Emerged as a top 25 gymnast as a sophomore … 2012 EAGL Gymnast of the Year … EAGL all-around, vault and bars champion … two-time team MVP … expected to contribute to in-meet leadership … consistency continues to amaze coaches … fine-tuned all of her routines … hitting her best gymnastics in college … naturally graceful and powerful … incredibly cool and confident gymnast … teammates aim to emulate her work ethic … tirelessly strives for success in the gym and in the classroom … enjoys representing the Mountaineers out of the gym … coaches believe she does not have a weak event and should graduate as one of the best WVU gymnasts in program history.
At West Virginia in 2012
• EAGL Gymnast of the Year
• All-EAGL First Team Vault, Bars, Beam and All-Around
• Earned second straight Linda Burdette-Good Award as team’s Most Valuable Gymnast
• Joseph Medrick Award honoree as team’s top all-around gymnast
• Led league with three EAGL Gymnast of the Week honors
• CollegeSports360.com women’s gymnastics Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 16)
• Competed as an all-arounder in all 13 meets and earned a team-best 508.5 points
• EAGL’s No. 1-ranked all-around gymnast every week of the season
• Ranks 11th in the Mountaineer record book with 10 career scores of 39.0 or better; all scores earned during sophomore season
• Scored 9.8 or better 26 times in 2012 and has scored 9.8 or better in 56 of 88 career routines
• Set or matched four career bests, including the all-around
• Reached the podium a team-best 31 times
• Earned six all-around victories
• All but two of her 52 routines counted toward the team’s score
• Opened the season strong with a second place, 39.3 all-around showing against No. 13 Penn State and Maryland (1/8); also finished second on vault (9.875) and floor (9,85)
• Tied for vault win against Rutgers (1/15) with 9.875 mark; also won beam (9.775) and floor (9.8)
• Won the all-around at Bowling Green (1/21) with 39.075 score; also won vault (9.825)
• Finished first against George Washington and Towson (1/29) with a 39.2 score; included a win on vault (9.875) and a second-place finish on bars (9.8)
• Placed second at No. 22 Michigan (2/3) with a 39.125 total; also won beam with a 9.825
• Scored 39.175 and finished first against No. 11 Ohio State, No. 13 Auburn and Ball State (2/12); also tied for beam win with a 9.85
• Took all-around win at Maryland quad-meet (2/18) with 39.15 score; also finished first on beam (9.875) and second on bars (9.85)
• Scored 39.175 and finished first at New Hampshire (2/25); also paced team and finished second on beam (9.85)
• Matched season-best vault score of 9.9 at No. 19 Denver quad (3/3) and finished second
• Tied for beam win against No. 8 Arkansas (3/10) with a career-high 9.95 score, becoming first Mountaineer to earn the mark since 2004
• Absolutely stellar at the EAGL Championship (3/24), winning three individual titles, including the all-around crown with a career-best 39.5 score, the 13th-best mark in program history; also finished first on vault and uneven bars with season-best marks of 9.9, and second on floor with a career-high 9.9
• Just missed individually qualifying for the 2012 NCAA Championships with a sixth place all-around showing at the Auburn Regional (4/7), scoring 39.325 points; also tied for third place on beam with a 9.85 score
• Ranked No. 33 nationally, No. 6 in the southeast region and No. 1 in the EAGL with a 39.2 all-around RQS
• Ranked No. 47 nationally, No. 10 regionally and No. 4 in the league with a 9.87 vault RQS
• Ranked No. 48 nationally, No. 10 regionally and No. 4 in league with a 9.84 beam RQS
• Ranked No. 18 regionally and No. 9 in the league with a 9.815 bars RQS
• Paced team on vault and beam with season averages of 9.823 and 9.802, respectively
• Bars season average of 9.762 ranked second on team
• All-around season average of 39.115
• Floor season average of 9.729
• NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
• EAGL All-Academic Team
At West Virginia in 2011
• An outstanding three-event specialist who had an immediate impact on the team’s success and produced one of the best freshman seasons in Mountaineer history
