No. 2 Oregon acrobatics and tumbling (5-1) grabbed consecutive road wins on its East Coast trip last week — and now it’s bearing fruit. Two of the Ducks’ bases, sophomore Bella Swarthout and freshman Angelica Martin, were chosen by the NCATA to receive weekly national recognition on the back of Oregon’s 270.630-257.370 win over Iona University on March 28.

Swarthout, who was named an honorable mention for the NCATA’s Athlete of the Week award, has been a standout in Eugene this season. She’s a regular participant in eight heats, plus the team event, and has been rock-solid in all of them. 

Her newest heat is the seven-element acro, where she debuted a skill alongside senior top Bethany Glick against Mary Hardin-Baylor on March 14 that has not scored lower than 9.60 of its 10.0 start value in three meets since then. It’s the second time Swarthout has been named honorable mention in the category this season, after she grabbed the honor following Oregon’s win over UMHB.

Martin, meanwhile, is Oregon’s frontrunner for the national Freshman of the Year award. The base is similarly all-over the Ducks’ lineup sheet, and has been a reliable contributor in her first season. She’s been named Freshman of the Week once in 2025, following Oregon’s season-opening win over Morgan State University, and took the honorable mention spot four times including this week.

The Delaware native has wowed with her five-element acro skill — a slide-to-split with a 10.0 start value that was the first of its kind in NCATA competition when it debuted earlier this year. She’s also an integral part of the pyramid event, the toss event and the team event.

Oregon will finish its regular season with an away meet in Waco, TX, where it will face No. 1 Baylor (8-0) on April 5. The meet is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. PDT.