Ashley Kent

Position:
Uneven Bars/Balance Beam
Height:
5-3
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Western Canada
Hometown:
Calgary, Alberta

Awards and Honors
ISU Take the Lead award (2009)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2008, 2009, 2010)
NACGC/W Academic All-American (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
ISU Most Improved Gymnast Award (2006)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance Award Winner (March 13, 2009; Jan. 8, 2010)
ISU CHAMPS Female Performer of the Year (2010)
ISU Janet Anson Key Gymnast of the Year (2010)
Team co-captain (2008, 2009, 2010)
Dean's List (F09, S10)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2009)
All-Cyclone Team member
Chi Alpha Sigma member

2010
Academic All-Big 12 first-team recipient...Iowa State CHAMPS Female Performer of the Year...Janet Anson Key Gymnast of the Year...team co-captain...competed on bars and beam at every ISU meet and did not record a fall...ranked as high as No. 9 in the country on beam...finished the season ranked No. 27 in the country on beam...did not score lower than 9.825 on beam...scored 9.825 on bars and a season best on beam (9.875) at No. 1 Oklahoma...tied for the beam title at Nebraska with a 9.850...set a season high on bars (9.850) and scored a 9.850 on beam at Minnesota...posted a season-high-tying 9.875 on beam against Minnesota...tied with teammate Ceilia Maccani for the beam title with a 9.850 at Pitt...tallied a 9.825 on bars against BYU and Michigan...tied for the beam title at Iowa with a 9.825...named Mari-Rae Sopper Award winner in win over Wisconsin-Stout.

2009
First-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree...a member of the Cyclone bars and beam lineups for every meet...received the ISU Taking the Lead award...notched a career-best 9.875 on bars to tie for second place and scored a share of the beam title with a 9.750 against West Virginia...received the Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance Award for her effort against West Virginia...scored then-season bests on both bars (9.775) and beam (9.800) at Iowa, tying for second on bars...tied her season high on beam with a 9.800 against Oklahoma and also tallied a 9.750 on bars...matched her season high on beam (9.800) at Nebraska to take third place, while also registering a 9.750 on bars...notched a 9.775 on bars and a 9.750 on beam at NCAA North Central Regional...scored a 9.775 to tie for second on beam vs. Minnesota...notched 9.750s on bars and beam in season opener against Missouri...registered a 9.750 on beam at home against Iowa to tie for second...tallied a 9.725 on bars at No. 6 Auburn and at Michigan...tallied a 9.725 and 9.700 on beam and bars, respectively, at the Big 12 Championship...earned third career letter.

2008
Earned all-Big 12 academic first-team selection...regular on bars and beam...scored 9.800 to tie for 16th at the NCAA Northeast Regional...had strong performances on bars (9.775) and beam (9.725) at the Big 12 Championship...tied season-high of 9.800 on beam at Nebraska for joint fourth...fourth on bars (9.725) at home against Minnesota...scored a 9.750 on beam against the Gophers...claimed event title with a season-high 9.825 on beam against Iowa...placed second on bars with a season-high 9.800 vs. Hawkeyes...saw first action on bars against Stanford...made season debut with 9.600 on beam at Missouri...missed first meet of the season recovering from injury.

2007
Tied for eighth on bars and took 12th on beam at Minnesota...tied for sixth on bars and 10th on beam at Cancun Classic...sustained a season-ending knee injury during the Nebraska meet.

2006
A regular on bars and beam as the only freshman to compete for ISU...turned in solid scores at the NCAA Championships, posting a 9.775 and 9.750 on bars and a 9.750 and 9.775 on beam...took second at the North Central Regionals on bars with a 9.875...notched a 9.800 on beam at Big 12 Championships, sharing seventh place...tied for third on beam vs. Iowa, tying a career high with a 9.900...posted a 9.800 on beam vs. Arizona State...notched a career-high 9.900 on beam vs. Minnesota, winning the Mari-Rae Sopper Award...posted a 9.825 on beam against Mizzou, beating her previous career-high 9.750 score at Iowa...scored a career-high 9.850 on bars vs. Iowa...posted a 9.775 on bars in her collegiate debut at the Super Six.

Before ISU
2004 Canadian Nationals beam champion and finished eighth in the all-around ... qualified for the Canadian Elite team in 2004 ... four-year national qualifier ... Athletic Achievement/Recognition Award recipient in 2004 and 2005 ... Honors Society member.

Personal
Born May 10, 1987...daughter of Bruce and Bernadette Kent...attended Western Canada High School...coached by Sue Raffin, Jim Mouland and Rima Nikishin at Calgary Gymnastics...nutritional science major.