• Inaugural Linda Burdette-Good Award honoree as the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast
• All-EAGL first team Vault, Beam and Floor
• EAGL Team MVP
• Nine-time EAGL weekly award honoree, including a league-best six EAGL Rookie of the Week honors and three specialist of the week recognitions
• Competed in all 13 meets, one as an all-arounder, and earned 392.325 points, the third-best season total
• Did not fall all season
• Scored 9.8 or better in 30 of 40 routines
• Tallied two scores of 9.925 or better on vault
• Earned a team-best three scores of 9.9 or better
• Scored 9.8 or better on floor in all but one meet
• Paced the team on beam nine times, and on vault and floor seven times each
• Stellar in Mountaineer debut, scoring 9.925 on vault, her first collegiate routine, against No. 13 Missouri at the Cancun Classic (1/7); also finished first on floor (9.85) and second on beam (9.825)
• Finished second on vault at No. 5 Georgia (1/17) with a 9.8 score
• Placed first on floor (9.825) and beam (9.85) at No. 10 NC State (1/21)
• Finished first on vault (9.8) and beam (9.8) and second on floor with a career-best 9.875 score against Pitt and Rutgers (1/29)
• Won vault at Penn State quad (2/6) with career-best 9.95 score
• Tied for first place on beam at No. 15 Ohio State (2/12) with 9.875 score
• Placed third on floor and fourth on beam in home quad-meet (2/20) with team-best matching scores of 9.85
• Strong showing in victory over reigning EAGL champion North Carolina (2/26), scoring 9.875 on vault, beam and floor and winning each event; floor mark matched career best
• Finished first on vault at Arkansas (3/4) with a 9.85 score; also placed third on floor with a team-best 9.8
• Tallied 9.8 on beam and floor in home meet against Penn State (3/12) to finish third and fourth, respectively
• Outstanding at first EAGL Championship (3/19), placing second on beam and vault with 9.9 and 9.875 scores, respectively, and fifth on floor with a 9.85 score; set a career high with beam score
• Made career all-around debut at NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (4/2) and finished 10th overall with 38.875 mark; meet included 9.8 floor and team-best 9.725 beam marks
• Vault RQS of 9.865 ranked No. 37 nationally, No. 6 in the southeast region and No. 1 in the EAGL
• Beam RQS of 9.865 ranked No. 17 nationally, No. 4 regionally and No. 1 in the EAGL
• Floor RQS of 9.855 ranked No. 4 in the EAGL, No. 8 in the region and No. 48 in the nation
• Season-average marks on vault (9.823), beam (9.794) and floor (9.823) were tops on team
• EAGL All-Academic Team
• NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
Club Gymnastics
• Finished seventh out of 56 competitors in all-around at the 2010 level 10 national championships; also placed seventh on vault and floor
• Five-year team captain (2005-10) at Gymnastics Revolution in Connecticut under Brian Bakalar and Dawn Arigo
• Swept all events, including the all-around, at the 2010 level 10 regional and state championships
• Three-time national qualifier
• Won 2010 Connecticut state and regional championships
• Finished eighth at the 2009 regional championship with a floor title and a third-place finish on vault
• Won the 2009 state vault, floor, beam and all-around titles; also finished second on bars
• Won vault and finished eighth in all-around at 2009 National Invitational Tournament
Personal
• Daughter of Cordell Hoffer and Nancy Sloan
• Has two brothers and one sister
• Birthday is July 8
• Attended Cornwall Central High
• Enrolled in exercise physiology
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Hope Sloanhoffer’s Career Highs
Vault 9.95 at Penn State with Pitt and Bridgeport 2/6/11
Bars 9.9 at 2012 EAGL Championship (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 3/24/12
Beam 9.95 vs. Arkansas 3/10/12
Floor 9.9 at 2012 EAGL Championship (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 3/24/12
All-Around 39.5 at 2012 EAGL Championship (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 3/24/12
Hope Sloanhoffer’s Career Statistics
Year Meets AA Total Points
2012 13 13 508.5
2011 13 1 392.325
Totals 26 14 900.825
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