West Virginia University Athletics

Hard worker who will provide leadership for the Mountaineers … continues to gain strength on all events … expected to compete a new, upgraded floor routine … coaches impressed with work ethic … embraces Mountaineer legacy and is self-motivated to always improve … coaches depend on her willingness to step-in at any moment … in-meet excitement is contagious … strong personality in Cary Gym.
 
2016-17 Junior
• Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics First Team
• Competed in all 12 meets and earned time in the bars, beam and floor lineups
• Passed the 500-career point threshold
• Finished fifth on the team with 300.2 points
• Set or matched career highs on bars (9.775) and beam (9.9)
• Won beam outright with a career-high 9.9 in season-opening meet at Maryland (1/8)
• Scored a career-best-matching 9.775 on bars against Oklahoma (1/21)
• Tallied a season-high 9.825 on floor at the 2017 NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships (4/1)
• Finished the year with season averages of 9.718 on beam, the second-best mark on the team, 9.667 on bars and 9.663 on floor
 
2015-16 Sophomore
• Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics First Team
• Competed in all 13 meets as a multi-event specialist and saw time on floor in 12 competitions
• Hit for a career high on all three events: bars (9.775), beam (9.875) and floor (9.875)
• Earned 11 top-10 finishes and finished sixth on team with 259.75 points
• Tied for second on floor against No. 18 New Hampshire (1/17) with a 9.85 mark
• Returned to the beam lineup at Iowa State (2/5) and earned the event win with a career-high 9.875 score
• Stellar in career bars debut, scoring a season-best 9.775 at No. 2 Oklahoma (2/7)
• Set floor career high with 9.875 showing against Ohio State and Bowling Green (3/6)
• Earned season averages of 9.765 on floor, 9.556 on bars and 9.446 on beam
 
2014-15 Freshman
• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Competed in last 10 meets and saw time on balance beam and floor exercise
• Did not drop a score on balance beam in 10 appearances
• Tallied five scores of 9.8 or better
• Earned eight top-10 finishes and landed on the podium three times, including a balance beam victory against Penn and Cornell (3/14) with a 9.825 mark
• Career floor debut was a success, as she tallied a season-high mark of 9.8 at New Hampshire (2/8)
• Finished third on beam in home quad-meet against New Hampshire, Maryland and Rutgers (2/22) with a 9.8 score
• Scored a career-best 9.825 on beam at the 2015 NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships (4/4); mark was second-best beam score earned by a Mountaineer all season
• Finished ranked No. 1 on team with 9.763 beam season average; also earned 9.733 floor average, the fourth-best mark on team 
 
Club Gymnastics
• Six-year level 10 gymnast at X-Cel Gymnastics
• Four-time Junior Olympics national qualifier
• Finished second on floor at the 2014 Region 7 Championships
• 2014 Pennsylvania state beam champion; also finished second on floor
• Scored five top-10 finishes at the 2012 Pennsylvania State Championships, including a second place all-around finish and a third-place finish on vault
 
Personal
• Daughter of Jeffrey and Janet Gillette
• Has one sister
• Birthday is April 17
• Honor roll student at Highland High
• Majoring in exercise physiology
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll