Recent aerospace engineering graduate Sam Cerio, a member of the Auburn gymnastics team, was named the Southeastern Conference Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year for gymnastics.

Cerio, a Huntersville, N.C., product, owned a 3.48 grade-point average and earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition each year on campus. In addition, she made the Dean’s List and was a member of the National College Athlete Honor Society – Chi Alpha Sigma.

As an athlete, Cerio was the team’s top bars worker since she stepped on campus. This season, she competed on bars in every meet with eight meets in the floor lineup On bars, Cerio has recorded three scores of 9.9 on bars with a career-best 9.925 at Kentucky in January. She is among the nation’s best with a 9.890 national qualifying score.

You can listen to #GINNing interview with Cerio here.