Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2015: Competed in final eight meets of the season on uneven bars and last five meets on balance beam after recovering from a foot injury ... Recorded 10 scores of 9.700 or better ... Career-high 9.875 on bars vs. Centenary (3/6) ... Career-best 9.825 on beam at Illinois-Chicago (3/15).

2014: Competed in all 12 meets on the season … Set a season-best with a 9.850 on the uneven bars at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships (3/22) … Scored a season-high 9.775 on the balance beam against Michigan State (3/7) … Scored a 9.700 or better 11 times … Named to the MIC Scholastic All-Conference team.
 
2013: Competed in all 11 meets, going in the all-around three times … Named MIC Newcomer of the Year … Scored 9.700 or higher on 14 occasions, including one score above 9.800 … Scored a season-high 9.875 to win the floor exercise at Illinois State (2/24) … Notched at least a 9.700 on bars in each of her last eight meets, going a season-best 9.775 vs. Illinois State (2/15), vs. Eastern Michigan (3/3) and at Kent State (3/15) … Placed on the MIC Scholastic All-Conference team.
 
Club: Attended New Haven (Mich.) High School … Spent four years as a Level 10 gymnast for Olympia Gymnastics Academy in Shelby Charter Township, Mich., under Lori Koch and Deanna Sigler … Qualified for nationals in 2012 … Advanced to Eastern Nationals in 2008 … Three-time regional qualifier … Won the state and regional all-around championships in 2012 … Also won the floor exercise at the 2012 regional meet … Qualified for the 2011 NIT meet … Won the floor exercise while placing second in vault and all-around at the 2011 state meet … Finished ninth in the all-around at the 2011 regional meet … Notched a fourth-place finish on bars at the 2011 NIT … Also competed in track and field, winning a state title in the high jump in 2011 … Two-time regional champion in the long jump and high jump and earned one more regional crown in the 200-meter dash … Graduated as class valedictorian with a 3.97 grade point average.
 
Personal: Born March 8, 1994 … Daughter of James and Carrie Penzien.