Student-Athlete of the Week - February 2, 2009
Thomasina Wallace
Name: Thomasina Wallace
Sport: Women's Gymnastics
Year: Freshman
Events: All-Around
Thomasina Wallace has been named the Spartan Foundation Student Athlete of the Week after her performances in the women’s gymnastics victory at Seattle Pacific this past Saturday night.
Wallace won the all-around with a season-best 39.200, the eighth-best score in school history. She also won the bars with a career-best 9.875.
Wallace now has the top-two bars scores in the WAC this year and the second-highest all-around score in the conference.
She added a 9.800 on vault, a 9.775 on floor and a 9.750 on beam.
She helped San Jose State to its best team score this season at 195.400, which is the second-best score in school history. The team score is also the top team score in the WAC this year.
San Jose State returns home this Friday night to face Sacramento State. Start time is 7 p.m. The meet will take place in Spartan Gym, which is located in Yosh Uchida Hall on the corner of Fourth and San Carlos Streets.
Past 2008-09 Spartan Foundation Student-Athletes of the Week
August 25 - Emmy Belding, Women's Soccer
September 2 - Kyle Reed, Football
September 8 - Emily Burke, Volleyball
September 15 - Erica Moston, Women's Golf
September 22 - Hiroki Akiyama, Men's Soccer
September 29 - Jared Strubeck, Football
October 6 - Kelly Crow, Volleyball
October 13 - Heather Denman, Women's Swimming
October 20 - Carl Ihenacho, Football
October 27 - Jay Myers, Men's Golf
November 3 - Jared Strubeck, Football
November 10 - Nick Cukar, Men's Soccer
November 17 - Ricky Dorrego, Men's Soccer
November 24 - Heather Denman, Women's Swimming
December 1 - Natalie White, Women's Basketball
December 8 - Heather Denman, Women's Swimming
December 15 - Tim Pierce, Men's Basketball
December 22 - Tim Pierce, Men's Basketball
December 29 - C.J. Webster, Men's Basketball
January 5 - Lauren Mar, Women's Swimming
January 12 - Natalie White, Women's Basketball
January 20 - Thomasina Wallace, Women's Gymnastics
January 26 - Adrian Oliver, Men's Basketball
February 2 - Thomasina Wallace, Women's Gymnastics