Career Highs
Vault – 9.900 at LSU (2/5/22); vs. Florida (1/19/24)
Bars – 9.925 vs. Florida (3/4/22); vs. LSU (2/10/23)
Beam – 9.950 – 8x, last at NCAA Regional Final (4/2/22)
Floor – 9.975 vs. Florida (3/4/22)
All-Around – 39.700 vs. Florida (3/4/22)
Awards and Honors
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 NCAA All-America Second Team - beam
2022 WCGA All-America First Team - beam
2022 All-SEC (beam)
2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American
2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Team
SEC Freshman of the Week – January 18, 2022; February 8, 2022; March 8, 2022; March 15, 2022
2023: Competed in every meet, while making 10 starts in the all-around … Earned a season best of 39.475 at Alabama (2/3) … Finished with a 39.200 NQS in the all-around … Competed on vault, bars and beam in every meet … Excelled on floor, having a 9.895 NQS … Scored a season-best 9.9 on floor five times – at Alabama, vs. LSU (2/10), at Missouri (2/19), vs. Georgia (2/24), vs. Penn State (3/10) … Finished with a 9.85 NQS on beam … Scored a season-high 9.9 on the beam vs. Arkansas (1/20) … Earned a 9.875 twice on beam … Tied a career high on bars with a 9.925 vs. LSU … Put together a 9.85 NQS in the event … Scored a 9.9 on bars vs. Penn State … Scored a 9.85 on vault at Alabama and picked up a pair of 9.825s at the Super 16 Challenge (1/7) and vs. Georgia.
2022: Big time competitor for the Tigers as a freshman … Competed in the all-around nine times, having a 39.425 average at the end of the regular season … Had a career meet vs. Florida (3/4) setting or tying career highs on bars, beam, floor and the all-around … Totaled a 39.7 in the all-around against the Gators and scored a career-best 9.925 on bars and 9.975 on floor … Captured first team All-America honors with a 9.95 NQS on beam … Scored a career-best 9.95 on beam eight times … Her 9.95 on beam at SEC Championship (3/19) garnered All-SEC recognition … Her 9.925 at the NCAA Championship Semifinal (4/14) secured NCAA All-America Second Team honors … Competed on floor in every meet, having a 9.895 NQS … Scored a 9.9 or higher seven times … Had a 9.925 vs. Missouri (2/11) … Contributed on vault in all but one meet so far … Earned a 9.9 at LSU (2/5) to set a career high … Given a 9.85 or better six times … Had a 9.855 NQS on vault … Competed on bars eight times with her career high coming against Florida … Added a 9.9 at Elevate (3/6).
Prior to Auburn: Six-time JO National Championship qualifier … Finished second on floor and third on bars at the 2018 JO National meet … 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup qualifier … Captured the all-around title at the 2016 Hopes Championship … JO National Champion on beam.
Personal: Daughter of Karen Groth … Has one older sister, Natalie … Mother swam for Iowa State and was a five-time All-American as well as a Big Eight champion in the 400 IM … She was inducted to the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 … Her mother spent 20 years in the Air Force … Majoring in exercise science with the College of Education.
Sophia Groth Season 2023
Sophia Groth Season 2023
PositionAA
Height5-3
ClassSophomore
HometownWest Des Moines, Iowa
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