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2020 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Della Perrone / Illinois Athletics
Della Perrone / Illinois Athletics

Rae Balthazor

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Boulder, Colo.
  • High School Holy Family High School

Biography

Career-High Scores 

Bars 9.950 | vs. Lindenwood, BGSU | 3/4/18
Beam 9.900 | at B1G Five Meet | 3/17/18
Floor 9.925 | at B1G Five Meet | 3/17/18
All-Around 39.525 | at B1G Five Meet | 3/17/18

Collegiate Honors  

  • 2018 Second-Team NCAA All-American (Floor) 
  • 2018 First-Team All-Big Ten 
  • Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (3/19/18)
  • 2018-20 Academic All-Big Ten  
  • 2018 Most Valuable Player* 

*team award 

Junior - 2019

  • Won her first bars title of the season with a season-high 9.925 at Nebraska on Jan. 26. This tied for the 10th best bars score in program history.
  • Earned first vault title of her career, tying a season-best 9.800 vs. Maryland on Jan. 19.

Sophomore - 2018 

  • Earned NCAA All-America honors on floor with a 9.900 on floor at the NCAA Championships
  • Became Illinois's seventh gymnast to earn NCAA All-America honors 
  • Qualified individually for the NCAA Championships in the all-around with a 39.250 in the all-around at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional
  • Competed in the all-around competition for the first time against Michigan, winning the event with a 39.100 
  • Led the Illini with 11 individual event titles in 2018 

Freshman - 2017 

  • Made collegiate debut on vault and bars and Missouri on Jan. 6, where she led the Illini on both events with a 9.750 and a 9.800, respectively
  • Earned first individual event title on bars against Michigan State with a career-best score of 9.900
  • Competed on vault and bars in all 14 meets during the season
  • Hit a career-high 9.775 on vault four times during the season

High School/Club

  • National qualifier: 2014-2016
  • 2016 Regionals: Floor-2nd, Beam-3rd, Vault-7th
  • 2016 State: Vault-Champion, Bars-4th, Beam-4th
  • 2015 Regionals: Floor- 2nd, Beam-4th, Vault-6th
  • 2015 State Champion on Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor and All-Around
  • 2014 Nationals: Floor-5th
  • 2014 Regionals: Floor-4th
  • 2014 State: Floor-2nd, Beam-4th 

Personal

  • Born on Sept. 6, 1997
  • Parents are Steven and Tracy Balthazor
  • Has two siblings Jacob and Taylor
  • Taylor Balthazor competed from 2012-14 at the University of Montana as a triathlete
  • Majoring in Kinesiology
  • Chose Illinois because, "I loved that the atmosphere felt like home and how genuine people are.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    All-Around
    5'3"
  • 2018Sophomore

    All-Around
  • 2019Junior

    All-Around
    5'3"
  • 2020Senior

    All-Around
    5'3"