LSU Gold
Position
All-around
Height
5'1
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Liberty, Mo.
Previous School
GAGE
High School
Liberty HS

2009 Second Team All-American (FX)
2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2007 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR SEASON (2010)
Competed on vault, bars and floor during the season and led off the lineup on vault and floor all year … Captured five individual titles during the year – three on vault and two on floor – to end her career with six total … Her five individual titles in 2010 tied for second most on the team … Earned her career high on bars with a 9.80 to open the season against Maryland (1/8) … Won vault titles with a 9.875 against Maryland, 9.875 against Iowa (3/12) and a 9.85 at Centenary (3/19) … Won floor titles with a 9.90 against Auburn (1/22) and a 9.90 versus Texas Woman’s (2/12) … Scored a 9.80 or higher 21 times during the season and a 9.90 three times … Averaged a 9.802 on vault, fourth on the team … Third on the team with a 9.759 average on floor … Opened the season with an outstanding meet against Maryland, posting a 9.875 on vault, 9.825 on floor and a 9.80 on bars … Phenomenal against Iowa with a 9.90 on floor and 9.875 on vault … Scored a 9.80 or higher on vault in six straight meets heading into the NCAA Championships … Tied for 11th place with a 9.85 on floor at the NCAA Championship semifinal (4/22). 

JUNIOR SEASON (2009)
Earned the first All-America honor of her career by becoming a Second Team All-American with a 9.85 on floor at the NCAA Championship Prelims (4/16) … Was a strong competitor in two events – vault and floor – all season for the Tigers as she led off both events in every meet … Captured her first career individual title with a career-high 9.925 on floor against North Carolina and Illinois-Chicago (2/20) … Tied her career high on vault by scoring a 9.90 against Arkansas (2/27) and Centenary (3/13) … Increased her production on floor where she scored a 9.825 or higher in the last six meets including a 9.85 in the Super Six (4/17) … Was also excellent on vault where she posted eight scores of 9.80 or higher all season including two 9.85’s in a row at the SEC Championships (3/21) and NCAA Regional (4/4) and a 9.825 at the NCAA Championship Prelims … Also posted a 9.825 on floor at the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional  … Earned status on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third straight season.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2008)
Saw action on the vault, bars and floor for the Tigers this year … Greatly improved on the floor during the 2008 campaign … Scored a career-high 9.900 on the floor against Michigan State (2/29) … Competed well at the SEC Championships, notching a 9.825 on the vault and a 9.800 on the floor … Followed that performance with a 9.875 on the vault and a 9.825 on the floor at the NCAA Central Regionals (4/12) … Notched a 9.775 on the vault and a 9.650 on the floor in the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships (4/24) … Posted a season-high on the vault (9.850) against Auburn and West Virginia (2/8) … Scored a 9.825 on the vault against Alabama (2/22) and against Washington (9.825) … Made her collegiate debut on the bars at the Cancun Classic (1/4) … Notched a 9.700 on the floor and a 9.675 on the bars in that outing … Tied her career high on the vault with a 9.900 at N.C. State (3/14) … Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2007)
Served as the Tigers’ lead-off performer on the vault during her freshman campaign … Excelled in that capacity, averaging a solid 9.763 on the event over the course of the season … Notched a career-high 9.90 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships  … Was nearly as good at the SEC Championships, posting a 9.850  … Also scored a 9.825 on three different occasions as well as a 9.80 twice.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
Competed for Al and Armine Fong and Rodney Gust at Great American Gymnastics Express … A five-time Junior Olympic National qualifier … Finished 10th in the all-around at the 2005 championship meet … Was second on the vault and 15th in the all-around at the 2004 nationals … Won the 2005 Missouri state all-around title … Was named the Show-Me Female Athlete of the Year in 2002 … Attended Liberty High School … A member of the school’s honor roll, she was also a MAP testing scholar and a French honors student.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kayla Mishay Rogers … Born August 24, 1987 … Daughter of Dana and Jim Rogers … Has a younger sister, Courtney … Majoring in biological sciences.

ROGERS’ CAREER HIGHS
Vault: 9.900 (4 times; last: 3-13-09 at Centenary)
Bars: 9.800 (1-8-10 vs. Maryland)
Floor: 9.925 (2-20-09 vs. North Carolina/Illinois-Chicago)

ROGERS’ CAREER INDIVIDUAL TITLES
Vault: 3
Floor: 3
Total: 6

 

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