Bărbosu and Roberts Honored With ACC Weekly Awards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After a successful road trip to Chapel Hill that included the Cardinal’s first 197.000+ performance of the young 2026 season, senior Anna Roberts and freshman Ana Bărbosu were honored with weekly awards from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the league announced Tuesday. Roberts was named ACC Gymnast of the Week while Bărbosu was named the conference's Newcomer of the Week for the second consecutive time.

Roberts’ first appearance in the all-around competition this season at UNC was a successful one, posting a total score of 39.600 to tie for the nation’s second-best all-around performance in 2026. Her efforts in Chapel Hill were highlighted by a career-best floor score of 9.975, making her only the second gymnast in 2026 to earn the nearly perfect score on floor (Cecilia Cooley, Denver). She brought home a share of the beam title and sole possession of the floor and all-around crowns, guiding Stanford’s beam rotation to a team total of 49.550, which ranks third nationally, and helping secure a team score of 49.475 on floor, which ties for second-best in the NCAA. She is currently ranked as the No. 2 gymnast in the NCAA in all-around competition, with top-15 national rankings on beam (T-8th) and floor (T-12th).

Bărbosu continued to shine in just her second-ever NCAA gymnastics appearance, posting a new career-best all-around total of 39.425 in Chapel Hill. She is the only ACC freshman gymnast to compete in the all-around this season and set new career-bests on bars (9.875), beam (9.925), and floor (9.900) at UNC. She ranks No. 9 in the NCAA in all-around with an average score of 39.413, the third-best ranking for a first-year gymnast nationally this season, behind Alabama’s Azaraya Ra-Akbar and Jasmine Cawley, who have each only competed in the all-around once this season.

With Roberts and Bărbosu ranked as the NCAA’s No. 2 and No. 9 all-around competitors, Stanford is one of only two schools in the nation with multiple all-arounders in the top 10, alongside current No. 3 Alabama.

No. 9 Stanford kicks off a three-meet home stand Sunday afternoon, hosting No. 16 Clemson in a conference battle slated for a 2 p.m. start time. The matchup between the Cardinal and Tigers will be streamed on ACC Network Extra, with Casey Magnuson and Greg Mescall on the call.