SEASON REVIEW
The Lindenwood gymnastics team saw continued success in 2021, winning the MIC Conference Championship for a sixth-consecutive season. The Lions had a very strong vault squad this season, as they ranked 27th nationally.  The success on vault helped Kyndall Baze, Aleah Leman, and Courtney Mitchell reach the Morgantown Regional with each finishing in the top 20 in the vault competition.

HIGHLIGHTS
The Lions opened the season at Texas Woman's in a tri-meet with Southeast Missouri State. Lindenwood earned the top spot, compiling a score of 193.000.  The Lions top score of the meet came on vault where they registered a 48.875.  Aleah Leman paced the Lions on the vault, scoring a 9.850.

Lindenwood opened the home slate in a dual meet with Texas Woman's on January 31. The Lions set a season-high in three of the four events during the meet on the way to a 195.250, the teams third-highest score of the season.

On February 26th, Lindenwood traveled to Norman, Okla. For a quad meet with the University of Denver and Texas Woman's University.  In the meet, Aleah Leman set a career-high on vault, scoring a 9.925, finishing in a tie for second in the event. The Dekalb, Ill. product earned would go onto to earn MIC Performance of the Week honors. 

In a quad meet on March 7 with Illinois State, Northern Illinois and Central Michigan, Lindenwood registered a 49.100 on bars, which tied the program record previously set in 2018.

The Lions entered the MIC Championships as five-time consecutive winners.  Lindenwood took home the title for a sixth-consecutive season, compiling a season-best 195.575. In that score included a season-high 49.150 on floor.

AWARDS
2021 MIC Conference Champions
WCGA Division II Regional Coach of the Year | Jen Llewellyn
WCGA Division II Regional Assistant Coaches of the Year | Cody Llewellyn, Brittany Harris, Becky Stevens
WCGA All-Americans Vault| Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Aleah Leman (second-team), Kyndall Baze (second-team)
WCGA All-Americans Bars | Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Savannah Newsome (second-team)
WCGA All-American Beam | Courtney Mitchell (second-team)
WCGA All-American Floor | Kyndall Baze (second-team)
USAG Most Outstanding Senior Award | Courtney Mitchell
USAG All-Americans Bars | Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Nicole Wojcik (first-team) Hannah Moon (first-team), Savannah Newsome (first-team), Riley Daniels (first-team)
USAG All-Americans Beam | Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Hadley Roberts (first-team)
USAG All-Americans Floor | Gayla Griswold (first-team), Aleah Leman (first-team), Hadley Roberts (second-team)
USAG All-Americans Vault | Aleah Leman (first-team), Gayla Griswold (first-team), Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Sydney Lopez (first-team), Kyndall Baze (first-team), Aleah Turon (first-team)
All-MIC Floor | Nicole Baars  (first-team), Hadley Roberts  (first-team), Kyndall Baze (first-team), Aleah Leman (first-team), Gayla Griswold (first-team), Sydney Lopez (second-team)
All-MIC Bars | Courtney Mitchell (first team) Jordan Boogerd (second-team), Riley Daniels (second-team), Madison Rush (second-team), Nicole Wojcik (second-team)
All-MIC Beam | Courtney Mitchell Beam (first-team)
All-MIC Vault | Courtney Mitchell (first-team), Sydney Lopez (first-team), Gayla Griswold (second-team), Aleah Leman (second-team), Aleah Turon (second-team), Kyndall Baze (second-team)
MIC Performance of the Week | Kyndall Baze, Aleah Leman, Lindenwood vault squad, Courtney Mitchell
MIC Newcomer of the Week | Savannah Newsome