Julie Cotter

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Senior
High School:
Northwestern Lehigh
Hometown:
Orefield, Pa.

** 2012 Mid-American Conference Bars Champion **

** Selected as an Alternate for the 2012 NCAA Central Regional **

** 2012 All-MAC First Team **

2011-12 (Jr.): Won the bars competition six times, including the Mid-American Conference Championships with a career high 9.875, which was the best mark for Ball State this season . . . . won the bars at Illinois State, vs. Kent State, at Northern Illinois and vs. Eastern Michigan plus tied for first at Central Michigan . . . tied for the team's second best beam mark with a 9.75 vs. Pittsburgh.

2010-11 (So.): Did not compete after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the preseason.

2009-10 (Fr.): Earned first letter . . . managed season high of 9.775 on the bars at New Hampshire . . . managed a 9.750 on the bars at the Mid-American Conference Championships, which tied for fifth overall . . . tallied a 9.700 on the bars vs. Bowling Green . . . registered a career high 9.800 on the beam at Central Michigan . . . posted a 9.675 on the beam at the MAC Championships, which tied for 17th overall . . . Ball State's top competitor on the beam at Central Michigan and vs. Eastern Michigan . . . teid for team-high honors on the beam at the MAC Championships and on the bars at New Hampshire . . . posted the team's third best beam score on the season with a 9.800 at Illinois State . . . managed Ball State's fourth best bars score on the year with a 9.775 at New Hampshire.

2008-09: Did not compete for the Cardinals . . . graduated from Northwestern Lehigh in May of 2008 . . . attended the University of Alabama for a semester, then enrolled at Ball State in January of 2009 and redshirted.

Club/High School: Competed for Bill and Donna Strauss, Robin Netwall, and John Holeman at Parkettes Gymnastics . . . level 10 gymnast . . . earned silver in all-around and vault, and bronze on uneven bars at Level 10 National Championships in 2006 . . . placed second in vault at Level 10 Regionals . . . member of the Junior Olympic National Team

Personal: Daughter of Karen and Kevin Cotter . . . one brother, Kevin . . . born June 13, 1990, in Turnersville, N.J. . . . majoring in hospitality management . . . full name is Julie Allison Cotter.