Taryn Fitzgerald Season 2018

Career Highlights 

       • 2018 WCGA Scholastic All-America
       • 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic second team
       • 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic second team

2019 Season (Senior)

2018 Season (Junior)

• Competed in eight meets on beam and two on vault
• Scored season-high 9.800 on vault at Pac-12 Championships (March 24)
• Scored season/career-high 9.850 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (March 24) 
• Tied for 17th on beam (9.850) and 38th on vault at Pac-12 Championships (March 24)
• Tied for 17th on beam (9.825) and placed 36th on vault at NCAA Salt Lake City Regionals (April 7)
 

2017 Season (Sophomore) 

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Scored a career-high 9.850 on beam to tie for third at No. 5 Utah (March 3)
• Tied for sixth on beam with a 9.800 at the UC Davis Quad Meet (Jan. 13)
• Competed in all 12 meets on beam, hitting 12-of-12 routines

2016 Season (Freshman)

• NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• Tied for fourth on vault with a 9.850 against No. 5 Utah (Feb. 20)
• Tied for second on vault with a 9.850 at Arizona (Feb. 13
• Competed in each of the first seven meets on vault but had season cut short due to injury
• Hit six-of-seven performances on vault, all five routines on floor and three-of-four performances on beam

Club/High School

• Trained at Stars Gymnastics (2015) and Champion Gymnastics Academy (2005-14)
• Two-time Texas State Level 10 Silver Medalist on vault (2012-13)
• Two-time Region 3 Level 10 Bronze Medalist on vault (2013-14)
• Two-time National Invitational Tournament competitor (2012, 2014) and finished second on floor in 2014
• Personal club bests in her strongest events include a 9.85 on vault and a 9.925 on floor

Personal

• Daughter of Michael and Helen Fitzgerald
• Has an older brother, Blake
• Considering a major in product design (engineering)
• Member of the National Charity League from 2009-15, volunteering for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Meals on Wheels, ARC, Texas Children’s Hospital and various other groups
• Volunteered at the 2015 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital holiday party
• Cooked and served dinner at the Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto in 2015
• Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society
• Enjoys painting, shopping, traveling, and hanging out with family and friends