Natalie Hesler

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Center Grove
Hometown:
Greenwood, Ind.

2006 (Fr.): Competed in all meets earning her first Ball State letter . . . scored a career high 8.125 on bars vs. Kent State (Jan. 27) . . . scored career high 9.525 during her first meet on beam vs. Ohio State (Jan. 7) . . . positioned fifth on the team for team-high honors for beam.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Center Grove . . . finished first on floor and second on bars and all-around at the state championships her senior year . . . compiled a record of 13-0 in 2004 . . . level 9 2004 Eastern National All-Around Runner-Up and Indiana State Champion for All-Around . . . recipient of the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award . . . four-time IHSAA all-state and all-academic recipient . . . honored as her team's Most Valuable Gymnast all four years . . . coached by Michelle Hart and Casey Wright at Wright’s American Gymnastics . . . helped her team to a state championship in 2004 . . . placed fifth on bars and eighth in the all-around at the national championship . . . owns a career high of 9.525 on floor . . . also played tennis . . . two-year letterwinner . . . honored as the team’s Most Improved athlete as a freshman and sophomore . . . finished with a career record of 23-9.

Personal: Daughter of Marty and Lhea Hesler . . . has one brother, Nick . . . born April 13, 1987, in Beech Grove, Ind. . . . majoring in dietetics . . . full name is Natalie Renae Hesler.