The AAI Award is broadly thought-about the Heisman Trophy of girls’s gymnastics. AAI has been awarding this honor for over 30 years. NCAA head coaches had been requested to submit a nomination for the candidate or candidates of their alternative. After the preliminary nominations, the sector is narrowed to the highest six student-athletes. 13 student-athletes from the Massive Ten had been nominated.
Former Gopher Lexy Ramler was the final Minnesota gymnast to win the award, which she did in 2021.
Hooten, who was additionally named an AAI Award nominee in 2024, is a seven-time WCGA All-American and a four-time NCAA Championships All-American. Hooten has gained two NCAA Regional titles and 6 Massive Ten titles (three ground, two vault, one bars) in her profession. The four-time All-Massive Ten honoree has hit 9 good 10s in her profession on ground, together with three final season.
She has been named Educational All-Massive Ten 4 occasions and was named a WCGA Educational All-American in 2023 and 2024. Hooten is a four-time Massive Ten All-Championships choice and has gained the final three Massive Ten Ground Championships. Final yr, she gained titles on ground, vault and uneven bars on the Massive Ten Championships. She superior to nationals on vault as a person after going 9.975 and successful the Fayetteville Regional title.
The Massive Ten Distinguished Scholar earned her bachelor’s diploma in Enterprise & Advertising Training and can end her Grasp’s in Human Assets and Industrial Relations this Might on the prestigious Carlson College of Administration. Hooten was named a CSC First Crew Educational All-American in 2023-24. She’s been named Massive Ten Occasion Specialist of the Week 12 totally different occasions in her profession and Massive Ten Gymnast of the Week as soon as.
