Megan Barnes

Position:
All Around
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
The Waterford School
Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah

Awards and Honors
Big 12 vault co-champion (2009)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2007)
Academic All-Big 12, first team (2009, 2010)
All-Big 12 Championship Team, vault (2009)
ISU Freshman of the Year (2007)
NACGC/W Academic All-American (2007, 2008, 2009)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance Award winner (Jan. 9, 2009)
CoSIDA District VII Academic All-District second-team honoree (2009)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2009)
Chi Alpha Sigma member

2010
Academic All-Big 12 first-team recipient...competed at last seven ISU meets after being sidelined due to a knee injury for the first six...competed on vault, bars and beam...made her season debut at Iowa, scoring 9.750 on bars and 9.725 on beam...notched a 9.775 on bars against Minnesota...posted a 9.775 on bars at Nebraska...posted a season-high 9.750 on beam at Minnesota...registered a 9.725 on bars at the NCAA West Regional...tallied a 9.700 on bars against Iowa.

2009
Big 12 co-champion on vault with a career-high-tying 9.900, while also scoring a 9.800 on bars for a seventh-place tie and 9.775 on beam to tie for eighth at the conference meet...first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree...CoSIDA District VII Academic All-District second-team honoree...named to the All-Big 12 Championship Team on vault...tied her career best on vault with a 9.900 at Minnesota to take second place...returned from injury to score a career-high 9.850 on bars and a 9.775 on vault against West Virginia...notched a then career-best 9.800 on bars in season-opening meet vs. Missouri...tied a career high on beam (9.825) vs. Missouri (Jan. 9) and at Michigan (Jan. 31)...scored a season-best 39.025 in the all-around at No. 6 Auburn...scored a 9.800 on both vault and beam against Iowa and was the beam champion, while taking third on vault...registered a ninth-place-tying 9.800 on bars and a 9.750 on beam at NCAA North Central Regional...tallied a 9.775 on vault to tie for third and a 38.825 in the all-around to take third against Nebraska...earned third career letter.

2008
Returned to the lineup after missing the first four meets of the season with an injury...competed on both vault and bars...tied for third on vault (9.875) at the NCAA Northeast Regional and scored a 9.750 on bars...placed third on vault (9.900) to tie a career-best at the Big 12 Championship...tied season high with 9.775 on bars at the Big 12 Championship...scored 9.775 on vault at Georgia...scored 9.750 on vault at Nebraska...tallied 9.725 on vault against Minnesota...saw first action on bars against the Gophers...claimed event title on vault with 9.825 against Iowa...posted a 9.750 on vault in season debut against Oklahoma.

2007
Named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year...competed in the all-around in all but two regular-season meets...tied for 25th in the individual national rankings on vault (9.880)...took a share of eighth place on vault at the Big 12 Championship...tied a season-high 9.90 on vault for second place at Nebraska...marked season highs on vault (9.90), floor (9.800) and in the all-around (39.125) at Iowa...tied for second on vault (9.875) at Illinois...tallied a 9.850 against Oklahoma to share second-place honors on vault...won the vault title, took fourth in the all-around and tied for sixth place on floor against Missouri...took third on vault (9.850) and fifth in the all-around (37.975) vs. Nebraska...at Minnesota, earned the meet’s MVP honors with a standout performance in the all-around (38.875) and another first-place finish on vault (9.850)...won her first individual event title in her collegiate debut at the Cancun Classic (9.900) and tied for fifth on beam (9.825).

Before ISU
Five-time Level 10 state champion (2001-06)...2004 regional vault champion...placed second on vault and in the all-around competition at regionals in 2006...three-time national qualifier...third-place national finish on vault in 2006... named club gymnast of the year in 2005 and 2006...four-year honor roll student.

Personal
Born Sept. 9, 1987...daughter of Andrea and Kevin Barnes...coached by Mary Wright and Ryan Kirkham at Olympus School of Gymnastics...nutritional science major.