Women's Gymnastics

AriannaPatterson

  • height 5-3
  • class Redshirt Fifth Year
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • Major Digital Media Design
  • High school Plano Senior HS

2023 (Fifth-Year): SEC Co-Specialist of the Week (Week 7, 2/21/23) … Set career best on floor (9.975) vs. Arkansas … Set career best on beam (9.950) at Georgia, repeated on first day of NCAA Regionals … Competed vault, beam and floor in every meet of 2023 … Tied highest career vault score (9.950) three times vs. Arkansas, Auburn and on second day of NCAA Regionals … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Senior): Named All-SEC … Competed vault, beam and floor for UK … Set season and career-high at Auburn with 9.925 on vault … Recorded beam season and career-high at LSU with 9.925 … Set season and career-high on floor with 9.850 against Michigan State … Named to WCGA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Junior): Tied career-high 9.900 on vault at SEC Championships on March 20 … Scored 9.800 or better on vault seven times … Scored 9.825 on beam at NCAA Salt Lake City Regional final on April 3 … Named All-SEC and WCGA Scholastic All-American … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (Sophomore): Competed in every meet of season … Earned two first-place finishes on vault … Scored career-high 9.900 on vault at Auburn on Feb. 7 … Scored career-high 9.850 on beam versus Florida on Jan. 31 … Scored 9.800 or better on vault seven times … Scored 9.800 or better on beam three times … Named to SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Freshman): Named WCGA Scholastic All-American … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Did not compete due to injury.

Personal: Club gym is Metroplex Gymnastics … Parents’ names are Sharita and Lewis … Brother’s name is Trey … Cat’s name is Marquis … Dog’s name is Rosie … Favorite movie is “Wreck-It Ralph” … Favorite athlete is Raena Worley … Favorite hobbies are doing her nails and self care … Favorite foods are veggie burgers and potatoes … Favorite place on campus is BurgerFi … Career goals are to be a video editor, graphic designer and voice actress … Why she chose to be a Kentucky Wildcat: “The team and coaches feel like family, and the vibes are superior.”

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