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Shanyn MacEachern

Shanyn MacEachern Season 2002

PositionAll-around
Height5-3
ClassSenior
HometownBrampton, Ontario, Canada
Previous SchoolGym. Mississauga
Shanyn MacEachern

First-Team Vault All-American (1999, 2000)
First-Team All-Around All-SEC (2000)
SEC Athlete of the Week (Jan. 28, 2000; Feb. 4, 2000)
NCAA Regional Bars Champion (1999)

Career Highs (Individual Titles)
Vault (6):
9.950 (1/11/02 at Super Six Challenge)
Bars (2):
9.925 (2/26/99 vs. Florida)
Beam (0):
9.900 (1/29/99 vs. Georgia)
Floor (2):
9.925 (4/10/99 at NCAA Central Regional; 1/28/00 vs. Alabama)
All-Around (3):
39.600 (2/26/99 vs. Florida)

SENIOR SEASON (2002)
One of the top all-around threats in the SEC and NCAA throughout her career, MacEachern worked to come back from an injury plagued 2001 season and regain her All-America form of 1999 and 2000 … Remained limited to a part-time role on beam (seven times) and floor (three times), while competing on vault in all 12 meets … Averaged 9.823 without a fall to help pace LSU’s much improved vault lineup throughout the season … Won a pair of vaulting titles during her senior season (career-high 9.95 at Super Six Challenge, 9.90 vs. Iowa) and completed her career with 13 overall individual titles … One of just five gymnasts in school history to eclipse 9.90 in all four events during her career … Earned her fourth varsity letter at LSU.

JUNIOR SEASON (2001)
Was severely limited due to shoulder surgery in December of 2000 … Vaulted on five occasions, posting a season-best mark of 9.750 in the Tigers’ victory over Centenary and Texas Woman’s University … Posted solid back-to-back outings on beam at the SEC Championships and NCAA Regionals, scoring 9.725 and 9.775 respectively … Was only able to compete on floor once during the 2001 season.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2000)
Earned the second All-American honor of her career, placing eighth in the vault at the NCAA Championships with a season-high 9.850 … Finished third at the SEC Championships, earning All-SEC honors in the all-around with a season-best score of 39.375 … Went over 39.250 on four occasions in 2000, winning the all-around against Utah with a score of 39.275, scoring a 39.300 against Alabama and in addition to her score at the SEC meet, scoring 39.250 at the NCAA Region III Championships in Tucson, Ariz. … One of only five LSU gymnasts ever to score a 9.900 across the board … Went over 9.90 on the floor twice in 2000, sealing a victory over then-No. 1 Alabama with a 9.925, then posting a 9.90 against Centenary … Won SEC Athlete of the Week honors back-to-back weeks early in the season after helping the Tigers to back-to-back upsets of No. 1 teams, beating Utah and then Alabama … Led the Tigers with a 9.861 average on the floor.

FRESHMAN SEASON (1999)
Finished seventh on vault at the NCAA Individual Event Finals to earn First-Team All-America honors … Scored a 39.600 in all-around versus Florida which was fourth best in LSU school history…eight individual titles in 1999 – three on vault, two on the bars, one on the floor and two all-around … In addition to her winning total in the all-around at Florida, also won the vault and beam titles with identical 9.925s … Competed in every meet except Southeast Missouri State … Won bar competition at NCAA Regionals scoring 9.850 … Led the team in vault average with 9.768 … Won two all-around titles while competing in only three meets for that discipline … Posted a season average of 9.750 on the floor and better-than 39 in the all-around with an average of 39.094. 

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
Represented Canada at 1996 Olympics … Competed for Canada in the World Championships from 1995-97, finishing 14th on the vault in 1997 … The 1994 Canadian junior national champion and the 1995 Canadian senior national champion … Trained at Gymnastics Mississauga, with several other current Tigers, under Alex Bard and Svetlana Degteva

PERSONAL
Born May 11, 1979 … Daughter of Alex and Lynda MacEachern … Two younger sisters, Katie, 11, and Melanie, 16 and a younger brother, Alexander, 10.

Shanyn MacEachern

Junior
2001

All-around
5-3 / -
Shanyn MacEachern

Sophomore
2000

All-around
5-3 / -
Shanyn MacEachern

Freshman
1999

All-around
5-3 / -