Jenna Tarkington

Position:
Vault,BalanceBeam,Floor
Class:
Senior
High School:
Northwestern
Hometown:
Kokomo, Ind.

BALL STATE: Three-year letterwinner . . . owns a 3.634 grade -point average as an elementary education major . . . ties for the all-time best mark in school annals on beam with a 9.900 . . . owns Ball State’s second-best score in school history on the vault ? 9.950 ? and ties for the ninth-best all-around mark in the BSU record books with a 39.125 . . . both scores were recorded at the 2004 Mid-American Conference Championships.

2006 (Jr.): scored a 9.875 on vault at the Missouri Cat Classic (Feb. 24-25) to tied for fourth in school annals . . . the score was BSU’s top individual performance on the vault during the season . . . tied for team-high honors with a 9.650 on beam (March 5), while ranking third in the floor exercise with a 9.700 (Jan. 15) . . . competed in all 11 meets.

2005 (So.): earned Academic All-MAC honors . . . competed in the first five meets before being sidelined with an injury . . . posted the team’s highest score of the season on floor while tying her career high with a mark of 9.825 . . . recorded the team’s second-highest scores in the all-around (38.825), beam (9.800) and vault (9.850).

2004 (Fr.): earned First Team All-MAC accolades . . . tied for first place at the MAC Championships on vault with a 9.950 . . . competed in all four events plus in the all-around . . . was the team’s highest scorer on vault, beam and all-around . . . saw action in every meet of the season.

High School: Four-year letterwinner . . . helped her team to the Mid-Indiana Conference Championship and a sectional title as a senior . . . named to the all-state team as a junior and senior . . . finished second in the all-around, second on the beam, fourth on the floor and sixth on the vault at the state championships as a senior . . . 2002 state champion in the floor exercise . . . four-time team Most Valuable Player . . . coached by Michelle Hart and Casey Wright on her club team . . . competed as a Level 9 gymnast . . . helped her club team to the 2003 U.S. Amateur Gymnastics State Championship . . . state champion in the vault, beam, floor and all-around at 2003 USAG Championships . . . 2003 USAG Level 9 National Champion on the beam, floor and all-around plus was second on the vault.

Personal: Daughter of John and Karen Tarkington . . . has one sister, Annelise, and one brother, Drew . . . born April 4, 1985, in Kokomo, Ind. . . . full name is Jenna Louise Tarkington.