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University of Illinois Athletics

2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Kaitlyn Ewald

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Newburgh, Ind.
  • High School Castle High School
  • Instagram kaity_ewald
  • Twitter KaitlynEwald

Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

Career-High Scores 

Event Career-High Score
Bars 9.950 | vs. WVU, WMU, UW-Oshkosh | 1/13/24
Beam 9.875 | vs. Arizona, Missouri, SEMI | 3/17/24
Floor 9.875 | 2x, last at Ohio State, Kent State, Bowling Green | 3/1/24

Career Highlights 

  • Three-time All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • CSC At-Large Academic All-District Honors (2023)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)

Senior - 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed in all 16 meets, primarily on bars and beam 
  • Scored a career high on bars (9.95) in the first home meet of the season against WVU, WMU, UW-Oshkosh on 1/13/24
  • Tied her career high on floor (9.875) at Ohio State, Kent State, Bowling Green on 3/1/24 

Junior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Competed for the first time in 2023 against Rutgers on bars
  • Competed as an exhibition in the Arizona Quad meet and Nebraska in beam and bars
  • Tied a career-high on bars with a 9.900 at NCAA Regionals 

Sophomore - 2022

  • Competed in 10 meets on all four events
  • Scored a career-high 9.850 on beam at Penn State
  • Recorded a career-high 9.875 on floor against Rutgers
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Freshman - 2021

  • Competed in all 11 meets
  • Made her Illini debut versus Nebraska, competing on the vault, bars, and floor 
  • Recorded a personal best in the floor exercise versus Iowa
  • Competed once on beam versus Michigan

High School | Club

  • Five-time Indiana State Champion
  • Second place on vault, sixth in all-around at the 2019 Level 10 State Championships
  • Second on floor and fourth in all-around at the 2018 Level 10 State Championships
  • 2017 Level 10 JO National Qualifier
  • Third on vault and fourth on bars at the 2017 Level 10 State Championships
  • Fifth in all-around and fourth on floor at the 2016 Level 9 Eastern Nationals
  • First in vault and second in all-around at the 2016 Indiana Level 9 State Championships

Personal

  • Born October 1, 2001
  • Has one sister, Courtney
  • Pursuing her bachelor's in Kinesiology 
  • Was her high school Valedictorian
  • Chose Illinois because: “I loved the focus of striving for both academic and athletic excellence as well as the supportive atmosphere of the gymnastics program.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2022Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2023Junior

    All-Around
    5'1"