Stephanie McGregor Named PlayMaker of the Month by NCAS
April 17, 2013
CORVALLIS – The National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) has announced that Stephanie McGregor, a bioengineering student in OSU’s Honors College and gymnast at Oregon State University, has been named its PlayMaker for the month of April. Each month, the NCAS selects a student from a member-institution who demonstrates outstanding academic and athletic performance and who is committed to using the power of sport to effect positive social change.
According to her advisor, Linda Johnson, Stephanie is a small, quiet, but strong force on the OSU campus. In addition, to her being an integral part of the vault and floor exercise lineups, Stephanie carries a grade point average of 3.98 in her rigorous degree program.
Her experience at OSU has not been without challenges. Tragically, Stephanie tore her Achilles tendon in December causing her to miss the 2012 season. As she recovered, Stephanie participated in Beavers Without Borders, a service trip to Ethiopia, where she built homes for two families. She was also appointed co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during the Winter 2012 term and later that spring was elected president for the 2012-13 academic year. While her injury impeded her ability to compete athletically, she effectively employed her leadership skills in order to extend her contribution to the Athletics Department at OSU.
In 2013, Stephanie made a healthy return to the gym and earned spots in the vault and uneven bars lineups. She established a new career-best on the bars scoring 9.950 in helping the Beavers to the Pac-12 Championship title in March and she earned Pac-12 First Team honors on the bars for the first time in her career.
Stephanie continues to dedicate countless hours to community service as a member of the OSU gymnastics team, leading her teammates to participate as well. She is an incredible ambassador for the Beavers Without Borders program, OSU Gymnastics, and the Athletic Department.
For more information about the NCAS please visit www.ncasports.org.
For fans that missed it previously, Stephanie was also involved in a TV segment made for Pac-12 Networks on The Physics of Gymnastics ... click on the video below to view.
