Kelly Watson

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Senior
High School:
Allendale
Hometown:
Ravenna, Mich.

BALL STATE: Four-year letterwinner . . . majored in physical education.

2007 (Sr.): Earned First Team All-MAC . . . received Academic All-MAC . . . was the MAC Runner-Up All-Around at the MAC Tournament (March 31), scoring her career and season high 38.900 . . . competed in every meet her senior season . . . scored a career high 9.775 on vault at Kent State (Jan. 19) . . . career high 9.750 on bars at the MAC Tournament (March 31) . . . earned a career high 9.850 on floor exercise vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 23) . . . holds the team-high honors for all-around with five top scores her best at 38.900 . . . owns first place for team-high honors on floor exercise with 9.850 . . . is fifth for team-high honors for bars with a 9.750.

2006 (Jr.): Earned All-Mid-American Conference Second Team accolades . . . finished seventh in the all around competition at the MAC Championships with a score of 38.225 . . . competed in every meet for the Cardinals, recording a team-best score of 38.400 in the all-around (Feb. 19) competition, which was a career-high . . . tied for team-high honors on bars (9.650, Jan. 15) and floor (9.750 - career-high, Feb. 15) . . . also logged BSU’s third-best score of the year on vault (9.700) and fourth-best effort on beam (9.600).

2005 (So.): Competed on vault in 11 of 12 meets . . . recorded the team’s fourth-best mark on vault (9.650) . . . tied for second on floor (9.750), placed fourth in beam (9.700) and finished fifth on vault (9.525) vs. Northern Illinois.

2004 (Fr.): Posted the team’s third-highest score on the vault with a 9.750 on two occasions . . . participated in BSU’s vault lineup in every meet.

High School: Coached by Shelly Robinson and Todd Curtis of U.S. Airbourne Gymnastics . . . 2002 USAG Level 10 national qualifier . . . finished second on the vault, third on the bars and fifth in the all-around at the 2002 USAG Level 10 Regionals . . . 2001 Level 9 National Champion on the bars and placed sixth in the all-around . . . won the 2001 state championships on vault, bars and all-around . . . a two-time Level 9 national qualifier . . . competed in track and field at Allendale . . . won two letters . . . competed in the 100, 200 and 400-meter runs plus the pole vault and 800-meter relay . . . set the school records in the pole vault, 100, 200 and 400.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Duane and Laura Watson . . . one sister, Jaime, and one brother, Ben . . . born Jan. 8, 1985, in Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . full name is Kelly Marie Watson.