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2020 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Maddie Karr

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Events All-Around
  • Hometown Stillwater, Minn.
  • Club Twin City Twisters

Biography

Career Highs:

Vault: 10.000 (three times, last at Oklahoma on February 29, 2020)
Bars: 9.975 (five times, last at home on March 8, 2020)
Beam: 9.950 (five times, last at home on February 16, 2020)
Floor: 9.950 (four times, last at home on March 8, 2020)
All-Around: 39.775 (at home on February 16, 2020)

 

Awards and Honors:

  • DU co-Record Holder for Highest All-Around Score (39.775)
  • DU Record Holder for Most Career Titles Won (106)
  • 2020 AAI Award Finalist
  • 2020 WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • 2020 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • 2020 WCGA Regular Season First-Team All-American (all-around, vault, bars)
  • 2020 WCGA Regular Season Second-Team All-American (floor)
  • 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Team (first team)
  • 2020 All-Big 12 Conference Team (all-around, vault, bars and floor)
  • 2020 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the weeks of January 27 and February 3
  • 2019 WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • 2019 WCGA First-Team All-American (bars)
  • 2019 WCGA Second-Team All-American (all-around)
  • 2019 Region 2 Gymnast of the Year
  • 2019 Corvallis Regional co-Champion in the all-around and on bars
  • 2019 WCGA Regular Season First-Team All-American (all-around, vault)
  • 2019 WCGA Regular Season Second-Team All-American (bars, beam)
  • 2019 Big 12 All-Around Champion
  • 2019 Big 12 Vault and Bars co-Champion
  • 2019 All-Big 12 Championship Team (all-around, vault and bars)
  • 2019 All-Big 12 Conference Team (all-around, vault and bars)
  • 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Team (first team)
  • 2019 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the weeks of February 25 & March 4
  • 2018 WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • 2018 DU Athletics Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2018 DU Gymnastics Most Valuable Gymnast
  • 2018 North Central Region Gymnast of the Year
  • 2018 Regular Season First Team All-American (all-around, vault)
  • 2018 Regular Season Second Team All-American (bars, beam)
  • 2018 Big 12 Vault and Floor Champion
  • 2018 Big 12 All-Around Runner-Up
  • 2018 All-Big 12 Championship Team (all-around, vault, beam and floor)
  • 2018 All-Big 12 Conference Team (all-around, vault, bars, beam and floor)
  • 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Team (first team)
  • 2018 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the weeks of January 8, February 12 & February 19
  • 2017 DU Athletics Female Freshman of the Year
  • 2017 DU Gymnastics co-Gymnast of the Year
  • 2017 DU Gymnastics Freshman of the Year
  • 2017 NACGC/W First Team All-American (all-around)
  • 2017 NACGC/W Second Team All-American (vault, bars)
  • 2017 North Central Region Gymnast of the Year
  • 2017 Fayetteville Regional co-Champion on beam
  • 2017 Fayetteville Regional runner-up in the all-around
  • 2017 Regular Season First Team All-American (vault)
  • 2017 Regular Season Second Team All-American (all-around)
  • 2017 Big 12 Championship Team (all-around)
  • 2017 All-Big 12 Conference Team (vault)
  • 2017 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the week of February 13 and March 13
  • 2017 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for the week of February 20
 

2020:

  • Competed in the all-around in every meet, contributing all but one score to the team total
  • Won a total of 28 titles, bringing her career total to 106 and setting the record for career titles won
  • Finished with a DU-record 39.680 NQS in the all-around and 9.960 NQS on bars
  • Led team in average scoring in the all-around and on vault and floor; had second-highest average on bars and beam
  • Tied career highs on bars, floor on March 8; won four of five individual titles
  • Scored perfect 10.0 on vault at Oklahoma on February 29
  • Tied DU record for highest all-around score on February 16
  • Tied career high on floor on February 22
  • Tied career highs on bars, beam and floor on February 16
  • Scored perfect 10.0 on vault at Florida on February 7
  • Tied career high on bars on January 25 and February 2



2019:

