Women's Gymnastics
Audrey Harrison - Women's Gymnastics - University of Kentucky Athletics

AudreyHarrison

  • height 5-2
  • class Senior
  • High school Christian Academy of Knoxville

2013 (Junior): Emerged as one of the nation’s top All-Around competitors, winning seven all-around titles with an SEC-high six having come in conference action … Ranked second in Division I all-around titles … Missed a trip to the NCAA Championships on tiebreaking procedure as she fnished in a tie for third in the individual all-around race with a score of 39.2, but tied for the highest AA score among competitors not on a team advancing to regionals … Posted at least one 9.9 on vault, bars and floor exercise … Won all-around with a then-season-high 39.2 at Auburn … Began the season with a then-career-high on uneven bars at Cal with a 9.9 to finish in a tie for first on the event … Won all-around with a then-season-high 39.2 at Auburn … Topped her Auburn performance a week later in the home opener against Arkansas with an All-Around victory and career-high 39.275.

2012 (Sophomore): Great year in the gym, competing on every event in every meet but one when she did not do bars at Arkansas … Was Kentucky’s leading all-around gymnasts, performing as an all-arounder 12 times … Posted a career-best all-around score against Centenary with a 39.250 … Paced Kentucky with seven event titles during the season, including four in the all-around , one on balance beam and two on floor exercise … All-around titles came against Oklahoma/Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Bowling Green, Auburn/Pittsburgh, George Washington/Ball State and Centenary … Earned a career-best score on all four events during the year, including a 9.9 on floor, which tied the highest score on the team for that event … Led Kentucky on vault, bars and beam once, while leading the Wildcats on floor eight times, including the SEC Championships and NCAA Regional … Became the 19th gymnast in school history to post a score of 9.9 or higher on floor … Had the highest floor average on the team with a 9.775 mark … Helped UK to a 49.125 team score on vault twice during the season, which tied the 10th-highest score in school history.

2011 (Freshman): Competed in every meet on floor exercise, posting a 9.677 average on the event … Also competed for Kentucky on balance beam in 11 meets and on vault in five meets … Stepped in and performed nicely on vault with an average of 9.65 after an injury to former NCAA qualifier Whitney Rose sidelined her for the rest of the season … Best meet of the year came at Memorial Coliseum against George Washington and Bowling Green, where she set a career high on vault with a 9.7 and a career high on floor exercise with a 9.8 … Saved her best performance on beam for last, earning a 9.8 mark in the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Pre-College: A level 10 gymnasts from the Premier Athletic club under Sasha Gridnev and Lea Emery … Finished second in the 2010 Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament, scoring a 37.650 in the all-around competition … Scored first-place awards at the Tennessee State Championships in the all-around, vault, bars and floor in 2010 … Harrison also posted impressive numbers at the 2009 state championships, winning the vault, beam, floor and all-around titles … Took home bronze-medalist honors at the 2009 regional, while being named to the 2009 Region Eight national team … Member of the National Honors Society in high school while receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Academics Award … Was a part of the Hope Initiative at Cokesbury United Methodist.

Personal: Full name is Audrey Shea Harrison … Parents are Toby and Tamma Harrison … One older sister, Emily, 22, and a twin, Jamie … Graduated high school from Christian Academy of Knoxville … Native of Knoxville, Tenn.

Collegiate Bests
Vault: 9.825, three times, last at Centenary (3/17/12)
Uneven Bars: 9.825, twice, last at Centenary (3/17/12
Beam: 9.825 at Illinois (3/2/12)
Floor Exercise: 9.9 vs Auburn/Pittsburgh (2/24/12)
All-Around: 39.225 at Illinois (3/2/12)

Season Averages

Season
VT
UB
BB
FX
A-A
2012 9.751 9.702 9.646 9.775 38.932
2011 9.650 9.547 9.677
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