Kayla Kmiecik

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Senior
High School:
Magnificat
Hometown:
Avon, Ohio

2011-12 (Sr.): Tied for first on the floor vs. Illinois State with a career high mark of 9.800 . . . the 9.800 was the third best floor mark for the Cardinals this season . . . owns the team's third best bars mark with a career high tying 9.800 at West Virginia and vs. Bowling Green . . . tied for first on the bars vs. Bowling Green . . . tied for second on the bars with a 9.700 vs. Eastern Michigan . . . tied her career high with a 9.725 on the beam vs. Bowling Green and that marks ties for the fourth best for the Cardinals this season.

2010-11 (Jr.): Competed in eight meets . . . managed a career high 9.800 on the bars at Kent State . . . tied her career best 9.725 on the beam at the Mid-American Conference Championships to tie for eighth . . . missed the first four meets of the season with an injury.

2009-10 (So.): Earned second letter . . . managed a season high 9.700 on the bars at Northern Illinois . . . tallied a season high 9.675 at New Hampshire on the beam and was Ball State's top gymnast in the event . . . season high 9.775 on the floor at New Hampshire . . . competed on the floor at the Mid-American Conference Championships.

2008-09 (Fr.): Earned her first letter . . . competed in 10 meets for the Cardinals, including the Mid-American Conference Championships . . . career high 9.725 on beam at Michigan State . . . season best 9.5 on floor at Northern Illinois.

Club/High School: Competed for Lauren Dunn and Joe Gura at Great Lakes Gymnastics . . . Level 10 national qualifier in 2006 and 2007 . . . Ohio State Champion on bars in 2006 and 2007 . . . high school state champion in all-around, bars and floor in 2008 . . . Magnificat's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior . . . Magnificat's Athlete of the Year as a senior . . . graduated on High Honor Roll with a 3.8 grade-point average.

Personal: Daughter of Maria and Thomas Kmiecik . . . one brother, Kyle . . . owns a 3.507 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale...managed a 3.916 GPA last fall...born on July 26, 1989 in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.