Erica Gilkerson

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Junior
High School:
North Branch
Hometown:
North Branch, Minn.

BALL STATE: Four-year letterwinner . . . an exercise science major.

2008 (Sr): Received fourth letter . . . earned a career high 9.800 on beam and a season high 9.875 on floor excercise at Illinois-Chicago (March 8) . . . her beam and floor exercise scores were the team-high honors for the 2008 season . . . season and team high 9.775 on vault (Jan. 18) . . . was awarded Academic All-MAC for the 2007-2008 season . . . received MAC Gymnast of the Week (March 10).

2007 (Jr.): Registered a career-high 9.800 on vault at Alaska Anchorage (March 18) . . . had a season high 9.650 on beam in a win over Alaska Anchorage (Jan. 28) . . . tied a personal best 9.775 on floor at Eastern Michigan Invitational (March 12) . . . has scored a total of 927.675 career points for Ball State . . . two-time Miss Ball State winner for body building.

2006 (So.): Second Team All-Mid-American Conference selection . . . placed 10th in the all around competition at the MAC Championships (March 25) with a score of 37.825 . . . posted season-high mark of 9.750 on vault (Feb. 24-25), career high of 9.750 in the floor exercise (March 5), 38.200 in the all around (Jan. 15) and 9.325 on bars (Jan. 15) during the season . . . her floor and beam scored tied for team-high honors on the year, while her all around and vault scores ranked second on the squad . . . saw action in every meet, competing in every event.

2005 (Fr.): Competed in every meet . . . posted a career-best on the beam (9.700), and season-highs on floor (9.750) and vault (9.600) . . . recorded the team’s fourth-best score in the vault (9.600) . . . placed seventh on floor (9.750) at the MAC Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: A member of Flyaways club team . . . coached by Connie Dickson and Jean Juneski . . . a Level 10 competitor . . . placed in state competition in 2003, while finishing second on vault at regionals . . . placed on bars and floor at state and was a regional qualifier in 2002 . . . competed as a Level 9 gymnast in 2001, earning first in all-around and floor at state . . . placed in all other events at regionals . . . qualified for Level 9 Westerns in 2001 and qualified for the USAG Regionals in 2004 . . . earned an Academic Letter and was on the A Honor Roll . . . graduated with a 3.937 grade-point average.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Ward and Anna Gilkerson . . . has two brothers, Nathanael and Jacob . . . Nathanael was a member of the track and field team at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minn. . . . born Aug. 14, 1986, in Lindstrom, Minn. . . . full name is Erica Grace Gilkerson.