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2017 Women's Gymnastics Roster

April Baker

April Baker

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Andover
  • Hometown:
    Andover, Mass.

Summary

Biography

2017 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 9.900 Award (Vault: Jan. 9)
2016 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
2015 Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Team Most Valuable Gymnast
2015 Most Improved Gymnast
2015 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
2014 EAGL All-Academic
EAGL Rookie of the Week (Jan. 15, 2014)


2017 (Senior): Competed in all 12 meets on uneven bars and balance beam ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/22) ... notched a 9.775 RQS on uneven bars and a 9.760 on balance beam ... scored as high as a 9.800 in both events ... closed out career with a 9.725 on balance beam at Big Ten Championships (3/18) ... scored a 9.775 on balance beam in Big Five meet at Iowa (3/11) ... picked up a 9.775 on uneven bars at Central Michigan (3/5) ... had a 9.775 on balance beam and a 9.725 on uneven bars at Southeast Missouri (3/3) ... collected a 9.800 on both uneven bars and balance beam at Towson (2/24) ... placed tied for first on the team on both balance beam (9.800) and uneven bars (9.750) at Illinois-Chicago (2/19) ... paced the uneven bars lineup with a 9.775 in Senior Meet against Maryland (2/11) ... scored a 9.700 on the balance beam at Ohio State (2/4) ... led the team with a 9.800 on uneven bars in win over Michigan State (1/28) ... picked up a 9.775 on uneven bars and a 9.725 on balance beam against Nebraska (1/21) ... made season debut with a 9.675 on uneven bars and a 9.600 on balance beam at home quad meet (1/7).

2016 (Junior):
Competed in two meets before suffering a season-ending injury ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/23) ... went all-around in the home opener against Illinois (1/16) with a best of 9.775 on both vault and balance beam ... opened the season in Boston (1/9) competing all-around, including a 9.900 on vault to earn a ranking of fifth nationally ... named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch (12/10).

2015 (Sophomore):
Competed in 12 meets during the season, finishing with season averages on floor exercise (9.772) and vault (9.753) ... earned team Most Valuable Gymnast and Most Improved Gymnast ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/25) ... landed a 9.800 on vault and 9.750 on floor exercise at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. (3/21) ... registered a 9.800 on uneven bars at Big Five meet (3/14) ... tied a career high with a 9.825 on uneven bars during tri-meet victory at the RAC (3/7) ... produced a then-career-high mark on vault (9.875) and uneven bars (9.825) during quad meet at Towson (2/27) ... landed a 9.775 on uneven bars at West Virginia (2/22) ... executed a 9.700 routine on uneven bars at NC State (2/20) ... went over 9.700 during Pink Meet (2/14) on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise, registering a 9.825 on vault ... scored a 9.825 on both vault and floor exercise at Ohio State (2/8) ... landed a 9.775 on floor excercise and 9.725 on vault during home quad meet against Michigan State, Brown and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1/31) ... produced a career-high 9.875 on floor exercise, 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on uneven bars during a career-high 38.800 all-around performance in home opener (1/24) ... competed in all-around, securing a 9.800 on floor and a 9.725 on vault at Illinois (1/17) ... scored a 9.700 on floor en route to a 38.500 all-around total at Penn State (1/10), her first appearnce in all-around at Rutgers.

2014 (Freshman):
Competed in two meets during the season ... named to EAGL All-Academic Team ... scored a meet-high 9.825 on vault and placed second on floor in her collegiate debut against New Hampshire (1/11) ... earned EAGL Rookie of the Week (1/15) for the performance ...notched a career-high 9.850 on vault to tie for third at Kent State (1/17) ... returned after injury to perform an exhibition routine on vault at William & Mary (3/14).

Prior to Rutgers: Member of Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club ... earned first place finishes on the vault with a personal-best 9.750 and bars at the 2012 Region 6 Level 10 Championships ... placed first on the vault at the Massachusetts Level 10 State Championships and took fourth in the all-around ... grabbed first on bars and second in the all-around with a personal-best score of 37.825 at the 2011 state championships ... finished tied for second on the vault and tied for 11th in the all-around competition at the Junior Olympic National Championships in 2011.

Personal: An exercise science & sports studies major.

CAREER HIGHS
VAULT
UNEVEN BARS
BALANCE BEAM
FLOOR EXERCISE
ALL-AROUND
9.900
9.825
9.800
9.875
38.800

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