Career Highs
Vault- 9.950 vs. Alabama in Birmingham, AL (3/8/15)
Bars- 9.975 vs. Alabama in Birmingham, AL (3/8/15)
Beam- 9.950 at Alabama (3/14/14) & at NCAA Championship semifinals (4/17/15)
Floor- 9.975 vs. Georgia (2/27/15) & vs. Arizona State (3/11/16)
All-Around- 39.750 vs. Alabama in Birmingham, AL (3/8/15) -- SCHOOL RECORD
Awards and Honors
2016 SEC Gymnast of the Year
2016 NACGC/W First Team All-America (All-Around, Beam)
2016 NACGC/W Second Team All-America (Floor, Vault)
2016 AAI Award Finalist
2016 All-SEC (Beam)
2016 SEC Gymnast of the Week (2/16, 3/15)
2015 NCAA All-America (All-Around, Floor)
2015 NACGC/W First Team All-America (All-Around)
2014 NACGC/W Second Team All-America (All-Around)
2014 All-SEC Team
2013 NCAA First Team All-America (Vault)
2013 All-SEC Team
2013 SEC All-Freshman Team
2013 NCAA Nationals Qualifier (All-Around)
SEC Gymnast of the Week (March 3, 2015)
SEC Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 26, 2013)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 5, 2013)
2016: Held the team's best scores in all-around (39.725), vault (9.925), beam (9.925) and floor (9.975) ... Won four all-around titles - vs. Alabama (1/17), Alabama (2/12), Missouri (2/26), Arizona State (3/11) ... Totaled three vault titles, five bars titles, three beam titles and three floor titles this year ... Swept all five events twice - Alabama (2/12) and Arizona State (3/11) ... Finished tied for second on beam at the SEC Championships with a 9.925 ... Came in tied for first on floor with a 9.900 at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (4/2) ... In the team's historic win over Alabama in February, Atkinson won all event titles, never scoring below a 9.900 ... Her 9.925 on floor lifted the Tigers to a 197.275-197.250 win over the Crimson Tide ... Her performance on beam at Georgia (3/4) tied her season-high score of 9.925 and sealed the team's first-ever win in Athens ... Received her highest vault score of 9.925 against Oregon State (1/10) ... At home vs. Arizona State, Atkinson tied a career-high on floor with a 9.975 and set a new season-best on bars with a 9.925 ... Scored a season-high 39.725 to win the all-around against the Sun Devils ... Led team on bars against No. 21 Kentucky with a 9.875 ... Tied team best on beam against No. 21 Kentucky with a 9.850 ... Led team against No. 6 Alabama on bars with a 9.875 ... Finished tied for first in the all-around, scoring a season-best 39.375 against No. 6 Alabama ... Scored a 9.925 on floor and 9.900 on vault at the TWU Quad Meet ... Finished second in the all-around at TWU with a 39.575 ... Captured three event titles at home vs. Missouri (2/26).
2015: Earned the highest beam score at the NCAA Championship, scoring a 9.950 to tie a career high ... Won the all-around in the second NCAA semifinal with a total of 39.550, tying for third overall ... Scored a 9.825 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.9 on floor in NCAA semifinal ... Won 20 event titles this year, including seven all-around, four bars, four vault, three floor and two beam ... Captured the all-around for the seventh-consecutive meet, breaking Auburn's all-around record with a 39.750 vs. Alabama (3/8) ... Also took vault with a 9.95 and bars with a 9.975 ... She became the only Auburn gymnast to win two all-arounds vs. Alabama in the same season ... Guided the Tigers to a program-best 197.750 in a win over Georgia (2/27) after taking the all-around title with a 39.675 ... Won the floor as well with a 9.975 ... Finished fourth in the all-around and on floor and second on the bars at the NCAA Auburn Regional ... Won all-around (39.575), vault (9.9), bars (9.85) and floor (9.950) at Kentucky (3/6)... Took the all-around title (39.475) at Alabama (2/6) ... Also won all-around titles vs. Air Force (1/30), Arkansas (1/23) and Florida (1/16) ... Finished seventh in all-around in the SEC Championship with a 38.850 while scoring 9.875 on vault, 9.85 on bars and 9.875 on floor.
2014: Competed in all 12 meets during her sophomore season ... Set a season-high with an all-around total of 39.550 against Missouri (3/7) ... Scored a 9.9 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.9 on floor in the meet ... Totaled 39.525 in the all-around on three occasions - at LSU (1/24), Georgia (2/21), at Alabama (3/14) ... Set season-highs in vault vs. Florida (9.925) and on beam at Alabama (9.950) ... Earned a trio of 9.9s on bars throughout the year ... Named team "Most Valuable Player" for second-consecutive season.
2013: NCAA National Championship All-Around Qualifier ... Competed all-around in all 14 meets ... Scored a 9.875 on floor and vault, a 9.85 on beam and a 39.05 in the all-around in her first meet against Cal (1/6) ... Won all-around against Georgia (1/18) with a 39.25 ... Earned 9.9s on vault and bars against Mizzou (2/1) and won the all-around with a 39.525 ... Placed first in the all-around against Arkansas (2/8) ... Won all-around with a 39.55 vs. LSU (2/22) and a 39.475 vs. Maryland (3/1) ... Finished sixth all-around at Regionals with a 39.275 ... Captured 15 event titles throughout the season... Was the first All-American for Auburn since Julie Dwyer in 2008 ... First freshman to be named an All-American in program history
Prior to Auburn: Home schooled in Houston, Texas ... Trained at Cypress Academy ... 2012 Junior Olympics National Beam Champion ... Competed in the 2008 Visa Championships.
Personal: Born in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Craig and Debra Atkinson... Has three siblings, Kristen, Josh and Holly ... Majoring in physical education.