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Robin Michelle Hawkins

  • Full name: Robin Michelle Hawkins
  • Year: Senior
  • Events: All-Around
  • Major: Telecommunications and Film
  • Height: 5-2
  • Born: April 12, 1979
  • Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
  • HighSchool:
  • Club: Memphis Gymstars
  • Coach: Gene and Donna Alexin
  • Parents: Emmett and Delores Hawkins
  • Full size Portrait (3888x2592)

  • Attended Saint Agnes Academy  
  • Vice President of Senior Class  
  • Level 10 Gymnast  
  • Member of 1996 and 1997 Senior National Team Champions  
  • Finished 20th in all-around at the 1997 level 10 national championships  
  • Placed 5th on floor exercise at the 1997 level 10 national championships  
  • Placed 7th on vault at the 1995 level 10 national championships  
  • Tennessee State champion 1995 and 1996  

  • 1998 (Freshman)
    • Named SEC Freshman of the Year
    • Finished first or second in the all-around during each of her first five competitions
    • Ranked as high as No. 5 nationally in the all-around before a torn anterior cruciate ligament cut her season short
    • Ranked in the top-20 on all four events and the all around
    • Posted a career best 39.175 in the all-around against Georgia and tied that mark at Kentucky
    • First freshman to go all-around in her first meet since Meredith Willard in 1994
    • Black Scholar Awards Recognition
    • Inducted into Phi Eta Sigma honorary
  • 1999 (Sophomore):
    • Tied career best mark of 39.225 on the way to winning NCAA Region 6 All-Around title
    • Posted career best marks on the vault, balance beam and all-around
    • Went all-around nine times, including the entire championship slate
    • Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and Student Alumni Association
    • Inducted into Golden Key National Honor Society
    • Scholastic All-American
    • Academic All-SEC

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

SeasonVaultUneven
Bars
Balance
Beam
Floor
Exercise
All
Around
20019.900
20009.9259.9009.8759.90039.450
19999.9259.8759.8509.90039.225
19989.8509.9009.8009.92539.175
Career Best9.9259.9009.8759.92539.450
Q) How did you spend your summer vacation?
A) "I worked at Outback (restaurant) as a hostess. I took classes for the first two sessions and I spent the last few weeks at home."

Q) Now that fall practice has begun, what new skills are you working on?
A) "I changed my dismount off beam and I added a double pike in my floor routine."

Q) Describe some of your team mates and how you think they will contribute to the team.
A) "I think this year is going to be so great because everyone contributes in their own special way and our team would not be the same if we were missing any one person."

Q) Who do you think will wow the fans? Who do you think will be the "sleeper" on this team?
A) "I think that everyone has made so many improvements from last year that we all are going to "wow" the fans!"

Q) Who are the leaders on this team?
A) "Lissy is our captain but I think everyone holds a leadership role in some aspect of our team."

Q) In your opinion, which apparatus will have the greatest number of Tide gymnasts competing for a spot in the line up?
A) "Right now, beam and bars have the most (competition) but we have great depth on vault and floor."

Q) What is your favorite aspect about college gymnastics?
A) "Being part of a team and all the support from the fans."

Q) What is your opinion of the possibility of the SEC Championship being held at a neutral site, instead of being held on a rotational basis at each campus?
A) "I think that it is good to rotate because everyone wants to have the opportunity to win SEC's at home."

Q) How is your overall health?
A) "I feel great!"

Q) If you had to come up with a theme for this year's team, what would it be?
A) "The Tide is ready to rock and roll!"



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