2020 Women's Gymnastics Roster
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
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2017Freshman
All-Around
5'5"
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2018Sophomore
All-Around
5'4"
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2019Junior
All-Around
5'4"
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2020Senior
All-Around
5'4"