University of Alabama gymnast Kayla Hoffman has recently been named the 2010-11 Roy F. Kramer Female Athlete of the Year by a vote of the Southeastern Conference’s athletics directors.

“I am so proud of Kayla and all she has accomplished throughout her career,” head coach Sarah Patterson said. “I think she had the perfect senior year – leading our ladies to conference, regional and national championships, earning the Honda Award, being named the Academic All-American of the Year and now being voted the Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year. She is a shining example of the fact that at the University of Alabama, you can truly have it all.”

Hoffman is the fifth UA athlete to be named SEC Female Athlete of the Year, joining Penny Hauschild, Dee Foster, Andreé Pickens, Jeana Rice and Lillie Leatherwood. With six winners, Alabama is tied with Tennessee for most all time winners of the title.

“I don’t think there is any question of the SEC’s prominence on the national scene in all sports, which makes Kayla’s latest honor all the more extraordinary,” Patterson said. “The fact that Alabama is tied for the most SEC Female Athlete of the Year honors in the award’s history, and that five of the Crimson Tide’s six honorees are gymnasts is a point of tremendous pride for our program.”