Maddie Krentz

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cave Creek, Ariz.

SENIOR (2016) - Second-Team All-American on floor...A first-team All-MRGC honoree on floor after winning at the championships with a 9.95…competed in all 11 meets and specialized in mostly the floor exercise and vault, but also spent the first half of the year in the uneven bars rotation…finished the year with six victories on floor and two on vault…tallied a season-high 9.875 on bars twice (Jan. 29 against BYU and Feb. 19 against Ohio State)…her work on floor was most impressive, as she had a stretch where she scored a 9.9 or better in six of seven meets…tallied a 9.95 on floor twice (Jan. 29 against BYU and March 19 at the MRGC Championships)…enjoyed a season-high 9.85 on vault twice (Feb. 26 against Utah State and March 11 against Southern Utah and San Jose State)…named a 2016 co-captain with fellow senior Krystine Jacobsen.

JUNIOR (2015) - Named a 2015 co-captain alongside Kelsey Morris and Ciera Perkins...earned first team All-MRGC honors on vault...recorded three individual event wins on vault...named MRGC Specialist of the Week twice (Jan. 18 & March 15) for her weekly conference-leading vault performances...hit her career-high vault score of 9.925 twice, first in the season opener Utah quad meet (Jan. 16) and the BYU tri meet (Feb. 7)...recorded her season high 9.850 on bars twice (Jan. 23 against SUU and Feb. 7 against BYU and Denver)...season-best performance came at the BYU tri meet where she recorded season highs on vault, bars and floor exercise (9.875)...earned her first event win of her career with her 9.925 vault at the Utah quad meet (Jan. 16).

SOPHOMORE (2014) - Competed in all 12 meets...tied her career best on vault twice (9.850), last against Seattle Pacific on March 8...set a career-high bars score (9.90) on Feb. 28 against Iowa...also tied her career high on beam (9.875) in the season opener quadrangular against Utah, BYU and Southern Utah...was ranked T83 nationally in vault on Jan. 20...started the season ranked T85 nationally on floor.

FRESHMAN (2013) - Competed in eight meets on bars and floor and in six on vault...had a best of 9.850 on vault against Utah State (March 15)...scored 9.825 twice on bars for season-bests...scored 9.90 on floor against Southeast Missouri (Feb. 10), tying for third...WAC Freshman of the Year...All-WAC Academic honoree...Mountain West Scholar Athlete...NACGC/W Scholar All-American.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB - Competed for the Arizona Sunrays (Phoenix, Ariz.) under coaches Dan Witenstein and Pam Evans...a team captain from 2010-2012...2012 Junior Olympic Sports Woman of the Year for Arizona...Arizona's Most Outstanding Level 10 Gymnast in 2010 and 2012...2010 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup competitor...boasts numerous top-10 Junior Olympic Level 10 national, regional and state finishes...a fourth-place finisher on vault at the 2009 J.O. Regionals and third-place in 2010...at the 2010 regional meet she placed sixth on bars, tied for sixth on floor and was seventh in the all-around...tie for seventh on bars, a tie for ninth on floor and was 20th in the all-around at the 2010 J.O. National meet...2010 Arizona state champion on vault, as well as placing third in the all-around...second on floor, fourth on vault and bars, fifth in the all-around and 12th on beam at the 2012 J.O. Regional meet...went undefeated in all four events and the all-around at the 2012 Arizona Grand Invitational...a 2000 and 2001 National TOPS Diamond Team member...named the 2012 Phoenix Children's Hospital Comeback Student-Athlete of the Year...graduated in the top-ten percent of her class...favorite gymnast is Nastia Liukin...enjoys camping and the outdoors.

MAJOR - Mechanical Engineering

CAREER HIGHS (Event Wins)
Vault - 9.925 (3)
Bars - 9.90
Beam - 9.875
Floor - 9.90
All-Around - N/A