Gloria Alexandra Johnson Named SEC Gymnastics Freshman of the Week for Her Performance in LSU Victory over Alabama ...and again the next week!

Feb. 17, 2009 (See the UPDATE below.)

Gloria Johnson was a shining star on the Louisiana State University Gymnastics Team on Friday night, February 13, as the Tigers defeated the Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa. Her best routine of the evening was on balance beam where she scored a career-high 9.825. For her brilliant overall performance, Gloria was named SEC Freshman of the Week in Women's Gymnastics!

This was a high-stakes match-up. At the time, Alabama was ranked No. 5 and LSU was ranked No. 11 in national rankings. This was only the second time that LSU had won against Alabama and the first time since 1976. Gloria came through for her team and for her university.

As you may recall, Gloria is at LSU on a full scholarship in gymnastics. See this story on the Johnson Family website. Read more about Gloria's award and the LSU victory here. (You can read about this and all of the LSU Women's Gymanstics program here.) If you are in Louisiana, "Cox Sports Television... [will] re-broadcast the LSU/Alabama gym meet ...Thursday [2/19/09] at 9:00 p.m. Central Time on cable systems that carry Cox Sports Television. In Baton Rouge, that's Channel 37." (We'll check to see if there is a re-broadcast scheduled in Alabama.)

Gloria Alexandra Johnson is the daughter of Seth James ("Jimmy") and Isadora ("Dora") Risquet Johnson and the granddaughter of Orson Alexander and Iberia Louise Pierce Johnson (Uncle "Pete" and Aunt Louise).

We are very proud of you, Gloria! Family members may send congratulations to her at father Jimmy Johnson's email address, SJohnson(at)agcenter(dot)lsu(dot)edu.


UPDATE Mar. 4, 2009!

Gloria earned SEC Freshman Gymnast of the week for the second week in a row! Click on the site below for the story with picture.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=3677803&DB_OEM_ID=5200

http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=13&url_article_id=12262&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2