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02/13/2012
Top-ranked Utes face Big Ten Power Friday.
02/12/2012
Top-ranked Utes overcome falls on floor.
02/07/2012
02/06/2012
Utes, Sun Devils to meet Sunday in Tempe
02/03/2012
14,926 fans watch epic battle between gym powers
Utah
Three-time All-American ... holds the school record for most consecutive routines without a fall (72 straight from 2010-11) ... has hit 127-135 career routines ... 14 career victories ... member of Utah's Student-Athlete Mentors (SAMS) program ... interned with the U,'s athletic marketing department in the summer.
2011-First-team All-American on vault (tied for 13th) and second-team All-America all-arounder (10th overall) ... 9.90 vault in NCAA semifinals tied for third across both sessions ... 39.325 and 39.275 all-around scores on back-to-back nights at the NCAA Championships ... placed among the top-10 all-arounders both nights of NCAA team competition (39.275 all-around score in the Super Six was tied for seventh) ... scored a 9.7313 in vault finals ... Utah's MVP led team with 14 victories ... NCAA regional co-champion on floor ... did not fall during the regular season, hitting her first 44 routines (the streak was snapped on beam at reigonals) ... finished with 56-57 hit routines, including 9-9 at nationals ... twice scored a career-best 39.475 in the all-around ... team-best 12 scores of 9.90-or-better included three 9.925s on bars ... MWC Scholar-Athlete also made the Dean's List and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
2010-Second-team All-American on bars ... set or tied every personal best at the NCAA Championships ... season-high 39.375 all-around score in the NCAA Super Six ranked ninth overall ... also set or tied season bests on vault (9.85), bars (9.875), beam (9.80) and floor (9.85) in the Super Six ... won the Diane Ellingson Award as Utah's Most Inspirational gymnast ... hit 45-51 routines ... made the Dean's List and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
2009-Made the starting lineup in every meet as a freshman ... Utah's very first competitor at the NCAA Championships scored a 9.80 on bars ... season-high 9.825 on bars in the Super Six team finals ... competed on three events at NCAA Regional meet and set career highs on beam (9.80) and floor (9.85) ... made multiple starts on every event except beam, where her first and only routine came at regionals (where she scored a 9.80) ... only fall all season came as the leadoff performer on bars at Georgia in the second meet ... hit 26-27 routines.
Prior to Utah
Three-year Junior Olympic Team member was the 2005 J.O. national all-around champion and the 2007 J.O. uneven bar champion ... placed fourth in the all-around at both the 2006 and 2007 J.O. National Championships ... three-time member of the Region 5 all-star team that competed in El Salvador, Germany and Japan ... 2005 Region 5 Athlete of the Year ... in 2004, was credited with a move on the bars in her name (the McAllister) ... trained at Wright's American Gymnastics in Greenwood, Ind., for coaches Casey Wright and Michelle Hart ... National Honor Society member graduated in the top 10-percent of her class at Perry Meridian High School.
Personal
Daughter of David and Jennifer McAllister ... father graduated from Purdue and mother is an alum of Ball State ... sister Mindy ... mass communication major ... full name is Stephanie Lynn McAllister ... born May 22, 1990.
Insight on Stephanie
Age Started Gymnastics: 5
Nickname: Happy
Staying Close: They put me on a leash at public family outings when I was young
Favorite Non U of U Sports Team: Indianapolis Colts
Most Difficult Gymnastics Skill: The splits
McAllister's Career Highs All-Around 39.475 vs. Washington, Feb. 11, 2011 39.475 vs. Utah State, Feb. 25, 2011 Vault 9.90 at NCAA Regionals, Apr. 2, 2011 9.90 at NCAA Championships, Apr. 15, 2011 Bars 9.925 vs. Nebraska, Jan. 22, 2011 9.925 vs. Washington, Feb. 11, 2011 9.925 vs. Florida, Mar. 4, 2011 Beam 9.85 vs. Stanford, Jan. 28, 2011 Floor 9.90 vs. Washington, Feb. 11, 2011 9.90 vs. Michigan, Feb. 18, 2011 9.90 vs. Utah State, Feb. 25, 2011
