University of Alaska Anchorage
03/17/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 03/17/2026 17:03
UAA's Richardson earns MPSF Freshman of the Week honor
Anchorage (March 17) - The UAA gymnastics team has produced its second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Week this season as Tessa Richardson earned the honor for March 9-15.
A vault and uneven bars specialist from Port Ludlow, Wash., she tied atop the vault podium with a 9.75 and helped UAA to the seventh-best bars total (48.800) in program history with a 9.725 on Thursday at William & Mary.
In the rematch Saturday in Virginia, 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.
Richardson joins balance beam specialist Alexandra Karkowski (Feb. 16-22) as the second Seawolf to be named MPSF Freshman of the Week in 2026.
UAA is back in action this week for the annual MPSF Championship meet, set for Saturday (4 pm ADT) in Cedar City, Utah. Find live links at GoSeawolves.com.
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