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2019 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Kaitlyn Schou

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Events Vault/Beam/Floor
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • Club Brandy Johnson's Gymnastics

Biography

Career Highs:

Vault: 9.850 (seven times, last at NCAA Regional Final on April 6, 2018)
Beam: 9.950 (five times, last at NCAA Regional Final on April 6, 2019)
Floor: 9.900 (three times, last at home on February 24, 2019)

 

Awards and Honors

  • 2019 WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • 2019 WCGA Second-Team All-American (beam)
  • 2019 WCGA Regular Season First Team All-American (beam)
  • 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Team (first team)
  • 2018 DU Gymnastics Unsung Hero Award winner
  • 2018 Regular Season Second Team All-American (beam)
  • 2018 Big 12 Beam Champion
  • 2018 All-Big 12 Championship Team (beam)
  • 2018 All-Big 12 Conference Team (beam)
  • 2018 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for the weeks of January 8 and January 16
  • 2017 DU Gymnastics Unsung Hero Award winner
 

2019:

  • Competed in 44 total routines across three events
  • Concluded her career with 158 total routines and a 100 percent hit rate (never fell in a single routine)
  • Shared team lead in average beam scoring; had third-highest floor average
  • Tied for 11th on beam at NCAA National Championships
  • Tied for fourth on beam at Corvallis Regional
  • Tied fifth-highest beam score (9.950) in program history four times including at NCAA Regional Final on April 6
  • Tied career high on vault (9.850) on March 23 and April 6
  • Tied career high on floor (9.900) on January 19, February 10 and February 24
  • Won four beam titles
  • Won first career floor title on February 24



2018:

  • Competed on beam and floor in every meet; added nine appearances on vault
  • Finished the season tied for No. 10 in the nation on beam
  • Contributed all but three scores to the team total including 100 percent of her beam scores
  • Led the team in average beam scoring and never scored below 9.800
  • Won five total beam routines
  • Won Big 12 beam title outright; tied for ninth on floor
  • Tied career high on vault (9.850) on February 10 and March 16
  • Tied fifth-highest beam score (9.950) in program history on January 14
 

2017:

  • Tied for No. 22 on floor, tied for No. 25 on beam and tied for No. 34 on vault in Semifinal I of NCAA National Championship
  • Tied for seventh on beam and tied for eighth on floor at NCAA Regionals
  • Won first career title (beam) on February 24
  • Tied career high on vault (9.850) on February 18, February 24 and March 10
  • Set career high on beam (9.900) on February 11
  • Led the team in scoring on two of her three events (beam and floor) on February 6
  • Set career high on floor (9.900) on February 6
  • Set career high on vault (9.875) on January 20
 

2016:

  • Finished tied for 21st on beam (9.700), tied for 17th on floor (9.800) and 28th on vault (9.775) at Regionals
  • Made collegiate debut on vault on January 18
  • Made collegiate debut on beam and floor on January 9; also competed in exhibition on vault

Before Denver:
  • Qualified to JO Nationals three times
  • Competed at Regional Championships as a Level 10 gymnast every year since 2011
  • Finished second on floor at 2014 Regionals
  • Finished first on beam, third on floor and in the all-around at 2013 Regionals
  • Finished second on beam at 2011 Regionals
Personal:
  • Born on November 1, 1996, in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
  • Daughter of Richard and Kim Schou
  • Has one brother, Austin (23), and one sister, Alana (16)
  • Chose DU because of its successful academics and instantly felt at home with the gymnastics team
  • Psychology major

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2017Sophomore

    Vault/Beam/Floor
    5'4"
  • 2018Junior

    Vault/Beam/Floor
    5'4"
  • 2019Senior

    Vault/Beam/Floor
    5'4"