Collegiate Honors

• 2017 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar 
• 2017 Academic All-Big Ten 
• 2017 Scholar-Athlete (Team Award) 
• 2016 Scholastic All-American
• 2016 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar  
• 2016 Academic All-Big Ten 
• 2015 Dean's List (Fall 2015) 
• 2015 Academic All-Big Ten
• 2014 Second-Team All-Big Ten
• 2014 Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Three Times)
• 2014 Illinois Scholar Athlete of the Week (Jan. 13-19)

Senior - 2017

• Matched her career-high mark on bars with a 9.875 against Michigan State
• Contributed a 9.875 on floor at the B1G Five Meet where Illinois posted the program’s second-highest team floor score
• Hit above a 9.700 in all 14 meets on floor 

Junior - 2016

• Scored a career high 9.850 on balance beam at Michigan State where the Illini reset the school record with a 49.425 on the apparatus
• Matched her career high on the floor with a 9.925 at the B1G Five Meet
• Earned seven individual titles (four-vault, three-floor) in 2016
• Recorded the Illini’s highest score on the vault (9.900) at the Big Five Meet
• Completed the 2016 ranked 44^th-nationally with an all-around RQS score of 39.165 in the all-around and 14^th in the Big Ten
• Notched a fourth place finish on floor (9.90) and a sixth place finish on vault (9.850) at the Salt Lake City Regional

Sophomore - 2015

• Competed in the all-around in every meet this year averaging a 39.019, hitting 49 of 52 routines
• Claimed vault title against Michigan State with a 9.875
• Set a career-high on uneven bars at the Big Five Meet with a 9.875
• Also set a career-high on beam at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.825
• Produced a season-high all-around score of 39.375 at the Big Ten Championships
• Finished fourth in the All-Around at the Morgantown Regional 

Freshman - 2014

• Competed in all 14 meets on vault and floor and hit all 28 of her routines
• Just missed earning All-American status at the NCAA Championships on floor after scoring a 9.875 (needed a 9.9)
• Ranked 10th on vault in the Big Ten (T-44th nationally) with a 9.880 RQS and 17th on floor (T-64th nationally) with a 9.865
• Tied for the third most individual titles on the team with four, claiming three on vault and one on floor
• Recorded a career high 9.925 on both events, tying the third highest vault score in school history
• Did not drop below a 9.825 all season on floor and in the final 11 meets on vault

High School/Club

• Four-time USAG Region 7 All-Star team member (2010-13)
• Six-time Region 7 Qualifier (2008-13)
• Five-time Level 10 Junior Olympic National qualifier (2009-13)
• 8th place on bars and 6th in all-around at Nationals in 2013
• 5th place floor and 18th in the all-around at Nationals in 2012
• 2012 Virginia State Level 10 all-around champion
• Two top-10 finishes at both the 2011 and 2010 Junior Olympic Nationals (2011 - 7th on floor, 6th in the all-around; 2010- 7th on vault, 10th in the all-around)
• 2010 Virginia State floor champion
• Honor Student 2009-2013
• "Certificate of Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance" awarded 2010-12
• Competed for Capital Gymnastics
• Club coaches were Tatiana Perskaia, Marina Gerom, Oleksandr Vorobyov and Victor Vetrov

Personal

• Born February 24, 1995
• Daughter of Steve and Jane Buchanan
• Has one older brother Taylor and a younger brother named Keith
• Grandfather Norm Snead played quarterback at Wake Forest and was drafted in the first round of the 1961 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins; played 16 seasons and was named to the Pro Bowl four times
• Chose Illinois because, "Great academics and it's a team on the rise. The team and coaches are great and I wanted to be a part of that."
• Majoring in human development and family studies.

Career Highs

Vault: 9.925 (vs. Lindenwood, 3/8/14)

Bars: 9.875 (2x, last vs. Michigan State, 2/17/17)

Beam: 9.850 (vs. Michigan State, 2/19/16)

Floor: 9.925 (2x, last at Big Five Meet, 3/12/16)

All-Around: 39.375 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/21/15)

Career Titles

Vault: 8
Floor: 4
Total: 12