  • Won 26 titles total titles
  • Competed in the all-around in every meet, contributing 58 of 60 scores to the team total
  • Led the team in average scoring on vault and bars; had second-highest all-around average
  • Finished sixth on bars, tied for 11th in the all-around and tied for 20th on vault at NCAA National Championships
  • Tied fourth-highest all-around score in program history (39.725) on March 10
  • Tied seventh-highest vault score in program history (9.975) on February 2, February 24 and March 10
  • Tied ninth-highest all-around score in program history (39.675) on March 1
  • Tied career high and fifth-highest beam score in program history (9.950) on February 10 and March 1
  • Tied seventh-highest all-around score in program history twice (39.700 on February 2 and February 24)
  • Tied third-highest bars score in program history (9.975) on January 19
 

2018:

  • Competed in the all-around in every meet and contributed 100 percent of her scores to the team total
  • Led the team in average scoring on vault and floor; had second-highest averages on bars and beam
  • Finished the season ranked No. 5 in the all-around, tied for No. 6 on vault, tied for No. 14 on beam, tied for No. 15 on bars and tied for No. 17 on floor
  • Became first DU gymnast in program history to finish the season nationally-ranked on all four events and in the all-around
  • Tied for ninth on bars and tenth in the all-around at NCAA Regionals
  • Earned a share of the Big 12 championship on vault and floor; finished second in the all-around and tied for second on beam
  • Tied seventh-highest all-around score in program history (39.650) on March 24
  • Tied career high on bars (9.950) to help tie the program record team score (49.450)
  • Won all five individual titles outright on March 5
  • Tied third-highest all-around score in program history (39.725) on March 5
  • Set new career high on bars (9.950) and tied career high on beam (9.950) on March 5
  • Set second-highest all-around score in program history (39.750) on February 16
  • Tied fifth-highest beam score (9.950) and tied seventh-highest vault score (9.975) in program history on February 16
  • Tied ninth-highest all-around score in program history (39.625) on February 3
  • Won a total of 29 titles (seven in the all-around, seven on vault, six on beam, five on bars and four on floor)
 

2017:

  • Finished fourth in the all-around in Semifinal I and ninth overall at NCAA National Championship; highest overall finish at national in program history
  • Tied for fifth on vault tied for eighth on bars, tied for No. 10 on floor and tied for No. 25 on beam in Semifinal I at NCAA National Championship
  • Shared the beam title at NCAA Regionals; also finished in second in the all-around, tied for fifth on vault and seventh on floor
  • Tied sixth-highest all-around score in program history (39.625) on March 10
  • Won all-around and vault titles on March 4 and March 10
  • Tied career high on bars (9.900) on March 10
  • Won vault and floor titles on February 26
  • Won all-around and vault titles on February 24; shared beam title
  • Earned perfect 10.0 on vault on February 18
  • Posted fourth-highest all-around score in program history (39.675) on February 11
  • Won at least a share of the all-around, vault, beam and floor titles on February 11
  • Set career highs on bars (9.900), beam (9.925), floor (9.950) and all-around (39.675) on February 11
  • Won vault title on January 29 and February 6
  • Won all-around and beam titles on January 14
  • Won the all-around, vault, beam and floor titles on January 7 in her collegiate debut
 

Before Denver:

  • 2016 J.O. Nationals Champion (all-around, vault, bars, beam); also tied for second on floor
  • Finished top-three in the all-around at 2014 and 2015 J.O. Nationals
  • Finished in the top four at J.O. Nationals on vault (2013-15), bars (2012-13) and beam (2014-15)
  • 2015 Nastia Liukin Cup Champion
  • J.O. National Team member 2013-16
  • 2015 Minnesota Gymnast of the Year
  • Won academic awards at Stillwater Area High School in 2014, 2015
  • Participated in "Sarah's Brain Storm" from 2013-15
  • Participated in Stillwater Relay for Life
 

Personal:

  • Born on October 17, 1997, in Rochester, Minn.
  • Daughter of Dana and Steve Karr
  • Has two brothers: Sam (19) and Ben (16)
  • Chose DU because of the value of Denver education, the small class sizes and the surrounding mountains
  • Business information and analytics major

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    All-Around
    5'5"
  • 2018Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2019Junior

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2020Senior

    All-Around
    5'4"