Alex Skinner

Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Plano, Texas
High School:
Plano Senior High

2012-13 (Redshirt Sophomore): Qualified for the NCAA Zone D Championships on the 1-meter and 3-meter in her first year of competitive diving ... Posted career best scores of 270.53 on the 1-meter and 278.20 on the 3-meter ... In her first diving meet, earned a second-place finish on the 3-meter at the Show-Me Showdown ... Took fourth on the 3-meter against Missouri State and at the Mizzou Invite ... Placed second on the 3-meter in a meet against Drury ... Earned a spot on the 2013 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2011-12 (Sophomore): Joined the swimming and diving program from the Mizzou gymnastics team ... Redshirted the season to recover from injury and train as a diver.

2010-12 (Freshman-Gymnastics): Set a new-career high on beam at Beauty and the Beast ... Set a career-high on vault at Metroplex with her exhibition run ... Improved on her career-high beam score at Metroplex ... Earned a career-high on vault against Nebraska and matched her career-high on beam ... Recognized by the NACGC/W as a Scholastic All-American.

High School: Trained at Kurt Thomas GymnasO cs in Frisco, Texas, under the direction of Kurt Thomas ... Earned the Level 9 Western National Title in 2006 ... Regional Vault Champion in 2006 ... Named a Junior Olympic National Qualiﬁer in 2009.

Personal: Daughter of Tony and Vanessa Skinner...Born November 27, 1991 ... Graduated high school as an honor student ... Majoring in biology ... Brother, Landon, played basketball at Judson University.