Carly Janiga Named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Senior Carly Janiga (Paradise Valley, Ariz./Saguaro High School) of the Stanford women’s gymnastics team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January 11-17.

January 21, 2010

Senior Carly Janiga (Paradise Valley, Ariz./Saguaro High School) of the No. 8 Stanford women’s gymnastics team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January11-17.

Carly Janiga won the all-around competition, scoring 39.325 points, to lead Stanford to a home-opening 196.025-194.675 victory over Arizona on Sunday at Burnham Pavilion. Janiga, a six-time All-America and the defending Pac-10 all-around champion, has won the all-around in each of the season’s first two meets.

Against Arizona, Janiga added a floor exercise victory, scoring 9.875, and averaged a meet-high 9.83 points for her four events.

This is Janiga’s first Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor and the first for the women’s gymnastics team in the 2009-10 season. Janiga and the Cardinal have a 1-1 overall record heading into Sunday’s showdown against conference rival and No. 1-ranked UCLA at Burnham Pavilion, at 2 p.m.

Also nominated: Tim Gentry (Men’s Gymnastics), Zack Giesen (Wrestling), Cole Hatton (Sailing), Bradley Klahn (Men’s Tennis), Brad Lawson (Men’s Volleyball), Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Women’s Basketball), Jules Sharpe (Men’s Track and Field), Katerina Stefanidi (Women’s Track and Field), Carmen Stellar (Women’s Diving), Stacey Tan (Women’s Tennis).

Past Student-Athletes of the Week