MarissaBeucler

2015, 2014 SEC
Academic Team

2016 (Senior): Competed in all 13 meets of the season, primarily on uneven bars and vault … Competed 11 times on vault, 10 times on uneven bars and once on floor … Played a key role in UK’s victory against Missouri (2/12), posting a season-best 9.8 on vault before scoring a season high 9.875 as the anchor on uneven bars … Scored a 9.875 on uneven bars on four occasions … Her 9.875 performances tied for the second highest score on bars during the 2016 season … Earned event titles on uneven bars in the Missouri meet (2/12), the Ball State Think Pink meet (2/14) and on Senior Night against Iowa State (3/11), each with a score of 9.875 … The three individual event titles marked the first three of her career … Helped the team to five vault team titles and six uneven bars team titles … Scored a 9.8 on bars at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa (4/2) … Helped Kentucky to the second and third highest team scores in program history against Arkansas (196.7; 2/26) and Florida (196.65; 3/4) in back-to-back weeks … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2015 (Junior): Named to the SEC Academic Team for the second consecutive season … Competed in each of the last 10 meets for the Wildcats as a junior, on vault and uneven bars in each contest, on beam six times and on floor twice for her first two all-around performances of her career … Posted team-high scores on uneven bars in four meets and on vault and in the all-around once … Earned a career-high 9.825 on floor and a career-high 9.800 on vault to post a 39.125 in her all-around debut at the SEC Championships … Recorded a 9.825 on balance beam in back-to-back weeks, first in UK’s upset win over Auburn on March 6 … Notched a season-best 9.850 on uneven bars in UK’s home opener vs. Alabama on Jan. 30.

2013 (Freshman): Emerged as a solid contributor in her freshman season … Began the season three weeks in and competed on beam every meet the rest of the season … Also vaulted four times during the season … Won beam at her first career competition against No. 9 Arkansas with a 9.825, helping lead UK to an upset victory … Vault career high 9.75 came at the SEC Championships … Performed admirably after being thrown into the floor exercise lineup on short notice at SECs, where she scored a 9.725 competing in the event for the first time collegiately on a huge stage.

High School: Trained at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in Ohio under coaches Mary Lee Tracy, Whitney Snowden, Amanda Surine and Rachael Tracy …Finished first on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and all-around with a 37.500 at the Universal Galaxy Invitational in 2012 …Won both the all-around (37.775) and uneven bars at the Buckeye Classic, and also finished first in all-around at Ohio State Championships in 2012 … Concluded 2012 at the Junior Olympic Nationals in Hampton, VA, finishing eighth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise.

Personal: Full name is Marissa Noelle Beucler … Was born on May 10, 1995 in Findlay, Ohio … Parents are Shawn and Michelle Beucler … Has a younger sister, Alexis and a younger brother, Braydon.