California women's gymnastics collected its first Atlantic Coast Conference weekly recognitions of 2026, with Golden Bears Annalise Newman-Achee and Tonya Paulsson being named the ACC's Gymnast of the Week and Newcomer of the Week, respectively. This is the first conference weekly award of each of their careers.
 
Newman-Achee had a podium finish in the all-around in her first-ever meet competing on all four events, claiming silver with a 39.200 at the Best of the West Quad hosted by Washington last Saturday. She earned a share of second place on vault with a 9.850 and also recorded a career-high 9.900 balance beam routine, which tied for fourth at the meet. After week one, Newman-Achee is tied for fourth in the Road To Nationals rankings, making her the highest-ranked ACC gymnast in the all-around. She also ranks in the top-10 nationally on vault (T-7th) and beam (T-5th).
 
Newman-Achee, a junior from Brooklyn, New York, made her collegiate debut last season swinging uneven bars and broke her way into the Bears' everyday rotation. She competed 11 uneven bars routines and had two podium finishes. Ten of her routines scored a 9.825 or better, including a career-high 9.95 at the 2025 ACC Championships to clinch an All-Championship team recognition. She was named to the ACC's Preseason Watchlist this past December.
 
Paulsson began her collegiate career with a 9.925 on uneven bars in her first-ever routine as an NCAA gymnast. Her score tied with UCLA's Jordan Chiles and Oregon State's Taylor DeVries for the event win and helped lift Cal's squad to the top team score on the event. She ties with Chiles and DeVries for the No. 1 ranking in the nation on uneven bars after week one. Paulsson also competed on vault (9.775) and floor exercise (9.750) in her collegiate debut, earning a share of 12th place in each event and helping the Bears to a second-place team finish on vault.
 
Paulsson, a freshman from Malmo, Sweden, has been a member of the Swedish National Team since 2019 and won the Sweden all-around championship in back-to-back seasons in 2019 and 2020, in addition to balance beam and floor exercise titles and a silver medal on uneven bars in 2020. Paulsson is a two-time European all-around finalist (2021 & 2023) and helped lead Team Sweden to the European Championship final in 2023. In 2024, she had a gold-medal performance on balance beam and floor exercise and a silver-medal performance on uneven bars at the World Challenge Cup of Szombathely. She was named to the ACC's Preseason Newcomer Watchlist in December.
 
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