2020 Olympic Champion Suni Lee Shines Once Again; Earns SEC Freshman of the Year Award
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Suni Lee, Olympic Champion
Earlier this week freshman Sunisa Lee of the No.7 Auburn Gymnastics team added another laurel to her already long list of achievements. Suni Lee, along with her senior Derrian Gobourne were honoured at the SouthEastern Conference for postseason awards voted by the league’s head coaches.
Gobourne was aware the Co-specialist of the Year according to the release on Wednesday. Lee on the other hand, was awarded the Freshman of the Year, and along with that she was also placed on the All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman teams. Suni Lee created history for the Auburns as she became their first champion since 1994 after winning the conference bars title with a perfect 10.0 score.
Lee managed to maintain her impressive streak this year, winning a total of 10 bars, 6 beam, 3 floor and 1 vault titles. This has also been the first year where two Tigers have been honoured in one season.
“I am so Proud of Suni Lee and Derrian” Auburn Head Coach Jeff Graba Showers Praise
“Having two major conference awards at the end of the year is such a phenomenal accomplishment for Auburn gymnastics,” head coach Jeff Graba said according to oanow.com. “I’m so proud of this team and of Suni and Derrian. This just shows how far this program has come and gives us a glimpse of the bright future it has as well.”
Suni Lee has won this award just 12 weeks after coming to campus. Lee is said to have a huge impact in the program in a short amount of time. Lee also set an Auburn all-around record with a 39.825, with six of her scores making the top 10 in history. Gobourne on the other hand also secured recognition after two runner up finishes this season, with a 9.95 on bars as well as floor.
The Tigers will be in action again next week, at the 2022 NCAA Auburn Regional in Neville Arena, which they will host.
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