Women's Gymnastics

ShealynLuksik

  • height 5-4
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pittsburgh
  • Major Human Health Sciences
  • High school Hampton HS

2023 (Senior): Named All-SEC … Competed bars and beam in all 14 meets … Set new career best on bars (9.950) vs. Alabama, repeated score at SEC Championships … Scored 9.900 of better in nine meets on bars … Saw highest beam score (9.900) vs. Arkansas … Leadoff for beam rotation … Named SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Junior): Recorded season and career-high on beam with a 9.950 at Auburn … Competed both beam and bars for UK … WCGA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Sophomore): Competed in every meet of season … Scored career-high 9.900 on bars at NCAA Salt Lake City Regional second round on April 2 … Scored 9.875 or better on bars four times … Named WCGA Scholastic All-American … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (Freshman): Tied season-high 9.875 on bars in tie for first-place finish at Alabama on Feb. 28 … Scored 9.800 or better on bars six times … Named WCGA Scholastic All-American … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Personal: Club gym is X-Cel Gymnastics … Parents’ names are Stephanie and Richard … Brothers’ names are Conor and Brendan … Favorite television series is “Friends” … Favorite professional sports team is Pittsburgh Penguins … Favorite hobbies are hiking and making food … Favorite food is pulled pork … Favorite place on campus is William T. Young Library … Career goal is to become a physician associate … Why she chose to be a Kentucky Wildcat: “I fell in love with the combined atmosphere of athletic and academic greatness. It’s been a dream to be able to be a part of the SEC, and the campus felt like home.”

Read more