Skyler Sheppard Season 2018

Skyler Sheppard Season 2018

PositionAA
Height5-6
ClassJunior
HometownPlano, Texas
Previous SchoolArizona

Career Highs
Vault – 9.825 at Georgia (2/2/20)
Beam - 9.925 vs. Alabama (1/10/20)


Floor – 9.900 vs. Alabama (1/10/20); at LSU (1/17/20)

Awards and Honors
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2020: Competed in three events during her final season … One of the team’s top competitors on beam, finishing with a 9.835 NQS on the season … Set a career high vs. Alabama (1/10) with a 9.925 on beam, helping the Tigers top the Crimson Tide at home … Scored a 9.875 on the road at Arkansas (2/21) … Had four scores of 9.825 on the season – at LSU (1/17), Missouri (1/24), at Georgia (2/2), TWU (2/28) … Set a career high on floor with a 9.9 on two occasions – Alabama and at LSU … Had a 9.85 vs. TWU in the event … Set a career-best on vault at Georgia with a 9.825.

2019: Saw actions in 13 meets this year on both beam and floor … Finished with a 9.820 RQS on floor … Scored a career-high 9.875 on two occasions – at Florida (2/8), at NCAA Regional (4/5) … Earned a 9.85 at home vs. Georgia (2/25) … Capped the season with a 9.85 in the third round of the NCAA Regional (4/6) … Finished with a 9.810 RQS on beam … Kicked off the season with a career-high 9.875 vs. Iowa (1/4) … Earned a trio of 9.85s on beam – Elevate (3/9), vs. Air Force (3/15), NCAA Regional (4/5)

2018: Competed in two meets on floor for Auburn before missing the remainder of the season with an injury ... Scored a 9.65 on floor at Georgia (1/19).

2017 (at Arizona): Competed in eight meets for the Wildcats as a sophomore ... Reached a career high of 9.875 on vault on two occasions - vs. Oregon State (2/4), vs. California (2/10) ... Had an outstanding meet against Stanford (1/29), setting career bests on beam (9.925) and floor (9.875) ... Picked up another 9.875 on floor vs. Cal.

2016 (at Arizona): The only freshman to compete in three different events ... Competed on beam in 11 different meets ... Earned a season high 9.825 in the season opener vs. Michigan State (1/8) ... Finished with a 9.725 on vault at the Pac-12 Championship (3/19) ... Competed twice on floor, and earned a season high of 9.675 vs. ASU (2/22).

Prior to college: Attended Plano East Senior High School, where her team won a State championship every year she was there ... Also lettered in softball, where she played pitcher and short stop ... Trained at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy under Laurent Landi and Natasha Boyarskaya ... 2015 Region 3 all-around champion ... Won the 2013 Region 3 vault title.

Personal: One of five children ... Has two older siblings, Ryan and Austin, and two younger siblings, Maguire and Quincy ... Her older sister Austin was a gymnast at Michigan, while her older brother Ryan was a gymnast at Stanford.