Towson University Athletics

One of the Tigers’ most consistent all-around performers ...  very talented gymnast who is always focused ... one of the Tigers’ best performers on bars ... beautiful vaulter ... could also compete on floor exercise.

2005 Season:  Earned first team All-ECAC honors on floor ... had a career high 9.85 on floor at ECAC Meet to finish second ...  competed in 11 of 12 meets ... member of floor lineup ten times and had a 9.603 average ... finished third in floor (9.825) at New Hampshire ... helped Tigers win Towson Invitational title by finishing fifth on bars (9.65) and third on floor (9.625) ... was fourth on bars (9.475)  in win over Cornell ... earned at least a 9.75 on floor in Tigers’ final four meets.

2004 Season:  Competed as an all-around in 10 of 12 meets ... participated in 44 of a possible 48 events ... took first in the all-around at the Towson Invitational with a 38.80 score ... won all-around in dual meet win over William & Mary with a career high 38.85 ... took second in all-around (38.70) against George Washington ... took third in all-around at Nation’s Capital Cup (38.825) ... had a 9.825 on floor to finish third at Towson Invitational ... had a career high 9.825 on beam at North Carolina ... one of the Tigers’ steadiest performers on beam with a 9.689 average ... had career high 9.775 on bars twice  ... earned a 9.85 on floor at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Meet ... also had a 9.65 in vault and a 9.75 on bars ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual all-around.

 

2004 Season: One of the Tigers’ most consistent and durable gymnasts ... competed as an all-around in 10 of 12 meets ... participated in 44 of a possible 48 events ... took first in the all-around at the Towson Invitational with a 38.80 score ... won the all-around in dual meet win over William & Mary with a career high 38.85 ... took second in all-around against George Washington with a 38.70 score ... took third in all-around at Nation’s Capital Cup with a 38.825 ... had career high 9.825 on floor to finish third at Towson Invitational ... had a career high 9.825 on beam at North Carolina ... one of the Tigers’ steadiest performers on beam with a 9.689 average ... had career high 9.775 on bars twice this season ... earned a career high 9.85 on floor at the EAGL Meet ... also had a 9.65 in vault and a 9.75 on bars ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual all-around.

 

2003 Season: Competed in eight meets as an all-around ... suffered late season ankle injury that caused her to miss the final two meets, including the EAGL Championship ... competed in ten of the Tigers’ 12 meets as a freshman ... part of the bars lineup and the floor lineup in ten meets ... competed as an all-around in first college meet, the Bahamas Invitational ... had a 37.575 all-around score at Bahamas ... helped Tigers to win in home opener by finishing third in the all-around (38.35) and vault (9.55) ... finished third in all-around in Tigers’ win at Rutgers with a 38.45 score ... had a 38.875 in all-around at Yale in Tigers’ close loss ... had a career high 9.85 on floor at Yale ... took seventh in all-around at the Governor’s Cup with a 38.725 score.

Background: Standout for 12 years at Devlin Gymnastics Club in Neptune, N.J. ... club teammate of former Tiger Kristen Presutti ... finished third in the all-around competition at 2002 New Jersey state meet ... finished fourth in vault and second on bars ... had a fifth place finish on beam and a fourth place showing on floor ... was 12th in the all-around at 2002 regional meet ... finished seventh in vault and bars at regionals ... helped high school team finish as New Jersey state sectional runner-up ... won the all-around at the state sectional meet ... named first team All-State vaulter ... named second team All-State as an all-around ... also earned first team All-Shore notice in the all-around for Coach Kristin Sheridan ... won the all-around competition at the state sectional meet ... finished first in vault and second on beam and bars at state sectionals ... took eighth place in the all-around at the state championships ... career goal is to become a teacher ... lists parents as the people she admires the most ... favorite athlete is former Olympic gymnast Dominqiue Dawes ... favorite actor is Will Ferrell ... older brother, Chris, is a former soccer standout at Bucknell University who was a two-year starter ... younger sister, Katie, is a sophomore at the University of Delaware who plays soccer for the Blue Hens ... father is a Gettysburg College graduate who played football and baseball for the Bullets ... father is a member of the Gettysburg Hall of Fame ... mother is a graduate of the College of New Jersey ... father is an attorney ... daughter of Donald and Linda Beekman ... born on July 30, 1984 at Long Branch, N.J. ... major is Exercise Science.