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2017 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Della Perrone / Illinois Athletics

Lizzy LeDuc

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • High School Homeschooled

Biography

Career-High Scores | Individual Event Titles  

Event Career-High Score Event Titles
Vault 9.875 | at Illinois Classic | 3/5/17 3
Bars 9.850 | at B1G Championships | 3/19/16  --
Beam 9.950 | vs. Minnesota | 2/4/17 7
Floor 9.950 | Salt Lake City Regional | 4/2/16 8
All-Around 9.950 | Salt Lake City Regional | 4/2/16 4
Total Event Titles 22

Collegiate Honors  

  • 2017 Big Ten Beam Champion 
  • 2017 First-Team All-Big Ten 
  • 2017 Big Ten All-Championships Team Member 
  • 2017 Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (February 6, 2017) 
  • Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (January 16, 2017) 
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (February 22, 2016)

Sophomore - 2017 

  • Won the 2017 Big Ten Beam title with a 9.925 on the apparatus
  • Earned 19 individual event titles (all-around-four, vault-three, beam-five, floor-seven) during the 2017 season, good the sixth-most in program history
  • Tallied a program-best 9.950 on beam against Minnesota
  • Scored a career-high 39.500 all-around mark against Minnesota
  • Hit a career-high 9.875 on vault at the Illinois Classic
  • Competed in the all-around in 12 of 14 meets
  • Tallied team-high scores on vault, beam and floor
  • Competed on beam in all 14 meets, helping Illinois hit the program’s third, fifth, seventh and tenth-highest scores on beam this season

Freshman - 2016 

  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships after earning the floor title at the Salt Lake City Regional with a career high 9.950 in the event
  • Became the first Illini freshman to qualify individually for the NCAA Championships since Allison Buckley in 2008
  • LeDuc is the 14th Illini to qualify individually for the NCAA Championships
  • Completed the 2016 campaign ranked 51st-nationally with an RQS score of 39.110 in the all-around competition and ranked 16th in the Big Ten
  • Earned the Illini’s highest floor score of 2016 with a 9.950 at the Salt Lake City Regional, that score is also good for the third-highest score in program history
  • Recorded the the Illini’s second highest balance beam score in 2016 with a 9.925 at Lindenwood on Feb. 28, which is also notched at No. 5 in the Illini record book for beam total

Club Gymnastics 

  • 2015 Philippine National Team Member
  • Qualified to finals of Southeast Asian Games on beam and floor
  • Three-time National Team Member
  • National Qualifier: 2009, 2013, 2014
  • Junior International Elite member from 2009-2011
  • 2014 National Championships: Floor-3rd, All-Around-2nd
  • 2009 National Championships: All-Around-1st, Beam-1st
  • 2014 Regional: All-Around-1st, Floor-1st
  • 2013 Regional: Bars-1st 
  • Competed for Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim
  • Coaches were Marnie Futch and Gina Quinlan, Tammy DeGuzman 

Personal

  • Born March 2, 1997 to Henry and Connie Leduc
  • Has five siblings including: Michelle, Tiffany, Crystal, Niki-Lynn, and Cyril
  • Her favorite athlete is her sister, Niki, because “She wakes up every morning ready to push herself to be the best she can be.”
  • Chose to attend the University of Illinois because “The campus is beautiful and when I visited I felt like I was already part of the family

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    All-Around
    5'0"
  • 2017Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'0"