's gymnastics team combined for 10 regular season All-America honors from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA), the organization announced Thursday.
Senior Ragan Smith, juniors Audrey Davis and Katherine LeVasseur, sophomores Jordan Bowers and Danielle Sievers, and freshman Faith Torrez all received recognition from the association.
Regular season All-America honors are based on an individual's final National Qualifying Score (NQS) prior to NCAA regional competition. First-team honorees are ranked 1-8 nationally, and second-team designees are ranked 9-16. Both team honors include ties.
The Sooners have at least two gymnasts recognized on every event, while Bowers represents OU in the all-around.
Bowers leads OU with five regular season honors, earning a spot on the teams for all four events and in the all-around. The Lincoln, NE, native earned first-team honors in the all-around and on beam and floor, and earned second-team recognition on vault and bars. She joins OU legend Maggie Nichols (2017 and ’18) as the only Sooners in program history to garner five All-America honors during a regular season. With seven regular season All-America honors on her resume, Bowers finished the regular season as the fifth-ranked all-arounder in the nation and No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference.
Joining Bowers on vault as All-Americans were LeVasseur and Sievers, who both earned first-team honors. LeVasseur, the 2023 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year, earned her second straight regular season All-America honor on vault and third overall. The San Antonio native finished the regular season as the No. 4 vaulter in the nation after earning a pair of perfect 10s this season. Sievers earned her first regular season All-America honor after tying for eighth overall in the nation on the event.
For the third consecutive season, Davis earned first-team honors on bars, marking her fourth regular season All-America honor overall. She finished the regular season tied for sixth on bars nationally and first in the conference.
Smith, the No. 5-ranked gymnast on beam and first in the Big 12, picked up regular season first-team honors on beam for the second consecutive year. The Lewisville, TX, product earned three perfect scores this season, including her second Big 12 beam title last weekend. Smith has earned four career 10.0s to rank fifth in OU career history.
Torrez, the 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, earned her first All-America honor with first-team recognition on floor. She is tied for eighth overall on floor and has been the top freshman on the event for the past five weeks.
The Sooners will have the weekend off before hosting the NCAA Norman Regional March 29-April 1 inside Lloyd Noble Center. OU is the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Championships and will face No. 16 seed Ohio State, Arkansas (which is ranked No. 17) and the winner of Ball State/NC State in the second round next Thursday, March 30 at 6:45 p.m.