BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference has announced the winners of this week’s MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
Fairmont State’s Taryn Laurence has been named the MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Player of the Week while Frostburg State’s Eleanor Ohngren has been named the MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Specialist of the Week.
 
Laurence, a senior top/tumbler from Euless, Texas, competed in 11 heats and team event for Fairmont State last Monday, recording seven scores of 9.55 or higher. Two heats scored a 9.90. She helped the Falcons to the highest event acro score with a 9.9 and highest tumbling score with a 9.775. Helping the falcons to a season high of 267.140.
 
Ohngren, a senior base/top/tumbler from Ferndale, Michigan, helped the Bobcats to a season-high score of 29.00 in the Pyramid Event during their 246.855-244.785 win over Presbyterian. She helped score a 9.70 in Pyramid Inversion, 9.50 in Pyramid Synch, and a 9.80 in Pyramid Open.
 
2026 MEC ACROBATICS & TUMBLING ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
2/9: Taryn Laurence, Fairmont State
2/16: Taryn Laurence, Fairmont State
2/23: Savannah Duckworth, Glenville State
3/2: Alicia Mansaray, Frostburg State
3/9: Azia Shaffer, Fairmont State
3/16: Taryn Laurence, Fairmont State
 
2026 MEC ACROBATICS & TUMBLING SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK
2/9: Caitlyn Clendenin, Fairmont State
2/16: Delaney Rosales, Glenville State
2/23: Emilia Underwood, Glenville State
3/2: Eleanor Ohngren, Frostburg State
3/9: Delaney Rosales, Glenville State
3/16: Eleanor Ohngren, Frostburg State