Career-High Scores 

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.”