The Kentucky gymnastics team will begin its 2012 on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 5;30 p.m. ET. Seniors Storey Morris and Whitney Rose give the fans all the information.
The Kentucky gymnastics team held an intrasquad scrimmage on Nov. 18. Here is a vault from senior Storey Morris.
2011 (Junior): Competed on uneven bars in every meet, while she was in the UK lineup in 13 meets on balance beam ... Ended the season with the highest average on the team on bars with a 9.735 mark ... Set a career high on bars with a score of 9.9 in the tri-meet with George Washington and Bowling Green ... Her score of 9.9 helped Kentucky tie the school-record team score on bars of 49.325 ... Led Kentucky on bars five times throughout the season, while also earning three event titles on bars during the year ... Saved her best performance of the season on beam for last, scoring a career-high 9.85 at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ... Led Kentucky on beam twice during the year ... Was the team's co-captain.
2010 (Sophomore): Participated on both the uneven bars and the balance beam in all 13 meets during the season ... Claimed three medalist honors on uneven bars and two first-place finishes on the balance beam ... Posted a 9.850 score to finish first on the uneven bars against Ohio State ... Recorded career-high 9.825 scores to grab medalist honors on the balance beam against Florida and Texas Woman's ... Registered UK's top score on the uneven bars in five meets and charted the Wildcats best score on the balance beam during seven meets ... Received the Most Outstanding Performer award for both the uneven bars and balance beam, and received the Best Teammate award at the end of year team banquet.
2009 (Freshman): Immediately fit into the uneven bars line-up, competing in 11 meets ... Earned a season-high 9.775 during Senior Night against William & Mary, Ball St., UNC and Illinois ... Had three outings on the balance beam, nabbing a season-best 9.800 against Alabama ... Competed on the floor exercise four times with a season-high 9.800 against LSU.
Pre-College:Competed for coaches Martin and Stacy Parsley and Chuck Dickerson at Texas East Gymnastics ... She is a three-time Junior Olympic national qualifier and the Texas state and regional all-around champions ... Morris was the 2005 U.S. Challenge National All-Around champion, capturing the vault, bars and beam titles ... Her 2007 regional all-around score of 38.900 was the highest-posted score in the United States for her age group.
Personal Information: Full name is Storey Lynn Morris ... Born in Bedford, Texas ... Parents are J.P. and Debbie Morris ... Has three sisteres, Amber, 24, Summer, 22, and Cambri, 18 ... Trained with Kentucky assistant coach Chuck Dickerson, a former coach at Texas East Gymnastics.
Collegiate Bests
Vault: 9.050 vs. Arkansas (2/6/09) Uneven Bars: 9.900, twice, last vs. George Washington/Bowling Grenn (3/4/11) Balance Beam: 9.850 at NCAA Regionals (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) (4/2/11) Floor Exercise: 9.800 vs. LSU (1/23/09)
