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Suni Lee earns SEC Freshman of the Week

Suni Lee has won her fourth award in the past five weeks.

Suni Lee has won another SEC weekly award. This time she was named the SEC Freshman of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

This is her fourth weekly award in the past five weeks. She was named the Freshman of the Week twice and Gymnast of the Week twice.

Lee led Auburn to program record 197.925 in their win against Kentucky last Friday. Auburn’s superstar freshman won her fifth-consecutive all-around title with a 39.775.

She also made NCAA and Auburn history. She became the first NCAA gymnast to perform the Nabieva during her bars routine and scored a 9.975, but that was not even the highlight of her night.

That was oin beam, where she scored a perfect 10 on beam. The 10 was the second of her career and first at home.

With her second 10 of the season, she became the first Auburn gymnast since Becky Erwin in 1993 to score more than one 10 in a season. Those two are the only Auburn gymnast to have more than one 10 in their careers. Lee is the only one to score a 10 in two different events.

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Auburn gymnastics sets program-record, Suni Lee records second 10

This team is special. The records just keep on coming.

Auburn gymnastics is ascending to new heights.

The program scored the highest score in program history Friday against Kentucky, hitting a 197.925 to beat the Wildcats in Auburn Arena.

The team was led by superstar Suni Lee who recorded a perfect 10 and two 9.975’s

The 10 was the second of her career and first at home, and the fans made sure she knew it. The crowd erupted as her teammates celebrated with her. With her 10 she became the first Auburn gymnast since Becky Erwin in 1993 to score more than one 10 in a season. Those two are the only Auburn gymnast to have more than one 10 in their careers.

That wasn’t the only history she made either. She became the first collegiate gymnast to perform the Nabieva skill on bars. The skill was a staple of her Olympic routine and one of the hardest skills in the sport. She nailed the routine, earning a 9.975 that set the stage for her perfect 10 on beam.

Lee may have won her fifth straight all-around and scored a 39.775 but it took more than her to set the record.

After a 49.275 on vault to start the night Auburn bounced back on bars in a major way.

Aria Brush made a triumphant return to the lineup, scoring a near perfect 9.95 and Cassie Stevens set her first career record of the night with a 9.925.

This set the stage for Suni to close with her 9.975 and push Auburn to a 49.575, their highest score this season.

From there Auburn moved to beam where Auburn has shined all season and last night was no different. Auburn scored a 49.400 to tie it up with Kentucky ahead of their final rotation on floor, where Auburn dazzled to end the night.

Stevens and Sara Hubbard both scored a 9.9, setting new career highs for them. Fittingly it was Derrian Gobourne who pushed Auburn to the 197.925. She closed floor with a 9.975 to break the record.

WATCH: Suni Lee records her first career 10 for Auburn

She is the best in the world.

Suni Lee wasted no time etching her name in Auburn’s record book.

Lee recorded the first 10 of her college career on Saturday in Baton Rouge, throwing down a perfect score on bars.

The Olympic gold medalist scored her first 10 on her signature event, where she is considered the best in the world.

It is just the sixth perfect score in Auburn history and the first since 2004. Sarah Wentworth was the first Auburn gymnast to record a 10 on bars back in 2000.

Becky Erwin recorded the program’s first 10 on Feb. 27, 1993, on floor. She hit another 10 on March 10, 1993, making her the only Auburn gymnast to record multiple 10’s.

Sally Cantrell and Rachael Tarantino were the last two gymnast to join the elite club before Lee. Cantrell scored a 10 on beam on Jan. 20, 2002, and Tarantino scored Auburn’s latest 10 on beam on Jan. 7, 2004