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Washington Gymnasts Nicole Waiss (1V) 5-4 RS Freshman Mill Creek, WA Jackson HS Cascade Elite Washington Strong freshman who will contribute on vault and bars ... fully recovered from leg injury that allowed her only one vaulting performance last season ... youngest member of the Husky team at age 17. 2004 (RS Freshman): Competed on the vault for the Huskies against Cal/Sacramento State… placed seventh with a 9.725… redshirted the season due to a leg injury… a member of the 2002 Junior National team. Personal Born March 23, 1987 in Bellevue, Washington ... daughter of Tom and Mary ... has one older brother, Ben, and one younger sister, Jessica ... graduated with a 3.99 GPA from Academy Northwest at age 16 ... competed for Cascade Elite Gymnastics under current Husky assistant coach Frank Lee ... a member of the 2002 Junior National Team ... captured the national championship on the bars in 2002 while placing fourth all-around and sixth on the vault despite a broken fibula in her left leg ... a TOPS national team member in 2000 ... enrolled at Washington at age 16. Career Highs Vault 9.725 vs. California and Sacramento State, 2004 2004 Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA at Cancun Invitational –– –– –– –– –– CALIFORNIA/SAC. STATE 9.725 –– –– –– –– at Oregon State –– –– –– –– –– at Stanford –– –– –– –– –– at Boise State –– –– –– –– –– ARIZONA STATE –– –– –– –– –– at Arizona –– –– –– –– –– UCLA –– –– –– –– –– UTAH/IOWA/UIC –– –– –– –– –– at Seattle Pacific –– –– –– –– –– BOISE STATE/SPU –– –– –– –– –– Pac-10 Championships –– –– –– –– –– NCAA Regionals –– –– –– –– –– Career Bests 9.725 –– –– –– –– Getting to Know ... Nicole Waiss Nickname: Nikki, Nickerbocker, Nik My teammates would describe me as: Unpredictable and fun-loving Favorite event: Bars Husky gymnast that will surprise people this year: Darcee Schiller Biggest influence on my career: My family- they have been so supportive and encouraging my entire career and helped lead me in the right direction. Best advice I’ve received (and from whom): “Believe in yourself and you can do anything.” (Mark Russo) Favorite motto/quote: “Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die tomorrow.” (James Dean) My biggest fan: My family My greatest non-gymnastics accomplishment: Graduating high school at age 16 Individual goals for the season: Stay healthy and contribute to the team Dream job: Become a flight surgeon and an astronaut Favorite thing abou the UW: The campus is so beautiful and close to the water If I could play another UW sport, I’d play: Track (pole vaulting) or soccer Favorite sport to watch other than gymnastics: Football and diving Biggest pet peeve: People who can’t drive and tardiness I can’t imagine life without: My computer, my cell phone, and ice cream Hobbies outside of gymnastics: Shopping, hanging out with friends, hiking, biking Favorite junk food: Ice cream- all flavors except chocolate Favorite television show: CSI Miami and Gilmore Girls My dream car: Hummer, GT Mustang Convertible My advice for young gymnasts: Don't give up at the first roadblock and do gymnastics because you love it and not for anyone else. 24
Washington Coaches Bob Levesque Head Coach Under the guidance of Husky head coach Bob Levesque, the Washington gymnastics program has become one of the most successful in the nation. NCAA appearances, All-Americans, NCAA competitors and top-20 finishes have become the norm under Levesque's tenure. A highly-respected club coach in Oregon, Levesque accepted the challenge of heading up a college program in 1991. Over the past 14 seasons he has led the Huskies to NCAA Regional appearances every season while compiling a career record of 167-134-2. Levesque has built the Husky program around local talent and national elite-level gymnasts. With the $40 million renovation of Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, he now has a practice facility and topflight competition setting to further Washington's program. The last eight years the Husky program has truly emerged on the national level. His teams have posted a combined 113-84-2 record, been nationally ranked, recorded victories against perennial West Coast powers UCLA and Oregon State, tied Utah, ranked in the top 20 in attendance and hosted a pair of NCAA Regional championships. Levesque's efforts to revitalize the Husky gymnastics program have not gone unnoticed. In 