- Olivia Dunne and LSU recorded SEC Championship glory last weekend
- But on Friday afternoon, the 21-year-old was enjoying downtime in the sunshine
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Olivia Dunne was soaking up the Louisiana sunshine on Friday afternoon – a week after her team’s magnificent SEC championship title victory.
The 21-year-old gymnast shared a bikini selfie with her five million Instagram followers and captioned the picture ‘perfect day’.
Earlier in the week, Dunne reunited with baseball playing boyfriend Paul Skenes, who had been away with the Pittsburgh Pirates at spring training. The couple started dating last year, while they were both students at LSU.
The loved-up couple were back together days after Dunne’s taste of glory last weekend.
She became a conference champion over the weekend after No. 3 nationally ranked LSU scored 198.075 – the highest in program history – at the SEC title meet in New Orleans on Saturday night.
LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne was soaking up the Louisiana sunshine on Friday afternoon
Last weekend, the 21-year-old Dunne became a conference champion with her LSU team
She celebrated the Lady Tigers’ fifth crown with her teammates, as seen in photos and footage shared by the 21-year-old top NIL dealer on TikTok and Instagram.
Dunne celebrated the purple and gold being crowned for the fifth time ever, in the team’s locker room, along with her teammates, as seen in photos and footage shared on social media.
Dunne and her teammates will next compete in the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, in April.
Her boyfriend Skenes, on the other hand, will still have to bid his time before making his big break in the majors, despite being called up to the Pirates’ spring training and taking part in some preseason games.
He is likely to start the season on either of Pittsburgh’s minor league affiliates: the Triple-A Indianapolis or Double-A Altoona.
Selected as the No. 1 overall pick of last year’s MLB Draft, Skenes previously said he discussed his immediate future with Pirates GM Ben Cherington.
‘I’ve thrown 6 2/3 innings in pro ball. It’s just kind of how it goes,’ Skenes told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ‘(Cherington) said it would be unprecedented if I started the year in the big leagues. Not that I don’t think I can do it, but I understand it.’