Katelyn Busacker

Position:
Balance Beam, Bars
Class:
Senior
High School:
Papillion-Lavista
Hometown:
Lavista, Neb.

** Selected to the 2010 Central Regional as an Alternate on the Bars **

2010 (Jr.): Earned third letter . . . tied for first with a career high 9.825 on the beam at Illinois State . . . tied for first on the bars vs. Kent State with a 9.775 . . . tallied a career best 9.850 on the bars at Illinois State . . . Ball State's top performer on the bars at Florida (9.800), at Western Michigan (9.700) and in the Cardinal Classic (9.625) . . . Ball State's best on the beam at Illinois State and vs. Bowling Green . . . tied for Ball State's top honors on the bars (9.775) vs. Kent State and vs. Eastern Michigan (9.725) . . . tied for team top honors at the Mid-American Conference Championships on the beam (9.675), which tied for 17th overall . . . managed the Cardinals top beam score on the year (9.825) . . . posted Ball State's second best bars score (9.850) on the season.

2009 (So.): Earned second letter . . . season best 9.8 on beam against Arizona State . . . scored a 9.7 or higher five times on beam . . . produced five individual highs throughout season on beam.

2008 (Fr.): Competed on beam in six meets . . . graduated from Papillion-Lavista High School in December of 2007 and enrolled at Ball State in January of 2008.

Club/High School: Competed for Cathy Cahoy-Seaton and Raechel Germain at Cahoy's Gymnastics Training Center . . . Level 10 competitor . . . graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school's graduating class and completed school one semester early . . . National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Terrie Busacker . . . two sisters . . . sister, Kelly, competed on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh gymnastics team . . . born Nov. 15, 1989, in Lavista, Neb. . . . owns a 3.152 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale. . . managed a 3.833 GPA last spring . . . majoring in dietetics . . . fulll name is Katelyn Ann Busacker.