2017 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Kennedy Baker
- Position:
- AA
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- Club:
- Texas Dreams Club
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Collegiate Bests: |
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Vault: |
9.95 |
Three times |
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Bars: |
9.90 |
Four times |
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Beam: |
9.925 |
1-30-15/3-18-17 |
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Floor: |
10.0* |
Three times |
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AA: |
39.65 |
Three times |
| *Florida Record | ||
| FLORIDA CAREER NOTES: |
| · 11-time All-American (6 NCAA / 5 NACGC Regular Season) |
| · 2015, 2016 & 2017 All-SEC |
| · Three-time SEC champion (2016 all-around, vault; 2017 floor exercise) |
| · Shares Florida floor exercise record (10.0) |
| · 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll |
| · 2015 SEC Freshman of the Year |
AS A SENIOR (2018):
· SEC Specialist Gymnast of the Week (Week 6) after third career 10.0 versus Alabama on Feb. 9
· Won two floor titles
· Ruptured right Achilles versus Arkansas and sidelined for remainder of season.
· Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll
AS A JUNIOR (2017):
· Earned All-America second-team honors for floor exercise at NCAA Championships
· All-America first-team for floor exercise in the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) regular-season awards
· Shared SEC floor exercise title (9.95) and all-around runner-up by matching collegiate-best total of 39.65
· All-SEC selection
· Shared NCAA Gainesville Regional floor exercise title (9.925) and second in all-around (39.55)
· Earned Jan. 31 SEC Specialist Gymnast of the Week after recording second career 10.0 floor exercise routine versus Auburn for third consecutive floor win
· Won six of nine floor appearances and all 2017 floor scores 9.925 or above
· Opened season with all-around wins at North Carolina State (39.50) and versus No. 14 Kentucky (39.575)
· Matched collegiate bars best of 9.90 three times in 2017
· Won eight event titles (six floor, two all-around)
· Ankle injury limited performances to bars and beam for much of February
· Shared MVP with Alex McMurtry at Gators’ annual banquet.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016):
· Earned four All-America honors at NCAA Championships - first team for vault and floor exercise; second team for all-around and uneven bars
· SEC all-around champion, matching collegiate best of 39.65
· Also matched collegiate vault best (9.95) to share SEC vault title
· All-SEC selection
· All-America first-team for all-around, vault and floor exercise in the NACGC regular-season awards
· Won first two collegiate all-around titles in consecutive meets – at Missouri (39.575) and versus LSU (39.625)
· Runner-up in five all-arounds
· Equaled Florida floor exercise record with 10.0 versus Alabama
· Opened season with four consecutive floor exercise wins
· Shared vault win versus UCLA, competing a Yurchenko one and a half (9.925) and shared second consecutive win versus Alabama with collegiate best 9.95
· Won 11 event titles (four vault & floor; three all-around).
AS A FRESHMAN (2015):
· All-America first team honors earned at NCAA Championships, advancing to NCAA floor exercise final, taking 12th (9.775)
· SEC Co-Freshman of the Year – fifth such honor for Florida since 2010
· All-America first-team for floor exercise in the NACGC regular-season awards
· Second Gator freshman to post a floor mark of 9.975, earning mark twice
· Floor mark of 9.95 shared third in SEC Championships to earn a spot on All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman teams
· Opened beam set versus Georgia with a collegiate-best 9.925
· Four-time SEC Freshman of the Week recipient
· Sidelined for Arkansas dual due to a concussion
· Won four event titles (two floor, one vault, beam)
· Shared Newcomer of the Year with Alex McMurtry at Gators’ annual banquet.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
· Senior International Elite and two-time member of U.S. Senior National Team (2013-14 and 2012-13)
· Balance beam bronze medalist at 2013 U.S. P&G Championships
· Finished seventh on the uneven bars and eighth in all-around and floor exercise at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif
· .Placed seventh on the uneven bars and eighth in all-around and floor at the 2012 Visa Championships
· Two-time member of U.S. Junior National Team (2011-12, 2010-11)
· Trained at the Texas Dreams Club in Coppell, Texas
· Coached by 1991 World Championships’ all-around gold medalist Kim Zmeskal-Burdette and Chris Burdette.
Received bachelor's degree in Telecommunication—Production in August of 2018
