2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Kaitlyn Ewald
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Newburgh, Ind.
- High School:
- Castle High School
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.”
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