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Alabama's Shae Mahoney named SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Crimson Tide senior Shae Mahoney the 2020 SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Christopher Walsh|
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Alabama senior Shea Mahoney has been named the 2020 SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Mahoney, a senior from Algonquin, Ill., completed her undergraduate degree in communications science (minor in advertising) in three years with a 3.93 grade point average and is pursuing a graduate degree in sports management with a 4.0 GPA. 

“We are so incredibly proud for Shea,” Crimson Tide coach Dana Duckworth said in a release. “It goes to show that dreams can come true with persistence, hard-work and determination. A highly recruited Level 10 gymnast, Shea wasn’t an Olympian or World team member, but she combined exquisite gymnastics, dedication and being an overall terrific human being to earn this award that represents so much more than her gymnastics.”

Alabama gymnasts have won a league-best seven SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in the 17-year history of the award. She joined Lauren Beers (2016), Kim Jacob (2012, 2013 and 2014), Kayla Hoffman (2011) and Michelle Reeser (2005) in earning the accolade since the award's inception during the 2003-04 academic year.

Mahoney is the sixth Crimson Tide student-athletes to earn SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sports during the current academic year, joining Jordan Lewis (women’s basketball), Zane Waddell (men’s swimming and diving), Daija Lampkin (women’s indoor track and field), Vincent Kiprop (men's cross country) and Nealy Martin (soccer), bumping UA’s all-time total to 58.

This season, Mahoney posted career-best scores of 9.95 on the floor exercise and 9.900 on the vault to help lead Alabama to a win over Kentucky on Feb. 28. 

She won the uneven bars vs. Missouri and the floor exercise vs. Arkansas and Kentucky. 

Mahoney recorded career-best scores of 9.975 on the uneven bars, 9.950 on the floor exercise and 9.900 on the vault. 

She is a three-year Scholastic All-American and was named to the 2018 and 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll and the 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. Mahoney is a member of the 2019 All-SEC Team and the 2019 SEC Community Service Team. 

She was named to both the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) and the Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) during her undergraduate career.

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites . He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 27 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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