Boris, Brushwood Heading to Salt Lake City for NCAA Regionals

Gymnastics at NCAA Regionals
Date	Wednesday, April 3 \| 9 p.m. ET
Venue	Salt Lake City, Utah \| McGuirk Arena
Preview Info	EMU Notes (PDF)
Live Stats	Live Results
Watch	ESPN+
Twitter	@EMUGym \| @EMUAthletics

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University gymnastics team will send senior Raisa Boris (all-around) and sophomore Abby Brushwood (floor) to the NCAA Regional in Salt Lake City, Utah. EMU will compete in the second session April 2, at 9 p.m. ET, hosted by the University of Utah.

FOLLOWING THE MEET: The meet can be watched on ESPN+. Fans can also follow the meet through live results. Links can be found on the EMU gymnastics schedule page located on EMUEagles.com.

ABBY BRUSHWOOD GREAT STRETCH: Sophomore Abby Brushwood has produced an impressive stretch on floor. She topped the floor scores, March 9, with a 9.875 mark. Brushwood's career-high 9.900 won the floor competition, Feb. 27, as the sophomore has won the event in back-to-back meets after tallying a then-career-high 9.875 at Central Michigan, Feb. 14.

Through March 22, Brushwood has scored 9.800 or higher in 10-straight meets on floor, tallying a 9.850 or higher in seven of those 10 meets. In the meet, Feb. 27, Brushwood also put up a solid 9.800 on vault, the second-best mark of her career in the event.

RAISA BORIS SEASON-BEST ALL-AROUND: Senior Raisa Boris registered a season-best 39.300 all-around score, Feb. 27, which is tied for the 19th-best mark in program history. Boris earned her fifth all-around win of the season and scored 9.750 or better in all four events, highlighted by season-high 9.875 efforts on beam and floor. Boris also produced a season-high 9.800 on vault.

RAI'S AWARD COLLECTION: Senior gymnast Raisa Boris earned MAC Gymnast of the Week honors four times in 2024, in addition to earning the recognition twice this season. Against Kent State, March 3, she contributed to the Eagles' 196.450 team score (good for third all-time). Additionally, the senior was honored with the MAC Scholar-Athlete title twice in 2024 and once in 2025 for her efforts both in the gym and the classroom.

Boris was named both the MAC Gymnast of the Year as well as the Senior Gymnast of the Year after an incredible senior season (electing to use her COVID season of eligibility for 2025). The last time an Eagle was named the Gymnast of the Year and Senior Gymnast of the Year was when Jolene Worley won both titles in the 2008 campaign. Additionally, Boris is just the fourth different Eagle to win the overall honor and the seventh to earn the Senior Gymnast title.

Boris repeated as MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year in 2025, becoming the first student-athlete to repeat as the MAC's Senior Gymnast of the Year.

TRUE ALL-AROUNDER: Senior Raisa Boris earned a career-high 39.525 all-around score at KSU, March 3., 2024. Her score is good for second in EMU program history, behind Natalie Hashimoto's 39.725 (2000). The Eagles had yet to see a gymnast hit anything close to Boris' score since the 2021 season when Jada Rondeau scored a 39.475.

EMU AT NCAA REGIONALS: Eastern Michigan sent a trio of student-athletes to NCAA Regionals in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 2024 as Raisa Boris (All-Around), Ella Chemotti (Beam), and Alana Fisher (Vault) all qualified. EMU has sent at least one Eagle to NCAA Regionals every season since 2018 (excludes 2020 COVID).

Boris is the first Eagle to qualify for NCAA Regionals in floor in back-to-back seasons since Emili Dobronics did so in 2018 and 2019 while Brushwood is the first Eagle to advance to the postseason since Jada Rondeau in 2021.

TRIO OF EAGLES ALL-MAC: Raisa Boris (First Team, Beam), Alana Fisher (Second Team, Beam), and Kyrie Lowe (Second Team, Bars) were all named All-MAC. The trio of Eagles marks the first time Eastern has had three student-athletes recognized as All-MAC in the same season since the 2015 campaign. In 2015, Anna Willette, Chantelle Loehner, and Kendall Valentin received all-conference honors. Boris is the eighth different Eagle to be named All-MAC First Team.

ON THE HORIZON: This season's NCAA Championships is set to be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, April 17-19.

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Boris, Brushwood Heading to Salt Lake City for NCAA Regionals

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