Jade Kvach

Position:
Balance Beam
Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ames
Hometown:
Ames, Iowa

Awards and Honors
? Second Team Academic All-Big 12 (2005, 2006, 2007)
? Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F06)
? ISU Most Improved Gymnast (2005)

At ISU

2007 (Senior)
Beam specialist this season ... set a career-high 9.875 on beam to tie for second at the Cancun Classic to open the season ... took second place vs. Denver and Iowa on senior night ... earned a 9.80 at Nebraska and tied for sixth ... recorded a 9.825 against Missouri, tying for fourth place ... owns four career individual titles and competed in the all-around before a second reconstructive surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in her elbow in the summer of 2006.

2006 (Junior)

Competed all four routines at the Big 12 Championships and at Regionals ... notched a 9.800 on vault at the Super Six ... took sixth in all-around at the North Central Regionals with a 39.075 ... posted a 9.8 or higher on 3-of-4 events at Big 12 Championship ... took second on bars vs. Iowa with a season-high 9.875 ... posted a season-high 9.875 on vault vs. Arizona State ... tied for first on bars vs. Minnesota, scoring a 9.850 ... tied a then season high 9.825 on floor vs. Nebraska ... scored a 9.850 on vault and a career-high 39.225 in all-around against Missouri .... took fourth in the all-around vs. Illinois with a 37.550 ... recorded a 38.650 in the all-around at the Super Six.

2005 (Sophomore) Set then career highs on vault (9.825), bars (9.875) and beam (9.850) against Oklahoma ... placed third in the all-around in ISU’s quadrangular with a then-career-high 39.150 ... claimed first on uneven bars against Iowa, notching a career-high 9.875 ... finished first on bars at Minnesota (9.85) and shared third on vault (9.750) ... claimed third in the all-around (38.45) and on bars (9.725) against Missouri ... Mari-Rae Sopper award-winner vs. Oklahoma ... successfully bounced back from a season-ending injury that ended her 2004 campaign.

2004 (Freshman) Suffered a ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tear in her elbow, requiring reconstructive surgery ... redshirted the season.

Before ISU
Four-time national qualifier ... placed second on bars at (9.575) and sixth on balance beam (9.45) at 2003 nationals ... placed first on beam and tied for first on bars at 2003 regionals ... regional all-around champion in 2000, 2002 and 2003 ... placed 10th on floor at 2003 nationals ... bars and floor exercise champion at 2002 regional meet ... tested elite in 2001 ... placed first on beam, fourth on floor exercise and sixth in the all-around at nationals in 2000 ... took ninth place in all-around at 1999 nationals ... named Iowa Gymnast of the Year in 1996 ... TOPS national team member in 1995, 1996 and 1997... academic letterwinner ... honor roll.

Personal

Born Feb. 9, 1985 ... daughter of Michael and Kristine Kvach ... coached by K.J. Kindler and Lou Ball at Cardinal Gymnastics Academy ... advertising major.