April 14, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Sophomore Briannah Tsang (Vancouver, British Columbia) is set to make her NCAA Championships debut Friday, April 15. Tsang will compete on the floor exercise during the fourth rotation in session one. The first session of the NCAA Championships is slated for a 2 p.m. EDT start inside the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Competing as an individual, Tsang will be competing with Sidney Dukes of Kentucky and Stanford during the fourth rotation.
The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each of the six regionals advanced to the national championships. Also, each event winner from the regional round that was not on a qualifying meet advanced to the NCAA Championships.
Fans can follow along with a live stream of the floor exercise on ESPN3.com.
Sharaya Musser was the last Nittany Lion to qualify for the NCAA Championships as an individual (2010-13).
In Penn State women's gymnastics program history, 26 student-athletes have garnered All-America honors on 93 occasions and five Nittany Lions have combined for 11 national titles.
The 2016 Nittany Lion roster did not feature any seniors and PSU welcomes three student-athletes to the team for the 2017 season.
TSANG'S CAREER
Briannah Tsang, a sophomore, makes her first appearance at the NCAA Championships after tying for the floor exercise title at the NCAA Regional Championships with a score of 9.900.
During her Nittany Lion career she has competed in the all-around in all 24 meets over the past two seasons.
Last season as a freshman, Tsang was named the 2015 Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year, which is the fourth honor in program history. Tsang joined Sharaya Musser (2010), Brandi Personett (2007) and Nikki Bongiovanni (1999). She was also named second team All-Big Ten during 2015.
In her Nittany Lion career, she owns 19 career individual event titles and five career all-around crowns. Her individual titles include: seven vault wins, one uneven bars, three balance beam and eight floor exercise titles.
In the Penn State record books, she ranks tied for ninth on the vault (9.500) and she ranks tied for ninth on the balance beam (9.950).
Tsang picked up All-Big Ten First Team honors and was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2016.
ALL-AMERICAN
Junior Kiera Brown became the 26th Nittany Lion to receive All-America honors in the history of Penn State women's gymnastics. In all, 26 Nittany Lions have garnered 93 All-America honors since 1974.
The Nittany Lions have had at least one All-American in 28 of the last 43 seasons since Karen Schuckman earned the first honor in 1974.
SMART LIONS
Four Nittany Lions were honored by the Big Ten for their work in the classroom.
Nicole Medvitz, Christina Postiglione, Chanen Raygoza and Briannah Tsang were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
Kiera Brown, Nicole Medvitz and Briannah Tsang garnered All-Big Ten honors following the Big Five Qualifier.
Brown and Tsang were named to the All-Big Ten First Team, while Medvitz was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
Brown and Tsang are the 27th and 28th Nittany Lions to receive the honor of All-Big Ten First Team.
Brown, in her first year with Penn State women's gymnastics, leads the Big Ten on the uneven bars with her regional qualifying score (RQS) of 9.915 and she also ranks ninth in the all-around (39.290).
Medvitz collects her first All-Big Ten honor as a Nittany Lion for her work on the balance beam during her junior year. She currently ranks seventh in the Big Ten on the balance beam with her RQS of 9.885. Throughout the 2016 season, Medvitz has led the Nittany Lions on the balance beam. Medvitz has tallied six of the top-12 scores for Penn State on the balance beam this season.
Tsang, the 2015 Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year and second team honoree, joins Brown on the All-Big Ten First Team. On the year, Tsang has won the floor exercise title four times, the vault title three times and the all-around title once.
In the Big Ten rankings heading into the Big Ten Women's Gymnastics Championships, Tsang ranks eighth on the floor exercise (9.885), is tied for ninth on the vault (9.845) and ranks 10th in the all-around (39.260).