LSU Gymnast Kailin Chio claims 8th SEC Freshman of the Week Honor
Tina Howell • March 11, 2025
LSU freshman gymnast Kailin Chio has just been named SEC Freshman of the Week again, making this her eighth career SEC award, which now ties the conference record for the most by any freshman in a single season.
Chio has matched Florida’s Kayla DiCello’s record of eight awards in her freshman season set in 2023. She already holds the LSU record for the most SEC awards in their first season, surpassing Haleigh Bryant’s previous record of five set in 2021.
Last Friday, her scores of 9.900+ on every event helped lead the Tigers to a program record score over No. 10 Georgia last Friday (198.575). Chio posted a career high 39.800 in the all-around to finish on top of the meet, claiming her fifth all-around title this year. She also shared the vault and floor titles on the night with her 9.950 on vault and career high 9.975 on floor, moving her career total to 19 titles this year.
Chio his ranked amongst the top five gymnasts in the nation for the third consecutive week, currently ranking No. 5 in the all-around with her NQS of 39.655. She also sits in the top 10 nationally in both the vault and beam rankings.
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