2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Rachel Borden
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Neuqua Valley High School
Career-High Scores
| Event | Career-High Score |
|---|---|
| Bars | 9.875 | at Kentucky | 2/2/22 |
| Beam | 9.875 | State of Illinois Classic | 3/9/19 |
Collegiate Honors
- Three-Time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
Graduate Student - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Competed in all 13 meets on bars
- Scored a season-high 9.85 three times (vs. Missouri, at Metroplex Challenge, vs. Michigan)
Graduate Student - 2022
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in all 13 meets on bars and beam
- Scored a career-high 9.875 on bars at Kentucky
- Tied her career high score on beam at the Illinois Quad Meet
Senior - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in all 11 meets
- Scored a career-high 9.85 on bars at Minnesota
- Recorded a season-best performance 9.85 on beam with a score of at the Big Five Meet
Junior - 2020
- Competed in all 11 meets
- Made her collegiate debut on bars against Penn State
Sophomore - 2019
- Posted a career-high 9.875 on beam to place third at the State of Illinois Classic on
- After becoming a viral sensation overnight, Borden led off the beam lineup at the Big Five Meet
Freshman - 2018
- Attended Illinois, but did not compete with the team
High School/Club
- 2017 Junior Olympic National Qualifier
- Third on beam at 2017 Region 5 Championship
- First on beam at the 2016 Illinois State Championships
- Second on beam at the 2015 J.O. National Invitational Tournament
- First on beam at the 2015 Region 5 Level 10 Championship
- First on beam at the 2014 J.O. National Invitational Tournament
- Trained under renowned coaches Jiani Wu and Yuejiu Li at Legacy Elite Gymnastics
Personal
- Born May 28, 1999
- Parents are Eric Borden and Rebecca Kasper-Borden
- Two sisters, Natalie and Audrey
- While in high school, she was an Indian Prairie School District 204 Scholar and AP Scholar
- Graduated December of 2021 with her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering
- Currently pursuing her master’s of science in finance
- Chose Illinois because of, "its outstanding engineering programs. When I visited, I fell in love with the campus and I knew this was the school for me"
Illini Women's Gymnastics | Knight Bars at NCAA Regionals
Friday, May 02
Illini Women's Gymnastics | Nataraj Beam at NCAA Regionals
Friday, May 02
Illini Women's Gymnastics | End of the Year
Monday, April 14
Illini Women's Gymnastics | Green Bars at NCAA Regionals
Tuesday, April 08
