Dani Dessaints Named as AAI Award Finalist

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State senior Dani Dessaints has been named as a finalist for the AAI Award, announced by American Athletic, Inc.

The AAI Award annually recognizes the most outstanding senior female gymnast in the nation and the winner is determined by a vote of the sports' head coaches.

The field, which has been reduced to 10 finalists, also includes Kennedy Baker and Alex McMurtry from Florida, Brianna Brown from Michigan, Cami Drouin-Allaire from George Washington, Myia Hambrick from LSU, AJ Jackson from Oklahoma, Christine Peng-Peng Lee from UCLA, Elizabeth Price from Stanford and Kiana Winston from Alabama.

All 10 finalists will be recognized and the winner will be announced at the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships banquet in April.

A sociology major with an emphasis in crime and justice from Las Vegas, Nev., Dessaints is a team captain for the Beavers. While working through injuries, Dessaints has helped lead a squad that needed to replace 15 routines from 2017 to a season that has seen OSU ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation. The 2017 All-American has 'hit' all 13 of her routines this season. In February, Dessaints returned to the Beavers' uneven bars lineup for the first time since suffering a season-ending injury early 2016 and has since settled in to the anchor position. Despite being limited to the bars since midseason, Dessaints has accumulated four event titles as a season and has 14 career wins.

Dessaints will lead the Beavers next weekend when they travel to the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championships hosted by NC State, April 7 at 1 p.m. PT.

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