Biography
Talented and accomplished gymnast who competes on a national-championship level ... captain both sophomore and junior seasons ... an instant success as a freshman with record-breaking scores ... improved as a sophomore under the new stricter and redefined scoring system ... gained more confidence and upgraded difficulty with another outstanding year ... hard-working leader who sets a good example and is a great motivator ... performs consistently at a high degree of difficulty ... owns the school record for scores of 39.0 or higher with 28 ... enters the 2007 season competing in 36 all-around meets, which is tied for the eighth-most in WVU history ... her 27 event scores of 9.9 or higher ranks fourth in school history ... holds top two all-around scores in school history including four of the top 10 ... 14th WVU gymnast to qualify for NCAAs as an individual, 11th as an all-arounder, when she did it in back-to-back years in 2004 and 2005 ... her 1,513.85 career points entering her senior year ranks 13th on WVU's all-time scoring list ... on pace to become the school's first-ever 2,000-point scorer.
2006 (Junior) - One of two EAGL gymnasts (North Carolina's Courtney Bumpers) to earn first-team all-EAGL on all four events and the all-around ... second-year co-captain ... competed in all 13 meets and 10 as an all-arounder ... missed three chances at all-around for separate health precautions ... did not qualify for nationals for the first time in her career as her all-around score of 39.125 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (4/8) missed the cut by 0.05 points ... ranked second in the EAGL, sixth in the Southeast Region and 28th in the NCAA with a 39.2 RQS in the all-around ... season-high all-around score of 39.45 at Pitt (3/7) was the third-highest in the EAGL during the season ... that score also gave her a new school-record 25th career all-around score of 39.0 or higher (24, Kristen Macrie 1999-2002) ... finished the year with 28 career all-arounds of at least 39.0 ... six all-around wins in 10 attempts (five wins at home) ... 9.82 RQS on vault ranked second on the team, ninth in the EAGL, 18th in the region ... won six meets on vault ... season-high 9.875 came at Florida (2/10) for a third-place tie ... 9.85 RQS on bars ranked second on the team, second in the EAGL, tied for sixth in the region and tied for 34th in the NCAA ... won two meets on bars (2/26, 3/7) including a season-high 9.9 at Pitt (3/7) ... 9.76 RQS on beam led the team and was seventh in the EAGL and 18th in the region ... one win on beam was a season-high 9.9 at Pitt (3/7) ... 9.885 RQS on floor led the team and tied for second in the EAGL, eighth in the region and tied for 17th nationally ... four wins on floor including season-high 9.925s in two home meets (2/5, 2/18) ... team-high 30 top-five finishes, including 12 event wins ... named EAGL gymnast of the week twice this year (seventh overall) on 2/7 and 3/14 ... named to EAGL all-academic for third time ... featured in 2/27 issue of Sports Illustrated in the "Faces in the Crowd" section ... won the team's Joseph Medrick Award for having the team's highest all-around average (39/058).
