Michelle Browning

Position:
All Around
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Awards and Honors
ISU Freshman of the Year (2009)
Big 12 Commssioner's Honor Roll (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2009, 2012)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2010)
Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 2, 2010; Feb. 16, 2010; Jan. 11, 2011; March 8, 2011; March 17, 2011; Jan. 10, 2012; Jan. 31, 2012; March 5, 2012)
Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance Award winner (Feb. 12, 2009; Jan. 29, 2010; Feb. 26, 2010; Jan. 27, 2012)
ISU Ironwoman of the Year (2010)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2011, 2012)
Janet Anson Key Gymnast of the Year (2011, 2012)
All-Big 12 (2011, 2012)
Big 12 Gymnast of the Year (2011)
Dean's List (F11)
Team co-captain (2011, 2012)
Chick-fil-A Community of Champions (2012)
ISU Letterwinners' Club All-Around Award (2012)

2012
Team Janet Anson Key Player of the Year...Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 10, Jan. 31 and March 5)...competed all-around at all 12 meets...tied for second on vault at the Big 12 Championship with a career-high-tying 9.875...tied for 24th nationally in the all-around...set a new career high (39.425) in the all-around and won beam at Nebraska on March 16...won the all-around at Missouri over defending Big 12 all-around champion Mary Burke...won the all-around against Iowa...set a new career high on bars against Iowa...won all-around, bars and floor titles against Iowa...won the all-around, bars and beam titles against SEMO...won the all-around on Senior Night in Iowa State's win over No. 22 Minnesota...tied for the all-around and beam titles while winning bars at Minnesota...team co-captain.

2011
Big 12 Gymnast of the Year...Iowa State Janet Anson Key Gymnast of the Year...Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 11, March 8 and March 17)...Academic All-Big 12 First Team... placed second in the all-around and fourth on fl oor at the Big 12 Championship...won the all-around title at Nebraska despite being ill all day in Lincoln...began the 2011 campaign in solid fashion, winning the all-around and floor titles against Auburn...won the beam and all-around titles against Nebraska...tied for the floor title against Missouri and set a career high on bars against the Tigers...tied for the all-around and bars title at BYU...scored a season-best 9.875 on floor against Oklahoma...won the floor title against Iowa and at Minnesota, scoring 9.875 at both meets...scored a vault title at Iowa...won the all-around and floor competitions at home against Minnesota...competed all-around for Iowa State at every meet in 2011...team co-captain.

2010
Academic All-Big 12 second-team honoree...qualified for the NCAA Championships in the all-around after a sixth-place performance in the all-around at the NCAA West Regional...had to withdraw from NCAA Championships because of blood clots in her lungs...two-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 2, Feb. 16)...competed in the all-around at every ISU meet...won the ISU Ironwoman Award...delivered a career-high 39.350 to win the all-around against Minnesota...posted career highs on floor (9.925) and beam (9.875) against Minnesota, winning the floor title at the meet...won the all-around at No. 1 Oklahoma with a 39.275...won the all-around at Nebraska and posted career bests on vault (9.875) and bars (9.825) at the meet...won the all-around and floor titles at Iowa...tied for the floor and beam titles against Iowa...scored a 39.125 in the all-around at Utah.

2009
Competed on vault and floor in every Cyclone meet...named the ISU Freshman of the Year...scored her second-consecutive 9.900 on floor against Iowa, winning the event crown...named the Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performer against Iowa...notched a career high on vault (9.850) and tied her career high on floor (9.900) against Oklahoma to earn a share of both titles...recorded career bests on floor (9.900) and beam (9.875) at Minnesota, en route to sharing both event crowns...registered a 9.900 on floor to tie for second place at Nebraska, while also notching a second-place 9.850 on beam...scored a then-career best on vault at Auburn with a third-place 9.825...registered a second-place 9.875 on floor and 9.750 on vault vs. Minnesota...scored a 9.850 on floor against West Virginia to tie for second...notched a 9.825 on floor and 9.800 on vault at the Big 12 Championship...posted a 9.800 on beam at Michigan...scored a 9.775 on floor at Iowa...tallied an eighth-place-tying 9.800 on beam and a 9.775 on vault at the NCAA North Central Regional...made ISU debut against Missouri, scoring a 9.700 on floor exercise...earned first career letter.

Before Iowa State
Competed with Champion Gymnastics...in 2008 was the Region 3 all around champion and placed sixth on the beam in the Level 10 Junior Olympic Championships...in 2007 placed second on the bars and 15th on the beam at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals...was the Level 10 Texas all around champion in 2006 and 2007...was first on the floor and second on the beam at the junior olympics in 2006...named to Who’s Who Among High School Athletes...National Honor Society member.

Personal
Born Feb. 21, 1990... daughter of Duke and Kerrin Browning ...attended Mayde Creek High School...coached by Kellie Mizoguchi at Champion Gymnastics Academy...majoring in child, adult and family services.