Periodically, UKAthletics.com will profile each member of the Kentucky gymnastics team and its staff members leading up to the start of the season on Jan. 12, 2008. Today?s featured athlete is junior Natalie Rubinstein.

Full Name: Natalie Ann Rubinstein

Nicknames: Nat, Natty
Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.
Miles from Home: 1,029
Major: Exercise physiology
Career Aspiration: Personal fitness trainer or physical therapist
Age you started gymnastics: 3
The gymnast you pretended to be as a child: Dominique Moceanu
If I were Coach Mo Mitchell for a day, I would: Spend his salary in one day
My dream job would be: Stay-at-home mom
The title of my autobiography would be:The BIONIC Woman
The best part of UK Gymnastics is: Competing in the SEC
Not many people know this about me, but: I was on NBC News and in the newspaper for training to reach the 2004 Olympics gymnastics team
What is your favorite thing about yourself? How much I love to laugh and smile all day long
What is your favorite spot on the UK campus? The pathway of huge trees all lined up across the street of the Memorial Coliseum.
What is your best non-athletic talent? Singing
What actress would you have portray you in a movie? Jessica Simpson in Dukes of Hazard
If you were a finalist on American Idol, what song would you choose to sing? Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey
What was your first paying job? Coaching gymnastics at my club gym

If your room were on fire, what would you grab on the way out? My camera, cell phone and all my photo albums
Do you have any pre-meet superstitions? Take a bubble bath the night before the big meet!
What is your dream vacation? To travel the whole world
What song are you most listening to right now? Something country
People say you most look like what celebrity? Jessica Simpson
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Movie: Along Came Polly

Favorite TV Show Friends

Favorite Meal Baked ziti with meatballs
Favorite Song to dance to: Jesse?s Girl