1998 he became the first coach in the history of the Washington gymnastics program to lead the team to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances. It was not Levesque’s only repeat during the season. He was also honored as the Pac-10 and West Region coach of the year for the second consecutive season. In 1998, Levesque guided the team to a 17-7 record and the program’s first NCAA West Regional Championship. The Huskies finished the season ranked seventh in the nation and finished seventh at the NCAA Championships. Two Huskies, senior Klara Kudílková and junior Tiffany Simpson, earned All- America honors at the NCAAs. The 1998 NCAA appearance was the third by the team over a five-year stretch. Prior to that it had been seven years (1987) since the Huskies had appeared at the national championships. A year earlier, Levesque took Washington to the NCAA Championships where the team placed eighth and four Husky gymnasts earned All- American honors in seven different categories. During the regular season the Huskies smashed their record book. Washington bettered its previous all-time score a total of 12 times during the year. It was appropriate that Levesque was recognized for his team’s outstanding performances. In ten of the 14 years he has been at Washington, Levesque has seen at least one of his gymnasts compete in the individual events at the NCAA Championships. He has a UW gymnast earn first-team All-America honors nine times. Prior to taking the head coaching position at the UW, Levesque was the owner and director of the American Gymnastics Training Center in Eugene, Ore. He was named the Husky gymnastics coach on July 10, 1990. Levesque, 54, a 1972 graduate of Fresno State University, had been associated with the American Gymnastics Training Center since 1985. In addition to coaching gymnasts from level eight through elite, he also handled event and meet scheduling and the hiring and training of staff members along with traveling with his athletes to national and international competitions. Several Levesque-trained athletes have competed on the national and international level. Six of those were Olympians, including Tracee Talavera and Julianne McNamara from the United States. The others were Karen Kelsall (Canada, 1976 & 1980); Nancy Goldsmith (Israel, 1984); Tarella Javen (Finland, 1980) and Tatiana Fegieredo (Brazil, 1984). He also coached Tanya Chaplin (formerly Tanya Service), currently the Washington head coach Bob Levesque has been at the helm of the Husky gymnastics team since 1991. head coach at Oregon State, and Leslie Pyfer, two gymnasts who competed in the world championships for the United States. Five other gymnasts tutored by Levesque were members of national teams, including former UW national champion Yumi Mordre. More than 20 athletes groomed by Levesque have competed on the Division I college level. Prior to joining the American Gymnastics Training Center, Levesque was a staff member at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnasts in Eugene from 1977 until 1985 where he worked with Class I and elite gymnasts. He began his coaching career at the Fresno Gymnastics Club in 1972 and was on the staff until leaving for Oregon in 1977. Levesque has also been a guest lecturer and teacher at numerous clinics on the West Coast and in the Northwest. He has done work with the United States Gymnastics Federation and was elected in 1989 as the Program Chairman of the Regional Elite Committee, which represented the six-state Western Region. As chairman of that group, he helped organize regional workshops and disseminate information to the states in his region along with attending national meetings. He currently serves on the women's program committee and is a former vice president of the National Academy of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches for Women. Levesque and his wife, Kathy, reside in Bothell. He is an avid golfer who recorded his first hole-in-one during the summer of 1998. All-Time UW Coaches Coach Years Record Pct. Dale Shirley 1975-79 58-10 .853 Ed Zimmer 1980 15-9 .625 Bob Ito 1981-90 180-80 .692 Bob Levesque 1991-04 167-134-2 .551 Totals 30 years 420-233-2 .641 25
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Page 7 and 8: Jessica Brown 5-1 Freshman Phoenix,
Page 9 and 10: Washington Gymnasts Carly Dockendor
Page 11 and 12: Washington Gymnasts Getting to Know
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