Leigh Named Huge 12 Co-Occasion Specialist of the Week – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior Anna Leigh of the West Virginia College gymnastics crew has been named the Huge 12 Convention Co-Occasion Specialist of the Week, the league introduced on Tuesday.
 
The consideration is the primary Huge 12 weekly award of Leigh’s profession, in addition to the second for a WVU gymnast this season after freshman Sophia Rice was named the convention’s Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 7. Moreover, Leigh earns the primary occasion specialist nod since sophomore Jurnee Lane was named the Huge 12 Occasion Specialist of the Week final season on Jan. 30, 2024.
 
A local of St. Michael, Minnesota, Leigh posted a career-best 9.95 on ground train at Central Michigan on Jan. 12. She earned an ideal 10.0 from one choose and a 9.9 from the opposite to set a brand new profession excessive. The overall topped her earlier profession mark of 9.925, which she earned as a freshman on Feb. 21, 2022. 
 
The rating marked the best for WVU on ground since Lane scored a 9.925 on Jan. 28, 2024, in addition to the primary 9.95 since Emily Holmes-Hackerd earned it on March 5, 2023.
 
With the whole, Leigh tallied a first-place end on ground, her first profession win on the occasion. She now owns three occasion wins and 11 podium finishes in her profession. Within the Street to Nationals rankings, Leigh ranks No. 3 within the Huge 12 Convention and No. 27 nationally on ground train.
 
West Virginia now appears to be like forward to its first dwelling meet of the 2025 marketing campaign when it welcomes Kent State to Morgantown on Thursday, Jan. 16. Competitors contained in the WVU Coliseum is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. It is 90’s Night time, with a 90’s type band tee giveaway to the primary 200 followers and 90’s throwback music performed all through the meet. 
 
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