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The Booster Organization for the University of Alabama Gymnastics Program
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- Full name: Jeana Marie Rice
- Year: Senior*2VL
- Events: All Around
- Major: Public Relations
- Height: 4-10
- Born: November 22, 1981
- Hometown: Longwood, Fla.
- HighSchool: Lake Mary
- Club: Ace Gymnastics
- Coach: Bob Rice and Joan Gnat
- Parents: Bob Rice and Joan Gnat
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- Competed for her mother and step-father, Joan and Ray Gnat, at Ace Gymnastics
- Four year member of the United States National Team
- Competed for the U.S. at the 1999 China Cup in Tianjin, China
- Finished seventh in the all-around and third on the balance beam at the 1998 U.S. National Championships
- Finished runner-up on the vault and ninth on the balance beam at the 1998 U.S. Classic
- At the 1997 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, finished 19th in the all-around and ninth on the floor exercise
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- 2001 (Freshman):
- Earned five All-American honors during her rookie season, taking first team honor in the all-around and the floor exercise and second team on the balance beam, vault and uneven bars
- Finished third in the all-around at the NCAA Championships, the highest NCAA Championship finish by a Crimson Tide freshman since Meredith Willard took third in 1994
- Finished sixth on the floor exercise during the individual finals of the NCAA Championships
- All-Southeastern Conference
- Runner-up in the all-around at the SEC Championships
- 2001 Central Regional Floor and all-around champion
- Competed in the all-around 9 of 12 meets this season
- Scored 39.400 or higher five times in the all-around
- Hit 40 for 45 routines during the season
- Contributed to the Tide's 49.700 school floor exercise record with a 9.975
- Contributed to Alabama's school record on the uneven bars at Central Regional Championship, 49.625, with a 9.925
- Won 10 events throughout the season and led the team 12 times
- Ranked as high as No. 16 on bars, No. 4 on vault and No. 8 in the all-around during the season
- Named Alabama's “Most Valuable Freshman”
- Scholastic All-American
- 2002 (Sophomore):
- Earned three All-American honors – first team on the balance beam and second team in the all-around and vault
- Repeated as NCAA Regional All-Around champion
- Also won the vault and balance beam at the NCAA Regional Championships
- Scored a career-high 9.950 on the balance beam at NCAA Regionals to contribute to the Tide's NCAA record-setting beam effort
- Earned a career high 9.95 on vault at Kentucky
- Won two all-around titles in the regular season, first at Georgia and then at Kentucky
- Ranked as high as No. 14 nationally on vault
- 2003 - junior
- Earned four first team and one second team All-American honor, giving her 13 career honors through three seasons, the fourth most in Alabama history
- First team All-American in the all-around, vault, uneven bars and balance beam
- Second team All-American on the floor exercise
- Finished third on the balance beam and fourth on the uneven bars at the NCAA Championships
- Named SEC Gymnast of the Year, marking the fourth time in a row an Alabama gymnast has earned that honor
- Won the SEC All-Around title, marking the third time in four seasons an Alabama gymnast has taken home that prize
- Won the SEC balance beam and uneven bars titles, giving her three titles on the season. It marks the third time in four years that an Alabama gymnast has won three or more titles at a single SEC Championship
- Nation's No. 1 ranked gymnast in the all-around for the last three weeks of the regular season
- Scored career best marks on the vault (10.0), uneven bars (9.975) and balance beam (10.0) this season
- Won eight of nine all-arounds during the regular season
- Scored 9.9 or better 41 times
- Scored 39.4 or better all 12 times she competed in the all-around, including five that went for 39.7 or better
- Twice earned a career best 39.750 in the all-around
- SEC Gymnast of the Week three times (1/14, 2/4, 3/18)
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(bold = Career Best)
[ Details...  ]
| Season | Vault | Uneven
Bars | Balance
Beam | Floor
Exercise | All
Around |
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| 2004 | 9.975 | 9.975 | 9.975 | 9.950 | 39.850 | | 2003 | 9.975 | 9.975 | 9.950 | 9.950 | 39.750 | | 2002 | 9.950 | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.875 | 39.625 | | 2001 | 9.950 | 9.925 | 9.900 | 9.975 | 39.650 | | Career Best | 9.975 | 9.975 | 9.975 | 9.975 | 39.850 | |
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