Katie Lasher

Position:
All Around
Height:
5-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Millard North
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Awards and Honors

? All-Big 12, Uneven Bars (2007)

? Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Feb. 27, 2007)

? Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2007) (2007, 2005)

? Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F03, S04, F06)

? ISU Scholar Athlete (2003-2004)

At ISU

2007 (Senior)
Cyclone vault and bars regular throughout her collegiate career ... in her senior campaign, set a career high on bars at Illinois scoring 9.925 to tie for first, the third title of her career ... honored with Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for her record-setting routine and the highest Big 12 bars score of the season ... also tied for second on vault, scoring a season-high 9.875 ... scored a 9.850 on bars and a 9.80 on vault at the Big 12 Championship ... tied for fourth on bars and named to the All-Big 12 team ... tied for second on bars at Nebraska (9.850) ... tied for second on bars against Oklahoma ... garnered part of a sixth-place tie on bars with a score of 9.875 at Stanford ... tallied a 9.850 vs. Missouri to share first- place honors on bars ... earned a second place tie on vault (9.825) at Minnesota.

2006 (Junior)
A vault and bars regular ... went 9.825 and 9.800 on vault and bars, respectively at the Super Six ... took fifth on bars at the North Central Regionals with a season-high 9.875 ... posted a 9.800 on vault to share 10th place at Big 12 Championship ... tied a career high with a second-place 9.900 on vault vs. Iowa, coupled with a third-place 9.850 on bars ... scored a 9.825 on vault and a 9.850 on bars vs. Arizona State ... tied for second on bars and third on vault at Nebraska with a 9.850 and 9.825, respectively ... took second on vault (9.850) vs. Minnesota and tied for third on bars (9.825) ... posted a 9.80 on vault to tie for fifth against Nebraska ... tied for fifth on bars (9.800) against Missouri ... took second on vault (9.80) against Illinois ... started out the season with a bang, notching team-bests on vault (9.875) and bars (9.850) at the Super Six.

2005 (Sophomore)
Matched season-high 9.80 on vault at NCAA Championships ... tied her season-high bars score at NCAA Central Regionals (9.775) ... placed sixth and marked a season-high score on vault against Missouri (9.80) ... took fifth on bars at the Iowa State quadrangular (9.775) ... shared fourth-place honors on vault at home against Oklahoma (9.80) ... matched season-high on vault against Minnesota (9.80)...Mari-Rae Sopper award-recipient vs. Iowa

2004 (Freshman)
Shared fifth-place honors and marked a season-high score on vault at NCAA Northeast Regionals (9.90) ... tied for fifth at the Big 12 Championship with a 9.85 on bars ... claimed second place with a 9.85 on bars against Denver ... matched career-high score against Illinois for second place ... finished fourth and notched career-high bars score against Georgia (9.90) ... matched career-high bars score and grabbed third at home against Iowa (9.90) ... introduced to the vault lineup at Minnesota ... scored a 9.875 on vault at Nebraska.

Before ISU
Qualified for nationals in 2000, 2002 and 2003 ... took first place on vault and tied for first on bars at regionals in 2003 ... placed ninth on bars at nationals in 2003 ... placed fourth on vault at 2000 nationals ... member of 1999 high school state champion team ... four-year gymnastics letterwinner ... National Honor Society ... graduated with honors.

Personal

Born Aug. 27, 1984 ... daughter of Bruce and Deb Lasher ... coached by Cathy Cahoy at Cahoy's Gymnastics ... food science major.