WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Inducted: 2023

Written by Bryan Messerly

competed for 12 years at Low Country Gymnastics.

Collegiate: Owns the most career perfect-10 scores in program history (7) … hit a WVU record 10.0 on vault four times … also scored 10.0 on floor exercise three times, a school record … only WVU gymnast to score two 10.0s in one meet … owns the WVU Coliseum vault (10.0) and floor exercise (10.0) individual records … tallied 48 career scores of 9.9 or better, a program record … hit 9.9+ on vault a school-record 23 times throughout career … also hit 9.9+ on floor a program-best 21 times … scored 39.0+ in the all-around 15 times and ranks No. 7 in program history … competed in 51 career meets and ranks No. 10 in program history … ranks No. 13 in program history in career points (1,636.95) … ranks No. 14 in program history in career all-around meets competed in (32) … tallied 506.625 points in 2002, the 16th-best season point total in school history … as a freshman, helped the Mountaineers advance to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season in 2000 … finished first on floor exercise at the 2000 NCAA Regional Championships, tied for the top-event finish in program history … first Mountaineer gymnast to win floor at an NCAA Regional … also individually qualified for the 2002 NCAA National Championships in the all-around … 9.85 balance beam score at the 2002 NCAA National Championships is a program event record at the NCAA Championships … teams went a combined 77-31 in four-year career … helped WVU claim the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) title in 2001 … member of squads who set WVU program uneven bars (49.45, 3/12/00) and floor exercise (49.7, 3/4/01) records.

Professional: Has coached collegiately, including stops at Ball State, William & Mary, Iowa State and Utah State … currently coaching at Perfect Balance Training Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Sports Awards/Honors: Recipient of a Mike Puskar endowed scholarship … 2003 team captain … four-time EAGL Champion, winning all-around and vault in 2001 and 2002 … 10-time All-EAGL honoree … earned seven All-EAGL First Team accolades, including four straight All-EAGL Vault First Team awards …2002 Team MVP … 2001 John Quackenbush Award winner for Mountaineer Spirit … 2003 Joseph Medrick Award winner for team’s top all-around gymnast.