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Allie Heizelman

Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cypress, Texas

Junior (2011) Improved on her career-highs on beam and floor at Beauty and the Beast...Set a new career-high on floor against Iowa State...Matched her season-high on bars against Nebraska and hit a career-high on floor...Improved on her career-high beam and floor scores against Oklahoma...Took the bars title against Southern Utah...Hit her career-high on beam for the second time at the Missouri Quad Meet and also earned the bars title...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team and was also recognized as a Scholastic All-American by the NACGC/W.

Sophomore 2010:Started the 2010 season once again as a bars specialist for the Tigers ... Posted a strong 9.750 against Ohio State to tie for second on the event ... Held down the middle of the bars lineup with a 9.800 at the Lady Luck Invitational and a 9.775 against Iowa State ... Notched a new season and career-high 9.850 against Illinois State ... Matched her career high 9.850 on bars at SEMO and finished tied for second on the event ... Finished third on bars with a 9.800 against Centenary ... Led the team-off on bars at regionals with a 9.775 ... Ranks 15th in the Big 12 on bars (GymInfo) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Received Wooden Cup Honorable Mention ... Named by the Big 12 Conference to the 2010 Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions.

Freshman (2009):Contributed to the bars lineup in her first season as a Tiger ... Improved her season high nearly every week on the event, with her current high coming as a 9.825 at the Cat Classic ... Averaged just above a 9.7 on the apparatus for the year, second-highest on the team ... Recognized as an NACGC/W Scholar Athlete ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Prep:Trained at Cypress Academy under Terry Walker and Marina Vernaya ... Qualified to U.S. Gymnastics Junior Olympic Nationals in 2005 and 2006, and as an alternate in 2007 and 2008 ... USAG Region III Bar Champion in 2006 and 2008 ... Placed second in the all-around at USAG Texas State Championships in 2007 ... Cypress Team leader with a 9.7 score on bars and 37.175 all-around at HNI Open Team Cup in 2008 ... Chose Missouri over North Carolina State, Stanford and Denver.

Personal:Daughter of Joseph and Tammy Heizelman ... Born Aug. 28, 1990 ... Has one brother, John, who attends Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cypress Fairbanks High School ... Member of the MU Honors College ...Is pursuing a degree in Nutritional Sciences.

Career Highs
Bars: 9.875 (Iowa State 2011)
Beam: 9.875 (Oklahoma 2011)
Floor: 9.875 (Oklahoma 2011)