Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Week

by Nate Sagan, Assoc. Media Relations Director, University of Alaska Anchorage

Tessa Richardson, University of Alaska Anchorage vault and uneven bars specialist. Photo Credit: Stephanie Burgoon, University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

The Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team has produced its second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Freshman of the Week this season as Tessa Richar

dson earned the honor for March 9 – 15.

A vault and uneven bars specialist from Port Ludlow, WA, she tied atop the vault podium with a 9.75 and helped University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) to the seventh-best bars total (48.800) in program history with a 9.725.

In the rematch, Richardson won outright on vault with a UAA season-high 9.8, aiding the 20th-best vault total (48.375) in program history. She also earned 9.65 on bars as the Seawolves posted a second straight season-high score at 192.675.