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Janet Anson

Position:
All Around
Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Park Hill
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.

Awards and Honors

? Eight-time All-American

? Two-time Big 12 Conference Gymnast of the Year (2006, 2007)

? Two-time ISU Female Athlete of the Year (2004, 2006)

? North Central Region Gymnast of the Year (2007)

? American Award Winner (2007)

? ISU Gymnast of the Year (2007)

? Honda Sports Award Finalist (2007)

? Kansas City Sports Commission Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year (2007)

? Four-time NCAA Individual Finals Qualifier

? Three-time Big 12 Champion

? Two-time regional Champion

? NCAA Championship Vault Runner-up (2005)

? Big 12 Floor co-Champion (2005)

? Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2004)

? Big 12 Good Works Team (Winter 2007)

? Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F06)

At ISU

2007 (Senior)
Tied for sixth in the nation in the all-around and ranked first in both the North Central Region and the Big 12 Conference (39.475) ... ranked in the top 15 nationally on three events, including seventh on floor (9.915), 13th on beam (9.880) and 14th on vault (9.895) ... ranked first in the region on floor (9.915) ... scored a 9.800 or higher in 75-of-the-last-88 routines on all events over the past two seasons ... named Big 12 Gymnast of the Year for the second consecutive time, the first gymnast in Big 12 history to earn the honor two years in a row ... in the best Big 12 Championship of her career, won a share of the bars title tying her career high (9.90), took second in the all-around (39.550), second on vault (9.90), third on beam (9.875) and third on floor (9.875) ... earned Big 12 First Team status on each event ... named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week twice (Jan 9, March 26) for a total of seven times in her career ... matched her career-high 9.90 on bars three times and her career-high 9.90 on beam twice ... won or shared 25 titles, including winning the first beam titles of her career, capturing a total of five ... tallied a 9.90 or higher on floor in eight out of 11 routines ... against Denver and Iowa, scored a season-high 9.950 to claim the floor title ... also placed first on vault, beam and in the all-around en route to a season-high total of 39.650 ... won three event titles (beam, 9.875; floor, 9.925; all-around, 39.450) and tied for second on vault at Iowa ... earned a 9.950 to claim first place on vault at Illinois, also winning titles on floor (9.925) and all-around (39.525) and placing third on bars ... won both floor and all-around six times this season (vs. Iowa and Denver, at Iowa, at Illinois, vs. Oklahoma, vs. Missouri, at Minnesota) ... named to the 2007 Big 12 Conference Winter Sports "Good Works" Team in recognition of community service efforts.

2006 (Junior)
Placed fourth on vault and third on floor at NCAA Championships, in addition to earning first-team All-America honors on vault, floor and the all-around ... named Big 12 Gymnast of the Year ... North Central Region Co-Champion on vault and outright champion on floor ... ranked in the top five nationally on three events, including fifth in the all-around (39.455), second on vault (9.935) and tied for third on floor (9.915) ... scored a 9.800 or higher on all events in 37-of-last-44 routines ... won or shared 19 event titles (nine vault, nine floor, one bars) ... three-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (March 10, March 7, Feb. 13) ... won two events titles vs. Iowa (vault, 9.950; floor, 9.950) ... posted a season-high 39.625 in the all-around vs. Arizona State ... recorded a 9.975 vault score for the second time vs. ASU tying herself for second-best score in ISU history ... took second on beam vs. the Sun Devils (9.875) ... notched a 39.525 to claim first in all-around vs. Minnesota ... tallied a 9.975 on vault vs. Minnesota, the season’s highest individual vault ... scored 9.85 on beam against Oregon State ... took first on vault with a 9.875 against Mizzou ... placed first on the floor (9.925) and all-around (39.150) over Iowa ... took first on vault (9.875) and floor (9.90) against Illinois ... finished fourth in the all-around at the Super Six Challenge with a 38.925 ... notched a 9.850 on vault at the Super Six.

2005 (Sophomore)
National runner-up at NCAA Championships with a vault of 9.90, the highest finish ever by a Cyclone ... earned first-team All-America honors on the vault, placing third in the NCAA qualifier to advance to the individual finals ... earned a third-place all-around finish at NCAA Central Regionals (39.250) ... matched season-high on floor to claim second at regionals (9.925) ... notched a 9.875 on vault to finish second at regionals ... Big 12 floor co-champion (9.925), shared second and was all-conference on vault (9.900) ... all-around champion six times ... won vault (9.925), floor (9.85) and all-around competitions (39.450) and took second on bars (9.85) against Iowa ... received Big 12 Gymnast of the Week accolades for her performance against Nebraska ... claimed all-around (39.50) and floor (9.90) titles and notched a second-place finish on vault (9.95) and third on bars (9.825) against Nebraska ... marked season-high score on vault against Denver (9.95) ... grabbed first in the all-around (39.20), on vault (9.875) and on floor (9.875) at the Iowa State quadrangular ... captured three first-place finishes at Minnesota (all-around, 39.30, vault, 9.825, and floor, 9.85) ... garnered first-place finishes in the all-around (39.225), on vault (9.90) and on floor (9.825) against Missouri...Mari- Rae Sopper award-winner vs. Nebraska (tied with Laura-Kay Powell).

2004 (Freshman)
First-team All-American on vault ... second-team All-American on floor and all-around ... tied for seventh place in the all-around at NCAA Northeast Regionals to become the third Iowa State freshman gymnast to qualify for NCAA Championships ... ISU Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year ... received All-Big 12 honors on vault (9.85) ... recorded a perfect 10 on vault at Nebraska, also earning the team’s Mari-Rae Sopper Award ... first Cyclone freshman and only the third Iowa State gymnast to notch a 10 ... matched (39.60) and then broke the freshman all-around record (39.70) ranking third all-time at ISU ... won vault competition at Illinois with the second-highest score in school history (9.975) ... earned 12 first-place finishes and 10 second-place finishes.

Before ISU

Three-time state uneven bars champion ... 2003 regional floor champion ... placed first on vault and floor exercise at state in 2003 ... member of 2003 high school state champion team ... named club gymnast of the year in 2001 ... three-year academic letterwinner ... member of the National Honor Society and the honor roll.

Personal: Born Dec. 26, 1984 ... daughter of Ernie and Lynn Anson ... coached by John Laudie and Teresa McGrath at Edge Gymnastics ... health and human performance major.

Personal
Born Dec. 26, 1984 ... daughter of Ernie and Lynn Anson ... coached by John Laudie and Teresa McGrath at Edge Gymnastics ... health and human performance major.