2005 (Sophomore) - Only the second sophomore in team history to serve as team captain ... qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual all-arounder for a second straight year ... only one of three WVU gymnasts all-time to qualify as an individual in consecutive years ... did not advance past the preliminary round ... including nationals, she competed in 14 meets and 13 in the all-around ... missed one meet (at Rutgers, 2/26, concussion) and one all-around (floor exercise at Pitt, 1/22, knee) because of injury ... amassed 535.75 points during the season, the fourth-most in team history ... EAGL co-champion in the all-around tying defending champion Courtney Bumpers, of North Carolina, as both gymnasts set EAGL season highs of 39.475 at the EAGL Championships (3/25) ... is the fourth WVU gymnast to win at least one EAGL all-around title ... she also won the EAGL title on the balance beam with a career-high 9.925 ... first-team all-EAGL selection in the all-around and on the beam and floor ... second-team all-EAGL on bars ... her 39.305 regional qualifying score (RQS) in the all-around ranked 23rd in NCAA, ninth in the Southeast Region, and first in the EAGL ... RQS of 9.89 on floor was 25th (NCAA), fourth (SE), second (EAGL)... RQS of 9.85 on beam was 36th (NCAA), fourth (SE), and first (EAGL) ... in addition to her all-around and beam scores at EAGLs, she also set a season high of 9.825 for fourth place ... other season highs were 9.875 on vault set twice and 9.9 on floor set four times ... compiled seven scores of at least 9.9 ... nine all-around scores of 39.0 or higher, including six straight ... won 12 events, including four on floor, five on beam, and three on vault ... won six all-arounds ... captured 38 top-five finishes in all four events, including 10 on floor, 10 on vault, nine on bars and nine on beam ... finished in the top five at EAGL championships in all four events (first on beam, second on floor and vault and fourth on bars) ... advanced to nationals by placing fourth at the Southeast Regional in the all-around with a 39.15 ... owned the team=s five best beam scores ... named EAGL gymnast of the week three times for meets vs. North Carolina (1/29), and Southern Utah (2/4) and at Eastern Michigan (3/12) ... NACGC/W Scholastic All-American ... academic all-EAGL team ... recipient of the Joseph Medrick Award for having the team's highest all-around scoring average ... voted Most Valuable Gymnast by her teammates ... sixth Mountaineer named Most Valuable Gymnast in consecutive years.
2004 (Freshman) - NCAA Championship qualifier in all-around, placing 27th in Preliminary Session I ... including NCAAs, competed in 13 meets all in the all-around ... her 511.475 points in a season are the most by a WVU freshman ... overall, she ranked ninth in school history for points in a season in 2004 ... ranked fifth in school history with 13 all-around meets in a season ... first career EAGL title by winning vault (9.95, tied with teammate Jessica Bartgis and Pitt=s Alyse Zeffiro)... 2004 EAGL Rookie of the Year ... first-team all-EAGL on vault, bars, beam and all-around ... second-team all-EAGL on floor ... ranked 17th nationally with 39.535 all-around RQS and 23rd with 9.915 vault RQS ... set WVU record twice in one week with all-around score of 39.675 against Bowling Green (3/13), after posting 39.65 at Pitt (3/9) ... scored 39.0 or higher in 11 of 13 meets ... five all-around wins and 11 top five finishes ... 16 scores of 9.9 or higher, including five on both the vault and floor and three on both the bars and beam ... four vault wins and 10 top-five finishes ... did not score lower than 9.825 on vault all season ... four bar victories with no score lower than 9.8 all season ... on beam, had one win and eight top-five finishes ... entered regionals with four straight floor scores of 9.9 or higher ... two wins on floor and seven top-five finishes ... fifth at NCAA Southeast Regional in all-around with school-record regional score of 39.350 ... set event career highs in home meet vs. Bowling Green (3/13) with 9.95 on vault and 9.95 on floor, and later equaled both numbers at the EAGL championships ... career high on bars with 9.925 score at Pitt (3/9), which ranks eighth all-time at WVU ... career highs on beam also set at Pitt with a 9.925 ... EAGL gymnast of the week for February 2 and March 16 ... member of Academic All-EAGL team ... NACGC/W Scholastic All-American ... Joseph Medrick Award for having the team's highest all-around scoring average ... voted team's 2004 Most Valuable Gymnast by her teammates.
Personal - Majoring in elementary education ... Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll ... birthday is January 30 ... daughter of Rick and Jan Cox ... one sister and two brothers ... attended Charlestown High ... 2003 Level 10 national all-around, vault and beam champion ... just the second WVU gymnast to enter collegiate action as a Level 10 champion (Kristin Quakenbush) ... three-time Region 5 team member ... two-time junior international team member ... 2003 Region 5 Gymnast of the Year ... first place in the all-around at the Circle of the Stars, US Coaches Cup and the Indiana State meet ... competed at Southern Indiana Gymnastics School ... coached by Joe Cooper ... competed in sports since age five ... National Honor Society President ... FCA president ... yearbook assistant editor ... Student Council ... academic honors diploma ... hometown has a population of 400.
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