(updated 9/17/03)
JUNIOR SEASON (2003)
A floor specialist for LSU, she saw action in five meets for the Tigers … Scored a season-high 9.850 on the floor against Denver … Followed that performance with a 9.825 effort against Florida … Recorded a 9.750 at Alabama … Finished the year with a season average of 9.700.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2002)
Competed solely on the floor for the Tigers in 2002 … Turned in a trio of 9.850 performances in meets against Auburn, Iowa and Kentucky … Opened the season with a 9.725 performance at the Super Six Challenge … Scored a 9.750 two weeks straight against top-ranked Utah and No. 4 Alabama … Followed with a 9.775 on the floor at Denver … Averaged a 9.793 on the floor during the season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2001)
Posted a season-high score of 9.850 on two occasions — in victories over Denver and Florida … In all, she recorded scores of 9.700 or better on the floor in six of her eight outings … Added a pair of 9.775’s in the Tigers’ quad-meet victory on Feb. 9 and in their tri-meet victory on March 9 … Registered a 9.725 on floor in her first SEC Championship performance.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
A product of St. Scholastica in Covington, La. … The 1999 Louisiana state champion on bars and floor, helping her team to the state title … Won the state titles on the beam and floor in 2001 … Placed second on bars at the regional championships that same year.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Mitch and Susan Richard … Has an older brother, Justin … Fulfilling a lifetime dream of being an LSU gymnast after growing up around LSU athletics and being from Louisiana.