Student-Athlete of the Week - February 23, 2009

Name: Veronica Porte
Sport: Women's Gymnastics
Year: Senior
Events: All-Around

Veronica Porte has been selected the Spartan Foundation Student Athlete of the Week for her performances last Friday evening for the women’s gymnastics team.

Porte tied the school record on the vault with a 9.925, tying Shina Cardeno who received the score in 2006. Porte was also a part of the vault team that established a new vault team score of 49.100, breaking the record set last season.

At the Brigham Young quadrangular meet, Porte won three events and the all-around. She won the vault with her record-breaking 9.925, beam with a 9.800, floor with a 9.825 and the all-around with a career-best 39.275. Porte tied with two others in school history for the fifth-best all-around score at 39.275.

San Jose State won the meet with a 194.850 team score and improves to 10-1 on the season. The Spartans compete next at UC Davis this Friday night in a triangular meet with the Aggies and Stanford.

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
February 9 - Dani Curran, Women's Water Polo
February 16 - Jay Myers, Men's Golf
February 23 - Natalie White, Women's Basketball