College Gymnasts List (2 of 4): The All-Stars

March Madness is actually not just going on in college basketball, but women's college gymnastics as well. We imagine if Dick Vitale of ESPN were announcing gymnastics meets, he would call these collegiate athletes PTP'ers (Prime Time Players):

1) Rheagan Courville. LSU. Junior (pictured top)

2) Lindsay Mable. Minnesota. Sophomore (pictured middle)

3) Katerhine Grable. Arkansas. Senior (pictured bottom)

4) Kassidy Stauder. Penn State. Senior.

5) Stephanie Ouellette. North Carolina State. Senior.

6) Tory Wilson. Utah. Junior.

7) Kim Jacob. Alabama. Senior (She is originally from Raleigh, NC)

8) Kytra Hunter. Florida. Junior.

9) Danusia Francis. UCLA. Sophomore (Francis recorded a perfect 10 over the weekend)

10) Hope Sloanhoffer. West Virginia. Senior.

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College Volleyball: Good Weekend for Kentucky

Though it's known more for its men's basketball program, the University of Kentucky also boasts a strong nationally-ranked women's volleyball team, and this weekend, the Wildcats won two SEC home games over South Carolina and LSU.

For her efforts over the weekend, including the Wildcats' five-set win over LSU, Anni Thomasson (pictured here, she's number 4), a freshman who was a prep standout in Newark, Ohio, was named SEC Player of the Week. Thomasson had 30 kills and 22 digs in the win over the Tigers.

Here is a look at select college volleyball scores from major conferences:

Kentucky 3 South Carolina 0

Michigan State 3 Northwestern 1

Louisville 3 Houston 2

UNC 3 Clemson 1

Duke 3 Maryland 0

Virginia Tech 3 Florida State 1

Ohio State 3 Purdue 1

UVA 3 Miami (Fla) 1

Kentucky 3 LSU 2

Missouri 3 Alabama 1

Michigan 3 Northwestern 1

Nebraska 3 Minnesota 2

Florida Gators Win SEC Gymnastics Meet

In a meet which featured at least three Olympic gymnasts: British national Marissa King (pictured bottom) and American Bridget Sloan (pictured top) of Florida and Canadian Brittany Rogers of Georgia, the Florida Gators prevailed at the SEC Conference Championships in North Little Rock, Ark., last weekend.

The Gators won its ninth SEC title and a second consecutive title as the team prepares to host regionals. Florida, also the nation's number one team, has had a history of disappointing and agonizingly close second place finishes at nationals, making them arguably the most successful women's gymnastics program to never win a NCAA title.

But, Sloan, who tied LSU gymnast Rheagan Courville for first-place in the all-around with a 39.725, helped the Gators edge out two-time defending national champion Alabama (197.8), LSU (197.7) and Georgia (197.325).

The Gators started off awkwardly on vault in the eight-team meet, but the team recouped thanks to strong scores from Sloan, King and Mackenzie Caquatto. The momentum continued as Sloan won balance beam with a 9.925.

The floor event in the last rotation sealed the victory for Florida with powerful routines from Sloan, Kytra Hunter, Randy Stageberg and Kierstan Wang.

Only four schools have ever won titles in NCAA women's gymnastics: Alabama, Georgia, UCLA and Utah though several teams besides Florida have come close, including Oklahoma, Nebraska and Michigan.

The Florida Gators mascots (pictured middle) are named Albert and Alberta.

Susan Jackson of LSU is SEC Gymnast of the Year

On March 29, in Birmingham, Alabama, the SEC named LSU's standout senior gymnast Susan Jackson from Spring, Tex., as its Gymnast of the Year.

Florida's Ashanee Dickerson was named SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Year, and Auburn's Kristina Voss was named SEC Scholar-Athlete Gymnast of the Year.

Jakson is the third Tiger gymnast to win the coveted award along with former LSU gymnasts April Burkholder and Ashleigh Clare-Kearney. The LSU gymnast scored a 9.9 at the SEC Championship Meet in Jacksonville, Fla., which was won by the University of Florida.

The LSU gymnast who turned 23 on April 6 and is a mass communications major won the SEC and NCAA vault championships in 2008. She also won the conference balance beam title in 2009.

According to the LSU Tigers' gymnastics web site, Jackson hopes to perform with Cirque du Soleil after competing in college as several former NCAA gymnasts including Yvonne Tousek of UCLA have in the past. Jackson also cited scrapbooking as her favorite hobby.

Along with Jackson, Tiger gymnasts Summer Hubbard and Sabrina Franceschelli, who are both also seniors, had outstanding meets for LSU even though the team placed fourth behind Florida, Alabama and Georgia.

LSU now heads to Penn State for a regional meet which will feature second-ranked Oklahoma and their star gymnast Holly Vise, a former Olympian. The Tigers are currently ranked eighth in the nation.