Kimmie Pickerl

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Neuqua Valley High School
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

2013: Competed in all 11 meets with six of those meets as an all-around competitor … notched career bests in every event … scored 9.700 or higher 16 times, all in the last eight meets … scored a career-best 9.825 on vault and 39.025 in the all-around against Eastern Michigan (3/3) … posted a career-best 9.800 on beam at Kent State (3/15) … best floor score was a 9.800 at Illinois State (2/24) … placed on the MIC Scholastic All-Conference team.

2012: Named to the MIC Scholastic All-Conference Team … named a Southeast Scholar-Athlete … placed on the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … placed on the NACGC/W All-Academic team … competed on bars in all 11 meets … also cracked the vault lineup six times, competed on beam four times and logged two scores on floor … tallied a season-best 9.750 on floor, her best score of the season, against Illinois State (2/24).

2011: Competed in one meet, at home against Illinois State (2/11) … scored a 9.175 on the balance beam.

Club: Coached by Don and Patrice McPherson … 2009 Junior Olympic National qualifier … placed third on the vault and 10th in the all-around at the 2010 Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament … first alternate for the 2008 Junior Olympic National Championships … three-time Level 10 gymnast … honor roll student at Neuqua Valley High School … member of the Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal: Born May 21, 1992 … daughter of Hanson and Margo Pickerl … major is dietetics.