Kentucky earns two season-high event scores to reach 196 for first time this season
2012 (Freshman): Competed in all 13 meets on vault and 12 meets on floor exercise ... Ended season with career high 9.85 on vault and 9.875 on floor ... Posted a 9.798 average on vault to lead the team, while also earning a 9.708 average on floor, which was fourth on the team ... Earned seven scores of 9.8 or higher on vault, including a 9.825 on her first collegiate vault ... Led the Wildcats on vault five times ... Won one event title, scoring a 9.85 on vault at Centenary ... Helped UK to a 49.125 team score on vault twice during the season, which tied the 10th-highest score in school history ... Competed on beam in two meets, scoring a season best 9.625 at Arkansas.
Pre-College: Competed in high school and was coached by her mother, Denise, and Stephanie Tyson ... Performed club gymnastics at United Elite under coaches Igor Carvalho and Denise Hedges - her mother ... Was a 2010 Sand Dollar Elite qualifier, while she posted the highest compulsory vault score as an elite gymnastics qualifier ... In 2009, she finished second on vault at the Kurt Thomas Invitational and competed on vault and floor at the Texas Prime Meet ... Participated in the Wild Rose International in Canada, finishing second on vault, third on floor and third in the all-around ... Earned all-state selection for a third-place finish on vault at the state championships.
Personal: Full name is Kenzie Lauren Hedges ... Parents are Darrin and Denise Hedges ... Father played professional soccer and currently is a soccer coach ... Mother, Denise, coaches gymnastics for Rockwall High School, the same school Kenzie graduated from ... Has one sister, Tori, 14 ... Major is undecided but is planning on either pharmacy or pre-med.
Collegiate Bests Vault: 9.85, three times, last at Centenary (3/17/12) Balance Beam: 9.625 at Arkansas (1/13/12) Floor Exercise: 9.875 vs. Auburn/Pittsburgh (2/24/12)
