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2017-18 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU

Katherine Prentice

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School Roncalli
  • Prev School Wright's Gymnastics

Biography

NIU Career Bests:
Vault - 9.825 (vs. Bowling Green, 2-3-17)
Bars - 9.775 (3x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 2-17-17)

Beam - 9.850 (6x, last at Central Michigan, 3-11-17)
Floor - 9.875 (3x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 2-17-17)
AA - 39.250 (at Central Michigan, 3-18-17)


2018: MAC Championship All-Around runner up for which she was named to the Second Team All-MAC. Competed as an all-arounder in 10 meets this season, including the NCAA Regionals, and made the bars, beam and floor lineup in all 14 competitions this season. Recorded 23 scores of 9.800 or higher with two on vault, eight on bars, seven on beam, and six on floor, as well as four all-around scores of 39.000 or higher. At the MAC Championship, recorded career high all-around score of 39.300 to tie second place with a vault of 9.825 (tied 5th), bars with a 9.750 (tied 22nd, a 9.900 (tied 4th) on beam, and a 9.825 (tied 11th on floor. Led the Huskies on beam with the team high of the season with a 9.925 at Bowling Green (March 17).

2017: Competed in 10 competitions as an all-around competitor.  She recorded career highs in vault, uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor and as an all-around competitor. She set her vault career high against Bowling Green (Feb. 3) with a 9.825 before matching it at MAC Championships hosted by BGSU (March 18). Her bars career high of 9.775 was set against Kent State and Southeast Missouri State (Jan. 29) before matching it two more times at Western Michigan (Feb. 12) and against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 17). She tied her career high beam score of 9.850, four times to have hit the mark seven times in her career. Prentice earned a 9.875 in the first meet of the season against Lindenwood, Iowa and Western Michigan to set her floor career high before matching it three more times throughout the season. She also set a career high 39.250 all-around score at the MAC Championships. Prentice earned a spot on the Academic All-MAC team for her efforts in the classroom and in the gym. She was a part of the record-breaking floor squad that set the team event high score of 49.350 at MAC Championships hosted by Bowling Green (March 18), contributing with a 9.875. Prentice was also one of four Huskies to compete in the NCAA South Central Regional.

2016: Competed on beam for the first time this season against Ball State and Seattle Pacific (2-19) as an exhibition performer with 9.850. Earned her a spot on the lineup for the meet at Nebraska (2-27) where she posted another 9.850. Finished the season with a 9.850 on beam at the MAC Championships.

2015: Competed in three meets on the balance beam before suffering an injury against Lindenwood (Jan. 23). Recorded two scores of 9.750 at UIC (Jan. 9) and vs. Kent State (Jan. 16). Competed as an exhibitionist on floor against Kent State. 

Prep: Trained at Wright's Gymnastics Academy in Greenwood, Ind., with four years as a USAG Level 10 competitor. Competed in the 2014 Indiana Level 10 State Championships, finishing 10th in the all-around competition with a score of 35.375. Was invited to the 2013 Junior Olympics National Invitational Tournament when she won the floor exercise with a personal best 9.650. Recorded her best score on balance beam at the 2014 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals with a 9.575 to take third place. At the 2013 Nashville Nights competition, placed second on the uneven bars with a personal best 9.100 and finished third in the all-around with another personal best of 36.825. Her best vault score came at the 2013 Champions Derby Classic, where she scored a 9.475 for second place.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

    5'2"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'2"