Ithaca, N.Y.--Rhode Island College sophomore Olivia Keyes (Bridgewater, Mass.) and junior Kelsey Gates (Orangeville, Pa.) each earned multiple All-American awards at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championship, hosted by Ithaca on Saturday afternoon.
 
RIC Head Women's Gymnastics Coach Monica Mesalles Nassi also received the NCGA National Coach of the Year Award.
 
Keyes finished second on both beam and in the all-around and seventh on floor to earn NCGA All-American honors in all three categories. She finished tied for 35^th on vault (9.425), 26^th on bars (9.425), tied for second with a new RIC record on beam (9.800), tied for seventh on floor (9.775) and was second in the all-around with a new program record (38.425). 
 
Gates finished second on floor and tied for fifth in the all-around to earn NCGA All-American honors in both categories. She finished tied for 35^th on vault (9.425), tied for 35^th on bars (9.000), 38^th on beam (8.900), second on floor (9.850) and tied for fifth in the all-around (37.175). Gates was an all-around All-American as a freshman in 2019-20.
 
Freshman Emma Tucker (Pompton Plains, N.J.) tied for 12^th on vault (9.650) and finished 21^st on beam (9.625).
 
Head Coach Monica Mesalles Nassi, who had previously received the NCGA East Region Coach of the Year Award, is the just the second RIC coach to receive the NCGA National Coach of the Year Award (Dick Stapleton; 1995-96).
 
Under her guidance, Rhode Island College had its best season in over two decades and established several program records. The Anchorwomen placed sixth at the NCGA East Region Championship on March 12. RIC posted a program-best, 187.025, team score at a quad-meet hosted by SUNY Cortland on March 6. RIC established new program records for the highest bars (45.050), beam (47.825) and floor (48.600) team scores at a meet this winter.
 
Tucker broke the individual vault record (9.700), while Keyes recorded the program's highest marks ever on beam (9.800), floor (9.875) and in the all-around (38.425) over the course of the season.