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Merritt Leigh Booth

  • Full name: Merritt Leigh Booth
  • Year: Graduated
  • Events: All-Around
  • Major: Psychology and Biology
  • Height: 5-5
  • Born: December 7, 1975
  • Hometown: Ft. Worth, Texas
  • HighSchool: Pflugerville High School
  • Club: Capital Gymnastics
  • Coach: Jim and Cheryl Jarrett
  • Parents: Allen and Diane Booth

  • 1996 (Sophomore) 
    • Member of Alabama's 1996 NCAA Championship Squad
    • All-American vaulter, finishing fifth
    • Second team All-American on floor exercise
    • Member of Tide's NCAA Championship Record vault squad, posting a 9.925 in the NCAA Super Six
    • Member of the Tide's NCAA Championship Record floor exercise squad, posting a 9.875 in the NCAA Super Six.
    • Scholastic All-American
    • Academic All-SEC
    • Inducted into both Golden Key and Gamma Beta Phi
  • 1995 (Freshman) 
    • First team All-America on the floor exercise finishing ninth
    • Led the Tide on the floor exercise with a season high 9.925 at the SEC Championships, which tied her for second in the league
    • Part of Alabama's NCAA record setting vault squad at the SEC Championships, posting a career best 9.975
    • Tied for second on the vault at the SEC Championships
    • Five vaults and three floor exercises went for scores of 9.9 or better
    • Earned Scholastic All-America honors

  • Attended Pflugerville High School
  • Hails from the same gym that gave Alabama Sheryl Dundas, Kara Stilp, and Stephanie Woods
  • A Level 10 gymnast
  • Finished seventh in the all-around at the 1994 Level 10 National Championships
  • Finished second in the all-around at the 1993 Level 10 National Championships
  • Finaled in three events at the 1993 Level 10 National Championships and two events at the 1994 Level 10 National Championships
  • Participated in the 1992 Elite Classic
  • Named ""Gymnast of the Year"" in 1993 at Capital Gymnastics
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Graduated in the top 10% of her class
  • Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, People Peer-Group and Students Against Drunk Driving

(bold = Career Best)      [ Details... ]

SeasonVaultUneven
Bars
Balance
Beam
Floor
Exercise
All
Around
19989.8759.9259.8759.950
Career Best9.8759.9259.8759.950


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