HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Jill Eakright at Homestead High School ... Won sectionals her senior season, finishing sixth at regionals and 14th in the state of Indiana ... Named to the All-Conference team her junior and senior seasons in the Northern Hoosier Conference ... best mark at the one meter was a 432 ... was a two-year letterwinner in gymnsastics participating in all four events.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Greg and Melissa Zirzow ... has a sister, Morgan, and a brother, Chad ... born Dec. 2, 1993 in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... full name is Madelyn Christine Zirzow ... intends to major in speech language pathology.