BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. - Junior Abbie Baker has been named the Mountain East Conference Acrobatics & Tumbling Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. The awards are presented each week by The Health Plan.
As a top and a tumbler, Baker helped lead the Bobcats to their third straight win by defeating West Liberty by a meet score of 255.785-238.465. During the meet, Baker competed in a total of 12 heats as well as the team event. She competed in seven heats that scored a 9.4 or higher, including a 9.75 in the compulsory pyramid and a 9.8 in the open tumbling pass. In the pyramid event, Baker was a part of all three heats that scored a 9.7, 9.75, and an almost perfect score of 9.95.